I was thinking about players who made big money on a season's or postseason's worth of excellence. The two intra-division examples that come to mind are Derek Lowe's October 2004 (bless him, 4-year, 36M contact immediately following, probably made at least 10M in a month) and the Orioles' Chris Davis's 2013 (7-year, 161M contract immediately following, had to have been at least 60M more on his contract than if it had been after his good 2012).
David Price definitely doesn't count (too good for too many years before the big contract), for example.
Who made the most on the least?
Edit: crap, I think I got Davis's timing wrong. Whatever.
David Price definitely doesn't count (too good for too many years before the big contract), for example.
Who made the most on the least?
Edit: crap, I think I got Davis's timing wrong. Whatever.