Starting pitcher Joe Nathan just got a huge pay raise from the Minnesota Twins. The Twins and Nathan have agreed on a new four year contract with a club option for a fifth year that will pay Nathan $47 million dollars. If Nathan stays with the Twins for the entire contract he would be in his upper thirties and I don’t know if he would be worth that kind of money at that age.
Nathan gets $11.25 million in each of the next four seasons, starting with 2008, and the Twins have a $12.5 million option for 2012 with a $2 million buyout. The price of the option can rise to $14 million, going up by $500,000 each for 55 games finished in 2010, 55 games finished in 2011 and 110 games finished in 2010 and 2011 combined. Also, Nathan said the deal contains a limited no-trade clause.
What do you think Twins fans? Is that too much money for Nathan right now? He probably would have cost a lot more after K-Rod signs during next offseason and sky rockets the price of good closers.
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