Can you imagine being traded?

[Lou 43,514]

5 hours ago, Dochalo said:

or like 95% of professional ball players - 25k and bus rides to work.  

like regular folks? 

[Stradling 27,598]

5 hours ago, Puget Sound Angel said:

Imagine getting to play professional baseball for a living?

I wouldn’t do it for minor league pay or even league minimum.   

[tdawg87 32,791]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

like regular folks? 

White folks

[cals 14,197]

22 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I wouldn’t do it for minor league pay or even league minimum.   

You wouldn’t play professional baseball for half a million a year?

[zenmaster 1,663]

For us regular folks it sounds terrifying but for them not as much. Yes, moving across the country can be a big tiresome and taking kids out of school or just having to move kids/pets etc. is rough. But for athletes it wouldn't be near as terrifying. You are making boat loads of money and every aspect of the move is done for you. You just have to be at place X at Y time. Us regular folks have to do much more work I imagine.

[Stradling 27,598]

5 minutes ago, calscuf said:

You wouldn’t play professional baseball for half a million a year?

No I don’t think I would.  It isn’t life changing money.  Dude I HATE the 8-10 nights I spend away from home a year now.   Imagine the nonsense dudes like you and me say on here being made public and that kind of faux outrage scrutiny.  No thanks, it isn’t worth it.  It’s easy to look at the good parts.   

[Ace-Of-Diamonds 3,753]

8 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Imagine all the people

it's easy if you try ...

[eligrba 5,120]

I have a no trade stipulation in my contract.  I can only be DFA'd.......so I have that going for me.

[Glen 9,381]

9 hours ago, stormngt said:

Imagine being a rookie on the Astros and then being traded to the Marlins

 

8 hours ago, calscuf said:

Intellectually that would be like going to sleep as Dochalo and waking up as MAGA. 

 

 

[Blarg 30,577]

10 hours ago, Dochalo said:

imagine going from the Astros AAA team about to be added to the major league roster and then getting sent to the Marlins where they have 'control' over you for the next six years.  

 

So, traded again in three.

[stormngt 2,853]

9 hours ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Imagine making 7 million a year

Not if your a rookie like in my hypotheotical.

[fan_since79 10,695]

7 hours ago, Puget Sound Angel said:

Imagine getting to play professional baseball for a living?

Imagine barely able to hit .200 but having lots of time to practice your bat flip.

And getting paid millions for it.

[Blarg 30,577]

One of our closest friends worked for Rockwell in Anaheim and when it was bought out by Boeing he was moved to Utah. So in a sense he was traded. 

[Tank 25,858]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

No I don’t think I would.  It isn’t life changing money.  Dude I HATE the 8-10 nights I spend away from home a year now.   Imagine the nonsense dudes like you and me say on here being made public and that kind of faux outrage scrutiny.  No thanks, it isn’t worth it.  It’s easy to look at the good parts.   

half a mil per would be life-changing for me and many others, so that would be enough incentive for me to start out down that path. i'd love to have been a pro baseball player. the travel wouldn't have bothered me at all, plus it was the chance to play ball every single day. that would have been phenomenal.

[Dick B Back 3,597]

If you are a major leaguerer making big bucks and are a family man, you can just buy a new family at your trade destination. No worries...

[GrittyVeterans 2,638]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

No I don’t think I would.  It isn’t life changing money.  Dude I HATE the 8-10 nights I spend away from home a year now.   Imagine the nonsense dudes like you and me say on here being made public and that kind of faux outrage scrutiny.  No thanks, it isn’t worth it.  It’s easy to look at the good parts.   

Half a million a year for 3-4 years is absolutely life changing money for most people. Would take many 25-30 years to make that kind of money at a regular job for A LOT of Americans

I get your point though

 

[GrittyVeterans 2,638]

48 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Not if your a rookie like in my hypotheotical.

Rookies make $500,000 this year. That's 10 times what I'm making in my early 20s. Plus the pension the MLB gives you if you play the required amount of games to qualify for it.

Even in your hypothetical it is a lot of money.

