Rays Get $200k In Playoff Shares

by Erik Hahmann on Dec 3, 2008 10:24 AM EST

The Rays are getting a nice little holiday bonus. According to The St. Petersburg Times:

The stunning run to the World Series benefited the entire Rays organization. For the players, coaches, manager Joe Maddon and some staff members, that reward included a $223,390.05 bonus.
The amount of bonus money for each team (the eight in the playoffs plus four others) is determined by the gate receipts from the postseason and split up based on a vote of the players that was held the final week of the season.

The gate receipts were $12.3 million, which was split into 43 shares, 10.645 partial shares, and 27 cash awards, which it says are mostly given to other staff members(I'm thinking bat boy, maybe grounds crew, etc).

Since the Rays have such a small payroll a lot of players don't have big contracts.

For a player making at or near the major-league minimum salary, such as Andy Sonnanstine ($395,800) and J.P. Howell ($397,400) and a dozen others, the postseason money, though taxed, is a significant bonus.

Imagine all the Ray Romano memorabilia Sonnanstine could buy with an extra $200k. Man.

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And Pizza Hut

by Tommy Rancel on Dec 3, 2008 10:32 AM EST reply actions

Now, we don't want Sonny turning into Silva.

Jon Garland, pleasepleaseplease accept arbitration. Your mad iNNiNgZ eAtEr sKiLLz will be greater exemplified in next year's free agent class. kthxbai.

by Blicks on Dec 3, 2008 12:59 PM EST up reply actions

Hope that girl who played Raymond got paid

Regressing to the mean streets of St. Pete

by stpetelawyer on Dec 3, 2008 10:33 AM EST reply actions

reading is FUNdamental

The gate receipts were $12.3 million, which was split into 43 shares, 10.645 partial shares, and 27 cash awards, which it says are mostly given to other staff members(I’m thinking bat boy, maybe grounds crew, etc).

by rglass44 on Dec 3, 2008 12:07 PM EST up reply actions

If that "ma" was supposed to be a funny you attributed it to the wrong guy

JP is guy that spits out more "man"s than he can inhale cheeto’s. It’s a tight ratio somewhere in the 1.05 ballpark.

Anyway, as I was lying in the puddle, I think I may have found
a way for us to get Bonds and Griffey, and we wouldn't have to give up
that much.

~George Costanza~

by Sandy Kazmir on Dec 3, 2008 1:06 PM EST reply actions

ma=man

fuk my lyfe

Anyway, as I was lying in the puddle, I think I may have found
a way for us to get Bonds and Griffey, and we wouldn't have to give up
that much.

~George Costanza~

by Sandy Kazmir on Dec 3, 2008 1:06 PM EST up reply actions

this little fucking pecker head gets 40 mil. Man I hate him.

Rays 2009 Slogan: "Come back with your shield or on it"

by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Dec 3, 2008 1:59 PM EST reply actions

Longo deal is still more of a steal, easily

9 more years, 9 more freaking years. The hell with options.

by joeybw on Dec 3, 2008 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

Great deal for Boston.

by R.J. Anderson on Dec 3, 2008 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed

by Erik Hahmann on Dec 3, 2008 2:26 PM EST up reply actions

With all options, Longoria's signed through 2016, one year longer than Pedroia, for $47MM.

Pedroia’s a few million more. Both contracts contain arbitration years and three years of free agency (including options). The only difference is that Longoria is a year behind Pedroia and has one more year of “free” team control. Pretty darn similar. With that extra year, and perhaps Longoria’s potential, I’d rather have him. But getting Pedroia to sign that deal two extra years into his development is a coup for Theo.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Dec 3, 2008 2:12 PM EST up reply actions

Unless the midget quits hitting

by rglass44 on Dec 3, 2008 2:19 PM EST up reply actions

I think he prefers to be called a "jockey"

by Erik Hahmann on Dec 3, 2008 2:27 PM EST up reply actions

Jockeys feel insulted.

Jon Garland, pleasepleaseplease accept arbitration. Your mad iNNiNgZ eAtEr sKiLLz will be greater exemplified in next year's free agent class. kthxbai.

by Blicks on Dec 3, 2008 5:31 PM EST up reply actions

Even if he hits like 2007 it's still a good contract.

by R.J. Anderson on Dec 3, 2008 2:40 PM EST up reply actions

Yep.

He’s making about $52MM for 2010 through 2015 which consists of three arbitration and three free agency years. If the arbitration years go at 40, 60, and 80% of the free agency rate, that’s 4.8 years of production the Sox have to pay Pedroia. $52MM/4.8 = $11MM per year. That’s just a touch lower than a 2.5 WAR player. That’s a good bet considering he was about 3 WAR in 2007, 6 WAR in 2008, and he’ll be ages 25 through 31 throughout the contract.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Dec 3, 2008 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

Silver found that smaller pitchers aged worse, does that apply to smaller positional players as well?

Although that applies more so to Pedroia’s next contract.

by R.J. Anderson on Dec 3, 2008 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

Now now now, save the foul language for GDTs.

That being said, it’s no different than how we locked in Longo, or how the Rox locked in Tulo (for much, much more, right before he tore his quad and started sucking).

Lay off the stadium, Iwamura

by Orlando Rays on Dec 3, 2008 4:09 PM EST up reply actions