{"id":226,"count":1,"description":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">Freddie Freeman Contract Breakdown and Deferrals<\/h3>\r\n<p id=\"p-rc_20da787334db64e2-306\" style=\"text-align: left\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span class=\"citation-2967 citation-end-2967\">Freddie Freeman secured his long-term future with the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18, 2022, signing a massive six-year, $162 million guarantee.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" data-path-to-node=\"4\">The financial architecture of this blockbuster deal relies heavily on deferred money, a tactic designed to provide the Los Angeles front office with immediate, aggressive payroll flexibility.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span class=\"citation-2966 citation-end-2966\">Exactly $57 million of the $162 million total is deferred without interest, scheduled to be paid out long after the contract expires, specifically between 2028 and 2040.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-2965 citation-end-2965\">Because of inflation and the time value of money, these extensive deferments drop the actual present-day value of the contract to approximately $140 million.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span class=\"citation-2964 citation-end-2964\">For fans wondering exactly how much Freeman makes annually during the back half of his deal, his base salary for the 2025, 2026, and 2027 seasons is set at $27 million, though $12 million of that is deferred each year.<\/span><\/p>","link":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/social-media\/tag\/freddie-freeman-contract\/","name":"Freddie Freeman contract","slug":"freddie-freeman-contract","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Freddie Freeman contract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Exactly $57 million of the $162 million total is deferred without interest, scheduled to be paid out long after the contract expires, specifically between 2028 and 2040.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/social-media\/tag\/freddie-freeman-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freddie Freeman contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Exactly $57 million of the $162 million total is deferred without interest, scheduled to be paid out long after the contract expires, specifically between 2028 and 2040.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/social-media\/tag\/freddie-freeman-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Thread &amp; 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