The father of Moneyball placed a $4.76 million bet on Monday night that Oklahoma’s would-be starting quarterback will sign to play for him. The Oakland A’s, led by sabermetrics early adopter and executive vice president Billy Beane, crunched the numbers and chose Kyler Murray with the No. 9 overall pick in the draft—a sure sign they expect Murray to eventually choose the diamond over the gridiron. The question now is when Murray will make that choice.
According to Murray, it won’t be in 2018. “I will be playing football this season,” Murray said on a conference call late Monday night.