Reds are also still paying Ken Griffey Jr. Orioles are paying Chris Davis. Nationals are on hook for both Scherzer and Strasburg. I can keep going for quite a while. But everyone will only talk about Bobby Bonilla because New York media made a fuss about it and that’s all people know. Talk about the media misleading masses…
Yeah, it's how teams get players and work around hard and soft salary caps, avoid luxury taxes, etc... Take a look at international futbol sometime to see insane money being thrown around.
