Why are the terms of Roman Anthony’s contract worth $ 130 million, Red Sox “shock”

A lot of the world of baseball has been praised Roman Anthony extends for eight years, 130 million dollars With Red Sox, you can win for both sides, but the former general manager of MLB Jim Bowden does not buy it.

“I cannot believe that Roman Anthony has left this a lot of money on the table,” Boden, who was General Motors from Reds and citizens for 16 years, He said in the podcast “Unpleasant area” on Wednesday.

“I am in shock. I don’t understand how you can sit there and watch Ronald Aquina Junior and watch Vladimir Guerrero Junior and see the difference between the two, right? I now mean at the bank, Vladimir Guerrero Junior. From $ 470 million between the two, Roman Anthony just signed the ACUñA JR.

Anthony, 21, was great for Boston since his arrival in the large league championships 46 games, reaching 283 with 132 OPS+.

The contract, which was completed on Wednesday, may reach up to 230 million dollars with incentives, and if Anthony continues the path it was now, it will be worth much more.

However, the external player chose financial security, knowing that he will reach the open market again before he was thirty years old with an opportunity to sign another long -term deal.

“I understand that it is really difficult to reject $ 130 million. I also understand that he will be a free agent again at the age of twenty -nine, and he will have the opportunity to get a deal from 700 to 800 million dollars by that time.”

“I get the thinking behind it, but not when there is a lot of money on the table. During the last two years of this deal alone, he left at least $ 100 million on the table. $ 100 million, which he signed almost what he knows. So you know, glory to this, it will help you help.