Talk about ignorant. Dude is going to make 6 figures to play half a season. Yet he wants to complain about it being high risk. These guys are all much healthier than the average American. This isn’t high risk at all.
I just have zero sympathy for people who make way more money than me to play a sport. I make a decent amount and would have to work like 20 years to make what he was supposed to make this year.
Snell is an interesting case. Would like to discuss it in detail here.
1. He’s already getting well underpaid for his performance, thanks to salary rules he had no say in.
2. The people that pay him (and are losing money now) already tried to **** him once.
3. He stands to maybe quadruple the money he can earn playing baseball if he can keep his arm healthy until free agency. Taking a year off gets him closer to that pay day.
So sure there is some selfish motivation from Snell there, but I wouldn’t do that either, not after the TB org tried to give me a $15,000 raise after I won the Cy Young.
I admit I don’t know the details of what they’re proposing salary-wise, but I’m don’t think Snell is necessarily the bad guy here. If the guys on bloated free agent contracts and owners who have experienced rising franchise values want to play a season, then give the cost-controlled guys like Snell a break.