Orioles sign Markakis to 6 Year 66 Million Extension

[70Chip]

I am happy to see they opened the purse to keep Nick. I really thought King Peter the Idiot was going to screw this one up......

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-markakis119,0,5464895.story

 

[BrewerSuperCollector]

Markakis was a must keep. They're both Greek you know.

 

[Guest]

Looks like he won't be going to the Yankees anytime soon. :lol:

Nice job by the O's

 

[imac220]

Looks like he won't be going to the Yankees anytime soon. :lol:

Nice job by the O's

 

[jeremy]

666!!!!

 

[darocker80]

Heres to my refractor auto of his hitting triple digits and i can pick up a nice lincecum card

 

[All In Cards]

about time

 

[chuckbartowski]

Not too bad of a contract either.

 

[All In Cards]

I miss him

 

[cgilmo]

bad economy = team friendly contracts?

 

[markakis8]

where did it go?

I miss him

 

[MacK]

Good for Nick!

I still want him on the Cardinals though, lol.

 

[scotty21690]

Very good signing for Baltimore....Markakis is very underrated.

 

[All In Cards]

where did it go?

I miss him

He went on ebay a while ago. I think it went for $755, got to find my old paperwork and check.

 

[markakis8]

nice sale. you got that one in a huge lot of his chrome rookies auto, correct?

where did it go?

[quote="All In Cards":6btujptp]I miss him

He went on ebay a while ago. I think it went for $755, got to find my old paperwork and check.[/quote:6btujptp]

 

[starwarsfan2003]

Very disappointed that the O's locked him up for such a long period of time. I was hoping it would be a 3 year deal, and that the Mets would possibly have a chance at him in 2012. Oh well, guess I'll have to see him in interleague play here at Jackie park, or drop a crap load of money to see him play the Spankees. Only good thing out of this is, his cards remain relatively low in price and I can continue building the collection

BTW Andrew, that was a hell of a sale on the gold, considering you can probably pick up another 9.5 gold for $200 less. I still envy that deal you got on that lot brother.


As a side note, anyone know the specifics of the deal, no trade clauses and such? I looked yesterday and didn't see any specific info.

 

[All In Cards]

a few details of the contract


The deal includes a $17.5 million mutual option for the 2015 season with a $2 million buyout, a limited no-trade clause in which Markakis can block a deal to eight teams each year, standard incentive clauses, escalating clauses that can be worth as much as $7.5 million, and a $2.1 million signing bonus to be paid over the next two seasons. He'll make a base salary of $3 million this year, $6.75 million in 2010, $10.254 million in 2011, $12 million in 2012 and $15 million each in the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

 

[card-treasury]

Always looking for Nick Gold Refs from '03...

 

[darocker80]

Always looking for Nick Gold Refs from '03...

some on ebay, need regular refs?

 

[card-treasury]

Always looking for Nick Gold Refs from '03...

some on ebay, need regular refs?

PM me: How many do you have?