Chris Ray is alive. He was last seen pitching in relief for the Baltimore Orioles while his arm was falling off in 2007, then got Tommy John and nobody heard from him for a while. Well he got his new contract with Baltimore for 2009 and check out his awesome incentives:
Ray’s contract also includes the following incentives: $50,000 for making the American League All-Star team; $100,000 for winning the Cy Young Award and $50,000 for placing second or third in the Cy Young voting; $50,000 for a Gold Glove; $50,000 for League Championship Series Most Valuable Player; $50,000 for World Series MVP; $100,000 for Comeback Player of the Year; and $150,000 for Team Leader in Rolaids Relief Man Award voting.
There’s putting stuff in a contract to pump up the total value and then there’s giving the Baltimore Orioles setup guy/maybe closer a World Series MVP incentive. Beautiful.
Windy with a chance of dingers.