Rain Delay May Cost Phil Hughes $500,000!

Hughes has gone eight full innings today, giving him 209.2 innings for the season, but then came the rain delay. This is his final scheduled start of the year. Hughes has a clause in his contract that he gets a 500K bonus if he pitches 210 innings this season!

Now under normal circumstances, there would be no way Hughes would come out for the ninth inning after such a long delay. But under these circumstances? We shall see. Delay was 1 hour, 6 minutes.

Pulled for reliever.

Wonder if he'll lobby to pitch in relief this weekend.

I wonder how stingy they are on that Bonus rule. You think theyd give it to him with .1 innings short

Originally Posted by LT Profits

Hughes has gone eight full innings today, giving him 209.2 innings for the season, but then came the rain delay. This is his final scheduled start of the year. Hughes has a clause in his contract that he gets a 500K bonus if he pitches 210 innings this season!

Now under normal circumstances, there would be no way Hughes would come out for the ninth inning after such a long delay. But under these circumstances? We shall see. Delay was 1 hour, 6 minutes.

Hope he doesn't get HOSED on that !!!!

Originally Posted by FlipsideRM

I wonder how stingy they are on that Bonus rule. You think theyd give it to him with .1 innings short

Teamsters (what I call owners of major league sports teams) are some of the stingiest, greediest ass genie's in business today. They didn't get where they are today by being "nice" to people and giving out money that wasn't deserved. Heads were stepped on like stepping stones, the madness!

There's a reason it was 210 innings and not 200

They should pay him the bonus as long as he agrees to pay back the $7 million he made in 2013 to the Yankees.

Well, on the bright side, at least Phil Hughes isn't me.

On the bright side? You know how much money any single one of these major players makes anyways? I'll take Petricka's pay check as long as it's not $0.01 a pitch like it should be

Originally Posted by ParlayininHTown

Well, on the bright side, at least Phil Hughes isn't me.

I'd rather have Hughes post here than suffer your endless crap.

The Twins offered Hughes and opportunity to pitch this weekend and he turned it down. Seems like classy acts on both sides.

Hughes turns down chance for $500,000 bonus

If he turns down 500k so as not to take away innings from a reliever on a team going nowhere, he is an idiot. If he doesn't need 500k, have the Twins donate the money to various local charities and non-profits. Whatever Hughes does, letting Twins keep the cash is pure stupidity. He'll never have a season like this again.

I think he wants to make sure he keeps his K/BB ratio record intact. That's something $500,000 can't buy.

Originally Posted by Grits n' Gravy

If he turns down 500k so as not to take away innings from a reliever on a team going nowhere, he is an idiot. If he doesn't need 500k, have the Twins donate the money to various local charities and non-profits. Whatever Hughes does, letting Twins keep the cash is pure stupidity. He'll never have a season like this again.

Originally Posted by Grits n' Gravy

If he turns down 500k so as not to take away innings from a reliever on a team going nowhere, he is an idiot. If he doesn't need 500k, have the Twins donate the money to various local charities and non-profits. Whatever Hughes does, letting Twins keep the cash is pure stupidity. He'll never have a season like this again.

Correct, that would be the classy thing to do.

Originally Posted by Grits n' Gravy

If he turns down 500k so as not to take away innings from a reliever on a team going nowhere, he is an idiot. If he doesn't need 500k, have the Twins donate the money to various local charities and non-profits. Whatever Hughes does, letting Twins keep the cash is pure stupidity. He'll never have a season like this again.

There is prolly more to the story we will never hear about.