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Originally Posted by Nightfyre
Major League Rule 3(b)(5) provides as follows:
"No Major League Uniform Player's Contract or Minor League Uniform Player Contract shall be approved if it contains a bonus for playing, pitching or batting skill or if it provides for the payment of a bonus contingent on the standing of the signing Club at the end of the championship season."
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The bolded part is the relevant word.
I can be based on duration, not based on skill. It's a very stupid rule, but it is what it is.
MLB contracts do not allow for performance-based incentives.