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Aussie teen signs $500,000 Major League Baseball deal
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Joffa
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Aussie teen signs $500,000 Major League Baseball deal
July 4, 2012 - 6:49PM
Australian teenage pitcher Lewis Thorpe has struck a half-a-million pay day with Major League Baseball franchise Minnesota.
The Twins signed the left-handed pitcher overnight while he was at the Gold Coast’s MLB Australian Academy.
US media suggested the deal was worth $500,000 and that several MLB teams were interested in recruiting Thorpe.‘‘
This means everything to me. It has been my dream since I was five to go and play baseball in America,’’ the 16-year-old Victorian said.
‘‘Getting signed also means everything to my family.‘‘
They have been my biggest support and I have made sure I put in the hard work on the field to be able to give back to them in return.’’
Thorpe pitched in the 16-and-under world championship in Mexico last August.
Thorpe will join compatriot and starting pitcher Liam Hendriks at Minnesota.
Minnesota has been a happy hunting ground for Australians, with Grant Balfour, Luke Hughes and Hendriks all earning MLB debuts at the club.
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afromanGT
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The lad will be a solid set-up pitcher for them for a couple of years.
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https://playerswiki.com/lewis-thorpe#:~:text=As%20per%20his%20contract%20with,estimated%20to%20be%20around%20%24202%2C912.
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Birth Name
Lewis Thorpe
Birth Place
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Famous Name
Lewis Thorpe
Horoscope
Sagittarius
Father
Ross
Mother
Lyn
Net Worth
$200,000
Salary
$555,000
Contract
1 year / $555,000
Career Earnings
$555,000
Position in Team
Pitcher
Current team
Minnesota Twins
Nationality
Australian
Ethnicity
White
Profession
Baseball player
Currently Working For
Minnesota Twins
Dunno how they calculate his net worth to be $200,000 if his salary is $555,000.
I mean, you do hear stories ot sportsmen pissing their money away, but really?
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petszk
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No disrespect to him, but he's a good example of a young kid getting "Hyped up", but never quite making the grade (something we see a lot of in Football)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Thorpe_(baseball)
28 years old now, I would imagine that's the age where he should be at his peak, but instead he played 8 games in the MLB, and now is signed to a team in the Mexican league, and getting loaned out to another team in the Mexican league.
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