For those who don't know, Money For Nothing is a wonderfully terrible John Cusak movie from the early 90's.  Look it up, watch it, live it.  But also realize this article has nothing to do with John Cusak or that movie.  Instead, we are talking about the formerly suspended, formerly great, formerly inspirational Melky Cabrera.  Cabrera was suspended for 50 games for testing positive for PEDs, was not utilized on the San Francisco Giants postseason roster despite becoming eligible during the NLCS, and had little to do with the team's second-half run and their march to a World Series title.  But he's getting paid.

According to Al Saracevic of the San Francisco Chronicle, Cabrera is due a full playoff share of bonus money and revenue per the rules of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.  Baseball has a revenue sharing system in place for playoff teams, and of course the team that wins the World Series get the majority of the money.  This includes Cabrera who could make upwards of $300,000 from his playoff share.


The rule that allows Cabrera a full share of the revenue sharing comes due to the fact that the union says a player will be due the full share if the team plays ten games after said player's suspension is served.  The Giants played 11 more after Cabrera was activated.

So while Cabrera brought shame to a proud organization (one that seems to have forget its most celebrated player, Barry Bonds, is so closely tied to steroid use he might as well have admitted it), he will make his money.  To be fair, Cabrera did hit .346/.390/.516.  So it wasn't like he took steroids and didn't produce.  But here's the take away: Take PEDs and get paid.  Unfortunately, there are some out there that will read between the lines and hear this message.
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