Matthew McConaughey is congratulating fellow Texan and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles on his Super Bowl win.
The actor took out a full-page ad in the Austin American-Statesman on Sunday. It reads: ”From one local to another Mike Daniels Jersey , Congratulations Nick Foles. just keep livin, Matthew McConaughey.”
McConaughey was born in Uvalde (yoo-VAWL’-dee), west of San Antonio. The Super Bowl MVP was born and raised in Austin.
McConaughey is a Washington Redskins fan, but that didn’t stop him from showing support for a division rival.
”Just keep livin” is McConaughey’s personal mantra and the name of his nonprofit health and wellness organization.
Pitcher Wade LeBlanc is guaranteed $2.75 million under a new contract with the Seattle Mariners covering 2019, a deal with three options that would be worth $31.3 million over four years if he pitches 180 innings or more each season.
A left-hander who turns 34 next month, LeBlanc gets a $300 Youth Su'a Cravens Jersey ,000 signing bonus and a $2 million salary next year under the deal announced Tuesday. Seattle has $5 million options for 2020, 2021 and 2022 that could become guaranteed, each with a $450,000 buyout.
His 2020 salary would become guaranteed if he pitches 160 innings in 2019, and the 2021 and `22 options would become guaranteed if he pitches 160 innings in the previous season or 310 innings in the two previous seasons combined. The options would become guaranteed only if he does not have an injury to his left arm.
LeBlanc could earn $2 million annually in performance bonuses based on innings: $100,000 each for 90 and 100 Youth Courtland Sutton Jersey , $150,000 apiece for 110 and 120, $200,000 each for 130 and 140, $250,000 apiece for 150 and 160 Youth Isaac Yiadom Jersey , and $300,000 each for 170 and 180. His following season’s salary would escalate by the total of any performance bonuses earned.
He would have been eligible for salary arbitration next winter and for free agency after the 2020 World Series.
LeBlanc is 4-0 with a 3.19 ERA in 12 starts and five relief appearances this season, leaving his career record at 34-35 in 10 big league seasons. He is with his eight big league organization, signing with Seattle late in spring training following his release by the New York Yankees.
LeBlanc has a $650,000 base salary this year and a provision for $25,000 bonuses for 10 and 20 starts. He also earned $96 Youth Josey Jewell Jersey ,000 in termination pay with the Yankees.
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