Fans absolutely hate these Philadelphia Phillies contracts

Jake Arrieta

Jake Arrieta wasn’t the Cy Young pitcher he’d been when the Phillies signed him to a three-year deal for $70M in 2018.

Over three seasons, he pitched to a 4.36 ERA over 64 starts, and his pitching got progressively worse each season.

The contract included five additional options that would have paid Arrieta another $135M, but by the end of 2020, the Phillies had seen enough and opted to part ways instead.

Danny Tartabull

Danny Tartabull‘s contract was horrendous, but at least it was short. Blinded by the recency bias of Tartabull’s 27-homer season in 1996, the Phillies ignored his injury history and offered him a one-year deal for $2M.

Despite originally declining the deal, when Tartabull saw that no other team was coming close to matching the Phillies’ offer, he changed his mind. The fact that no other teams were interested in a bidding war should have been a massive red flag for the Phillies, but instead, they saw it through.

Big mistake, as Tartabull would play exactly three games for the Phillies, and go hitless in all of them. In 11 plate appearances, he struck out four times, walked four times, scored two runs, and that was the end of his big-league career.