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Originally Posted by drmiraculous

My man Ryan Brett got into five games in 2015 with the Tampa Bay Rays, which I know isn't as low a total as some others, or nearly as far back. But what impressed me was how Ryan managed just MLB two hits and a walk before getting injured diving back into first base on a pickoff play.

So he spent the rest of the season on the Tampa Injured List making bigleague money instead of being shipped back to Triple-A when their regular infielder he was filling in for returned. It was the best career move of his life, earnings wise, as he bounced around the minors a few years but never got back to the majors.

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)