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Guaranteed contracts are the best
保障合约是最棒的
If baseball is going to be played this year, the players and the owners are
going to have to come to an agreement on how players will be paid. When the
dust settles, the guy pulling in the biggest salary in 2020 could be someone
who last played four years ago.
如果今年棒球要开打的话，球员和老板将需要对薪资一事达成协议。待事情尘埃落定时，
2020年最高薪的人可能是四年前最后一次出赛的球员。
With an 82-game schedule likely, the players have already agreed to cut their
salaries in half accordingly. But owners want the players to sacrifice even
more. Without fans in the stands, owners are anticipating a drop in revenue
of perhaps as much as 40%. That’s why they want the players union to agree
to a 50-50 revenue split. People on the players’side are wary that the
owners could be taking advantage of the crisis to lay the groundwork for the
introduction of a salary cap in next winter’s CBA negotiations.
球员已经同意在82场例行赛的情况下减半薪资。但球队老板希望球员牺牲多一点，无观众
的比赛导致预期收入可能下滑40%。这也是为什么他们希望球员工会同意50-50的收益平分
。球员方面则担心老板可能会利用这次的危机，在下个冬季的CBA劳资谈判中，为引入薪资
上限铺路。
It’s a total mess, but one group of people could end up not having to make
any concessions at all: players who were already released from their
contracts. Contracts in baseball are fully guaranteed, so if a team wants to
cut a guy loose, they still have to pay him what they agreed to pay him when
he signed the contract.
这完全是一团糟，但有一群人最后可能根本不需要让步：那些已被释出的球员。
棒球合约是完全保障的，所以如果球队想要裁掉某位球员，仍然需要支付签约时球队同意
给该球员的薪资。
That’s where Fielder comes in. The former Brewers, Tigers and Rangers
slugger was forced to end his career in 2016 due to a neck injury. Formally
retiring would have meant Fielder would forfeit his salary. Because his
injury was deemed career-ending, Fielder and the Rangers simply agreed that
he would no longer play and he was released by the team to avoid taking up a
40-man roster spot. This is the final year of the contract, and he’s owed
$24 million.
这就来到Fielder。这位前酿酒人、老虎和游骑兵队的重砲手在2016年因为颈部的伤势被
迫结束职业生涯。正式退休原本意味着Fielder将丧失他的薪水，但因为他的伤势严重到
足以结束职业生涯，Fielder和游骑兵队干脆同意他不再打球，并且被释出以免占用40人
名单的空间。今年是合约的最后一年，球队仍积欠他24M的薪水。
According to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, that figure is unlikely to be
decreased and it’s quite possible Fielder will make more money than anybody
else in baseball this year.
根据Ken Rosenthal的报导，这个数字不太可能调降，而今年Fielder很可能会比其他球员
都赚得多。
“The amount Fielder receives might decrease if the parties reach a
subsequent deal to reduce the pay of players who were released before the
COVID-19 pandemic, but such an adjustment is unlikely, sources say,”
Rosenthal wrote. “The players are no longer on 40-man rosters, and the sport
’s collective-bargaining agreement seemingly protects the guarantees in
their contracts.”
“如果随后双方达成协议，削减在武汉肺炎大流行之前被释出球员的薪资，那么Fielder
可能会拿得比较少；但根据消息人士表示，这样的调整不太可能发生。”Rosenthal写道
。“这些球员已经不在是40人名单的一员，而CBA似乎保障了他们的合约。”
If every player is having their salary cut in half, there’s no one who can
come close to touching Fielder’s $24 million. Mike Trout is the highest paid
player in the game, slated to pull down $37.7 million. Gerrit Cole’s new
deal with the Yankees pays him $36 million per year. Cut those numbers in
half and you don’t even come close to matching Fielder’s $24 million.
如果每个球员的薪水都被砍掉一半，没有人能够接近Fielder的24M。Mike Trout是联盟最
高薪的选手，预计拿到37.7M；Gerrit Cole与洋基队的新合约使球队每年需支付他36M。
将这些数字减半所得出的结果，与Fielder的24M相去甚远。
The only players who could rival Fielder’s 2020 payday are Wei-Yin Chen, who
’s owed $22 million from the Marlins, and Jacoby Ellsbury, who was supposed
to get $26 million from the Yankees before the team refused to pay it.
唯一能匹敌Fielder球员是陈伟殷，马林鱼队欠他22M的薪水；以及Jacoby Ellsbury，
在洋基队拒绝支付之前，他本来应该从那拿到26M。
That’s why it pays to have a strong union that fights for guaranteed
contracts. Take note, NFL players.
这就是为什么有一个强大的工会为了保障合约而战是值得的。NFL球员注意了。