METS: K-ROD CONTRACT DETAILS

3 years/$37M (2009-11), plus 2012 option

• signed by NY Mets as a free agent 12/9/08


• $2M signing bonus


• 2009:$8.5M, 2010:$11.5M, 2011:$11.5M, 2012:$17.5M option ($3.5M buyout)
  


• 2012 option becomes guaranteed with:
• 55 games finished in 2011, and
  
• 100 games finished in 2010-11, and
• doctors declare Rodriguez healthy after 2011
  

• Rodriguez receives $3.5M termination buyout if 2012 option does not become guaranteed
• annual performance bonuses, 2009-11:
  
• $0.15M each for 50, 55 GF; $0.2M for 60 GF

• 2012 performance bonuses:
  
• $0.3M each for 50, 55 GF; $0.4M for 60 GF
• (GF means "Games Finished")
  

• limited no-trade clause allowing Rodriguez to block deals to 10 clubs