If you never make it to the show, it sucks. I totally agree with that

[Make Angels Great Again 2,985]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

 It isn’t life changing money. 

Look at this privileged cis white male. 

[cals 14,197]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

Dude I HATE the 8-10 nights I spend away from home a year now.  

I would murder for 8-10 more nights away from home.

[gotbeer 10,948]

10 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

...or 34 mill.

 

And still called out by your corporate boss as not doing enough to promote the company.

[stormngt 2,853]

36 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Rookies make $500,000 this year. That's 10 times what I'm making in my early 20s. Plus the pension the MLB gives you if you play the required amount of games to qualify for it.

Even in your hypothetical it is a lot of money.

If you never make it to the show, it sucks. I totally agree with that

First 500k is far less than 7 million that you suggested.

Second, a profession 5.7 years.  

Most other professions work for over 30 years.

Yes they are paid well but your jealousy because you dont make as much as them is really stupid.

They make the money because they are specially skilled at that age.  A skill that erodes through age.

So yes, I will feel sorry for a rookie making 500 k who is thi king they have a chance to live a dream by playing for a world title (with playoff bonuses...since money is a big factor to you) and then gets traded to a crappy team.

[GrittyVeterans 2,638]

55 minutes ago, stormngt said:

First 500k is far less than 7 million that you suggested.

Second, a profession 5.7 years.  

Most other professions work for over 30 years.

Yes they are paid well but your jealousy because you dont make as much as them is really stupid.

They make the money because they are specially skilled at that age.  A skill that erodes through age.

So yes, I will feel sorry for a rookie making 500 k who is thi king they have a chance to live a dream by playing for a world title (with playoff bonuses...since money is a big factor to you) and then gets traded to a crappy team.

OK, and in those 5.7 years playing at the big league level they make more than most make at other professions in 30 years. That's my point. Even making the league minimum. I'm not even jealous (that much), I'm just stating the facts. GDP per capita in this country is 57 thousand. I'll ignore taxes for the sake of this debate: 57,000 times 30 = 1.7 million. 500,000 times 5 = 2.5 million. Not to mention the savings from early investment and compound interest. How is that not life changing? Obviously they have a skill I don't possess, thanks for stating the obvious.

I find it very weird that you feel sorry for anyone who has made it to the show. Like you said, they're living their dream.

[Blarg 30,577]

Here is the difference between making money at the MLB level and your 30 year career individuals. Even if say you make $10 million over those 30 years you have much less to invest from your paycheck than if that money came over a 5 year period. 

Yes, you could be your average athlete and spend it on a house that you can't afford the taxes on after your career is over or on hookers and blow. But if you use conservative smart money management you are probably retiring at 29 in better shape than the guy that is crowding 60, still looking at five more years to fill his out IRA account. At worst you have to take a coaching job for a few years or get an a part time announcing gig, sell some car insurance or something to supplement your income rather than have to grind out every year until 65.

There is big rewards to making a 5 year run in MLB. Not so much at your average desk job hoping to make supervisor before 40.

[codenamerich 4]

As an ibew journeyman....change is the norm. I'm working here down at the power plant in HB...and one day I'll be laid off...its just a matter of getting used to it. My buddies who don't work construction find what I have to to do get new job crazy.

[stormngt 2,853]

52 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

OK, and in those 5.7 years playing at the big league level they make more than most make at other professions in 30 years. That's my point. Even making the league minimum. I'm not even jealous (that much), I'm just stating the facts. GDP per capita in this country is 57 thousand. I'll ignore taxes for the sake of this debate: 57,000 times 30 = 1.7 million. 500,000 times 5 = 2.5 million. Not to mention the savings from early investment and compound interest. How is that not life changing? Obviously they have a skill I don't possess, thanks for stating the obvious.

I find it very weird that you feel sorry for anyone who has made it to the show. Like you said, they're living their dream.

And they are especially skilled.  That's why they get paid more! And they should be paid that be abuse they ate especially skilled!

The average worker in USA are not that special in their work skills.