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01/20/2012 - Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cincinnati Reds officially signed right- hander Ryan Madson to a one-year contract Friday with a mutual option for 2013.
Madson notched 32 saves in 2011 -- his first full season handling ninth-inning duties -- to go with a 4-2 record and a 2.37 earned run average.
The 31-year-old seemingly had a deal done with the Phillies early in the free-agency period, but talks broke off between the parties and the Phillies wound up signing former Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon to a four- year, $50 million deal.
Madson had spent his entire career with the Phillies, who selected the 6- foot-6 hurler in the ninth round of the 1998 draft, going 47-30 with 52 saves and a 3.59 ERA in 491 games (18 starts).
<< Quick, Jackson, Steed set for Senior Bowl
Mobile, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Appalachian State wide receiver Brian Quick and
cornerbacks Asa Jackson of Cal Poly and Ryan Steed of Furman will participate
in the Senior Bowl Jan. 28 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
All three players were named to T
<< Giants ink reliever Romo to 1-year deal
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco Giants have agreed to
terms on a one-year contract with reliever Sergio Romo.
The right-hander went 3-1 with a save and a career-best 1.50 earned run
average in 65 appearances
<< Imrie completes move to St Mirren
Paisley, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St Mirren wrapped up the signing of
Hamilton attacker Dougie Imrie on Friday, with the former Inverness man
joining the club on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
The 28-year-old made nearly 7
<< Jouffre extends stay at Lorient
Lorient, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lorient announced on Friday that midfielder
Yann Jouffre has signed a new contract that ties him to the club until June
2014.
Jouffre joined Lorient from Guingamp in January 2008 and has made 82 leagu
Howard's hurting Jameer and Smith's hurting Magic >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Next time you're on Church Street in
downtown Orlando, it's probably a good idea to look both ways before crossing
the street.
Those LYNX buses are dangerous, especially when someone is behind you p
Arsenal hosts United in Sunday's marquee EPL match >>
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Premier League title chase could become
much more clear after the weekend as four of England's titans are set to suit
up Sunday.
Third-place Tottenham will head north to face the leaders, Manchester Ci
Real Madrid focused on Athletic Bilbao >>
Madrid, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Madrid lost another "El Clasico" earlier
this week against Barcelona, but Jose Mourinho's club still has an edge on its
rival in La Liga.
So after the 2-1 loss at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos
Yankees, Gardner avoid arbitration >>
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees and outfielder Brett Gardner
have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract.
Gardner appeared in 159 games for the Yankees last season, batting .259 with
career highs in both
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In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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