MLB跟NBA還有NFL的薪資結構不同，所以MLB菜鳥在生涯前期比較弱勢...
只有少數的雙棲或三棲球員因為有本錢[不爽不要打]所以可談到比較好的合約...
以下是其中之一的例子....
Jeff Samardzija rhp
■5 years/$10M (2007-11), plus 2012 & 2013 club options
■signed Major League contract with Cubs 1/07, giving up football
■$2M signing bonus
■10:$3M, 11:$2.8M
■no-trade clause
■total value may reach $16.5M with exercise of options
■must return bonus & much of remaining $10M if he returns to football
■drafted 2006 (5-149) (Notre Dame)
■signed 6/06, $1M signing bonus (may increase to $7.25M if Samardzija chooses
to play baseball over football)
■agent: Mark Rodgers
■ML service: 3.028