Retired MLB vet Bobby Bonilla still getting paid

Bobby Bonilla Still Getting Paid

Bobby Bonilla makes more than a million dollars a year to be Bobby Bonilla.

The retired 16-year veteran receives a cool $1,193,248.20 every July 1st from the New York Mets, who spread the five-time All-Star"s then-$5.9 million deal over 25 years starting in 2011. Except the cost blossomed.

When the Mets management made that deal, it thought it was benefitting from a smart investment with Bernard Madoff. Yes, that Bernie Madoff. So once Madoff"s Ponzi scheme came to light, the Mets were put on the hook for a whole lot more than planned.

In fact, for a while in 2013, Bonilla was earning more than any Mets outfielders then on the roster -- as a 50-year-old.

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Talk about a terrific pay day for Bonilla. Times 25.

Source: http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20160701/retired-mlb-vet-bobby-bonilla-still-getting-paid/1