MLB Fans Are Talking About Bobby Bonilla Post Shohei Ohtani Dodgers Contract Is Announced

With good reason, Shohei Ohtani’s enormous Dodgers deal is generating news. Ohtani and the Dodgers reached an agreement on a 10-year, $700 million contract that is unheard of in American sports. Amongst all these fans can’t stop talking about Bobby Bonilla.

MLB Fans Are Talking About Bobby Bonilla Post Shohei Ohtani Dodgers Contract Is Announced

Social media users are referencing “Bobby Bonilla” when it was disclosed that Ohtani’s deal contains delayed compensation.

The Mets bought out Bonilla’s remaining $5.9 million after he earned the largest sports contract at the time, a five-year, $29 million contract, in 1991.

However, New York decided not to pay the entire buyout amount at that time. Instead, it will make payments totaling about $1.2 million on July 1st of each year starting in 2011 and continuing until 2035.

Fans haven’t stopped dreaming even though it’s unclear what Ohtani’s delayed payments will look like—they most likely won’t resemble Bonilla’s, given his particular circumstances.

After Bonilla was released by the Mets in 2000, they were required to pay him; however, the former All-Star signed a deferred payment contract.

What was the outcome? Every July 1st, sometimes referred to as “Bobby Bonilla Day” by baseball enthusiasts, the Mets give Bonilla $1.9 million, a payment that will last until 2035.

According to Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post, “Ohtani would be getting paid until 2723 if he immediately started on the Bobby Bonilla plan.

When did Bobby Bonilla contract end?

Although Bonilla won’t get paid until 2035 (when he would be 72), he last played in the major leagues for the Cardinals in 2001 and the Mets in 1999.

Why is Bobby Bonilla famous?

He had a. 284 batting average, 868 hits, 191 doubles, 114 home runs, and 500 runs batted in (RBIs) between 1986 and 1991. In 1990 and 1991, he was the league leader in extra base hits and doubles. He finished second and third in the National League MVP votes in those years, respectively.

Why does Bobby Bonilla still get paid?

When the Mets dismissed the older player in 1999 and bought out the remaining portion of his contract, Bobby owed them $5.9 million. Rather than paying him the sum up front, however, then-Mets owner Fred Wilpon cut a deal with Bobby’s camp. The Mets would pay him in installments, with annual interest, every year from 2011-2035.

 

 

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