It's kind of weird to include one year contracts on this list. Those type of deals are only made when there is a mutual acknowledgement that there is a high level of risk so it doesn't really make sense to refer to those as "dumb" in my opinion

@savage751

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree...they usually given to guys coming off injury's or older guys winding down their careers

@dadebuer9799

5 ай бұрын

Dayum fair point

@Ryguy76

5 ай бұрын

I totally agree. You can never really say a one year contract is a “dumb” contract

@joelmiller1751

5 ай бұрын

If a one year contract is your worst in franchise history you are doing pretty good

@lowe_the_showe202

5 ай бұрын

​@Ryguy76 u don't think the Yankees signing me to play relief pitcher would be dumb for a year?

1 year / 720k barely counts as a bad contract even if he didn't work out... That's barely over league min 11:31

@madethecut

5 ай бұрын

Totally get the perspective. The idea for that one was more of what it represented; a dumb move because it basically signaled the end of their off-season push, which had a hugely detrimental effect on their eventual postseason run

@bigben624

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, that’s a really bad take by mtc when Chone Figgins and Evan White have been given contracts by the M’s

@YT_AKai_

5 ай бұрын

Possibly Robinson cano? Robbie Ray? Marco Gonzales

@bigben624

5 ай бұрын

@@YT_AKai_ honestly, Cano was really good with the Mariners, he just played on subpar teams. It also doesn’t help he was so nonchalant about everything so it looked like he didn’t care

@YT_AKai_

5 ай бұрын

@@bigben624 also the last few years of his contract where he wasn’t used

"Barry Zito never posted an ERA below 4 in his time in the Bay Area" Oakland is in the Bay Area.

@madethecut

5 ай бұрын

And he never posted an ERA under 4 there

@GEREIKAT

5 ай бұрын

@@madethecut He did it 6 times.

@jbj7599

5 ай бұрын

​@@madethecutyou could not be more wrong. Wtf? His rookie and 2nd year were under 4!!!

@johnnycatR58

5 ай бұрын

​@@madethecut2000-2003, 2005-2006 wasn't under 4? Are you sure?

@joshpavlik3343

4 ай бұрын

@madethecut Zito had six years of sub 4 era in 2000,01, 02, 03, 05&06. Not to mention he was the AL Cy Young winner in 02 with the A’s who are in Oakland which is the Bay Area he didn’t however post a sub 4 era with the giants who are also in the Bay Area.

Chone Figgins signing with the Mariners for 4 years & 36 million before the 2010 season. He did absolutely nothing for them for 3 seasons & was released in the final year of the contract.

@robertperrier2955

5 ай бұрын

First thing that came to mind as well. Maybe there aren't any Ms fans at MtC.

@Sandul666

5 ай бұрын

Yeah i was expecting chone figgins or milton bradley, la stella was a nothingburger that cost nothing, i cant agree with that pick at all

@TheScotian82

5 ай бұрын

​@@Sandul666exactly its a contract handed out a thousand times every year in all major sports lol

@rogerfortner3109

3 ай бұрын

Chone Figgins was excellent while playing for the Angels! One of my favorite Angels!

1 year contracts? I'm sure Toronto had a worse signing sometime than a 1 year 5.5 million.

@cost7569

3 ай бұрын

I would put B.J. Ryan there.

Anthony Rendon is honestly the Ben Simmons of baseball

@noahwelch2931

5 ай бұрын

honestly a great comparison

@dunkelmonkey

5 ай бұрын

This comment wins the internet today

@TheScotian82

5 ай бұрын

nobody watches baseball. especially not baseball players who have to sit through their own games every day.

@noahwelch2931

5 ай бұрын

@@TheScotian82 you bring up a good point, only 70 million Americans attended baseball games last year. now if that number was 71 million I would say baseball is a well-watched sport, but 70 million is unacceptable

@gravitykat714

5 ай бұрын

@@TheScotian82more people watch baseball then girl look at you and that crooked lip you got in that pfp

Honorable mention to Wander Franco for the Rays. Not sure if his designation means they don't have to pay him but certainly hope they don't.

@nuggetnachitas

5 ай бұрын

It was not a dumb contract, he was amazing before he got caught of his crime. how would they know he’s a criminal at the time of signing him?

