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This is a list of the largest sports contracts. These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts , and the endorsement deals. This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing .
His contract includes $1.95 million in performance bonuses this year for games as pitcher: $50,000 for 10, $100,000 for 15, $150,000 for 20, $200,000 for 25, $250,000 for 35 and $400,000 each for ...
1905 Houston Buffaloes team photo. From 1888 until 1961, Houston's professional baseball club was the minor league Houston Buffaloes.Although expansion from the National League eventually brought an MLB team to Texas in 1962, Houston officials had been making efforts to do so for years prior, with a group effort led in 1952 to buy the St. Louis Cardinals for $4.25 million, but local owners ...
The Houston Astros have released first baseman José Abreu, the team announced Friday. Abreu, who signed a three-year free-agent contract in 2022 worth $58.5 million, is still owed more than $30 ...
The Houston Astros finished the 2023 season as runner up for the American League (AL) pennant behind the defending World Series champions Texas Rangers.The Astros entered the offseason with uncertainty at the managerial position as Dusty Baker had completed the last year of his contract and had expressed to multiple people inside and outside the organization that 2023 was to be his last year ...
The Houston Astros and catcher Victor Caratini agreed Tuesday to a $12 million, two-year contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. Caratini can earn additional ...
The Astros' first-round selection and number 10 overall in the 2008 MLB draft from Stanford University, Castro spent nine of 12 major league seasons in Houston, earning an All-Star selection in 2013 while starring on teams that lost 107, 111, and 92 games during the club's period of rebuilding.
The left-handed closer reportedly agreed to a five-year, $95 million deal with the Houston Astros on Friday, the largest present-day value contract for a relief pitcher in baseball history by ...