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Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« on: September 08, 2010, 11:41:17 PM »
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Ryan-Roberts-lived-in-Reno-s-clubhouse-during-mi?urn=mlb-267942

Not sure if this is funny or sad.  If he really couldn't afford an apartment or hotel you'd think one of his teammates or even these cleaning guys would let him crash with them. 

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Re: Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2010, 05:26:40 AM »
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How much would a bit part player like Roberts earn at the least in a year, like 700k? That'd surely be enough to get your own apartment and such.
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Re: Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2010, 07:56:14 AM »
I think league base salary is near $400,000 a year, surely he could afford to live somewhere else, I make $365,000 less and I can lol. That is, unless he wastes all his money on junk.
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Re: Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2010, 09:07:50 AM »
I think league base salary is near $400,000 a year, surely he could afford to live somewhere else, I make $365,000 less and I can lol. That is, unless he wastes all his money on junk.

It said in the article that he did it to save a few bucks, since they have a home in Pheonix where his wife and kid are. I'm sure that place is more commensurate with someone making his salary.
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Re: Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2010, 11:10:36 PM »
400k, 500k doesn't sound like a lot when talking about baseball players. but if you knew someone who made 500k, you would consider him filthy rich

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Re: Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2010, 12:44:02 AM »
400k, 500k doesn't sound like a lot when talking about baseball players. but if you knew someone who made 500k, you would consider him filthy rich

This is true but it's important to remember Roberts was optioned to Reno so he was not collecting major league pay for about 2 months which is close to a 3rd of the season.  I'm not sure what he'd make in AAA as a player on the 40man but it would be significantly less.  Considering he has a young family and is a fringe player at best saving the money he'd spend on an apartment / hotel might have actually been important to him.   His window to earn this kind of money is very small so it's probably a good thing he is saving some money.  Still you'd think he could do better then the clubhouse.

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Re: Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2010, 12:45:29 AM »
Still plenty to live comfortably on.
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Re: Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2010, 02:54:11 AM »
The article didn't make it sound entirely like a money thing. I think it was more a "I don't know how long I'll be here, and given that I'd only use an apartment/hotel 10% of the time, why pay for it?" thing.

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Re: Ryan Roberts lived in clubhouse after AAA demotion!
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2010, 02:01:06 PM »
400k, 500k doesn't sound like a lot when talking about baseball players. but if you knew someone who made 500k, you would consider him filthy rich
Roberts is only going to make 500k for a few years though.