http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/chippers-new-deal/ ...from a ranting rambler Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/chippers-new-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Two Fat Guys Talking About Baseball » On Clemens and Bagwell Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:41:28 +0000 http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/chippers-new-deal/#comment-452 [...] My understanding of the union rules is that Bagwell would not be allowed to restructure his contract for lower annual dollars unless the overall dollar figure went up. For example, as I noted the other day, Chipper Jones restructured his contract in a purely “unselfish” manner that included $15 million more in guaranteed money. He is getting paid less per season, but he got a couple more guaranteed years tacked on, as well as a signing bonus up front. So in order for Bagwell to provide any financial relief to the Astros, they would have to either guarantee him more years (not likely, considering his health), give him a big signing bonus (which, as I mentioned in my Chipper post, doesn’t actually provide financial relief, since bonuses aren’t paid out in Monopoly money), and/or pay him for a few years after he is retired (which probably isn’t any better than paying him when he is inured or ineffective). So basically, the Astros are stuck with Bagwell’s contract. [...] [...] My understanding of the union rules is that Bagwell would not be allowed to restructure his contract for lower annual dollars unless the overall dollar figure went up. For example, as I noted the other day, Chipper Jones restructured his contract in a purely “unselfish” manner that included $15 million more in guaranteed money. He is getting paid less per season, but he got a couple more guaranteed years tacked on, as well as a signing bonus up front. So in order for Bagwell to provide any financial relief to the Astros, they would have to either guarantee him more years (not likely, considering his health), give him a big signing bonus (which, as I mentioned in my Chipper post, doesn’t actually provide financial relief, since bonuses aren’t paid out in Monopoly money), and/or pay him for a few years after he is retired (which probably isn’t any better than paying him when he is inured or ineffective). So basically, the Astros are stuck with Bagwell’s contract. [...]

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