@diegomelo685

5 ай бұрын

i wouldn’t include it because they had no idea he was doing the stuff he was doing…before these horrible things came to light he was worth every penny but yeah i hope he doesn’t touch another cent of mlb money

@PSOpwnage

5 ай бұрын

All guaranteed in baseball the beauty in the sport

@leam89

5 ай бұрын

​@@PSOpwnage No there are ways the contract is not guaranteed such as if he can't enter the US

@PSOpwnage

5 ай бұрын

@@leam89 you get paid until you get convicted so if he keeps delaying the case he keeps getting paid

(Cubs fan) It was interesting reading David Ross’s book. J-Hey had a lot of off the field leadership that the team really respected, especially in 2016. On the field may not have gone well, but he still showed up to practice and gave it his all, he upgraded teammates hotel rooms, gave the Game 7 speech. It takes a lot to give that much when your stats are struggling.

@sangreesraro3996

5 ай бұрын

Alfonso Soriano's contract was worse

@resmarted

5 ай бұрын

I'll start caring when they make a stat for this.

@Gnar_Dogg

5 ай бұрын

​@@sangreesraro3996 no chance it was lol. Soriano was pretty damn good throughout his time with the Cubs with the exception of 1 truly bad year. Solely going off OPS+ an not even bothering to look at the other numbers Heyward was an 85 OPS+ player throughout his Cubs career while Soriano was 110 and Soriano played over 100 more games for them as well.

@sangreesraro3996

5 ай бұрын

@@Gnar_Dogg Lmaoaooaoaoao Soriano was TRAAAAAASH🤣🤣🤣

@Gnar_Dogg

5 ай бұрын

@@sangreesraro3996 👍

Dodgers gave Jason Schmidt 3 years and 47 million, and he immediately got injured and only pitched about 40 innings.

@dodgerblue7381

5 ай бұрын

Good choice, I had selected Andruw Jones

@ethanniedorowski116

5 ай бұрын

I'm a Darren derfert man myself the years wasted hoping an then signing him to a 5 year 55 mil when that was like 150 now. Because he was a bonus baby first rounder ab boris guy an the dodgers knew he was hurt all the time an a mysterious team in division "wanted him" lol now that one set the team back an hurt alot. I would also take the Hector guy 5 or 6 for like 70 never to play a game. But they had money then so it was nbd. In 2000 55 mil was alot they lost Kevin brown the next year an Chan hoe park because of this choice 👎 after already doing it with Andy Ashby we were done.

@ethanniedorowski116

5 ай бұрын

I know park sucked in Texas but in the friendly confines of dodgers stadium he was a strong number 2

@dodgerblue7381

5 ай бұрын

@@ethanniedorowski116 I think that Dreifort hurt because ARod was the pick right before him. I Prayed that the Mariners would pass on ARod.

I agree with most of the examples, but I have to say that the Phillies signing Jake Arietta for three years/75 million was far more detrimental than resigning Ryan Howard when/how much they did...

Can't argue with the disastrous contract the Reds gave Homer Bailey. The silver metal goes to Mike Moustakas. $64million for a three year negative WAR, and then DFA. A small market team can't afford contracts like Bailey and Moustakas.

@seansheaffer6699

Ай бұрын

silver is a metal, but silver meDal is what you're looking for. Those were both awful contracts though

Are we afraid to say that Wander Franco extension is probably a bit worse than grant Balfour?

What about Robinson Cano for the Mariners and Rusney Castillo for the Red Sox?

@LordWolven

4 ай бұрын

Cano for the Mariners ended up being more of a disappoint than a bad deal. He ended up with 23.5 WAR over the 4.5 season he played for them, or 5.2 WAR a season. They didn't have to pay him while he was suspended and the Mets ended up eating most of his remaining contract. So, the Mariners spent roughly 110 million on him. They overpaid, but still got something out of it. The Mets however also ended up spending roughly 110 million on him... and they ended up with 1.1 WAR over 168 games.

