Void Please

On the heels of Joel Sherman's idea that each team should be allowed to void one contract, MLBTradeRumors proposed the question, which contract would you get rid of?

Some obvious names:

• Barry Zito who is still owed $94.5m for 2009-2013, we all know how dumb this was then and more so now.
  
• Alex Rodriguez who is still owed a whopping $248m for 2009-2017. That's not even counting a possible $30m for breaking the home run record. Why did the Yankees offer him this? Would another team really give Arod $300m? Stupid.
• Travis Hafner is still owed $49m for 2009-2012, although when he's been in the lineup he's been successful this year, .421 wOBA in line with his performance that earned him the extension.
  
• This one kind of goes under the radar a bit, Vernon Wells is still owed over $100m until 2014. The bad part about his contract is it's backloaded. The Blue Jays only paid him $.5m in 2008 and $1.5m in 2009. Tough for a small market team to be paying a 36 year old Wells $23m. He used to at least be a stud CF, but last year and this year he ranks as one of the worst CFs according to UZR. Riccardi is regretting this one hard.
• Alfonso Soriano is still owed $106m from 2009-2014. Everyone knew the end of the contract would bite the Cubs in the ass, but they didn't think the beginning would. The Cubs fans at least would gladly pay $136m for a ring but they couldn't do any damage in the playoffs last year and this year he is having the worst year of his career. Seriously, worse than his rookie year, he's only batting .224. This has gone largely unnoticed, I don't think it will stay that way.
  

Some other ones of note: Dontrelle Willis, Julio Lugo, JD Drew (although really Drew hasn't been that bad, he just hasn't been that good), Carlos Lee is still owed around $74m even though he is a good player that's a lot for an average team especially when it seems like Lee can't run or field any more, Kei Igawa, Kenshin Kawakami, Dice-K (mostly the posting fee but still), Bill Hall, and obviously many more.

What's interesting is a lot of the Japanese imports show up. You have to pay a lot of money for these guys. I recently heard that the Yankees didn't sign Ted Lilly because they could get Kei Igawa without having him count against the luxury tax. Kei Igawa is no Ted Lilly, he's no Tim Redding even. You can guess but you never know what you will get with these guys. Dice-k looked pretty solid the first two years, but now the Red Sox can't be sure if he'll ever pitch again this year. Kawakami was supposed to be a safe bet for the Braves and although he hasn't been bad (4.42 ERA/4.27 FIP) they still owe $23m to a 34 year old.

So definitely a good question, and there are tons of sufficient answers. If it's an overall question I would have to say Arod's contract no doubt. He is owed more than double the next worst contract and he's clearly not 100% healthy. He'll have more surgery this offseason on his hip, and the thought of having to pay over $200m for a 34 year old coming off major hip surgery must kill Cashman. It's almost as bad as having to watch and pay an admitted steroid user bonuses for climbing up the home run chart. Oh wait, Cashman has to do that too, great! However, the Yankees being the Yankees can still afford that contract, so if you are judging which contract to void on a team by team basis it has to be a tie between the Cubs for Soriano, Giants for Zito, and Blue Jays for Wells. What say you?