Worst contract in baseball. Anthony rendon…hold my beer

There’s an alternate universe where the Giants or Mets signed Carlos Correa to that huge $300 million contract. Now THAT would be the worst contract in MLB history

Xander Bogaerts, Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr are owed nearly 900M over the next 10-11 years including this year. This year they have a combined .660 OPS. Boegaerts is out for 2+ months with a broken shoulder and has a recurring wrist injury that can't be fixed with surgery. Machado is nearly 32 coming off TJ hitting terribly. Tatis who is their young superstar player has under a .775 OPS since his 2 surgeries/PED suspension. Musgrove is also going to be a terrible contract and is owed 20M a year through 2027. This combined with he fact they lost their TV deal, their owner who has been running the Padres at a deficit to try and win now died, and they are in the MLB debt program making them reduce their spending even further is in action. This team is straight up screwed in the long term. The Bogaerts deal and Machado deal are going to all time bad and both on the same team.

Signing Bogaerts made absolutely no sense when we had Juan Soto and needed to resign him and I wasn’t a big fan of it anyway Preller needs to go

You’d think they woulda learned SOMETHING about their horrendous contract with Hosmer lmao

The Manny Machado extension was pretty dumb as well.

Clearly the Padres owner really, really, REALLY wanted a ring before he passed away. So he went HAM with the contracts and trades. Cant really fault him for that, but it clearly didn’t work out.

Update, they just stated that his left shoulder is slightly fractured. Late summer is the earliest he could return potentially.

AJ Preller manages The Padres like as if he’s playing MLB The Show

I’m not disagreeing that this contract is a Disaster, just that you’re ignoring the fact that Peter S was dying and went all in before he passed. Boegarts and Machado contracts beginning of last season.

Shoulda stayed in Boston. Took our Super all star short stop and turned him into a below average second baseman

The thing I dislike about this is that Ha-Seong Kim will probably leave because of this deal. Padres could've just resigned him to a much cheaper deal. HSK loves San Diego and the fans loves him back.

Machado contract is terrible too.

Why is nobody talking about how terrible Machado will be for most of this contract?

The reason teams give these long contracts is luxury tax manipulation. They aren't expecting him to be good into his 40s, they just dont want to pay like 40 million a year for a couple years, cause they will hit the tax threshold. This way the money is "deferred". Its one of those open secrets like the "star prospect needs to improve his defence in the minors for 2 weeks before he debuts" thing.

worst contract in baseball? Anthony Rendon come to mind?

No player, no matter how good, should be given a contract over 6 years. There's just too much that can go wrong, and then you are stuck with that contract.

Worse contract than Baez?? Didn’t think that was possible

Machado + Bogaerts=$60million a year. Add their production together and you get 9Hrs and 41rbis. LOL - meanwhile their best player is Derickson Profar, a guy they released then wisely brought back at the end of last year. Had they not wasted $30m a year on Bogaerts they would still have Juan Soto. What a f'n DISASTER the Padres management is. But in San Diego, we are used to it.

Well, signing a 30 year-old Nolan Ryan through his 41st year would have worked out really well.....but yeah, I can't really think of any other scenario.

You cannot overlook Peter Seidler's ailing health. Last offseason was his hail mary to make it happen as he was dying. RIP

The Red Sox dodged a bullet here. It is hard when you have several of a player’s jersey in your closet but you know the price they are asking is no where close to the value received.

The Padres obviously messed up, badly, but they’ve made a couple of moves I really like. First of all I’m a big believer in OBP over batting average because if you have 2 outs, men on 2nd and 3rd, what do you want? A guy who draws a ton of walks (Soto) and has an unbelievable OBP (Soto and Judge) isn’t going to provide the same value as a 2 time reigning batting champion because his single likely drives 2 home. Also if Dylan Cease can be somewhere in between the guy who was getting Cy Young votes and the guy who had an ERA in the 5’s the Padres GM AJ Preller will do backflips. Are Arraez and Cease as good as Soto and Snell. Honestly I think we don’t know what will happen to Snell because he held out due to Boras. He may never get over those injuries. I’ll take him over Snell. Arraez will likely hit 40-50 points higher than Soto, his OBP will be 50-60 points lower. Arraez should get over 200 hits if healthy while Soto just blast 40+ HRs because of the short porch in right. It’s really intriguing stuff. Honesty I’d move Arraez to 2 or 3 moving up someone who thrive in terms of just drawing walks, letting the likes of Arraez, Bogaerts, Machado etc driving him in. I think Bob Melvin is a very good manager too.

As a Red Sox fan I was honestly fine letting Bogaerts go. He used to get a lot of crap from fans and the media for not living up to the hype and having constant wrist issues. Then Bogaerts had a couple good seasons and the media changed their minds when the narrative became that John Henry is cheap. Either way the fans would have complained- either the Sox are cheap for letting players go, or the players are bums for not living up to the contract the fans demanded the owners sign.

