Let’s Make Some Guesses at Structure of Darvish’s Contract

If there’s one big drawback to Yu Darvish signing with the Cubs, it’s that I don’t get to write two posts a day about how he might sign with the Cubs. Seriously, you’d be amazed how much people dig rumors and such. But since I need to slowly ween myself off of the speculation fix that has had me feeling dopesick since Saturday afternoon, I figured I’d get into some talk about the specifics of the contract Darvish signed.

We know most of the major points of the deal, the most obvious of which is that it’s for $126 million over six years. It’s also got up to $24 million in incentives, plus an opt-out and a degree of no-trade protection. How exactly those things are all structured, however, is…