Originally Posted by
KeithLockhart
Here's another crazy stat.
Up until Freddie Freeman's deal, BJ Upton was the largest contract we've ever given out! That wasn't even close to 100 million either!
In an era we had Andruw, Chipper, Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz...the fact that neither received a contract as large as BJ Upton's is very telling! Yes I know there's huge inflation over the last few years because of the regional and national TV deals, but Jeter received a 100m contract a few years ago, and Chipper never even got close to that at around the same age while producing better offensive stats.