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Francisco Liriano Made $2 M in Performance Bonuses This Year

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While writing last night’s First Pitch, I took a moment to see what Francisco Liriano’s restructured deal actually paid him. Originally, Liriano signed a two-year, $12.75 M deal. After breaking his arm, the deal was restructured as a one year, $1 M deal with a lot of performance bonuses. Last night I was reminded that Liriano has reached a lot of those bonuses this season.

Last year we learned the details of Liriano’s contract, most notably that he would make $6 M this year, with the potential for an extra $500,000 based on innings pitched, and an extra $2 M based on games started. Liriano won’t get enough innings to earn the extra $500,000, but he has already earned the full $2 M for games started. His contract paid him $400,000 each for 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 starts. Currently, Liriano has 27 starts. That makes his total salary for the year $8 M. It also means that he ended up making $11.125 M over two years.

The 2014 payroll projection has been updated with the figure, and now has the Pirates at just under $81.4 M for the year. That doesn’t include other performance bonuses, although those shouldn’t add much. The biggest known potential bonus would be Andrew McCutchen’s $125,000 bonus if he wins the MVP award.

Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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