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About Those Incentives in Mark Reynolds’ New Contract

By John Parent - Dec 11th, 2012 at 1:59 pm

When the Cleveland Indians gave Mark Reynolds a one-year, $6 million contract to be their new first baseman last week, they included performance bonuses that could escalate the value of the contract to a total of $7.5 million overall.

Something tells me that there a couple of these incentives that Reynolds may have trouble reaching.

New Indians first baseman Mark Reynolds can earn an extra $100,000 if he wins the AL MVP and $50,000 if he wins World Series MVP

— Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) December 11, 2012

Now, I’m not saying Reynolds has no shot at reaching the full earning potential of his contract, but it’s going to be tough to get that last $150,000. Cleveland lost 94 games last season and is still dangling two of their best players as trade candidates. Meanwhile, Reynolds is a career .235/.332/.475 hitter who has ony ever lead the league in one category and that was strikeouts. Four times in a row.

Topics: Cleveland Indians, Mark Reynolds

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John Parent

A National Baseball Columnist for FanSided.com, I have previously served as an editor for five of our baseball sites and have written over 1000 pieces for the FanSided Network as a whole. I regard Barry Bonds as the greatest player I have ever seen, regardless of steroids, and if guys like him aren't in the Hall of Fame, they may as well not have one. I am an alumnus of Bowling Green State University where I studied English. My wife, Valerie, and I have been married since 2008 and together we have five wonderful children. I can be reached at [email protected]