The White Sox signed Jamie Navarro to a 4yr/$20 million deal in 1997. His best ERA in a season during that contract was 5.79. Makes John Jay look like a lottery ticket. The Pittsburg Pirates had Derek Bell sign a 2yr/$9.75 million deal in 2001, only to OPS+ 48 and introduce to the world Operation Shutdown.

I didn’t even have to click the video to know it was Rendon’s contract😂😭😂

The most disappointing one for me was Albert Belle with the O’s.

@eduardopena5893

Ай бұрын

The thing is, nobody knew about his hip issue. That only didn't work out because he was injured. Before the injury, Belle was raking like he was expected to. The one for the Orioles should be the massive, stupid contract for Chris Davis.

What about the Wander Franco extension? (if that even counts)

@leifopstad2972

5 ай бұрын

probably not because this is bad now with hindsight

@gravitykat714

5 ай бұрын

Wander Franco was actually performing and if he’s convicted guilty they wont have to honor the contract

Aaron Hick's extension with the Yankees was mind boggling. 7 year 70 million. Always injury prone. Flashy with the glove but inconsistent bat. A switch hitter who wasn't a good hitter from either side. Make it make sense.

One of the worst was the Carlos Silva's contract with Seattle Mariners 4 years and 48 millions He lasted 2 years in Seattle with 5-18 and 6,81 ERA, 1,84 SO/W (in 2005 with Minnesota he had 7,89 SO/W and all sabermetrics thought that he was one of the reason because sabermetrics existed) Silva and probably his agent were de winners Carlos Silva is the owner of Marinos de Anzoátegui (Anzoategui Mariners) a professional basketball team in Venezuela, if I don't make mistake. And he is the owner of Rutaca, a venezuelan airline. You do the maths

Our worst contract is for a single year, at 5.5 million. (Jays) Honestly, I think that's an amazing track record.

I'm still happy that Zito redeemed himself and helped the Giants win the title in 2012.

Picking La Stella when the M’s have given big money to players like Chone Figgins is wild.

@kingdombeats618

Ай бұрын

Yeah I’m a mariners fan I was confused when he said a deal that didn’t affect anything

For the Mariners I would have gone with Pokey Reese who they signed in 2005 after he won a World Series in 2004. Reese got injured before the season even started and he would not play a single game not only that season but would never play in the MLB again.

I completely forgot we had Michael Bourne in Cleveland

I never understood Ellsbury going to the Yanks, they already had the same player in Brett Gardner.

@iamhungey12345

4 ай бұрын

Not to mention his injury history. That was one of the signings I knew was going to be bad.

@jopilot4126

Ай бұрын

They signed ellsbury because cano was leaving. Did it for the fan base

Great vid concept

The Blue Jays one didn't make any sense that is a one-year contract for 5 million dollars that is considered a great contract nowadays what are you talking about lol you get an invisible thumbs down just for adding that and $720k 1 year contract lol cmon bro

I was expecting Andruw Jones with the Dodgers not Scott Kazmir.

@ethanniedorowski116

5 ай бұрын

He was high on this one i think or just trolling for us to engage

blue jays should be Vernon Wells

@goskateminnesota7256

5 ай бұрын

Vernon Wells played like 10 solid years in Toronto. His bad contract was with the Angels.

How is The Mets Not Bobby Bonnila .... Aren't They STILL Paying Him ??

@csnide6702

4 ай бұрын

yup

If your worst deal is 1 year, 5.5 million then you"re doing fine.

@Baseballify

15 күн бұрын

Or 1 year 720k

Kirby Yates is my most common fuck up on immaculate grid because I always misremember him playing with the blue jays

For Seattle... What about Chone Figgins...what a disaster that endeavor was

The biggest problem with this video is it acts as if MLB history begins in 2010. Where are the Rockies' deals with Mike Hampton or Denny Neagle. Christ, the then Indians 10-year deal with Wayne Garland is still easily the worst in the franchise's history. Baseball can make all the rules changes it wants. But as long as people covering the game have no sense of the game's history, baseball will continue to lose viewers

For Oakland, I think the contract A's gave 11M to Trevor Rosenthal is equally dumb as Butler contract because he literally pitched not even a single ball including during spring training

@lmcc0072

4 ай бұрын

Oakland is not even known for giving out $10+ million dollar contracts and they give them out to Butler and Rosenthal. Moneyball at its finest.

