I was looking into Carl Crawford's salary and found this:
7 years/$142M (2011-17)
signed by Boston as a free agent 12/11/10
$6M signing bonus (paid in $1M increments 1/10, 5/1, 6/1, 7/1, 8/1, 9/1/10)
11:$14M, 12:$19.5M, 13:$20M, 14:$20.25M, 15:$20.5M, 16:$20.75M, 17:$21M
no-trade protection:
Crawford may block deals to two clubs
if traded, club acquiring Crawford may not subsequently trade him to NY Yankees
award bonuses: $50,000 for All Star; $75,000 for ALCS MVP; $0.1M each for Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, WS MVP; $0.2M for MVP ($0.125M for 2nd in vote, $0.1M for 3rd, $75,000 for 4th, $50,000 for 5th)
How funny is that clause? The hatred between those 2 teams runs as deep as NTC with other teams.