of coarse i would, who the fuck wouldnt? i dont give a shit if the guy isn't worth 50 mil, he's a top prospect, one of the best to ever come out of the draft. give him whatever it takes to get a deal done. its not my money.
if it were a salary cap i could see asking this question, but in baseball it makes no sense. not like signing this guy for 50 mil would stop the team from signing others guys .
teams that spend the most are the teams that deserve credit. they are willing to spend to give their fans a winner. if washington doesn't sign this guy they should be relocated and under new ownership
if it were a salary cap i could see asking this question, but in baseball it makes no sense. not like signing this guy for 50 mil would stop the team from signing others guys .
teams that spend the most are the teams that deserve credit. they are willing to spend to give their fans a winner. if washington doesn't sign this guy they should be relocated and under new ownership
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I had to run out, and thought I would post this when I got back.
I also thought it was spelled Brian, but he spells it Brien
Taylor was born in Beaufort, North Carolina, and drafted by the New York Yankees in 1991. He was offered about $350,000 to sign a minor league contract, the typical amount given to # 1 draft choices at that time. However, agent Scott Boras (acting as an "advisor," because unsigned players were not allowed to have an agent at that time) advised the Taylor family that the previous year's top-rated high school pitcher, Todd Van Poppel, was given more than $1.2 million to sign with the Oakland Athletics, giving up a scholarship to Stanford University in the process. The Taylors held out for "Van Poppel money," even though they had less leverage because Brien's poor grades at East Carteret High School prevented him from getting a major college scholarship offer. They then used a local junior college as leverage to get the Yankees to agree to pay Van Poppel money. The Yankees were without the official services of owner George Steinbrenner, who was serving a suspension at the time, but through the media, Steinbrenner said that if the Yankees let Taylor get away, they should be "shot."
Taylor was signed for $1.55 million the day before his classes were set to begin. Further delay would have meant the deal could not be signed until after the school year ended, which coincided with the following year's draft.
In 1992 he was 6-8 for Fort Lauderdale, but with a 2.57 ERA and with 187 strikeouts in 161 innings.
While quickly ascending the minor league ranks, in 1993 Taylor suffered a torn labrum while defending his brother in a fistfight. Taylor was never the same pitcher again. He was at Double-A before the incident but spent the bulk of the remainder of his professional baseball career struggling at Single-A.
In 1995 he pitched for the Yankees Gulf Coast team, and walked 54 batters in 40 innings. In 1996 he pitched for Greensboro, and walked 43 batters in 16.1 innings, going 0-5 with an 18.73 ERA. At Greensboro again in 1997, he walked 52 batters in 27 innings, going 1-4 with a 14.33 ERA.
He was released by the Yankees at the end of the 1998 season, and pitched for minor league affiliates of the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians until retiring in 2000. In his final stint with the Indians' Columbus affiliate in 2000, in 2.2 innings he gave up 5 hits, 9 walks, 8 earned runs, and 11 runs.
While quickly ascending the minor league ranks, in 1993 Taylor suffered a torn labrum while defending his brother in a fistfight. Taylor was never the same pitcher again. He was at Double-A before the incident but spent the bulk of the remainder of his professional baseball career struggling at Single-A.
In 1995 he pitched for the Yankees Gulf Coast team, and walked 54 batters in 40 innings. In 1996 he pitched for Greensboro, and walked 43 batters in 16.1 innings, going 0-5 with an 18.73 ERA. At Greensboro again in 1997, he walked 52 batters in 27 innings, going 1-4 with a 14.33 ERA.
He was released by the Yankees at the end of the 1998 season, and pitched for minor league affiliates of the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians until retiring in 2000. In his final stint with the Indians' Columbus affiliate in 2000, in 2.2 innings he gave up 5 hits, 9 walks, 8 earned runs, and 11 runs.
