A's, Kyler Murray Agree To $5M Deal That Will Let Him Play Football

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Jun 7, 2018 4:05 pm

This is huge news for Oakland Baseball.

A's, Kyler Murray Agree To $5M Deal That Will Let Him Play Football

Kyler Murray has agreed to a contract with the Oakland Athletics that will guarantee him $5 million and allow him to play football for the Oklahoma Sooners this fall, according to a report.

The A's drafted Murray, an outfielder, with the ninth overall pick on Monday.

He told Oakland officials Monday night that he will put baseball off and honor his commitment to Oklahoma. The slot value for the ninth pick in the draft is $4.7 million

. https://baseball.realgm.com/wiretap/48836/As-Kyler-Murray-Agree-To-$5M-Deal-That-Will-Let-Him-Play-Football

Post #2 » by **FNQ** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:36 pm

Love it. Mookie Betts/Andrew McCutchen type peak with this kid. Hope he survives the football season!

Post #3 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:36 am

He is now going to enter the NFL draft.

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Post #4 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 5:20 am

Kyler is going to meet with Beane and management to discuss his future. All signs point to the NFL as his next step, so we get a better idea where we stand, and if he does go to the NFL he must pay us back the $4.66 million that was given to him when we drafted him.

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Post #5 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:37 pm

He wants 15m dollar contract from us or he's going to be in the NFL draft.

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Silver Man · Post #6 » by **Silver Man** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:31 pm

Kyler officially going to the NFL.

Sucks to have lost him especially considering we don't get a comp pick for him or anything and he gets to keep a couple hundred thousand of the money.

Good luck to him in the NFL. Don't like the way he went about this leaving the A's in the dark for so long, but it is what it is.

Post #7 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:08 pm

Silver Man wrote:Kyler officially going to the NFL.

Sucks to have lost him especially considering we don't get a comp pick for him or anything and he gets to keep a couple hundred thousand of the money.

Good luck to him in the NFL. Don't like the way he went about this leaving the A's in the dark for so long, but it is what it is.

It was a risk that we loss.
I hate it but we knew there was a big chance he would play football.

Teams lose their player/pick to when the free agent won't sign with a team. More recently was Atlanta with one of their top 10 picks.

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