Vicente Padilla net worth
Vicente Padilla Net Worth and Salary: Vicente Padilla is a Nicaraguan professional baseball pitcher who has a net worth of $30 million. Currently, Padilla plays for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, but throughout his career he has played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox . Padilla has a variety of courses: fastball, curveball, sinker, slider, change and eephus. The fastball is his primary pitch: it tends to hit about 92-94 mph, but he’s also one of the few pitchers in baseball to pitch the eephus, a slow curve at about 55 mph. Vicente Padilla was born on September 27, 1977 in Chinandega, Nicaragua, and is approximately 6 feet tall and 230 pounds. As of 2013, he was paid $3.25 million for the Fukuoka SoftBank Eagles in Japan.
After working with former Major League Baseball pitcher Dennis Martinez to improve his changes, Padilla was signed as an international free agent by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 1998. In 1999, Padilla made his major league debut against the Cincinnati Reds, pitching in the ninth inning, giving up four hits and threes without a record out. Padilla was traded from the Diamondbacks to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2000 and entered the starting rotation in 2002. He battled injuries in 2004 and 2005, setting a combined record of 16-19. After posting a 4.71 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in the 2005 season, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Ricardo Rodriguez.
During his 2006 season with Rangers, he came under fire for his now infamous “lack of control”. Padilla caused controversy when Chicago hit White Sox wide receiver AJ Pierzynski twice, and later in the season when he threw to the Angels’ hitter multiple times, he sided with the Angels’ bench An altercation ensued, showing a special interest in slugger Vladimir Guerrero. In 2009, Padilla signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and was activated to start playing later that year. In 2010, Padilla signed a one-year, $5.025 million contract extension with the Dodgers with a $1 million signing bonus. The Dodgers announced that Padilla would be their opening day starter, but due to multiple injuries, Padilla could only start 16 games for the team that year. He was placed on the disabled list in 2011, a year when injuries prevented him from returning to the team. In 2012, Padilla signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox that included an invitation to spring training. He made $1.5 million when he was promoted to the major league level, but was sidelined by the Nicaragua scandal for failing to pay child support. On January 16, 2013, Padilla signed a one-year contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Eagles of the Japan Professional Baseball League.
