前大聯盟球員Brandon Dixon 今天發文講了一件往事
https://x.com/brandonadixon/status/1818702465606599060
In 2019 I was offered a 7 figure contract that I couldn't accept.
他在2019年收到一張百萬鎂的合約
但他沒辦法接受
I had just finished up my best year in the Big leagues for the Tigers. I led the
team in home-runs (15- We lost a lot of games).
2019年他在老虎隊打出生涯年
全壘打數也是全隊最多的15發
G:117 PA:420 .248/.290/.435 15HR OPS.725 OPS+88
In the last month I saw most of my playing time go to the "young guys" since we
were like 60 games back from a wild card spot.
但老虎戰績很爛，他也發現自己在球季後段
出賽機會都被年輕人拿去了
It was clear that the Tigers were rebuilding and I wasn't in the future plans. Q
uickly into the offseason I was getting interest from multiple teams in Korea an
d Japan. For those that don't know these are the 2 premier leagues outside of th
e U.S.
很明顯的是老虎要重建了，然後 Dixon並沒有在藍圖內
然後他在休賽季受到多支日韓球隊的興趣
They have limits to the amount of foreigners allowed on each team, so these jobs
can be somewhat rare.
This seemed like the perfect transition. I loved Detroit, but I had an uncertain
future there and I was being offered a guaranteed contract for twice what I wou
ld make with the Tigers. Seemed like a great fit.
當時他覺得是個好機會
雖然他愛底特律，但在這邊的未來不明
而且日職球隊開價是老虎這邊的兩倍
註：當時大聯盟底薪是55萬左右
But, I wasn't a free agent and the Tigers would have to agree to the deal. This
usually is solved by a buyout between the 2 teams.
但由於他不是自由球員
所以日職球隊需要付錢買斷合約才行
We put the right people in contact and told the Tigers that I wanted to stay if
I was part of the future, but if not I wanted to go and make some money for my f
amily.
Dixon也告訴老虎，如果他還在球隊未來規劃的話
他想留在底特律，但如果沒有的話
那他想去日本打球
The Japanese rep called us the next day, the Tigers wanted a million dollars for
my buyout. The offer was for 1.2.
結果隔天日本球隊打電話告訴他
老虎開出百萬鎂的買斷金
作為比對，這次日職開給Dixon的合約是120萬美金
I called the GM for the Tigers confused, he told me I was a big part of the futu
re of this team and they didn't want to lose me. He wasn't going to budge, so we
let the Japanese team know we would be passing.
他就疑惑的打給老虎總管
老虎總管就告訴他
「你是我們未來藍圖中非常重要的一部分，我們不想要失去你！」
所以在買斷金這事上老虎不會讓步
所以Dixon就告知日職球隊說他不去了
6 weeks later the day after my wedding, and on the way to my honeymoon I got a c
all from the Tigers GM.
之後他也結婚了，然後在婚禮後六週
準備前往蜜月旅行時
他接到老虎GM的電話
"Hey I'm sorry but we are putting you on waivers, we made a couple trades and ne
eded your roster spot."
告知被放入讓渡名單
因為在一些交易後，他們需要清出位置
I went unclaimed, my offer in Japan was already given to another player, and I w
as headed to the minor leagues with Detroit.
而他在讓渡名單也沒別隊撿
原本日本的那份合約也早就給其他球員了
最後就只能去老虎小聯盟
That year ended up being the shortened COVID season and I finished the year maki
ng 60k.
那年又碰到疫球縮水賽季，他整年只在大聯盟打了五場
然後賺了六萬鎂
等於是日職合約的1/20
I came across SMB twitter a year or two after this. I knew I wasn't interested i
n working for someone else after baseball and needing their approval for making
decisions.
此文一出，時任老虎GM的 Al Avila被網友罵翻了XD
只不過在2020結束後，他又再次要求老虎隊讓他去日職
老虎隊這次就答應釋出他
然後Dixon就和日職樂天簽下100萬鎂合約
但沒打好就是惹
https://i.imgur.com/NK7KcZd.jpeg