[Romero] “Aroldis Chapman will become the highest-earning reliever in MLB history, surpassing Mariano Rivera, with his guaranteed one-year, $10.7M contract with the Boston Red Sox, according to @spotrac. Chapman: $176,566,491. Rivera: $169,614,125. He is represented by Wasserman.”
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What longevity does for you
This doesn’t account for inflation so it’s kind of misrepresentative to say Chapman is wealthier or earned more if Mariano has more buying power.
isn’t chapman a clubhouse cancer?
‘Chapman beats retiree’
Disgusting to have Chapman mentioned in the same sentence as Mo, an actual legend of the sport
This sucks
Kind of crazy that it took this long for Rivera’s career earnings to be surpassed.
Better than Mo. that’s my dog 🐶
I sincerely hope he gets blown up every time he’s brought in. They finally decide to spend money and they bring in this asshat
adjust for inflation
The Red Sox, basically since the Mookie trade, have largely been punting spending any real money on anyone who actually has a big upside or who is actually still good. A north-of-3.70 ERA for a reliever (he’s definitely not a closer anymore) plus the large number of BB, making his WHIP terrible…Come on, John Henry, gimme us fans a break.
Plus the fact that he’s Aroldis bloody Chapman and nobody wants to see him on this team except for Yankee fans.
I do miss seeing that buzzsaw Cutter Rivera had. What a pitch
lolol it took him 10 years to pass Mo
Adjusted for Inflation, nobody beats the Mo.
What did the Royals give him last year? This feels like an overpay, but the contract sizes going up has also skewed what I think is normal
the lesson i am learning is: if i just *happen* to wake up tomorrow in the body of a shitbag domestic abuser somehow, I just need to learn how to throw 100mph and i can literally become the highest paid person in my line of work and literally nobody will care about the violence against women. great, neat, fantastic.
Well, ammo is pretty expensive these days…