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Originally Posted by z28jd
He actually has a rough story with the timing. He got hurt four days after being called up on April 17th and went on the disabled list on April 22nd. He was sent on a quick rehab and then optioned to Triple-A on May 28th. That means he collected big league pay for 41 days. You need a minimum of 43 days for a pension, so he missed that by two days. He received $120,973 in big league salary that year, plus a little more than half that much in minor league salary, which was raised once he made the majors.
They sped up his rehab, letting it go four days total with two different teams, which kept him from getting a pension. He got a nice signing bonus out of HS though ($341,000)
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Yeah thats the guy! He was ticketed back to triple-A and would likely never have stuck for anywhere near long enough to sniff a pension were it not for the injury time. He had a recurring shoulder injury, it popped out of socket sometimes and must have been very painful, hopefully the club helped him have it fixed.