The details of Kenta Maeda‘s unique contract with the Dodgers appeared to finalized last week after a long period of speculation on what it would look like. According to the official team site, the deal looked like this:
With an annual base salary of $3 million plus a $1 million signing bonus, according to the AP Maeda each year can earn $150,000 for being on the Opening Day roster, $1 million each for 15 and 20 starts, $1.5 million each for 25, 30 and 32 starts, $250,000 for every 10 innings pitched from 90 to 190 and $750,000 for 200 innings pitched.