An MVP Season for the Bargain Basement Price of $457K
Tue, 2008-11-18 20:34 — Berger
I'll have to do some research on this, but have we ever seen a player who is one of the lowest paid players in his sport win an MVP award? It happened today when Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP award.
Pedroia, last year's AL Rookie of the year, beat out the likes of A-Rod ($28M per season) to win the award. Pedroia made a paltry $457,000 for his MVP season.
Even Pedroia's agent was totally unprepared for the possibility that his client may some day win an MVP. Most players have a clause in their contract where they receive a bonus for post-season accolades. Pedroia has no such clause in his contract.
Pedroia doesn't become a free agent until 2013, so if he hopes to earn more money, he'll have to make his case in arbitration.
Now that's what I call an incredible return on your investment if you are the Boston Red Sox.
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blaming the agent is wrong
I don't know the rules exactly, but as a player not yet in arbitration, I believe Pedroia basically has to accept what the Red Sox offer him. It's handled one year at a time, and the agent has no role in this unless they work out a long-term contract.
Not Blaming the Agent
Shane - I am not blaming the agent for Pedroia's paltry salary during his MVP season. The point I was trying to make was that nobody - not even Pedroia's own agent - thought he'd ever win an MVP award - so much so that they didn't have a clause in his contract that paid him a bonus if he won the award. Whomever is representing him did a great job getting him his new contract and I would bet that there is now a clause in his deal that pays him a bonus for postseason honors.
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