So I was doing some payroll analysis on Cot's Contracts and while looking at the Atlanta Braves, I stumbled across the bizarre contract of catcher Brian McCann. In 2007, McCann signed a 6 year/$26.8 million dollar deal covering the 2007-2012 seasons with a $12 club option for 2013. The final guaranteed year of the contract, 2012 ($8.5 million), however, becomes a "club option" rather than a guaranteed year if, and I quote Cot's here, "McCann fails to win specified awards 2007-2011."
Weird right? Especially since "McCann may earn additional $3M in 2012 based on Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers & All-Star selections in 2007-11."
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The New Style
There seems to be a new trend growing in major league baseball, or at least in the Chicago Cubs bullpen. That is the new style of wearing glasses while pitching. Angel Guzman came off the DL the other day and now he has glasses instead of contacts. He said that he went to the eye doctor and he sees the catcher signaling the sings a lot better while wearing glasses over contacts. Most people believe the opposite and say you have better eye sight with contacts over glasses. Now the Cubs relievers have two/three players who wear glasses. They are Kevin Gregg, Angel Guzman, and Jose Ascanio who is currently in the minors even though he was effective in the majors. I know there are a few other relief pitchers who wear glasses like K-Rod. I wonder if this trend will keep on growing. I would think glasses would just get in the way. It would be interesting to know the exact number of players who wear glasses. To my knowledge there is only one position player who wear glasses and that is Brian McCann because he had a severe eye problem at the start of the season. You would think a catcher wearing glasses would just get in the way.
