OT: Own a Baseball Player
Well, not quite. You can actually buy shares of 4% of Indians minor league relief pitcher Randy Newsom's future major league earnings. I haven't worked out the math myself, but the site where I found this indicated that he would need to make $1.25 million for this to be worthwhile at $20 a share. Anyone know anything about this guy and whether he's likely to ever see the majors?
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Re: OT: Own a Baseball Player
Took a look at some of the video they linked. The site lists him as a submariner pitcher, but he has a sort of sidearm "slingshot" delivery that's seems to mostly be dependent on whipping his elbow. The motion looks very fluid but like he doesn't get much strength behind it. Not much leg movement either, so the power really seems to be reliant on the arm.
I'd say he's pretty unlikely to have much a major league career. He might see some time in the show on occasion (see: September), but I'd hazard a guess and say he's unlikely to have much more than a journeyman's career at best. He might be able to carve out a niche as a fringe ROOGY, and I'd be curious to see his BABIP or GB% numbers, though.
Personally, I wouldn't count on him ever making much more than league minimum. Still, it's a pretty neat idea, and you never know what could happen.
by MidKnight on Jan 23, 2008 1:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs



















