If there was a lesson to be taken from Kyler Murray’s choice between an MLB and NFL career on the baseball side, it was that MLB doesn’t have much to offer its young talent in the first few years of their professional careers.
Sure, top prospects receive millions in bonuses when they sign with teams after the draft, but after that, they can expect years of not making a living wage in the minors, then at least two years of making the MLB minimum, if they make it to the majors at all. It’s widely regarded as a miserable grind, but it’s also the only way dreams of playing in the big leagues are realized for American players.