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For more than a few MLB players and ex-players, July 1 is a big day on the
baseball calendar. It's the day many signing bonuses and deferred salary
payments (or portions thereof) are made. Must be fun checking that direct
deposit each year, huh? Former All-Star Bobby Bonilla, who last played in
2001, has become the face of the July 1 payday.
对于不只一些大联盟现任和前球员来说，七月一日是棒球年历中很重要的一天：这是许
多签约金和延迟给付薪资的发饷日。每年这时候查看银行存款一定很有趣，是吧？最后
一次出赛已经是2001年的前明星选手Bobby Bonilla，俨然成为了七月一日发饷日的脸。
As part of a deferred salary arrangement, the New York Mets have paid Bonilla
a touch more than $1.19 million ($1,193,248.20 to be exact) each July 1 since
2011, and will continue doing so until 2035. 2035! Bonilla, now 58, will be
72 when the last payment is made.
由于薪资延迟给付，自2011年以来纽约大都会队每年七月一日都会付大约119万镁的薪
资给Bonilla直到2035年，2035年！现年58岁的Bonilla收到最后一笔薪资时将届龄72岁。
The Mets signed Bonilla to a five-year contract worth $29 million in 1991
that was the richest contract in team sports at the time. He spent the first
three-and-a-half seasons of that contract with New York before being traded
away. Bonilla won a World Series with the Marlins in 1997 and was later
traded back to the Mets as part of Florida's post-championship fire sale.
当大都会在1991年以五年2900万镁的薪资签下Bonilla时，那张合约是当时团队运动中最
大张的。他在那纸合约中的前三年半效力于大都会，之后被交易掉。Bonilla于1997年为
马林鱼拿下世界大赛冠军，并在马林鱼夺冠后的清仓大拍卖中又被交易回大都会。
The Mets released Bonilla in January 2000 but were still on the hook for his
$5.9 million salary that season. Believing they were poised to make a
significant profit through their investments with Bernie Madoff, Mets
ownership instead agreed to defer Bonilla's salary with 8 percent interest
and spread it across 25 years from 2011-35.
大都会于2000年一月将Bonilla释出，但他们还欠他该季590万镁的薪水。当时大都会老
板确信他们和Bernie Madoff合作的投资会让他们日后大赚一笔，于是他们决定将Bonilla
剩余的薪水以每年8%的利率，分25年（2011-35）延迟给付。
Well, the Madoff ponzi scheme fell apart, and Bonilla's $5.9 million swelled
to $29.8 million from 2000-11. That $29.8 million divided by 25 years equals
the annual $1.19 million payment. CBS Sports created a bobblehead to
commemorate Bonilla's annual deferred payments:
后来Madoff的庞氏骗局落空，而他们赊欠Bonilla的590万镁到了2011年肿胀到2980万镁。
这2980万镁分成25年就变成了目前每年的119万镁。CBS Sports为此创了个摇头娃娃以资
纪念。
After new Mets owner Steve Cohen purchased the franchise in 2020, he
suggested that the team could have an annual Bobby Bonilla celebration at the
ballpark, complete with an oversized check. That plan, however, doesn't
appear like it will be happening in 2021.
Steve Cohen于2020年买下球队，成为新任大都会老板后，曾建议球队可在球场办一个
Bobby Bonilla年度庆祝活动，并用一张超大张支票点缀。然而这计画看起不太可能在
2021年实现。
Bonilla's deferred salary with the Mets is the most famous July 1 payment in
baseball, hands down, but it is not the only July 1 payment in the game. In
fact, Bonilla himself has a second deferred salary agreement with the
Orioles. Baltimore owes him $500,000 a year from 2004-28. July 1 is a good
day in the Bonilla household.
Bonilla和大都会间的薪资延迟给付是七月一日发饷日最著名的一桩，没有之一。但这
不是唯一的一桩。事实上，Bonilla本人和金莺队间还有另一笔薪资延迟给付：金莺自
2004-28每年要付他50万镁。七月一日对Bonilla家族来说是个好日子。
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Here are a few other notable deferred salary payment plans:
The Braves have paid Hall of Fame closer Bruce Sutter roughly $1.2
million each year since 1991. This year is the final year of Sutter's
deferred salary plan. The team also owes him a $9.1 million lump sum payment
in 2022.
The Reds have paid Ken Griffey Jr. approximately $3.6 million each year
since 2009 and his last payment comes in 2021.
The Red Sox have paid Manny Ramirez approximately $2 million each year
since 2011 and will continue to do so through 2026.
The White Sox have paid Paul Konerko $1 million each year since 2014 and
his last payment comes this year.
The Mets have paid Bret Saberhagen $250,000 each year since 2004 and will
continue to do so through 2028.
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The Nationals tend to load up their largest contracts with salary deferrals.
They're paying Rafael Soriano roughly $2 million annually through 2024, Max
Scherzer is owed $15 million a year from 2022-28, and Stephen Strasburg has
approximately $114 million in deferred salary coming to him through 2029. Not
bad work if you can get it.
国民队似乎倾向把他们球队中的最大合约以延迟给付的方式处理：他们目前每年付给
Rafael Soriano大约200万镁直到2024；Max Scherzer自2022-28每年会领到1500万镁；
而Stephen Strasburg直到2029年会领到一笔总额1亿1400万镁的延迟给付。如果你拿
到的话其实还不赖。