In 30 Teams, 30 Posts, I write a post about every MLB team in some way in the lead-up to the beginning of the 2015 season. Previous installments can be found here. Today, we honor the Marlins the best way possible: Giancarlo Stanton dingers.
There are many ways to look at the Miami Marlins. You could look at a team on the rise, of Ichiro’s final days, or Jose Fernandez’s return from injury.
Or, you could just look at lots of Giancarlo Stanton home runs.
Let’s do that (after the jump):
This article was originally published on November 15, 2014:
Giancarlo Stanton will, likely, get $325 million dollars in exchange for playing for the Miami Marlins for 13 more years (assuming he doesn’t get traded or opts out).
That, scientifically, is known as a buttload of money. How much money? Let’s go through it…
$500 Million: The value of the Miami Marlins, according to Forbes. Yes, Jeffrey Loria is basically saying that Giancarlo Stanton represents 65% of the value of the team itself.
It is over 20 times Babe Ruth‘s career earnings after inflation.
It is over 1.6 times Ken Griffey Jr.’s career earnings after inflation.
It is over 1.2 times Barry Bonds‘ career earnings after inflation.
$311 Million: The GDP of Sao Tome and Principe, a island nation in the Gulf of Guinea
$785.20: The amount of money every person in the City of Miami would receive if Giancarlo’s next contract was split up equally amongst them.
Giancarlo would be able to buy eight 1962-63 Ferrari 250 GTOs (which sold for $38 million dollars in August) with his proposed new contract’s money.
$294 Million: The cost, adjusted for inflation, of Titanic, the second most expensive (when adjusted for inflation) movie production of all time.
812.5 years: How long the President of United States would have to be in office to make that amount of money ($325 million) from the job.
$292,198,327: Total salary earnings (without inflation) of Shaquille O’Neil over his entire NBA career.
10: The number of NHL franchises, according to Forbes, with a value below $325 million dollars.
All of them: The number of MLS teams, according to Forbes, with a value below $325 million dollars. If he were in a soccer sort of mood, Giancarlo could afford to buy both the most and the third most valuable MLS team at the same time with the money he will earn over his next deal.
The original cost to build Fenway Park was $650,000 dollars, which is $15.9 million dollars when adjusted for inflation. That means that Giancarlo Stanton over the span of his hypothetical new contract would be able to build 20 Fenway Parks circa 1912, and he’d have enough money left to do just under half of a 21st.
$25 Million: How much Giancarlo would make in an average year under his new contract.
$10 Million: GDP of the island country of Niue. It would take Niue two and a half years of it’s entire gross domestic product to pay for one year of Giancarlo Stanton.
I don’t think anyone can imagine how big Mike Trout‘s deal will be if this is anything to go on.
Giancarlo Stanton will, likely, get $325 million dollars in exchange for playing for the Miami Marlins for 13 more years (assuming he doesn’t get traded or opts out).
That, scientifically, is known as a buttload of money. How much money? Let’s go through it…
$500 Million: The value of the Miami Marlins, according to Forbes. Yes, Jeffrey Loria is basically saying that Giancarlo Stanton represents 65% of the value of the team itself.
It is over 20 times Babe Ruth‘s career earnings after inflation.
It is over 1.6 times Ken Griffey Jr.’s career earnings after inflation.
It is over 1.2 times Barry Bonds‘ career earnings after inflation.
$311 Million: The GDP of Sao Tome and Principe, a island nation in the Gulf of Guinea
$785.20: The amount of money every person in the City of Miami would receive if Giancarlo’s next contract was split up equally amongst them.
Giancarlo would be able to buy eight 1962-63 Ferrari 250 GTOs (which sold for $38 million dollars in August) with his proposed new contract’s money.
$294 Million: The cost, adjusted for inflation, of Titanic, the second most expensive (when adjusted for inflation) movie production of all time.
812.5 years: How long the President of United States would have to be in office to make that amount of money ($325 million) from the job.
$292,198,327: Total salary earnings (without inflation) of Shaquille O’Neil over his entire NBA career.
10: The number of NHL franchises, according to Forbes, with a value below $325 million dollars.
All of them: The number of MLS teams, according to Forbes, with a value below $325 million dollars. If he were in a soccer sort of mood, Giancarlo could afford to buy both the most and the third most valuable MLS team at the same time with the money he will earn over his next deal.
The original cost to build Fenway Park was $650,000 dollars, which is $15.9 million dollars when adjusted for inflation. That means that Giancarlo Stanton over the span of his hypothetical new contract would be able to build 20 Fenway Parks circa 1912, and he’d have enough money left to do just under half of a 21st.
$25 Million: How much Giancarlo would make in an average year under his new contract.
$10 Million: GDP of the island country of Niue. It would take Niue two and a half years of it’s entire gross domestic product to pay for one year of Giancarlo Stanton.
I don’t think anyone can imagine how big Mike Trout‘s deal will be if this is anything to go on.
With two home runs, one of them a signature bomb that seemingly only he can produce, as well as a nice play in the field, Giancarlo Stanton is the MVP of Yesterday.It’s his fifth of the year, tying him with Kershaw for first overall and making him the number one position player.Standings, as always, after the jump: Continue reading
Giancarlo Stanton got his 4th MVP of Yesterday as he went 2-3 with a walk, hitting two HRs and 3 RBIs in the Marlins’ 5-4 victory over the Dodgers.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
Giancarlo Stanton did it again, going 3-3 with two walks and a walk-off Grand Slam in the Marlins’ 8-4 win yesterday. (Aaron Harang doesn’t get it because, well, he only went 7 innings of no-hit ball and honestly it was a rather ugly 7 innings, for a no-hitter) With this, Stanton now has 3 MVPs of Yesterday on the year… two more than anybody else!
Standings after the jump:
The MVP of Yesterday was Giancarlo Stanton, who went 2-4 with 5 RBIs, a HR, and a walk.
This makes him the first two-time winner of the MVP of Yesterday in 2014!
Standings after jump:
Giancarlo Stanton had two HRs and three RBIs yesterday, good enough for his first MVP of the year.
Standings after the jump:
Giancarlo is back! Yes, Giancarlo Stanton has returned, hitting two home runs last night to lead the the Marlins to a 3-2 victory over the Diamondbacks, driving in all of his team’s runs. And so, he is the MVP of Yesterday.
MVP of Yesterday standings after the jump, of course:
Giancarlo Stanton didn’t do well in the WBC, he wasn’t so hot in Spring Training either, if memory serves. And he hasn’t been doing well in the regular season either. But, well, the one guy on the Marlins you can name has come alive over the last two days, especially yesterday, where he went 3-3 with 2 homers, 4 RBIs and a walk in the Marlins’ victory over the Cubs.
MVP Standings (after jump):
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