M's pay Suzuki through 2032, defer $25M - 棒球

Mariners to defer $25 million of Suzuki's contract, money to
be paid through at least 2032

By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer
July 18, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Seattle Mariners will be paying Ichiro
Suzuki for at least a quarter century.

The All-Star outfielder's new contract extension calls for
the team to defer $25 million of the $90 million he is owed,
money that the team will not have to fully pay until at
least 2032.

Suzuki, MVP of last week's All-Star game, gets a $5 million
signing bonus and annual salaries of $17 million from 2008-12
under the terms of last Friday's deal.

Seattle will pay $12 million in salary each year and defer
$5 million per season at 5.5 percent interest. Suzuki, who
turns 33 in October, will receive the money in annual installments
each Jan. 30 starting with the year after his retirement from
the major leagues.

Because of the deferred money, the average annual value of the
contract is discounted to $16.1 million under the provisions of
baseball's collective bargaining agreement.

In addition, he gets a housing allowance of $32,000 next year,
an increase of $1,000 from this season, and the amount will rise
by $1,000 each year. He also will be provided with either a new
jeep or Mercedes SUV by the team, which also gives him four first-
class round trip tickets from Japan each year for his family.
Provisions for the Mariners to give him a personal trainer and an
interpreter were continued.

Suzuki, who would have been eligible to become a free agent after
this season, began Wednesday with a .352 batting average and a major
league-leading 133 hits.


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