Wednesday, January 09, 2013

For Howell, Showing Up Is (A Little Less Than) Half The Battle

Turns out the J.P. "Thurston" Howell deal, whose terms were released today, is pretty incentive-driven, with many incentives based on appearances:

Howell can earn $750,000 based on relief appearances: $75,000 for 50, $125,000 for 55, $150,000 for 60 and $200,000 each for 65 and 70. He also can earn $300,000 for innings; $50,000 each for 50, 55, 65 and 70, and $100,000 for 75.

Howell also has $700,000 in games finished bonuses: $100,000 each for 30, 35 and 40, and $200,000 apiece for 45 and 50.

This collective $1.75M is incremental to the $2.85M one-year deal, I assume. Wow.

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