Houston Astros to split over $30 million for downing Dodgers
By Derek Dueker
After winning the franchise’s first World Series, the Houston Astros will get to split $30.42 million in postseason pool money.
In a press release posted by CBS, postseason pool money is formed:
- 50 percent of the gate receipts from the Wild Card games.
- 60 percent from the first three games of the Division Series.
- 60 percent from the first four games of the League Championship Series
- 60 percent from the first four games of the World Series.
The 2017 players’ pool was a record total of $84,500,432.15, eclipsing last year’s $76,627,827.09.
Houston’s take, therefore, is also a record, besting the Cubs’ $27.58 million last year.
Each full share the Houston Astros will divvy up equates to $438,901.57.
Because athletes aren’t always the most prudent individuals:
Fish pedicure https://t.co/snefulWx05
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) February 3, 2015
Here’s how Houston Astros players could better spend their money than having fish eat the dead skin off their feet:
1. Justin Verlander, who has made enough money in his lifetime, could treat (psychologically damage irreparably) 44,066 people with gifts of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Jingle All the Way.
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OK, this may be equally as stupid.
2. Athletes have done a lot for Hurricane Harvey victims already, but the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and other natural disasters live on longer than our immediate attention span.
Forbes has a great list of charities, including local ones, anyone can give to and ways to avoid being scammed.
3. While they’re charitable, the Houston Astros could aid the Atlanta Braves – who just got hammered for circumventing international signing rules from 2015-17. The Braves lost 12 players, had their 2020-21 international signing pool money halved, forfeited a 2018 third-round pick among other things.
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Talking Chop broke down the value of it all and it will cost them about $106 million in value. Or maybe help the Washington Nationals or Seattle Mariners who haven’t been to a World Series.