NL MVP - Joey Votto

Also, this is an illustration of how the media has finally become aware of the fact that Joey Votto is the absolute best player in major league baseball and has been for years now.

 

Big pay day coming for Joey. He's making $525,000 this year and is eligible for arbitration. And he doesn't get a dime for winning

Pujols gets $50,000 for finishing second. By finishing fourth, Adrian Gonzalez gets a $100,000 raise to $6.3-million next season.

http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/Votto+third+Canadian+winner/3867115/story.html

 

How are MVP clauses not in every contract?

 

Do you honestly believe your own words? You don't think the margin in voting is relevant? You must have been really confused during the 2000 presidential elections.

 

I'm assuming this is the last year of his entry level contract so I guess no one figured it'd be a factor when the Reds signed him. NOW he will have an MVP clause.

 

That and Pujols is a roided up freak.

 

I suppose, but damn. Take five minutes and put that bonus clause in there. Just in case.

 

Who had a higher OBP and SLG percentage? what does batting average have to do with OPS? You do know what OPS is don't you?

 

Your man crush on Pujols must be overwhelming if you're comparing MVP voting to a presidential election.

So you'd feel better if Albert finished second with 8 first-place votes instead of one?
He'd still be second.

 

It sounds like Votto just got the standard renewal, and those early contracts are boilerplate and don't have clauses like that. Not sure if the Reds had tried to sign him through his arbitration years, but if they did and he said no, he's going to cash in in a big way. Instead of $4M a year and a one-time $100K bonus that he might have gotten by signing last year, he'll now be negotiating from a perch that could get him Ryan Howard money.

 

It's not like these guys were leaving Pujols off the ballot. Their statistics were close across the board. Votto's team beat Pujols' team for the NL Central title. It's that simple.