However, as Michael Mayer points out, Bonilla is not alone. There are many former and current players who will receive millions of dollars after their careers are over. One example: Bruce Sutter threw his last pitch 30 years ago (!) and Atlanta has been paying him $1.12 million per year. Those payments will end in 2021, when Sutter receives a final payment of $9.1 million.
I grouped Michael Mayer's list - which is most likely not complete - by team and semi-chronologically (and edited it a little bit for consistency):
The Nationals
owe Joe Blanton deferred payments of $1 million in 2018 and $2 million in 2019The Brewers
owe Rafael Soriano an annual deferred payment of $2,000,000 for seven years (2018 through 2024)
will pay Jayson Werth a one-time deferred payment of approximately $11 million in 2018
owe Daniel Murphy deferred payments of $2.5 million in 2019 and $3 million in 2020
owe Matt Wieters a one-time deferred payment of $5 million in 2021
will pay Stephen Strasburg deferred payments of $10 million each on July 1 from 2024 through 2030 (these payments can change according to opt-outs)
will pay Max Scherzer deferred payments of $15 million each on July 1 from 2022 through 2028
will pay Ryan Zimmerman a total of $10 million over a span of 5 years for personal services once his playing career ends
will pay the final of three deferred payments of $2,333,333 to Kyle Lohse in 2018The Cardinals
owe Ryan Braun $1,800,000 each year starting in 2022 through 2031
owe Lorenzo Cain $1 million annually as a deferred payment from 2023 to 2027
owe Jim Edmonds a deferred payment of $300,000 in both 2018 and 2019 (the annual payments started in 2010)The Mets
will pay Matt Holliday $1.4 million on every July 15 from 2020 to 2029
have paid Bret Saberhagen a deferred payment of $250,000 annually from 2004; these payments will continue through 2028The Orioles
owe Carlos Beltran his final deferred payment of $3,142,857 in 2018
owe Johan Santana deferred payments of $5.5 million in 2018, 2019, and 2020
will cut a check for $1,193,248.20 to Bobby Bonilla today and will continue paying that annual amount through 2035; Bonilla also gets a second deferred payment of $500,000 every year that is split evenly between the Orioles and Mets; before the Bonilla deferred deal, the Mets deferred 40% of Darryl Strawberry's 1990 salary of $1.8 million at a 5.1% interest rate to be paid from 2004-2033 (that payment was sold by the IRS in 2015 to the highest bidder)
will give Chris Davis 15 deferred payments: $3.5 million annually from 2023 through 2032 and $1.4 million annually from 2033 through 2037The Reds
began giving Ken Griffey Jr. a deferred payment of $3,593,750 in 2009 and will continue to do so annually through 2024The Rockies
owe Bronson Arroyo a deferred payment of $1,363,636 each year from 2018 through 2021
are paying $13.1 million of the money they owed Todd Helton over a span of 10 years starting in 2014 with 3% interestAtlanta
is still paying Bruce Sutter a deferred payment of $1.12 million each year and will do so through 2021, at which time he will receive a final balloon payment of $9.1 millionThe Mariners
have a deferred payment set up with Ichiro Suzuki: $25 million at 5.5% interest in annual installments each January 30 starting with the year after his retirement from the major leagues until at least 2032The Angels
agreed to pay Albert Pujols $10 million over 10 years in a personal-services contract that begins upon retirement or once his contract expiresThe Tigers
agreed in 2009 to pay Gary Sheffield $12.5 million in deferred money with 3% interest; the final payment will be made in 2019The Yankees
are also paying Sheffield an undisclosed amount in deferred paymentsThe Red Sox
will give Manny Ramirez a deferment payment of $2,003,389 this year and will continue paying that amount annually through 2026 at 2.5% interest
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