(02-13-2019, 02:35 PM)BlueEyedJag Wrote:

(02-13-2019, 10:01 AM)Dimson Wrote: He is just a kid and he has a chance to play either professional football or professional baseball. Most kids don't have 2 choices, so the decision is easy for them. I guarantee if he was a late round baseball selection or a projected mid to late round football selection the decision would be a lot easier for him.

The point is the A's basically threw away the 10th overall pick in the MLB draft because Murray guaranteed he would be 100% committed to baseball if he was a 1st round pick.

Now he says he is fully committed to football....how can you be confident that if things don't go his way in NFL negotiations/playtime/taking too many hits that he doesnt just up and quit and go back to the MLB after a year or less?

I didn't see anything leading up to the baseball draft where he "guaranteed he would be 100% committed to baseball" - in fact he fell down the draft boards of many teams (as well as scouts) due to the possibility of having an NFL option - and that was before his Heisman winning season.  I think this was a case of Oakland (A's) taking a chance on a unique talent.  If it worked out, they're genius's and if not, they basically lost a 1st round pick.  I'm not going to blame Murray for making an informed decision that he feels is best for him, now that he sees where he fits in both baseball and football.  How many of us would turn down a 20 to 30 million dollar contract with a 10 to 20 million dollar signing bonus and the very real chance to start fairly quickly in the NFL in favor of a 4.66 million dollar signing bonus and the chance to ride buses around the backwoods of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas (assuming he started in Double A, which was no lock - he easily could have started his baseball career in A ball or Rookie league)?

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