The terms of the Dodgers deal with Kenta Maedas finally leaked:
@mlbtraderumors @MLBONFOX Kenta Maedas deal is for 8yrs 24 Million, + 10-12 million a yr in incentives. 3 million AAV. Creative deal for LA.
— Christopher meola (@DfineNrmLC) January 2, 2016
His base salary will be low, but his incentives high. Without knowing where the incentives kick in the Dodgers see him as a 0.5 to 2.0 WAR player based on the range of potential salary. I wonder how much the scale slides with production. If he is a one WAR pitcher, does he get $7.5 million, or does he have to hit two WAR before the incentives kick in?
That said, I wonder how long it will be before teams offer a player a WAR based contract? Let’s say there is a player who is potentially great, but showed a wide variance in production the previous four years. Why not offer a base salary with an incentive for $7.5 million * WAR (minus the base salary). If the player is terrible or injured, he still does well, but the team is not in a whole. If he has an MVP season, he rakes in the cash. Teams could take the average of fWAR and rWAR. Especially for pitchers, who’s performance tends to be more volatile, this could be a boon.
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