Unconquered

Posey may be a bit nice on that agreement....because he is worth WAY MORE than that....should be interesting to see what the multi year deal looks like.

Sure he is. And he will get more.
TWO WS rings in three years.
Led the entire MLB in hitting.
Leads and manages a very diverse and older pitching staff.

If he can stay healthy, he'll be a very wealthy man.

Of that 8 mill. don't forget about 42% goes right back out in fed taxes, not to mention California state sales and income taxes, etc. Every state he plays in, that has a state income tax will be hitting him for state income tax too! After all outflows, he probably will realize around half of that total in his pocket. Still. I could by lots of bacon cheeseburgies 'n Jamocha shakes for that kinda rhino. Buster will survive.

Unlike a lot of rooks, who blow it all and then some, neglecting to pay ANY taxes "Cough" Vince Young, the master of single digit wonderlick test scores - "Cough", Bustah will buy pork belly futures, and collect that cash every time one of us eats a rasher of bacon.

MLB has a completely different compensation structure than, say, the NFL. Players start off working cheap (relatively speaking) and get more expensive starting around the third year when they become eligible for arbitration. The jackpot contracts don't come until free agency (6+ years in the league), or the latter arbitration phases (3-5 years) when the team is trying to lock up a player long-term to keep him off the market. Safe to say the Giants have every intention of doing the latter.

This. It's just how baseball works. In the arbitration years a player can only negotiate with his team, so Posey is actually making a lot for his age.