Yankees designated hitter/outfielder Giancarlo Stanton won’t opt out of his contract at the end of the season, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. This is the only opt-out opportunity for Stanton, who still has another seven years and $215MM left on the 13-year, $325MM extension he signed with the Marlins before the 2015 season. Considering how much guaranteed money is left on Stanton’s pact, it’s hardly a surprise that he’ll stay put.
Even after signing his mega-deal, Stanton continued to star with the Marlins, as he won the NL MVP in 2017 with a 59-home run season. But the cost-cutting Marlins then moved on from Stanton, sending him and most of the money left on his contract to the Yankees in advance of the 2018 campaign.
Stanton wasn’t an MVP-caliber producer in his first season with the Yankees, but he still slashed .266/.343/.509 with 38 home runs in 705 plate appearances and 158 games. Since then, though, various injuries have slowed the 30-year-old Stanton, who missed 144 games in 2019 and has only appeared in 22 of the Yankees’ 58 contests this season. To his credit, Stanton has continued to pose a serious threat when healthy, as he has batted .273/.397/.508 with seven HRs in 157 trips to the plate since ’19, but the Yankees certainly didn’t expect him to miss so much time when they acquired him.
Huge shocker there
Now this is news. JDM and the IL man with the Adonis physique on the same day!
It’s a twist M. Night Shyamalan would be proud of. The Yankee Killer was on their own team the whole time!!!
and in other breaking news, the sun will rise today
After a review of the replay, the sun did indeed rise again today!
The juice effect!
Garbage comment.
And on other news, the sun is still hot.
Lol. U don’t say
Tbh yankees should have just signed jd Martinez that off-season instead. Let’s be real
Why?? The Marlins gifted Stanton to the Yankees..
The Marlins won that trade hands down. Old ownership signed him knowing the team would be sold before the big money years kicked in. Look at the years to go. The money the Marlins absorbed in the trade was likely part of the cost when they bought the club. If that contract wasn’t there, old ownership would probably have gotten a bit more. No one can say Stanton put fannies in the seats. When the Yankees got Reggie back in 77, he basically paid for himself. Piazza with the Mets too.
They gave him away because of the contract. That was mistake the moment it was signed.
JD, they tried to create interest in the team and as I posted above, Loria knew he was divesting before the big money years.
looie is spot on this was another example of Loria at his finest. Make it look good only to benefit yourself in the long run. This is the same guy that sued the city after they built his stadium saying he actually lost money. Seems like a theme with owners based on some quotes during the pandemic non playing days. Maybe they called and asked him what to say? I dont know…
A new Jacoby Ellsbury yeah sure. If you think Jeter wanted to help Brian Cashman you are sadly mistaken.
Most of those big long term contracts do not work out at all. You can name twice as many that did not work out that did work out. Any GM that signs a player more than 5 years need their head examined.
It’s crazy how many fans fail to see this obvious truth you are stating.
Enjoy!
Why would he? It’s easy money when you only have to play 50 games a yr.
50? You’re giving him too much credit.
More than Yoenis played!
Well color me shocked.
Your wrong Pip. The Yankees should of traded for Yelich instead
My wrong Pip? What’s that mean?
He meant Jim.
No, he meant to reply to an earlier post.
Or Ozuna
Ozuna is overrated. Bad defense, very up and down on offense, and at his best nowhere near the player that is Yelich or a healthy Stanton.
Cardinals disagree with you. Seeing as though they gave up two frontline SP’ers. Braves fan right now would disagree with you.
Meh. We’ll see what he does next year, over the course of 162….. 4.5 WAR over 2 seasons in St. Louis says they gave up too much…. Brave fans know better than to judge a player on what are probably the best 60 games he’ll ever have.
Seeing as how he has only played in about 40 of the Yankees last 220 games thats not a surprise. The Yankees are pretty much stuck with that contract til they either find someone willng to take it (not likely) or it gets small enough that they are willing to eat the remainder (also not likely)
Yes. He looks like a bust now. Hope he gets better or has some motivation left in him
Still time for him to make good on the deal… but I doubt it.
That decision must have been a hard one. Lol
I like Stanton though his number are very good. Really needs to focus on staying health.
Stanton’s contract is a franchise crusher; $30 mm a year for a strikeout prone DH who misses half the games.
Unless you are one of the few franchises that can afford to outspend their mistakes like Yankees.
Sounds like Chris Davis now
No shizzle!
No surprises here. Probably the most untradeable contract in baseball except maybe for Felipe Vazquez. I just wish that outinleftfield or whatever his name was would show his face after he swore up and down that Stanton’s (and JD Martinez’s) opt-out clauses were benefits to their respective teams rather than liabilities.
If you had to pick one side or the other, which side benefited from the opt-out? The whole idea is to offer the player something that has no value, in order to close the rest of the deal.
Neither side benefited from the opt-out and neither side was hurt by the opt-out. The opt-out only matters if the player actually uses it. If he doesn’t, it’s as if it never existed to begin with.
