At the time the whole Aiken situation blew up a lot of folks, myself included, thought Mr. Aiken, his family, and his "adviser" were really really foolish to stick their respective heads in a hole and NOT take whatever millions the Astros offered.  In sports, when money is offered take it.  It may not be there again.  I certainly don't wish Mr. Aiken ill but at the worst he may not have a big bonus or even a career at all.  In Mr. Aiken's case they let petulance rule.  Really, how much more, if any, could he have gotten in the 2015 draft than offered and if healthy and had a great career ahead of him, as many originally thought, hundreds of millions potentially waiting.  I'm sure someone will take a chance on him but the big bonus may have left the station.

Reminds of the story, supposed to be true, of a one time first round pick who passed on 4 million and went to the next draft and, not being viewed as quite the stud the second time around, was only offer 1 million, which he declined and the last sighting of him was working at a Home Depot somewhere in California I think, with no baseball team interested in signing him

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