@varianschirmer9375

3 ай бұрын

I think the As going from Hudson, Mulder, & Zito to having nothing to show for it... probably worse than any one contract they did. Whatever possessed them to bring Elvis Andrus to Oakland...

@lmcc0072

3 ай бұрын

@@varianschirmer9375 They traded Hudson (their ace) to Atlanta and basically got nothing in return. The same with Josh Donaldson, Matt Chapman, and several other star players.

@varianschirmer9375

3 ай бұрын

@lmcc0072 Exactly... and the commissioner's office watching Oakland ownership going full MLB organ donor... trying to tank the organization to move it to Las Vegas and said nothing. Oakland ownership should have been sued by David S. Ward and the license holders of Major League for ripping off that script.

La Stella huh? Thought Chone Figgins was the worst contract😂

as a white sox fan how is adam dunn, andrew bentiendi, or john danks not on here those are the 3 biggest deals ever for the team....and they never earned the money

Yeah 1 year deals don’t make sense to add as they aren’t really franchise impacting like any multi year deals are

You can tell even just from this video that Howard changed after his injury

You went with Tommy LaStella instead of Evan White? The always hurt AAA player that was salary dumped this offseason? Bad choice

Idk one year contracts are usually players looking to be traded mid way so it’s not even a risky type contract because usually the team sucks

The one good thing about the Twins signing Nolasco was that it started Chris Cotillo's reporting career. Dude broke the signing while a high schooler.

21:48 he made all 126m in the 2012 playoffs

Recency bias is right! the Jays worst contract is FAR AND AWAY Vernon Wells but thank you Angels for taking the brunt of that one. In a distant second, Alex Rios $69(nice) million guaranteed, waived a little over a year later.

Ok, The Pirates should honestly be Gregory Polanco's extension

Blue jays should be Tanner Roark - 2year/ 24 mil to produce 6.75 ERA in 54 2/3 innings before being released

Kendrys Morales is maybe a better pick for the Jays I think - but fun video overall!!

9:59 this man dropped the easiest homer catch of his life!

2:55 back to back key players for the braves Panda won some games for the braves early and then was the Jorge Soler trade. Alex Anthopolous magic

How dare you do my boy Kazmir like that

I would hardly call one year contracts bad deals. Or 5 year 10m. thats literally pocket change

I thought we were gonna get Chone Figgins for the mariners

As an Astros fan, the worst contract is Rafael Montero as of now

How is Javy Baez not the Tigers worst contract?

@csnide6702

4 ай бұрын

because it isn't over and he doesnt suck...... I would say Vina or Percival were worse -- they signed and never played a GAME

@austinvetter2364

Ай бұрын

​@@csnide6702he doesn't suck? Are u kidding. Bro is terrible 🤣

@csnide6702

Ай бұрын

@@austinvetter2364 shows what you know..... He's great in the field .... If tigers had ANY kind of COACHING and a MANAGER that knew anything at all - Baez' problems could be easily corrected.

@austinvetter2364

Ай бұрын

@@csnide6702 he's got a .600 OPS with the Tigers bro 😭😭😭 that's awful I don't watch him play lmao but anyone can check his stats he is literally 🗑️

@csnide6702

Ай бұрын

@@austinvetter2364 sure - NOW- but he was good with Chicago and could be again with a QUALITY coach saddest part is there are at LEAST 5 players worse than that on Tigers current Roster. . ... and like my first post said - I'll take him over Vina and Percival who NEVER PLAYED A GAME in a Tiger uniform.

In fairness to the Nationals, disability a insurance policy would have probably cost almost 100% of the policy max, because there was almost a 100% chance the Nationals would collect on the policy.

I agree that there was no reason for a prospect to get a contract extension without performing overwhelmingly well like Singleton, but… come on, at least tell me Martin Maldonado was a close second

You guys are wrong about Pablo Sandoval being the worst Boston Red Sox contract because that honor is Carl Crawford's.

I forgot madbum was on the Dbacks

Detroit not being Baez says a lot about Detroit.

