In the world of baseball, fortunes can change in an instant. For the New York Mets, the last five games have been a testament to this fact. The team has managed to string together a remarkable five-game winning streak, turning their season around in a way that is as...
Ever heard of a “Swing Badder Contract”? It’s when a baseball team signs a player to a big contract, hoping for some serious bang for their buck, only to find out they’ve got more of a whimper. Well, today we’re talking about a prime...
When the San Francisco Giants signed Michael Conforto to a two-year, $36 million contract this year, there were a lot of question marks. The talented outfielder was coming off a season lost to right shoulder surgery, and no one was quite sure if he would be able to...
There is a major league baseball player who played in 105 games and never batted. He never played in the field. This is a player in the Baseball Almanac who never swung a bat or caught a ball yet he played in 105 Major League baseball games. Herb Washington was a...
There are two elements of every contract. Those elements are the total amount of money, and the total amount of time. Taken together, those elements combined to reveal a contract that is either very lucrative or not. For example, a $15 million contract may seem out of...