Hosmer 2.0

Thanks for this video. I’m from Boston and the fans were outraged when lost him. Glad we aren’t left holding the bag.

How AJ Preller still has a job is unreal

He was really starting to square up the ball in the 5 games or so before the injury, just brutal man

Preller should have been fired for this and Manny’s ridiculous extension .. ‘

I’m so grateful for the success of the Dodgers and the amount of ROTY, MVPs, Cy Youngs, and All-stars since 2011. Because you look at teams like the Padres and Mets and it reminds you how hard this sport really is.

Who was AJ Preller bidding against for a decade of Xander? Was there another team in on him for more than six years?

Second. Hi Italk I love your videos can your next video be on how bad umpires have been lately and how sensitive they have been when it has come to players a coaches arguing with them

The two ex cubs, Baez and Bryant, have incredibly terrible deals. They both have like 5 years left.

From Boston bogie was very good but he wasn’t going to live up to 11-280m was ok w/ him leaving.

This past offseason I heard a ton of criticism towards the Red Sox front office for really screwing up and “losing” Bogaerts, or as worded here: really botching the Bogaerts deal. While Boston did have a terrible offseason I have to think that they didn’t make any mistakes with Bogaerts. This is a guy they had on their 2013 championship team for his breakout year and then they kept for the next decade, winning a second championship in 2018. That decade was while he was on the right side of age 30 and unquestionably the prime of his career. Now if someone else wants to give him 11 years at $285 (including $5 million signing bonus) to pay him for what he did while wearing a Red Sox uniform then let them. Boston certainly didn’t botch anything on this one, they dodged a bullet. They lost out on Mookie and hit the jackpot by extending Devers.

Quick! While Xander is down, extend Ha Seong Kim to a long-term deal! Quick, before Preller decides to trade him!

And Sox fans wondered why their GM wouldn’t sign this dude to a massive contract

Wonder the analytics of bad contract videos ratings compared to others.

The padres have had the most in fielders in baseball and have been moving them around which is crazy 😂

I remember hearing about this signing and wondering what the world the Padres were doing. This is year 2. Imagine how bad itll be four years from now.

It's been said elsewhere in the comments but it bears repeating: Anthony Rendon is the clear choice for worst contract dished out. Padres and Angels are my two teams and I'd take Boegarts over Rendon every time. At least the guy loves baseball.

I remember during that off season i was super disappointed that my team didn’t sign him. I wanted his .300 average so bad. But at least now i know nobody else was gonna get it either

He played great in 23 with a 280 average and almost went 20-20 with a 4 war

I’d argue Griffy and reds or Soriano and cubs because both teams didn’t win with them and just stopped paying both of them like last few years. If I remember correctly, both were highest paid player in 20 and 21 for each team years after not only retiring, but playing for other teams.

Tatis will be a platinum glove corner outfielder for the next decade and if his bat ever returns to his pre suspension form then he'll be a constant in mvp discussions. Their pitching has been good and they have a decent young core. Xander leaving the Sox might have hurt both teams equally. The sudden dissappearance of one of the Sox best hitters is still being felt over a year later. For the Padres, you have this video

Tbh i always thought it was a bad deal even outside of the money. Obviously tatia isn't the best defender at ss but still you already have him and kim. To just say screw that and bring in another big name ss just shows a lack of an actual plan

If we took some money from Darvish and cronenworth didn’t sign Xander we could have kept Juan Soto!!!!

I’m a Red Sox fan and love Xander but never wanted to sign him to a crazy contract.

A.J Preller it's the man, get paid to play with another people's money, fans expectations only to satisfy some weird gambling/risk complex.

As bad as the contract looks. Xander is still on pace for 3000 hits and along with his silver slugger awards and world series rings he should be a HOF once his contract ends in a decade.

Even before the injury, this is still one of the worst MLB contracts ever. And when the padres fail to make the playoffs this year, Preller must be fired. This is going to be another Bobby Bonilla contract situation. The padres are going to be paying the contract well after he retires. This contract is going to be impossible to upland Xander. There is no team that will take on this contract, not even if the padres give a ton of cash. Xander can’t hit. He is staring at his mid 30s. Is now very prone. And you put all that with the 25+ million a year, it just spells one of the worst contracts in MLB history.

Rendón is by country hectares the absolute worst contract in baseball, perhaps ever.

Definitely interested to see who this is about!

Spot on analysis of the Padres’ debacle with Xander. All things considered they’re better off with Xander sidelined in that he was in the midst of an exceptionally unproductive season. His hitting woes probably had much to do with his reassignment to 2nd base. Kim, the other part of the position swap, is having his own struggles at the plate. The Padres seem committed to trading their farm system for veteran talent. Recent trades for Cease and Arraez do seem to have merit. However, in the long run, they have to hope that they can develop younger talent such as Jackson Merrill in order to balance out the whoppingly large contracts of Tatis, Machado and Bogaerts, none of whom have been particularly productive this season.

Strange logic here. Blame the Red Sox for the Padres completely overvaluing and overpaying Xander Bogaerts?

