{"id":9232,"date":"2019-01-14T07:36:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T07:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freshestfm.com\/kyler-murray-wants-as-to-pay-big-for-him-to-choose-baseball-over-nfl-draft\/"},"modified":"2019-01-14T07:36:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T07:36:18","slug":"kyler-murray-wants-as-to-pay-big-for-him-to-choose-baseball-over-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshestfm.com\/kyler-murray-wants-as-to-pay-big-for-him-to-choose-baseball-over-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyler Murray Wants A\u2019s to Pay Big for Him to Choose Baseball Over NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeLeslieWFAA\/status\/1084571541931728900\" target=\"_blank\">According<\/a> to Mike Leslie of <em>WFAA<\/em> in Dallas, Texas, if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/oakland-athletics\" target=\"_self\">Oakland Athletics<\/a> want\u00a0Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray to choose baseball over declaring for the NFL Draft, he wants them to show him the money. A <em>whole lot<\/em> of money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-embed\">\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p> <\/p>\n<p>According to a source close to the situation, Kyler Murray\u2019s number is $15M.<\/p>\n<p>He wants big time money to stick with baseball, otherwise he will enter the NFL draft tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The A\u2019s are doing everything they can, sending their top brass, led by Billy Beane, to meet with him.<\/p>\n<p> <br \/>\n\u2014 Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeLeslieWFAA\/status\/1084571541931728900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/sports\/2018\/12\/kyler-murray-wins-2018-heisman-trophy\" target=\"_self\">named<\/a>\u00a0the 2018 Heisman\u00a0Trophy winner last month,\u00a0Murray, who\u00a0passed for 4,053 yards with\u00a040 touchdowns and seven interceptions, was\u00a0selected\u00a0by the\u00a0Athletics\u00a0with the 9th\u00a0overall pick. The two-sport athlete was signed by the A’s to a\u00a0$4.66 million signing bonus, the maximum amount <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/2018-mlb-draft-bonus-pools-pick-values\/c-269930084\" target=\"_blank\">allotted<\/a> to the team for their\u00a0first-round pick. For Oakland to meet Murray’s financial\u00a0demands, the organization would need to offer him a guaranteed MLB contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It’s an unprecedented move, but it’s one that even has the backing of the MLB.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-embed\">\n<blockquote data-lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p> <\/p>\n<p>Still: The notion of a player who has never taken an at-bat in the minor leagues winding up with a big league deal shows how special a situation Kyler Murray’s is. It’s not just the Oakland A’s invested in him. It’s Major League Baseball, too. Murray in MLB would be a coup.<\/p>\n<p> <br \/>\n\u2014 Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1084596020783271937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Murray hit .296\u00a0with 56 hits, 10 home runs and 47 RBI last season as an outfielder for\u00a0Oklahoma. He will ultimately need\u00a0to make his decision by the deadline for declaring for the 2019 NFL Draft: Monday,\u00a0January 14.<\/p>\n<section class=\"suitcase-ad\"><span class=\"advertisement_text featured\">POST CONTINUES BELOW<\/span><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/sports\/2019\/01\/kyler-murray-big-money-choose-baseball-over-nfl-draft\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Mike Leslie of WFAA in Dallas, Texas, if the Oakland Athletics want\u00a0Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray to choose baseball over declaring for the NFL Draft, he wants them to show him the money. A whole lot of money.\u00a0 According to a source close to the situation, Kyler Murray\u2019s number is $15M. 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