Wednesday, May 05, 2010
How much will Pujols get?
Posted by David GasskoWith Ryan Howard signing a 5-year, $125 million extension, there's been a lot of talk about how that might affect Albert Pujols's next deal. Pujols will be a free agent after the 2011 season (assuming he does not receive an extension before then), and at 31 years of age, that will be his big chance to cash in (on top of the $100 million+ he will have already earned).
But I figured why wait for 2011 (or even early 2012) to see how much Pujols will get when we can poll the smart THT readers right now, and get a pretty good answer via the wisdom of the crowds. So please, go ahead and vote in the two polls below, one of which asks how many years Pujols's new contract will go for and how much money he will get. You have to vote in each separately; it's kind of annoying, but I couldn't figure out any other way to do it.
I'll post results from the poll tomorrow. (And please, remember to vote in both polls! You have to hit submit on the first one, and then when the page reloads, on the second.)
David Gassko is a former consultant to a major league team. He welcomes comments via e-mail.
For some reason, I have a feeling Pujols will settle for about 28-30 mil per season with some very player friendly contract language thrown in. I voted for 7 years but I see that as the guaranteed part of the contract.
I could ultimately be way off on the money, it’s just a feeling that Pujols won’t hold out for the highest possible dollar value.