While Kyler Murray's negotiations with the A's may seem genius to some they are really just asking the A's to pay a crazy unrealistic price. We've all seen the movie Moneyball with Brad Pitt that pretty much shows us how the A's organization runs year in and year out. If you haven't then what you've missed about the A's is they will never overpay for anyone. To be quite honest with you most the time they don't pay anyone in general once their rookie contract is up, and when they are they ship the young studs out in blockbuster type trades for a package of cheap young prospects.
If you have not heard already the Athletic's took a chance on a two sport star, Kyler Murray in last years draft with the 9th overall pick. Murray signed a contract with a four and a half million dollar signing bonus, and the A's were gracious enough to let him play one more year of football. Where he became the Heisman Trophy winner and quickly a top prospect if he enters this years draft. Now this is where the negotiations have started.
Murray has informed the A's if they do not give him a contract worth fifteen million dollars then he will be entering the NFL draft. To put that in perspective for you the A's are paying one person on their entire MLB roster in 2019 more than seven and a half million dollars. His name is Khris Davis, the guy that has hit 40+ home runs in back to back seasons. He is only making 16.5 million dollars this upcoming season. While Kyler Murray not only has never played in majors, but he has yet to see a day in the minors. So Kyler Murray a .298 hitter in college in a weak baseball conference is asking to be the second highest paid player in the organization.
Baseball also is not a sport where the 9th overall pick is promised to EVER see a day in the big's. In fact only 2/3 of first rounders ever make it. So if I had to guess what the A's were going to do based on what I know about that organization, unless Murray is willing to take significantly less money than what he is asking right now I'd say they are going to let the Heisman Trophy winner walk and we will see him in April for the draft and not at Spring Training.
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