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Originally Posted by miked
That's nothing, Derek Anderson has 2M/season. If he makes the majors, after a few years, he's pretty much guaranteed bank. Just looked up an ok player, Johnny Damon, who took home 100M+ during his career not including endorsements. And baseball contracts are guaranteed. Look at Tulo and guys like that, sign monster deals (Tulo was paid 40M after his release). If you are above average in MLB, you are banked. Shit, Nick Markakis has pulled in 100M+.
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And the last two winters suggests that times may be changing for your Markakis/Damon types.
Stars are still getting paid, if less than what they're accustomed to, but I dunno if Murray would be able to bank on getting paid like Markakis/Damon/Choo unless he reached the majors really early. If he hit free agency at 29/30, and was good enough, a Pollock-type contract would be a reasonable assumption. I'm not sure 9 figures is, anymore.