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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz
Bruce Sutter has been getting roughly $1.3 million from the Braves since 1990 and will continue to do so until 2020. He last played for the Braves in 1988.
The Reds have to pay Junior $3.5 million a year until 2021.
The Dodgers are paying out over $43 million this year to plates who are not playing for them.
And countless of other players are getting deferred money with interest.
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Has any team doing that type of deal end up not having it backfire in terms of costs?
Like with the classic example of the Mets and Bonilla, whatever they saved at the time hasn't been close to what they have been paying out all these years later.