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Minor League Baseball Player Tweets Out His Paycheck After Winning Championship
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Sacramento River Cats (Giants organization) pitcher Tyler Cyr posted his latest paycheck after his team won their league championship to show you the reality of playing in the minor league...
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Bige1155 months
Dude what you are doing is respectable, but mlb owes you nothing
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cubsfan515055 months
And colleges owe players nothing more than what they've already been given too
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El Campo Tiger55 months
He doesn’t pay child support. Good for him.
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KamaCausey_LSU55 months
$100,000 signing bonus when he was drafted. He knew what he was getting into when he signed his contract.
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NakaTrash55 months
Hope all LSU’s baseball recruits see this
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TigerStripes0655 months
The recruits that sign are not in that position. They sign for MILLIONS of dollars.
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NASA_ISS_Tiger55 months
And that, folks, is why you don't go play ball in the minors.
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ct4lsu55 months
Can’t believe they are forcing him to play..
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FaCubeItches55 months
With a very small number of highly-paid exceptions, if the verb you use to describe your job is "play," you're probably not going to be making much money.
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BlackPot55 months
I have a close friend that's Triple A right now. Family of three. He's told us the struggle. Single/double A ball is brutal with money. Just nothing there. Just have to be educated about money, and very disciplined.
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gamecockman1255 months
This kid comes off as a tool. Just because you work hard doesn't mean you're entitled to more money...
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Tshiz55 months
Then quit
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YMCA55 months
That’s one of the reasons I stopped playing. At some point you have to accept reality and move on. It’s fun to do for a few years, but if you don’t see any movement or hear any chatter, it’s time to hang them up. I mean there were some perks that don’t show up on your paycheck like discounted hotel rooms where you can live if you decide not to rent an apartment, free to nearly free meals and certain restaurants, free gym membership, food paid for while on the road, you sit in a hotel room or run around town until it’s time to report to the park while everyone else is busting arse at work and most importantly, you’re getting paid to play a game. Like I said, it’s fun(minus the long arse bus rides)but at some point you have to make a grownup decision.
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BowDownToLSU55 months
Kade Scivicque has been in the minors for a couple years. I think he makes a decent income with a catchers camp he does in the off season. I really hope he makes it to the show soon
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bigman33455 months
does he want some fricking sympathy? frick him
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Music_City_Tiger55 months
No one is forcing him to play.
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Meauxjeaux55 months
frick that tool... here's his "pinned tweet".. Tyler Cyr @tycyr93 · Aug 19, 2017 Positivity is a choice, a lifestyle. It's easy to be negative & complain. Take the route less traveled, be positive w/ anything & everything ...while being negative and complaining.
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kywildcatfanone55 months
Do minor league players live under the assumption that they will all be major league players?
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jimbeam55 months
Work smarter not harder
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MaroonNation55 months
Is this the Cyr that pitched at Mississippi State?
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Erin Go Bragh55 months
According to yo his bio he never played for MSU. Attended to Embry-Riddle University. Must be a bright guy and parents must reasonably have deep pockets.
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GoldenGuy55 months
Contract Rat. Also $165 for 0 hours sounds pretty good to me.
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Farmtiger55 months
Netting 103k to play baseball.. Could do worse things...
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shel31155 months
Looks like he netted $8k, no?
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abellsujr55 months
Whoops. I bet you wish you could delete this.
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Farmtiger55 months
Umm... shel311 & abellsujr... 8k for 165 hours of work... Do I need to do the math for you on a regular 2080 year? FYI.. Its in my first post...
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