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Griffin Herring...do you think he would have stayed here had we offered him $1 million?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:51 am
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:51 am
I’m sure it’s been talked about before but the number he got and took to go pro was $797,500…do you think he would have stayed here had we offered him $1 million (or more) in NIL, and I think we had already guaranteed him a weekend starting spot. He would have been worth every penny, as he would be more than fixing some of the pitching issues we have now. I know he got mad and yelled at Yeskie about pitch sequencing in one game late last year, but I don’t know if there was anything more to it than that.
Granted, we did get Bear Jones back and are probably paying him in NIL what we would have paid Herring. Obviously that has turned out well as expected. And then we got Curiel, Arrambide, and Schmidt to campus so really we won more battles than we lost. But dang it I want my lagniappe!
Granted, we did get Bear Jones back and are probably paying him in NIL what we would have paid Herring. Obviously that has turned out well as expected. And then we got Curiel, Arrambide, and Schmidt to campus so really we won more battles than we lost. But dang it I want my lagniappe!
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 12:34 pm
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Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:54 am to TheBadgerOfHoney
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He would have been worth every penny
That would be up to whoever is paying him the $1 million. Not you. You aren’t going to find anyone that is Griffin Herring is worth one year at $1 million except for fans like you who don’t actually have to pay any of the $1 million.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:54 am to TheBadgerOfHoney
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do you think he would have stayed here had we offered him $1 million (or more) in NIL,
You think we can promise to pay a baseball player 7 figures of NIL in 1 year, a reliever at that
Newsflash - while we are definitely at the lead group of NIL in baseball, we arent tossing around promising 7 figures out of the Bayou Fund to anyone per year. Now maybe someone could make that with some other things they secure on their own, but we cant throw 7 figures out of our own fund for NIL to 1 guy for 1 season
$1M-$2M is probably the entire budget for the entire team from our own NIL fund. This doesnt mean they cant secure other party deals, but again thats on them.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 11:58 am
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:55 am to TheBadgerOfHoney
There is no guarantee that he would have succeeded as a starter. He seemed to thrive on getting tossed into a tough situation and shutting teams down. Its a risk, because if he came back and got hurt, he would have lost a ton of money. He made the best decision for himself, glad we had him for a few years.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:56 am to TheBadgerOfHoney
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do you think he would have stayed here had we offered him $1 million (or more) in NIL,
no one is paying baseball players 1 million in NIL money or anywhere close to it
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:57 am to TheBadgerOfHoney
My understanding is you don’t even get the full signing bonus. Most get half and then the other half the next year. So it’s not even about beating 794k, if “are you going to make more or less the next 3 years staying or going”
So our pitch would have been “here is 100k, and you make 1,5-2 million as a 2nd rounder”
I guess he dislikes Yeskie but transferring is also an option if he really hated the guy and was that disgruntled. So at some
level he must have just wanted to go pro.
I mean he went 6.1 Vs Woodard gotta imagine he could have beaten a 6th round pick and still had leverage.
that being said, he signed for roughly 3rd round money. maybe he didn’t like that gamble.
So our pitch would have been “here is 100k, and you make 1,5-2 million as a 2nd rounder”
I guess he dislikes Yeskie but transferring is also an option if he really hated the guy and was that disgruntled. So at some
level he must have just wanted to go pro.
I mean he went 6.1 Vs Woodard gotta imagine he could have beaten a 6th round pick and still had leverage.
that being said, he signed for roughly 3rd round money. maybe he didn’t like that gamble.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:58 am to TheBadgerOfHoney
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I’m sure it’s been talked about before but the number he got and took to go pro was $797,500…do you think he would have stayed here had we offered him $1 million (or more) in NIL
Before this recent push, our entire football team had NIL deals worth around $5 million. Do you really think there is enough money in baseball to give a pitcher $1M?
Posted on 3/24/25 at 11:59 am to lsufball19
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no one is paying baseball players 1 million in NIL money or anywhere close to it
I know someone who is doing the paying. Few even crack $100,000. Most were getting their tuition covered and a few thousand left over to spend.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:00 pm to TheBadgerOfHoney
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do you think he would have stayed here had we offered him $1 million (or more) in NIL
I think you have a serious misunderstanding on the type of NIL deals college baseball relievers are getting.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:04 pm to TheBadgerOfHoney
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had we offered him $1 million (or more) in NIL,
As others have said, our NIL is good, but not that good. I know someone who works with the baseball NIL (not at LSU, but at one of the big NIL contributors). They had to scramble for funds to pay Jones, Arrambide, Curiel, and Schmidt b/c no one expected all of them to be here. There was a set amount of money to spend and it sounds like it was over-promised on the assumption that most of those guys would go in the draft. Great problem to have, but there was a moment of "oh shite, I don't know if we have the money to pay all of these guys".
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:04 pm to lsufball19
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no one is paying baseball players 1 million in NIL money or anywhere close to it
Ppl really are delusional thinking a relief pitcher in college baseball was gonna get paid almost the same as a once in 10 year, number one rated qb prospect got over a four year period.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:27 pm to thunderbird1100
If our starting QB is allegedly getting a little over 1M, I think the number for a baseball player would probably be less than 100k.
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:57 pm to SammyTiger
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My understanding is you don’t even get the full signing bonus. Most get half and then the other half the next year. So it’s not even about beating 794k, if “are you going to make more or less the next 3 years staying or going”
Rookie contracts are 6 year deals. They can go to arbitration in year 3 they are all stars like Skenes. Herring wanted to start his pro career and wasn’t coming back. Yeskie and money had nothing to do with it.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 12:59 pm to lsufan1971
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Rookie contracts are 6 year deals. They can go to arbitration in year 3 they are all stars like Skenes. Herring wanted to start his pro career and wasn’t coming back. Yeskie and money had nothing to do with it.
that’s a rookie contract, not your signing bonus/whT they pay you in the minors
MLB level rookies have 6 years of team control
Minor leaguers get their signing bonus and like 30k
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:01 pm to SammyTiger
Yes they get half the bonus 30 days after signing and the other half the next calendar year.
This post was edited on 3/24/25 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:05 pm to TheBadgerOfHoney
Clearly you have no clue what kind of no money that baseball players receive - this is nutz
Posted on 3/24/25 at 1:09 pm to Tigerfan14
Hurd got maybe 20K just to give you an example - and donated it to the Baton Rouge Food Bank
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