10-Year Contracts?

I apologize to my nephew for stealing his thought, but I've been thinking about these contracts since he brought it up.

Will A-Rod & Albert Pujols be worth $20 million plus in year 10 of their contracts? It seems ridiculous to sign any player in his 30's to that kind of deal.

In A-Rod's case it was Goldman Sachs that stepped up & told the Yankees management that they needed to re-sign A-Rod to protect their investment in the New Yankee Stadium, their equivalent of Jerry Jones' temple to football in Dallas. Goldman would not have underwritten the new stadium without A-Rod locked up for the long term. So good timing on A-Rod's part, except his skills are waining now & he stills has 6 or 7 years to go. With his body parts a mess from steroids A-Rod may be collecting his future paychecks from a wheelchair.

Pujols is already 32. Both he & CJ Wilson are coming from the calm of the mid-west to La-La-Land & all the craziness that brings. It might take awhile for both to become comfortable with their surroundings. And in Pujols' case the contract term is just too long for someone who could have retired as a legend in St. Louis. The most the Angels can hope to get from Albert is a good 5 years. So the pressure will be on the team with the longest name in baseball to win now.

A reporter said it only takes one crazy owner to set the bar too high. In these cases there were two crazy owners.