David Price sets the record

In professional baseball, more money is thrown than in any other sport and today we seen a contract that we have never seen before.

7 years

217 million dollars

That is 31 million dollars a year.

David Price signed a contract for that amount to play for the Boston Redsox. That contract, when made official, will be the largest contract ever for a pitcher in the MLB and one of the top 10 highest ever for any player.

Wow.

On average, David Price pitches 32 times during a regular season.
So take that 31 million dollars a year and Mr. Price will be making just under 1 million dollars every time he pitches a game.

Now the guy has been a really good pitcher for quite some time.

He will no doubt be the ace on this for years to come but there is one thing attached to his name that people will continue to harp on. Especially now that he has all this money coming his way.

He has never won a playoff game. Ever.

That does not take away from his regular season success but that is something to watch as we move forward

The MLB continues to increase the amount of money it pays its players and there is no doubt that this contract will be topped by some other player for some other team in the near future.