{"id":22252,"date":"2024-12-31T01:25:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T01:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=22252"},"modified":"2024-12-31T01:25:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T01:25:52","slug":"chipper-jones-reveals-why-he-took-less-money-to-stay-with-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=22252","title":{"rendered":"Chipper Jones Reveals Why He Took Less Money To Stay With Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-label=\"Chipper Jones Reveals Why He Took Less Money To Stay With Braves\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/wp-content\/cache\/webp-cache\/507e3697916f19c36acb49bc358965c6.webp\" alt=\"Chipper Jones Reveals Why He Took Less Money To Stay With Braves\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption>(Photo by Scott Cunningham\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This Major League Baseball offseason has been one for the books thus far as plenty of talented players have switched teams for a large amount of money.<\/p>\n<p>Top free agent Juan Soto from the New York Yankees broke the MLB record contract by signing a deal with the New York Mets worth $765 million over 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Soto\u2019s contract broke the previous record held by Shohei Ohtani when he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $700 million last year.<\/p>\n<p>While it seems like an easy choice to just accept the offer that is the most money, not all players feel that way.<\/p>\n<p>Former Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones revealed why he took less money to stay with the Braves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI probably took less than I would\u2019ve made on the free agent market.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealCJ10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RealCJ10<\/a> explains why he sacrificed a few extra dollars to stay in Atlanta. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QjiIOxKn5p\">pic.twitter.com\/QjiIOxKn5p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoulTerritoryTV\/status\/1873368378884132885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jones explains that the Braves are often unable to make similar offers to the offers made by some of the big market teams.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to money, Jones was willing to take a little less to stay with the Braves as he knew they would be competitive with the roster that they had.<\/p>\n<p>Jones had an impressive MLB career that began in 1993 and ended in 2012, and all 19 seasons of his career were played with the Braves.<\/p>\n<p>His career numbers include a .303 batting average with 468 home runs, 1,623 RBIs, and a .930 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to hear Jones\u2019 take on the contracts and it will be interesting to see if other players take the same approach with the record-breaking contracts that are being signed..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This Major League Baseball offseason has been one for the books thus far as plenty of talented players have switched teams for a large amount of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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