Jeff Samardzijia

Bjindaho · 01-19-2007, 09:36 PM

Samardzijia signed on with the Cubbies.
5 years 20Mil, and a no-trade clause. Two option years.
If only someone could have had some power of foresight to realize that a top 5 calibre player who is playing football as a SECOND SPORT might be willing to play in the majors and might be worth drafting.

RickJay · 01-20-2007, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Bjindaho

Samardzijia signed on with the Cubbies.
5 years 20Mil, and a no-trade clause. Two option years.
If only someone could have had some power of foresight to realize that a top 5 calibre player who is playing football as a SECOND SPORT might be willing to play in the majors and might be worth drafting.

He signed for $8 million, not $20 million, and this happened last year, and who cares about some Sally League player enough to bring it up here?

Bjindaho · 01-20-2007, 10:14 AM

It was ten, and Samardizijia is a good prospect that we should have drafted.
It happened yesterday.

Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com

RickJay · 01-20-2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bjindaho

It was ten, and Samardizijia is a good prospect that we should have drafted.
It happened yesterday.

Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com

I don't think you read that article very carefully. Samardzija (not -zijia) was already a Chicago Cub; he was drafted LAST year, not this year, and played in the Cubs system last year. He went back to school to play some football but his rights previously belonged to Chicago. This is a new contract, replacing his old one.

Why do you think Toronto should have signed this guy in particular?

Jon · 01-20-2007, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RickJay

Why do you think Toronto should have signed this guy in particular?

Because someone else did.

TheGreatGazoo · 01-21-2007, 02:09 PM

Bad choice by him...

Chances are he'll be a better football player than baseball.

RickJay · 01-22-2007, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGreatGazoo

Bad choice by him...

Chances are he'll be a better football player than baseball.

Baseball pays more, though, and contracts are guaranteed. If your priority is setting yourself up for life right away, you'd be nuts to turn down a guaranteed multi-million dollar offer.

Bjindaho · 01-22-2007, 02:37 PM

He was a two sport all-american, so I don't think he'll have too much trouble.
Baseball is a sport where he can determine his fate, rather than having to hope the QB throws him the ball.

Bjindaho · 01-22-2007, 05:29 PM

Samardzija was a fifth-rounder. I thought at the time, as I do now, that he would have been a fine fourth or fifth rounder given his upside.

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Bjindaho Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Saint John, NB Posts: 67	Samardzija was a fifth-rounder. I thought at the time, as I do now, that he would have been a fine fourth or fifth rounder given his upside. __________________ God is Dead - Nietzsche Nietzsche is Dead - God Death arises only for those who refute themselves - Me

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