Giancarlo Stanton’s accountant is a very happy man today.
The Miami Marlins outfielder yesterday agreed a record breaking 13-year, $325million deal with the Florida ballclub, smashing the numbers involved in previous largest contract in professional sports history, the $292million pact Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera signed last March.
It’s a stunning commitment to a single player by a club notorious for its thrift, especially given that 25-year-old Stanton, who has walloped an impressive 154 homers in his five-year career, hasn’t faced live pitching since taking a fastball to the face in a game in September.
$68,449: Amount Giancarlo Stanton will be paid EACH DAY for 13 YEARS.
— darren rovell (@darrenrovell) November 17, 2014
Some other remarkable numbers from the deal:
– Owner Jeffrey Loria has committed more than twice the $158.5million he paid for the Marlins in 2002 to Stanton.
– The Marlins entire player payroll last season was just $47.5million, the second lowest in MLB.
– Stanton at $6.5million last year, was already the highest paid player on the team.
Of course, if he keeps doing this for the next decade or so, none of those numbers will matter…
