Long term contracts are always a bit of a gamble, but some have been far more disastrous than others. These are the ten worst contracts in the MLB right now.
Any time a player is signed to a long term contract in free agency, teams have to take a bit of a leap of faith. Typically, these players are entering the back end of their primes, and with the financial outlay given, there is little hope that they will live up to their contracts over those final few years. The best a team can hope for is that a player outperforms his salary in the first few years, making the payments on the back end more palatable.
Then there are those contracts that, no matter how much one may hope for some return on investment, are just a disaster almost from the start. Those contracts that just will not provide any value for those teams that signed them, becoming an albatross almost from the very moment the pen was put to the paper. These are the worst contracts in the MLB.
But what are the worst contracts currently in the majors? That depends on the time remaining on the contracts and the overall money owed. Also, if these deals are keeping their teams from adding pieces that they may need, they are certainly amongst the worst out there.
So, let us take a look at the worst contracts currently in the MLB.
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