Dual sport stud, Archie Bradley, is now a millionaire. Not an OU Sooner.

by Jordan Esco on Aug 16, 2011 6:04 AM CDT in Baseball

Five million dollars in fact. Alas, he will not be an Oklahoma Sooner (at least for now, hello class of 2017!). As with most high round MLB draft picks, Bradley's negotiations with the Arizona Diamondbacks went pretty much right up to the midnight (eastern) deadline. However he and the club were able to agree to terms, thus ending Sooner Nation's dreams of a MLB ace leading the OU baseball staff for the next three years.

Oh, well. Many, many congrats to Archie and his family who now won't have to worry about money for a long, long time. Would have loved to have you Mr. Bradley, but just as happy to see a talented young man cash in on that talent. Now go tear up the majors. Boomer Sooner!

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We just had the same thing with Bubba Starling

And can’t blame them with the kind of money they got,i would have done the same thing. Hope these kids do awesome in their professions and life,good luck to them

by Omahusker on Aug 16, 2011 7:33 AM CDT reply actions

+1

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by Jordan Esco on Aug 16, 2011 8:17 AM CDT up reply actions

I wish him nothing but the best

Hope he has a long and successful MLB career

by ccmachine on Aug 16, 2011 8:57 AM CDT reply actions

On a better note...

Josh Bell signed with the Pirates! Huge for the Pirates (huge fan) but big for OU as well.

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by Jon Woods on Aug 16, 2011 9:24 AM CDT reply actions

Now this was a shock

by texas-sooner on Aug 16, 2011 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions

surely

no one is surprised by his decision

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by omsooner on Aug 16, 2011 9:29 AM CDT reply actions

Quite the opposite, I think we're all excited

If the majors works out, that’s great. Another Oklahoma native going out and representing the Sooner State well. If not, we’ve got our own Brandon Weeden on the way in a few years.

Either way, a young man just got set for the foreseeable future. We’ll all cheer for him.

by NateHeupel on Aug 16, 2011 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions

Well this was clearly the best choice

He was an alright QB (I teach at BA so I saw all his games) but he is a tremendously special pitcher. He singly handily shut down Owasso in the state championship game. It was masterful.

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by Jubanator14 on Aug 16, 2011 11:31 AM CDT reply actions

I don't like this guy

haha

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by OUPest on Aug 16, 2011 11:50 AM CDT reply actions

Hey, I hope it works out for him....

I also hope he can get a degree, maybe from OU. There is no secret baseball is this man’s meal ticket, and I hope to see him in Cooperstown someday.

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by DGiroux on Aug 16, 2011 12:30 PM CDT reply actions

Good for him

I wish him all the success in the world. I would’ve loved to see him play baseball (b/c if he played football at OU that would have meant really bad things for our QBs and our team) at OU and then go and make millions but this was an impossible offer to turn down. He can go back and get his degree later.

by chuckb on Aug 16, 2011 5:50 PM CDT reply actions