Not about hoop, but so what …
A minor league Indians pitcher will let you invest $20 in him, and you’ll get .0016 percent of what he earns throughout his career.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) —Randy Newsom has never thrown a pitch above Double-A ball. Still, he wants to put himself on the market.
The stock market, that is.
A minor league pitcher with the Cleveland Indians, Newsom worked in obscurity Monday on the crowded back fields at spring training, distinguished from hundreds of hopefuls only by the red No. 41 on the back of his sweat-soaked blue uniform top.
“It’s time to get down to business,” he said after several strenuous sessions of fundamental drills such as covering first base.
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Interesting stuff. The guy’s only 25, but only has an 11-8 with a 3.29 ERA.
The average baseball player’s salary is roughly $3 mil with starting pitchers getting about $4.25 mil. There’s no guarantee dude’s going to the show, but how cool is it to say “I own a piece of a baseball player?”
- Marin
