If you were Jeff Samardzija

[Get Nasty]

mirertobroks

mirertobroks

It is much much easier to make money in baseball then football. The only thing bad about being a pitcher is the stress. You can make a ton of money and never make a mlb roster, just make money off your potential which he has a ton of at 6'5 throwing 98 mph.

 

[GoIrish41]

Jeff is a fantastic football player. I've never seen him play baseball, but if I were drafting a WR in the NFL, I would take a serious look at taking him as the first WR off the board. he has great size, great hands and he's fearless. And, his speed is more than adequate. He has the stuff that you just can't coach. If he goes high in the draft, he should play football. If he just wants to make money, he should play baseball. I'd hate that, because I love watching this kid play.

 

[UNTITLEDPROJECT]

What I mean is there is no guarantee of a large contract ever being signed with a MLB team. Do you know how hard it is to make it? There is no minor leagues in football, if he's a first round pick, he'll make big money. Alot of big name baseball prospects never panned out, signed a contract out of high school and were done in 4 years.

I will seriously argue about injuries. As a pitcher your arm is all you have. For every guy who has TJ or another type of surgery and comes back stronger there are about 100 guys you never heard of who don't.

If Jeff can make it in MLB obviously that's the best choice for money, corrrect. I'm not sure what he signed for with the Cubs. But he'll sign a much bigger contract in the NFL.

Dude, are you serious? Do you realize he has a FAR greater chance of COMING BACK to MLB off an injury, than coming back from an injury in the NFL? This is seriously not even a conversation. HOW in hell do you think the $ in the NFL is better? Have you ever looked at their contracts? As I said the "GUARANTEED MONEY" is half of MLB. If youre going for money - baseball is your route.


Not to mention there are far more opportunities to pitch VS. playing in the NFL as a WR

 

[IrishRamMan10]

I think it might all depend on what NFL drafts him... if its a team with no talent at reciever I could see him staying and become an Instant Starter, while if it is a team with some solid recievers he might lean towards baseball.

 

[Doomsday Device]

And, I thought ive been drinking the Cool-Aid.

What Kool-Aid? He's a consensus first-rounder as a football player, and the success rate of first-round NFL picks becoming stars is certainly higher than that of an MLB first-rounder, let alone a 5th-round selection. This doesn't mean I think he should choose football, but I stand by him having a greater chance of being a star in the NFL and getting whatever notoriety and endorsement money comes along with that.

 

[cdough77]

I love him as a football player, but if he is as good as they say he is at baseball he should stay in baseball. The money that these clubs are willing to pay for terrible pitchers is ridiculous. Imagine what he will get if he is any good.

 

[bigdavefreeman6235]

go for football, I can't think of any pitchers that went to notre dame, but plenty football players who played at notre dame

 

[MightyK]

Assuming it is a financial decision, how much more money could he get in endorsements attempting to be a dual sport star? Might make taking that first round money worth it and allow him to gauge his progress in each sport.

No one else is doing it right now. I don't know of any pitcher who has done it. He's pretty charismatic. Might be a big hit.

 

[UNTITLEDPROJECT]

go for football, I can't think of any pitchers that went to notre dame, but plenty football players who played at notre dame

Carl Yastrzemski
Craig Counsell
Brad Lidge
Aaron Heilman

 

[UNTITLEDPROJECT]

Assuming it is a financial decision, how much more money could he get in endorsements attempting to be a dual sport star? Might make taking that first round money worth it and allow him to gauge his progress in each sport.

No one else is doing it right now. I don't know of any pitcher who has done it. He's pretty charismatic. Might be a big hit.

Not a chance.

 

[isotopes]

I think based on publicity alone thats a big possibility. I understand from a baseball perspective you have to be concerned about a guy taking shots like that but he's proved he can be durable the last 3 years doing it and hey worse comes to worse its a low contract at first, incentive based, and he'd work his way up from the bullpen. The biggest need would be finding a way to a market that loves both sports and play for both teams. Since he's already a Cub, the Bears would seemingly be the bst place for him if that was his choice. Theres plenty of other options such as the New York mix and match and such. I think playing both in the same city is definity the only way it happens though. (And yes I realize that Deion got it done from other sides of the country and all but that was after the ball got rollin')

 

[mirertobrooks]

Dude, are you serious? Do you realize he has a FAR greater chance of COMING BACK to MLB off an injury, than coming back from an injury in the NFL? This is seriously not even a conversation. HOW in hell do you think the $ in the NFL is better? Have you ever looked at their contracts? As I said the "GUARANTEED MONEY" is half of MLB. If youre going for money - baseball is your route.


Not to mention there are far more opportunities to pitch VS. playing in the NFL as a WR

I understand what your saying, yes you make more money playing basball, bad injuries occur more in football. I'm not disputing these facts. I'm predicting he'll sign for much more money in the NFL, then he did with the Cubs (if I'm wrong let me know, I can't imagine the Cubs giving him that much being a 5th rounder) . He'll make more playing football today. If he makes it in MLB then in the future he will make much more money.

But he's not a shoe-in to make it in MLB, and arm injuries aren't something easy to come back from either. I hope that clears that up, not sure if you misunderstood my points. That's just my two cents. If you still don't see my side to it then let's just agree to disagree.

 

[A2McGowan]

The cat goes out on the town a bunch (even hours after the UM loss.....ahem). So football I say, cause Wrigleyville will eat him up.

Plus, the Cubs are gonna win it all next year........oooooh.

 

[OnwardToVictory07]

I would play both. I bet the Shark will play both, too.

 

[TheIrishHammer]

I'd be really tall and ugly*

I'd be really tall and ugly*

fystrh

 

[timm3117]

The thing is he can make more money in the MLB in the long run, if he makes that far, which isn't a given. But in football he'll be on a pro roster next year, making pro money. Depending where he's drafted the signing bonus will be pretty huge, and no the money isn't GUARANTEED, but about 95% of NFL rookies see every dime of that rookie contract. If you want I can give ya a list of kids who chose baseball over football, and it killed there careers, Josh Booty remember him, how about Drew Henson. They were both can't miss baseball prospects.