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Originally Posted by profholt82
Did you know that Bonilla still makes over $1mil per year from the Mets? And it's now nearly 20 years since he last played in the majors. His contract was set up so that he gets paid over $1 mil each year until 2035. Sweet deal, and forward thinking by him and his agent.
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It was his wife (I believe his ex-wife now) who set that contract up because she didn't trust him not to blow it all, if he got it all at once.
Worked for the Mets at the time because they were up to their eyeballs in debt and helped them kick off salary into the future.