03-26-2009, 12:32 PM
<!--quoteo(post=25144:date=Mar 26 2009, 10:30 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Mar 26 2009, 10:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=25139:date=Mar 26 2009, 08:42 AM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Mar 26 2009, 08:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Some recent notable signing bonuses.
Joe Mauer: 5.7 mill
David Price: 8.5 mill
Matt Wieters: 6 mill
Strasburg is NOT going to get 50 mill. I bet my left calf on it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dude, they're not talking about a $50 M signing bonus, they're talking about a $50 M contract. Jeff Samardzija got a $10 M deal with option years that could take it $16.5 M and he was taken in the 5th round.
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I never said 50 mill signing bonus, I said he won't get 50 mill. I used the signing bonuses of those guys to put into perspective how much money they got since they didn't get contracts like Samardzija did, they just got signing bonuses.
Oh, and don't act like Samardzija was supposed to be a 5th round pick. The only reason he wasn't a 1st round pick is because teams knew they would have to do something unorthodox like the Cubs did, and even that was no guarantee.
Joe Mauer: 5.7 mill
David Price: 8.5 mill
Matt Wieters: 6 mill
Strasburg is NOT going to get 50 mill. I bet my left calf on it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dude, they're not talking about a $50 M signing bonus, they're talking about a $50 M contract. Jeff Samardzija got a $10 M deal with option years that could take it $16.5 M and he was taken in the 5th round.
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I never said 50 mill signing bonus, I said he won't get 50 mill. I used the signing bonuses of those guys to put into perspective how much money they got since they didn't get contracts like Samardzija did, they just got signing bonuses.
Oh, and don't act like Samardzija was supposed to be a 5th round pick. The only reason he wasn't a 1st round pick is because teams knew they would have to do something unorthodox like the Cubs did, and even that was no guarantee.