Just this past Sunday, the Oakland Athletics met with their 2018 top draft pick, outfielder Kyler Murray, and tried to convince him to stick with baseball. The next day, Murray, who also happens to be the 2018 Heisman Trophy winner as a quarterback for Oklahoma, applied for the NFL draft.
I imagine my public pitch to the Yankees and Bryce Harper will result in even less success; Murray has left the door open to baseball, whereas Yankees general manager Brian Cashman essentially closed the door to Harper on Dec. 10. When Cashman massaged his stance the next day, he uttered his “fully operational Death Star” throwaway line to which many Yankees fans mistakenly, hilariously attached meaning, adding agita to an odd offseason for the game’s Evil Empire.