Known salaries for MLB managers in 2017. Martinez should have told the Nats to piss off with the incentives and held out for $1 mil per year.
Joe Maddon Chicago Cubs $5,000,000
Mike Scioscia Los Angeles Angels $5,000,000
Bruce Bochy San Francisco Giants $5,000,000
Joe Girardi New York Yankees $4,000,000
Buck Showalter Baltimore Orioles $3,500,000
Don Mattingly Miami Marlins $2,500,000
Dusty Baker Washington Nationals $1,750,000
Clint Hurdle Pittsburgh Pirates $1,125,000
Terry Collins New York Mets $1,000,000
John Gibbons Toronto Blue Jays $1,000,000
Kevin Cash Tampa Bay Rays $800,000
Mike Matheny St. Louis Cardinals $750,000
Well of course a brand new manager in his first gig is not going to make what Mattingly, Bochy and Maddon make.
Also, nothing wrong with an incentive-laden contract, provided that the incentives are fairly realistic. 95 wins is a good goal; it’s lofty but attainable. 115 wins is unattainable. Give him $50k or whatever for every win above 90 or something along those lines and he’ll almost surely make solid money while the team will be protected against spending a fortune on a guy who ends up sucking.
