It appears Giancarlo Stanton is the next Bobby Bonilla. Stanton’s contract is heavily backloaded.

So the Marlins would be on the hook for only $107 million of the deal over the first six seasons, which computes to an average annual value of just $17.83 million per season before Stanton would have the right to exercise the opt-out clause.

Bonilla is still on the Mets payroll, doing very well for not playing.