He is not about to supplant C. C. Sabathia atop the rotation, nor will he cause the Yankees to abort their pursuit of another front-line starter, perhaps the Colorado ace Ubaldo Jimenez, who has a friendly contract.
Jordan Hill stands to be their main asset, with a fairly friendly contract that includes a $9-million 9-million teamxt seasoption
Artists, too, are rebelling against their recording companies and demanding more artist-friendly contracts.
Two days later, the Phoenix Suns traded O'Neal to Cleveland, and the Nets sent Vince Carter to Orlando, also for cap-friendly contracts.
The Suns gave up O'Neal, a future Hall of Famer, for the cap-friendly contracts of Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic, then waived both players.
When these deals pan out, as they have for players like Paul Goldschmidt, Chris Sale and Mike Trout, they are the most team-friendly contracts in the sport.
The real kicker is both Lopez (one year, $3.38 million) and Randle (two years, $17.7 million) were both signed to team-friendly contracts that would not have impacted any future moves the Lakers might want to make in free agency.
You had such support and artist-friendly contracts and relationships".
Hamilton has agreed to the terms of a three-year, salary cap-friendly contract that will pay him the $440,000 minimum salary this year.
And yet, Jimenez still throws in the mid-90s with a solid changeup and impressive makeup; has still held opponents to a meager.243 average; and, most relevant, still has an unbelievably team-friendly contract.