I also wouldn’t opt out of one of the leagues worst contracts if I were in his position.
I think teams should start putting opt outs in the contracts. Why is it only the players that get to decide?
Leverage.
They have team options, and mutual options which r about the same thing but for the team
No agent that wants to keep his job would ever allow his client to agree to a large contract with a team opt-out in the middle of it. The players’ union will always look to avoid any scenario by which a guaranteed contract can become non-guaranteed.
Wonder what shenanigans the Yankees will try to pull to get out of that deal, hope Stanton minds his P’s and Q’s and doesn’t rehab a potential injury at a place where the team disapproves or something.
Albatross
This may well be the single least surprising story in the history of MLBTR. Coming off two injury-riddled seasons and into perhaps the most uncertain offseason market in decades, Stanton wisely figured he wasn’t going to top $30MM per year…
I guess no one is still accusing Jeter of being a Yankee plant to trade all the Marlins good players to NY for nothing?
Cashman might have to consider framing Stanton for a crime he didn’t commit.
Yankees fans were dumb to think Jeter was going to help a person he hates with a passion in Brian Cashman
Jeter’s focus was on helping the Marlins. If that involves making a trade that helps the Yankees or some other team, why wouldn’t he do it? As for your statement that he hates Cashman, I highly doubt that.. Jeter is a grown man, not a little kid. Thinking that he goes around “hating” people is absurd. What evidence have we seen that would suggest Jeter is that immature?
Ahhh, my beloved Yankee fans.
With what Miami is paying, he counts for a little over 20 mil/year against the CBT.
He’s a good player, man & the aforementioned sum is not prohibitive at all.
I think it’s like Arod. Fans see the number & can’t even begin to fathom that dollar amount. Certainly doesn’t make him any kind of detriment to the team, however.
Uh?
You dont say
Makes me laugh
Who would want him! Yanks would have to eat alot of money. This just can’t continue the it is.
A lot? I don’t think he’s worth a bag of baseballs right now, let alone half of what he earning currently.
The Marlins got 30.5 WAR (fangraphs version) for under $38 million, then handed off that contract. I hate to give that organization credit for dumping a high-priced star, but well played.
Of course he won’t opt out lol nobody will offer him that Money ever again knowing his body is made of noodles lol
Must’ve been some thorough contemplation, careful planning, and agent consultation to reach such a judicious decision with all his options.
– Probably pulled a hammy while doing it though.
8 years left on Machados contract seems reasonable compared with this.
Machado has already done noticeably more as a Padre than Stanton has as a Yankee. Yikes.
Boone must shake up the lineup and put Stanton batting not 4 or 5 but 8th. Seeing the last 4 games with Judge & Stanton K’s on poor low and away it GIDP is hurting! When NYY were amassing 8 to 10 runs x game they both were not in line up. Otherwise an exit early in playoffs. 4 GIDP vs Miami on Friday – plus Pitching ain’t the same.
You can throw Sanchez into that mix as well
They need to pull a ellsbury on him and say he saw a doctor not associated with the yankees and void the contract. I’m sure they can pay someone to say they saw him.
Some players just can’t avoid the injury bug.
Guaranteed contracts are stupid
At least he goes on the IL enough so Dominguez will be able to come up FT and play 150+ per year.
At this time of that Trade, Yankees tried to one up Boston. Now the story is unfolding, look at the standings last few years and tell me which club of Yankees or Red Sox have suffered more? Red Sox for that World Series and nose dived since.
The Red Sox have fewer regular season wins this year and last combined than they had in 2018. 108 to 106 with one game left.
How much money does a player need after they retire? Stanton probably has enough. With free agency, a mediocre or better MLB player can achieve financial success with one decent season and the promise of having another. Winning a World Series ring becomes the ultimate goal for most players after achieving the money. Stanton has NOT done that. He put up suck numbers for two injury riddled years and likely cannot match his salary elsewhere if he opts out. He would have to take sizable a pay cut. He’s got New York by the balls, no matter how well or poorly he does from now on. New York will probably be his best chance, so he will not opt out. Nobody else wants to pay him for his accomplishments of the past few seasons. He is in the best place he can be for now.
I would be shocked if any player would opt out this offseason. The FA market will definitely be a buyers market. A lot of FA will be looking at 1 year deals hoping that the market rebounds the following off season.
He’s great if he’s healthy, but the Yanks acquisition of him is arguably as bad as the Angels acquisition of Pujols (thus far)
He’s not going anywhere, ever. Seven more years at $30 Mil a year with a full no trade clause. Why should he opt out? He’s not crazy.
What are you, chicken? C’mon you can get more. Worked for A-Rod.
Stanton for Odor one bad contract for another
funny.
pay attention!!! Abreu is better than Stanton and Judge together and only earns 17 million per season
If he rakes in the post season it’s all forgotten.
Something tells me that Stanton will bounce back.. but proof will come vs white Sox
Jeter gifted Stanton to the Yankees!
It’s the gift that will keep on giving for years…for Marlins and their fans.