I thought he fractured his shoulder

Bogearts was a big pretender in Boston. Glad they did not bite in giving him crazy money. Of course, they make plenty of other contractual mistakes, so I am not giving them any credit. They just aren't good at what they do.

This guy was a PUNK when he played for the Red Sox but since he went to the Padres, he's been harmless and forgettable.

I just wish Boston gave him the extension he wanted. It couldn't have been worse than Trevor Story. And now Story is made of glass

Chris Bryant 2021 and 2022, 120 games, 15 hr's 250 average 7 year 182,000,000.

I would say to present your evidence earlier, because I nearly wrote this video off as cope until the very end. The video was nearly all intro. Need to make the point sooner. After some thought, this does come off a cope, indeed. I understand the pain of seeing Xander go, but I've seen enough of him to not jump the gun and write him off so soon. He's better than that. He can figure things out. We haven't seen enough to determine if it's a bad contract, how bad it is, let alone if it's the worse contract in history. Honestly, I'd say the Story contract has been worse. At least Xander plays.

As a dodger fan, I feel like the Padres should be way better than what they are. I think it has to do with the management from the top to the coaching staff. It’s the little things are matter the most.

The ten-year deal Steve Cohen gave to Fransico Lindor will probably look really bad within two years. Right now he's hitting 210.

"you had the Padres who were high on crack and meth..." Yep, can confirm.

Three seasons ago I was convinced that this was a squad on the up and up. They were young, talented and were competing against the (then) best in the league. It's crazy how fast things can turn on their head in MLB.

I predicted he would leave but it was for a different reason so I play mlb the show so I was a Red Sox prospect so I went to the mob but then when I came up he would leave to the padres and a giant contract in 2021 2021!!!! you saw that right

Bogie had a wrist injury last year. Wrist hips and knee sap players.

I agree 100%.

The foolish owners dig their holes. Why would anyone commit to pay a ballplayer over such a long term? They never pan out.

I like what the Padres are doing. They have an exciting team, and are fun to watch. Your video premises is teams SHOULDN"T try and get better thru spending money. SD should trade away every talented player and become like the White Sox, Marlins, A's, Rockies, etc. AJ has decided to be the opposite of every so called smart GM by trading away overvalued prospects for good MLB players like Snell, Cease, Darvish, Musgrove, and Arraez. The contracts to Xander and 2nd extension to Machado prolyl won't age well 5 years from now. But unlike other teams in SD market size, the Padres have a lineup of Machado, Xander, Tatis Jr, Cronenworth, HSK and veteran SP like Darvish, Cease, and Musgrove. Than you sprinkle in young guys like Merrill, Campusano, and KIng. The idea of MLB is to win games, right? Not maximize profit.

He was completely ass this year before he got hurt. I think his wrist is still messed up, too.

"One of the worst Hitter's in Baseball this year", Someone has to take the place of Grisham for lowest B.A. on the Club...

Xander & Cronenworth’s contract makes me want to throw up when I try to rebuild SD in MLBTS 😮‍💨

He needs a standing ovation, the TT treatment

That Soto trade is really starting to look like a genuis move by the Nats.

Soto is looking pretty good in NY

Sorry sir. You will never convince me there's a worse contract than Rockies Kris Bryant

Your attempt to save the Padres with your special power is admirable but it may not be enough.

There most be a way for them to cancel that contract and kick boagaert and machado out of the team

It's even worse than Rendon contract

As a padres fan, I genuinely dislike Bogaerts. His stats speak for themselves

I'm just glad the Padres had the sense to put Kim back at shortstop.

Xander, Machado contracts the reason why the Padres had to trade Juan Soto.

All that money they make and still act like immature children.

And now it was announced it is a shoulder fracture

Video about the royals?

How can a team let go Juan Soto ? Its like winning a lottery but losing the ticket. Xander will come back no doubt. He has been one of the most consistent hitters last 7-8 years. Just check the stats. Its just that if you dont play your best players in their best positions it just becomes harder for them somehow.

We calling six months an era now

Never liked this contract and wouldn’t be surprised if this winds up the worst contract of the decade. Also this is easily baseball’s answer to the Sutter and Parise deal, mark my word’s

Newest update is fractured shoulder for Xander.

Just imagine if Aaron Judge signed with the Padres

Francisco Lindor's is still the worse contract in baseball

Agree that the term was terrible, still think Rendon has the best/worst.

I hate this signing but The owner was just goin all out before his death Everyon wanted soto to stay he fit so well in SD

I don’t feel bad for the padres. Their fans are the cowboy fans of baseball. Except with out any of the history and hardware

Xanders contract isn’t that bad. He played good last season. And he’s coming back in summer lol

Noti gang big fan of your stuff man keep it coming best baseball Contant creator❤

After a rods contract I quit going to mlb baseball games only minor league ones!!

Strasburg,Rendón, Bogarts

I agree this is a terrible contract but I think it will be better than ppl think idk tho I might be wrong