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Brixton
If the Nats get a WS win, he gets a ring
padresfan
They will never win a ws
natsgm
Says “padresfan”
jdgoat
Why do you say that
ABCD
Well, the Cubs won one. It could be the Nats turn this year. Maybe the Padres will win too…in about 60 years.
MafiaBass
They won in ’94
CelticSentinel314
As a Phils fan, I was loving that game. Until I found out we basically got him fired on his birthday… I am so sorry Jeremy.
oct27
Guthrie was a great guy – I loved him as a Royal. Very intelligent, well spoken, great teammate etc. He’d probably make a very good pitching coach/manager.
EonADS
That sounds perfect for him, so consistently decent until his stuff finally gave out. He even has the manager scowl already down-pat.
johnsilver
Cursed by having his prime time with poor Orioles teams that had lousy defense and being the only capable starter for most of those years. Guthrie finally gets a break, gets to move to the NL and is stuck in Coors field for a year and gets hurt on top of that.
Only real break this great guy got his entire career was his time in KC and he took advantage of that and performed pretty well for the aging veteran he was.
greatgame 2
All that money paid for a 5.3 career K/9 rate and 4.78 career FIP.
lesterdnightfly
And, as it states clearly, for 17.9 Wins Above Replacement, which are currently valued at $7-8 million per.
So he was worth it to his teams, especially the Royals.
Maybe somebody here has “Penny Envy”.
pinkerton
I guess he isn’t getting the Cy Young now
davidcoonce74
This is a good story, and, as MLBTR points out, these people are human beings. Yes, Guthrie is impossibly rich compared to most of us (Guthrie made around 44 million dollars in his career). But his career is over, probably, at age 37. That’s younger than me. While he may not hurt for money for the rest of his life, I can’t quite imagine a life without work, especially for an athlete with a competitive drive. He’s still a human being, and while we can joke about his horrific final outing, we should still acknowledge the sting of ending your career like that. I mean, think about it: he basically got fired after having the worst day at work in his life. That can’t be a good feeling.
ReverieDays
The dude will find a job in baseball. Its not like he’ll never work again.
lesterdnightfly
That was a good article showing the human side of the players’ lives. Mrs. Guthrie sounds like a level-headed and empathic mate.
Ironman_4life
Shouldn’t the article read there are no teams pursuing Jeremy Guthrie
Sano Smash
Well the Nats tried to send him to Triple-A, so clearly they wanted him.
Oh, that was an attempt at humor. Good one champ.
ReverieDays
A bit better than yours, at least.
bobtillman
Class act throughout his entire career. With all that he went thru, definitely a coaching possibility. Wish him well.
bringoutthegimp
Padresfan is talkin! Almost 40 years in the MLB & have won ONE WS game! The NAT’s will win a WS before the Padres ever make it into the playoff again!! You should wait till their at least make it to 500 before you make a fool of yourself again!!
thegreatcerealfamine
It’s just MLB and not “the MLB”.
davidcoonce74
Talkin? Not a word. “The MLB”? Not an entity. “You should wait until their at least make it to…”. I can’t even begin to parse that sentence.