Jayson Stark of ESPN reports that the Orioles gave Cesar Itzuris an incentive clause in his contract where he gets a $25,000 bonus if he wins a Silver Slugger award.
Of course, Itzuris has a career .259 batting average and has the second-lowest career OPS (.619) of any player with 2000 or more at bats who is currently on an active roster.
Obviously they could have made it a billion dollars but no sense embarrassing him.
I doubt that they needed to insure that particular clause.
Just takin' their chances.
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That's a reachable incentive.
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