Report: Darryl Strawberry's Ex-Wife Can't Touch $800K Owed by Mets

by Matthew Artus on Jan 4, 2012 1:24 PM EST

It looks like Bobby Bonilla isn't the only New York Mets alum enjoying a golden parachute from his former club.

TMZ reported earlier this morning that Darryl Strawberry's ex-wife endured a setback in her attempt to claim $800,000 from her husband in court. I'm not about to get into the gossip barrage involving Strawberry and his ex, but it's probably worth noting where TMZ says why she her claim on the money is on shaky ground:

Darryl Strawberry's ex-wife just suffered a massive setback in court -- after a judge ordered she can't touch $800,000 in Mets money Darryl earned in the 80s ... until the IRS gets its cut.

According to court docs, Darryl has an arrangement with the Mets, in which the ball club pays him $8,891 a month as delayed compensation for his time with the team.

Yep. According to TMZ, the Mets still pay their former superstar $8,891 a month for services rendered while he was still a player. (That's $106,692 a year for those of you without ready access to a calculator.) The report also indicates that it's unclear how much the Mets still owe Strawberry.

Look at the bright side. If the Mets could go now back in time to like 1990, they'd already have an All-Star right fielder and All-Star third baseman on the payroll from that era to take with them.

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I'd be curious to know how common this kind of thing is around baseball

Do we just hear about all these little contract subtleties because we follow Mets news like ravenous wolves? Or are the Mets the only goofy organization to stretch its contract payments out over long periods of time?

by Balagast on Jan 4, 2012 1:40 PM EST reply actions

Who knows

The Rockies deferred Helton’s contract big time, I’m sure the Cardinals and Tigers are still paying Stan Musial and Al Kaline, and the Angels will be paying Pujols to be an “ambassador” to the organization after retirement.

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by piazza62 on Jan 4, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions

Is someone still paying

the heirs of Big Dave Orr?

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Ralph Kiner: Well the script should be the Mets win every day.

by StorkFan on Jan 4, 2012 9:44 PM EST up reply actions

I think so

John Montgomery Ward deferred his payments so he makes $0.75 until the Cubs beat Miami in the World Series.

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by piazza62 on Jan 4, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions

I vaguely remembered someone writing an article/FanPost about this

I want to say that it’s semi-common based on my vague memories.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 4, 2012 7:20 PM EST up reply actions

Oh man this is one slow offseason

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jan 4, 2012 1:51 PM EST reply actions 8 recs

#LOLMets

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by Steve Schreiber on Jan 4, 2012 2:10 PM EST reply actions

Don't forget

they’d also have an All-Star pitcher.

Bret Saberhagen is enjoying his ninth year of 25 years of $250,000 payments.

by Charlie O'Brien's Perm on Jan 4, 2012 2:20 PM EST reply actions

R-rated- Pons

well, when you owe players who don’t even play any more—and when you owe them to play for another team…

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by feslenraster on Jan 4, 2012 3:15 PM EST reply actions

its no longer a shocker to me

that they owe money to anyone these days

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by feslenraster on Jan 4, 2012 3:15 PM EST reply actions

Deferred Payments

There is nothing wrong with deferred payments for young men with short careers and their whole lives ahead of them. As long as they are PRE-FUNDED UP FRONT and put in SEGREGATED ACCOUNTS for that purpose.

This is like an unfunded pension. I’d like to know the extent to which Madoff is responsible for this hole. Because if it isn’t 110 percent, the Wilpons pillaged the Mets future.

by WT Economist on Jan 4, 2012 6:08 PM EST reply actions