I hate when ppl give advanced stats instead of the tradiional ones

@TheBurn0820

5 ай бұрын

That’s when you know they’re young and don’t understand the game. It’s always been average/hrs/rbis for hitters and wins/era/K’s for pitchers… however OPS and Whip are also acceptable… F all that sabermetrics nonsense

Billy Bean told the fans they didn’t have the money to sign Donaldson who would have had enough serviceability at the end of 2015 to get a new contract before his 6 years team control was up. He could have signed that fall even if he was granted arbitration for $3.5 million for 5 years. Instead they traded him and signed Tuna Casserole to 3 years $30 million. Tuna Casserole played 1.5 seasons with 19 extra base hits and 39 hit into double plays. Donaldson won the League’s MVP.

I'd argue the Kevin Brown or Trevor Bauer contracts with the Dodgers were worse than the Kazmir one was.

This list could be renamed "a bunch of guys that almost went to Toronto, but ended up featuring in a MTC video on bad contracts instead". It's great!

Howard got the extension because of jersey sales. He was a key part of the 08 WS team and the front office knew that a lot of that team would be wearing jerseys from other teams already or very soon.

Look at Ryan Howard's 5 seasons before he got hurt. Ridiculous numbers he put up, so he deserved that contract, but unfortunately, he got hurt. My opion is if he doesn't get hurt he probably reaches 400 maybe 500 homeruns and possibly gets into the hall of fame.

I think all RedSox fans agree that Pablo Sandoval was our worst contract ever

@jopilot4126

Ай бұрын

Pablo and Carl Crawford

It’s odd, Zito was overpaid sure, but here in SF he retired a legend and he will always be one to us.

Blue jays got off easy here

I almost forgot about Ellsbury….thanks

This is more like “worst aging” contracts

I don’t even have to watch this to know my cubs, who have had some really bad contracts, but giving Jhay 186m has to be the worst, in fact one of the worst 100m contracts ever.

Rusney Castillo they essentially paid not to play. Still makes me mad to this day

Definitely nailed it with the Brewers pick. Hammonds also had trouble staying on the field, which continued in Milwaukee ... before he was ultimately released. They were opening Miller Park that season and felt they needed to pay someone, but holding onto the money until 2002 would have been much better than spending just to spend

@jbj7599

4 ай бұрын

Damn did I mis-remember his time with the Crew. Or I'm mistaken him for someone else who did good

@BaseballCardIllustrated

4 ай бұрын

The problem was the Brewers overpaid for a guy with injury issues coming off a relatively healthy season with the Rockies. He returned to career norms in health and numbers in two years with the Crew and was released early on the last year of the contract. Milwaukee has had some other contracts that didn’t work out - Suppan and Gagne come to mind - but this was a bad deal before it was signed and played out exactly as expected

@jbj7599

4 ай бұрын

@@BaseballCardIllustrated ugh gagme was turrible and soupbowl got lucky with STL

Wei yin Chen is thanking his lucky stars that he wasn't included on this list

Anthony Rendon aka Albert Haynesworth

We all know who the rays worst contract REALLY IS.

Knew that you would highlight Barry Zito from the Giants. Sorry, but hard disagree. SF literally has one less flag flying without Barry Zito. He stunk for most of the contract, but finished on the highest note possible (post-season hero), so all is forgiven in San Francisco. We good with Zito. Worst Giants contracts were: Mark DeRosa, or the recent Tommy LaStella deal. Not nearly as much money, but totally useless players for their duration with the club. The Cain extension didn't work out (but he was a franchise legend), and also it could be argued that Will Clark should've been extended over Robby Thompson (took a Randy Johnson fastball to the face and was never the same, you can't plan for that). But sorry, Barry Zito was essential to helping the Giants a championship in 2012 so he will always be considered a "good Giant." Just investigate the phenomenon of: Hashtag Rally Zito, that started as a joke and ended up with Zito reeling off 7 straight wins to end the regular season (15 wins in total!), and then dominating in the playoffs. Including laying down an iconic bunt that essentially won a World Series game. Overall- entertaining piece, thanks for posting!

I would say the White Sox had worse contracts than Jon Jay......probably Yasmani Grandal's. He only had one good offensive season and he was paid a lot more.

