We should always all be so fortunate to be paid $245 million to do one thing we don’t take into account a high precedence.
Anthony Rendon, the often-injured, now not productive Angels third baseman, all however introduced Monday that he’s kinda not an enormous fan of this complete baseball factor.
“It’s by no means been a high precedence for me,” Rendon stated, according to The Athletic. “It is a job. I do that to make a dwelling. My religion, my household come earlier than this job.
“So if these issues come earlier than it, I’m leaving.”
As soon as one of many premier gamers within the sport, Rendon has been an absolute shell of himself since heading to the Angels and apparently would possibly simply hate the game that can pay him $38.6 million this yr.
Whereas coping with accidents final yr, Rendon stated he’s been contemplating retiring for the final 10 years. That’s not a terrific search for a famous person participant.
With spring coaching beginning, reporters approached Rendon about his mindset relating to retiring.
The 33-year-old stated his enthusiasm “has been the identical” since being drafted in 2011, and he just lately discovered an electronic mail he wrote to himself in 2014 — his first full season with the Nationals — by which he listed the professionals and cons to why he remained in baseball.
Time has altered that record.
“It’s quite a bit completely different. I’m married. I’ve 4 youngsters,” Rendon stated. “My priorities have modified since I used to be in my early 20s. So, positively my perspective on baseball has been extra skewed.”
When a reporter requested if baseball remained a high precedence, Rendon quipped about it by no means being one.
He then uttered a line that many have absolutely stated who should not so lucky to be paid greater than $100 million over the previous three years to hit a grand whole of 13 homers.
“Oh, it’s a precedence for certain. As a result of it’s my job,” Rendon stated. “I’m right here, aren’t I.”
The interview neared its finish as a reporter requested Rendon, “Do you wish to be right here?” to which he replied that he would like to not be speaking to the media at an early hour.
After a follow-up query about whether or not he needed to be taking part in baseball for the Angels, Rendon shut down the subject.
“I’ve answered your query,” Rendon stated. “So why do (you) preserve selecting at it?”
The Angels would absolutely like it if Rendon confirmed he now not liked baseball and retired since they’re on the hook for his wage by the 2026 season.
Rendon arguably has the worst contract amongst place gamers within the sport — it’s a battle with Yankees slimmed-down slugger Giancarlo Stanton — and his seven-year, $245 million deal might be the worst in MLB if not for Stephen Strasburg’s extension with the Nationals.
The feedback weren’t the primary signal of Rendon’s discontent with the game.
“We received to shorten the season, man. There’s too many dang video games — 162 video games and 185 days or no matter it’s. Man, no. We received to shorten this unhealthy boy up,” Rendon informed the “Jack Vita Present” in January.
This led to many noting that Rendon has not sniffed 162 video games with the Angels.
In truth, the Angels have acquired a complete of 200 video games — not more than 58 in any season — from Rendon in 4 seasons with a slash line of .249/.359/.399/.758 to associate with 22 homers and 111 RBIs.