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Heisman winner Kyler Murray decides to enter NFL Draft, still could go to MLB
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Murray off to NFL draft, has 72 hours to back out https://es.pn/2FulHFu
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He won't be a top 10 football pick. However, as a QB likely to get picked in the 1st round, he'll get paid sooner since ML players make jack shit besides their signing bonus.
It's why I hate the Wilson comparisons. Russ has two inches on Kyler and is built like a tank.
Big mistake assuming he can actually play baseball well enough to get to a second contract. Baseball is fsf safer, guaranteed money, and a longer career. Also his bust risk in the NFL is kind of high.
Was a first round pick in baseball. Projected first in nfl. Could easily be top 10.
More money being a QB in the NFL right now.
Ya I think he made the wrong decision... granted he'll probably be a top 10 pick this year and guarantee himself a 20+ million payday, whereas he'd need to have a successful 5+ year career in the MLB to make that kind of money. That being said, I don't think he will have long term success in the NFL based on his height alone. The number of successful 5'10" or shorter QBs is very low, while in baseball, height doesn't play as much as a factor in success. Not to mention the long-term health concerns of CTE that comes with playing football.
He just needs to be a top 15 pick to make the nfl contract worth it in comparison with the MLB contract.
He'd get another opportunity, yeah, but his chance of a successful baseball career deminish rapidly every year he's away from the game. It's probably a smart move for him. He'll make more money as a first round pick. Baseball has guaranteed contacts but the big money would be years away, if he ever managed to develop.
Simply declaring for the draft doesn't mean he has forgone the MLB. He can declare for the draft now within his MLB contract. He has until the start of spring training (in the next few weeks) to make a final determination as he'd have to leave spring training early to go to the NFL combine which is not in his contract presently.
Keep in mind if he goes MLB route he won't make big money for a long time, if he is good enough.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...t-mayfield-barkley-and-darnold-will-make/amp/
Depends where drafted in the 1st, Starts around 33 million and ends near 10 million with a 5th year option.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...t-mayfield-barkley-and-darnold-will-make/amp/
Was going to make a joke similar to this, but you did it very nicely lol
He's only guaranteed 5 million right now. Then he's in the trenches of the minor leagues for a few years at least making jack shit and then has to play at league minimum in the MLB for a couple more years before he can see that big baseball money. This is all assuming he's good enough to even make it that far.
I understand his choice of making more money up front but I don't think he should give up on MLB for the NFL.
He was a top 10 pick in the 1st round of the MLB draft.
Usually when you are picked that high you don't languish in the minor leagues for years. He would have probably been in the minors for 2-3 years and then called up and been in the majors.
He was a top 10 pick in the 1st round of the MLB draft.
Usually when you are picked that high you don't languish in the minor leagues for years. He would have probably been in the minors for 2-3 years and then called up and been in the majors.
I respect the hustle. It's a business and he's making business decisions.
If he proves to be a starter in the NFL, with the cap continually escalating, he'll get a 5yr $150M contract in 4 years. With the way the league protects QBs, he can play into his 40s. If he busts out, baseball will still take him back, too.
All that said, he should play whichever one he likes best. Fuck all the numbers and logic.
All that said, he should play whichever one he likes best. Fuck all the numbers and logic.
I can't currently look up tweets right now, but yesterday Ken Rosenthal mentioned that the A's could sign him to a major league deal, so that he gets paid as much as he would if he went to mlb now. Something like a $15 million contract, plus his signing bonus he got last year.
I think he'll stick with baseball, since he really does look too small for the NFL, but who knows.
I think he'll stick with baseball, since he really does look too small for the NFL, but who knows.
I don't know how anyone that is talented enough to play both sports would ever think of playing football over baseball. The money, not getting CTE and being able to play till your 38 - 41 is enough reason to choose it over football.
On a side note, if he does choose the nfl .... the A's pretty much got screwed out of their first round pick huh?
On a side note, if he does choose the nfl .... the A's pretty much got screwed out of their first round pick huh?
Pretty interesting article on the Ringer about MLB's issues:
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/...ayer-power-labor-strike-machado-harper-murray
The league is bringing in more money than ever, but paying players less and less. I'd still go with baseball over the NFL if I were him, but it isn't as easy a question as it would be 5 years ago.
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/...ayer-power-labor-strike-machado-harper-murray
The league is bringing in more money than ever, but paying players less and less. I'd still go with baseball over the NFL if I were him, but it isn't as easy a question as it would be 5 years ago.
Then you're wasting a 40 man spot on a guy who is incredibly raw and going to need a few years of development.
As much as I love the MLB and they are definitely starving for superstars, there's no guarantee he will be. With how well he performed at OU, his ceiling may be higher in the NFL. Talking heads are already bringing up his history with Kliff and how they may dump Rosen for him.
No idea how you can look at the direction MLB is going with contracts and choose them. It's six years before a player has any control over their value, and player contracts are going down.
It's a slow death but yes. Participation rates in youth/highschool football is declining. So eventually the talent pool dries up. The NFL as an organization has proven to be very bad at solving the biggest problems it has faced so I don't expect them to deal with saftey that makes parents ok with letting the kids play
People need to calm down. Murray is only doing this so the Athletics will give him more money. He has absolutely ZERO intentions of playing football at this time.
It already paid off. The Athletics are going to give him a lot more money now.
Whoever takes him as a first rounder is making a mistake unless he changes positions to a safety or something.
His frame is maxed out, he's not going to be able to take the beating his style of play demands.
His frame is maxed out, he's not going to be able to take the beating his style of play demands.