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Oh thank god a ride I’m finally tall enough to rideOver 5' 5".
I never understood his baseball hype. In what world does this make you a 9th overall pick?should have stuck with baseball.
a .954 OPS will do itI never understood his baseball hype. In what world does this make you a 7th overall pick?
Kyler Murray - 2018 - Baseball - University of Oklahoma
If pitching in the Big 12 is anything like their defenses in football they might not be that great.a .954 OPS will do it
Kyler Murray Amateur & College Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com
10 HR (47 RBI) in 51 games is pretty good too.
plus, baseballs money is all guaranteed.
a .954 OPS will do it
Kyler Murray Amateur & College Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com
10 HR (47 RBI) in 51 games is pretty good too.
plus, baseballs money is all guaranteed.
I dunno....Don't you have to be a certain height to ride certain rides, to date most women, and to criticize ratings?
fair points, but he had 4.6 mil guaranteed by oakland before he even held a baseball for them. he had to return 1.29 of the 1.5mil he got at the time.In baseball, it takes you anywhere from six to ten years, for good players, before you start making the good guaranteed money. Basically, your late twenties.
Even if Kyler never signs another NFL contract, he already has $35m plus endorsement money by age twenty five. He would maybe earn 15% of that including his signing bonus, over the same time frame in the MLB.
If you are potentially an NFL first round talent, you would be insane to choose baseball over the NFL to start a career.
should have stuck with baseball.
A's offered him a total of 19.6 mil guaranteed over 2 offers, without endorsements, etc added on.IDK what kind of MLB prospect he was, but I think the fastest path to the pros and a possible life altering contract was the NFL.
fair points, but he had 4.6 mil guaranteed by oakland before he even held a baseball for them. he had to return 1.29 of the 1.5mil he got at the time.
baseball, you sign a deal, and go south, you become an albatross, but still get paid. in football, you just get cut. yes, the upfront money, now, is nice. but we also dont know things like endorsement deals as an MLB talent.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/04/16/kyler-murray-oakland-athletics-bonus-money
oakland also offered him an additonal 14.6 mil. so it would have been 14.6 + 4.6, or 19.2 mil guaranteed, in contracts alone, before he set foot on an MLB diamond. without endorsements, etc.
there are a ton of assumptions in there. 1, he plays in the NFL for 6 years. 2, he develops beyond this year (never a give in). 3, that he wouldnt have developed in baseball.$19.2m < $35M
Baseball bonuses aren't paid out all in one lump sum. They are paid out over a few years. You are also not getting big time money endorsements while toiling in the minors. At best he was looking at making maybe another $100k in total, in baseball salary, over the next three years till he made a an mlb roster. And then unless he was a superstar, it could be 3+ years, depending on service time, at the mlb minimum wage of a little north of $600k a year.
Like I previously said, it would be likely 6+ seasons before he realized that big MLB guaranteed money. The value just isn't the same between the two sports early in those careers.
Even just making a NFL practice squad pays more in one season that does several seasons of MiLB.
Unless you are a superstar, you won't make the same money in baseball as you would just being an average QB in the NFL.