Two years and $42 million is what remains on Shin-Soo Choo‘s 7-year, $130 million contract with the Texas Rangers. It just so happens to be back-loaded too, beginning at $14 million the initial two years, then 20 the next three, and 21 the final two. Was it a bad contract? You could say so; however, it’s better described as an untimely contract.
Like any team that signs a 31-year-old to a 7-year contract, the Rangers knew Choo might lose his productivity in the final years of the agreement. It was the first few seasons that they were really paying a premium, in hopes that he would provide them an All-Star left-handed bat.