Jeff Samardzijalkjer to play pro baseball

[AngusThermopyle]

Saw one mock draft that had him around 25th pick, first round, which would get him ~$8M over 5 years, comparing the contract for 25th pick WR Santonio Holmes with the Steelers last year.

[samjjones]

He might be doing this to let the Bears know that if they draft him in a later round, that he'd be amenable to signing with them. I absolutely think he wants to play both sports, but only if he can do it in Chicago.

[pergesu]

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Until then it is [censored] traveling, [censored] pay and a [censored] life.

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He's got 10 million guaranteed. His life is set.

[Scary_Tiger]

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its pretty similar to priors first contract, isnt it?

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30 IP 17 K 2.7 ERA (Low A Boise and Peoria)
97.2 IP 101 H 37 BB 61 K 4.33 ERA (Notre Dame)
138 IP 100 H 18 BB 202 K 1.7 ERA (Mark Prior @ USC)

He does have a mid-90's fastball and a hard slider, but the numbers he put up are exceedingly mediocre for a college prospect. Without the NFL leverage he isn't getting near Prior money.

[mmbt0ne]

People should really stop trying to explain baseball life to tdarko.

[damaniac]

I wonder what our friends at castesports will have to say about this.

[BeneathTheWheel]

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Saw one mock draft that had him around 25th pick, first round, which would get him ~$8M over 5 years, comparing the contract for 25th pick WR Santonio Holmes with the Steelers last year.

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do you not understand the difference between guaranteed and non-guaranteed contracts?

[tdarko]

"30 IP 17 K 2.7 ERA (Low A Boise and Peoria)
97.2 IP 101 H 37 BB 61 K 4.33 ERA (Notre Dame)
138 IP 100 H 18 BB 202 K 1.7 ERA (Mark Prior @ USC)

He does have a mid-90's fastball and a hard slider, but the numbers he put up are exceedingly mediocre for a college prospect. Without the NFL leverage he isn't getting near Prior money."

Surprised me too. But I did here his fastball graded extremely high on the ML grading scale and just a guess but maybe scouts are thinking that if he stops with football, concentrates on pitching that the potential will come to the surface. You see this a lot with two-way college guys, scouts tell them to put the bat down and their ability as a pitcher will jump exponentially and a lot of the time it does. Maybe this is what they are thinking? I dunno, seems a like a TON of money on hopes.

He will be interesting to follow.

[bugstud]

from what I've read as a cubs fan some scouts give jeff some of the highest upside grades they give out because of the reasons tdarko mentioned. I'm still unconvinced.

[AngusThermopyle]

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Saw one mock draft that had him around 25th pick, first round, which would get him ~$8M over 5 years, comparing the contract for 25th pick WR Santonio Holmes with the Steelers last year.

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do you not understand the difference between guaranteed and non-guaranteed contracts?

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Yes, I do. I was just posting the numbers for comparison, assuming that a first round pick in the NFL will last most of the 5 years. Holmes' contract included bonuses and first year salary of nearly $5M, so if he is cut after this season, he "loses" only about $3.1M of the contract.