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rukastar
“The 28-year-old has once again been excellent”
***looks at 2015 stats via baseball reference***
1.315 WHIP, leading the league in wild pitches and walks….
I guess he’s consistent, but I would hardly consider him anything above a C+ in most areas. Honestly, looking over his stats, I think his 2013 season of mixed starts and relief appearances (along with a lower 1.15 WHIP and a lower walk and lower hit per 9) was one of his best along with his 2014 AS season, if not his very best.
sigurd 2
The fantex thing is interesting. I could see a lot of young guys going that route for a more guaranteed payday. How many players really make it “big” compared to their hype through no fault of their own? Call it the Jon Singleton effect.
jb226
And with a nice payday up front, it may make it easier to do things like refuse those early-career contracts that usually end up being so friendly to the team. Definitely an interesting development.
formerlyz
I find it interesting from an investment standpoint as well…according to this, once Heaney makes 33 million, the investors getbpaid…he’ll likely reach that
rct
Yep, Ten percent seems like a lot when you consider that $33MM figure (probably closer to $40MM with inflation). Then again, this probably works because Heaney is still three years away from even getting arbitration and six from free agency. A lot can happen injury/development wise. On the flip side, if he ends up pitching well, Fantex can make a lot of money.
sigurd 2
The most interesting thing is comparing it as you mentioned to the traditional safety model of buying out FA years on an arb extension for clubs. In this scenario, I think there is far less risk to the player. You get that guaranteed early money AND get to FA at the earliest time. Safety against injury and regression with the added bonus of getting that big contract. 10% is peanuts even on high end FA deals. Fantex seems like a pretty sweet deal for the players.
New Law Era
I think it will take while before this becomes something investors are willing to play with. For one, their “stock” selection is extremely limited and they are going to need be able to sell more players on this idea. For another, the risk to the investors is pretty substantial. A few of the risks I think of right away are player injury, death, and abrupt retirement.
Another risk – financial mismanagement on behalf of the athletes. They make the money but they can’t return the money to the investors. Or we’ll go one step further…they decide not to return the money and everything goes to the fan in a court battle.
I’ll zone in on football. Just for the sake of example, how many times have we seen players sign 5 year contracts only to decide 3 years later that they want another deal? They refuse to show up to training camp and are prepared to sit out a year until they get a new contract. These contracts are legal binding instruments and yet many of these players disregard them.
I still want to do more research on this. Who knows how this thing will look in a few years…if it is still around.