Disagree vehemetly that Daniel Hudson was the worst Pirates contract ever. He wasn't great by any means, but his career did rebound with the Dodgers a few years later. Also he was instrumental in being the trade piece that brought in Coery Dickerson. He didn't shift us into being contenders again, but he was our best batter for two seasons. The worst contract by a country mile is Jason Kendall because the poor guy got hurt and basically scared the organization away from signing anyone ever again. We only broke his record for largest contract ever when they resigned Hayes and Reynolds to extremely team-friendly deals they can and will flip in a couple seasons.

Baseball amazes me how they will give some players such massive bloated contracts that pay players well into their late 30's and even 40's. Signing a 30 or 31yr old to a 10 year 300+m contract is so short sighted. It seems just about everytime the player is past or near past his prime and the team under performs. Now teams are deferring money for years and decades for players. It sucks being a small market fan in baseball. They need a salary cap

Scott Kazmir went to the same high school as my sister in law, though they never personally met. Not many players make it to the big leagues from my hometown, so I root for them regardless. I was lucky enough to go to high school with a guy who played in the NFL. Not sure if he still plays though.

Melvin uptown ended up getting good again towards the end … went 20/20

@durden2480

Ай бұрын

His run in Atlanta was brutal. He got booed endlessly, it’s almost worse than Dan ugglas run

@2girls1up

Ай бұрын

@@durden2480 right but honestly it was unwarranted. His brother Justin and other braves outfielder heyward arguably declined even worse as they got older. Melvin put up positive value towards retirement, whereas heyward and Justin were straight negatives

@durden2480

Ай бұрын

@@2girls1up true heyward was hot in Atlanta for a while, Justin had like one good year.

@2girls1up

Ай бұрын

@@durden2480 I stand corrected on heyward, he’s actually not been that bad at all everything considered. Not great value but not bad at all

Could make a video alone on the dumb contracts the Angels have made.

The irony of seeing Sandoval's picture with a Dunkin' donuts logo behind him. 🤷🤷

20:55 oh my God that pitch was NASTY 😭

Joe Mauer deal wasn’t a bad deal

Rangers think Park was the worst deal.... Here I thought it might have been Soo Choo's contract or A-Roid's $250 million Fed-Ex to NYY deal.

This is why I traded Homer Bailey in mlb the show lol

Did AI make this video how can you have 1 year deals on here

1:00 i HATED EVERYTHING about Ellsbury's contract. too long a commitment and his injury history was a major concern for me

What about Heywards several golden gloves?

I wonder if the guy that runs MTC would’ve let this atrocious list be put out. 1 year deals? How do they pertain to this at all?

His last name sounds like Ball Four and he's a pitcher

Rays has to be wander Franco unless they don’t have to pay him his contract to cut him

I'm honestly surprised that neither Trevor Bauer or Tommy Pham showed up on this list.

You forgot the Milwaukee Brewers

Manny Ramirez with the Dodgers stands out more in my mind than Kazmir.

Marlins... Giancarlo Stanton's contract dump to the Yankees isnt the biggest overpay...?

watched the whole video to see the yankees worst trade but didn't even mention them in it

The Pat Burrell contracr is worse then the Grant Balfour contract for the Rays. Contextually speaking Pat Burrell was a 8 million a year loss while the Rays had Longoria, Zoborist, David Price, James Shields, Carl Crawford, BJ Upton, Carlos Pena, Matt Garza, and to lesser extent Jason Barlett raking and in their primes in 2009-2010 and their 3rd highest paid player in Burrell produced an 80 OPS+ and -1 WAR. The Balfour signing was bad but that 2014 Rays team crumbled apart under Joe Maddon and needed to reload as their was a litany of failing former prospects and veterans. The Rays then lost their 2 trigger men in Friedman and Maddon and the Rays replacing them with Neander and Cash. Who then sucrssfully reloaded the farm system and currently has a organization with a great mix of MLB talent (even without Wander) and farm system depth to keep the sucess rolling. So yeah the Rays paying Grant Balfour 14 million over 2 lost to meh season isnt nearly as bad as paying Bat Burrell 16 million while being firmly in a WS window that kinda shut once Carl Crawford walked in 2010.