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It's not quite as bad as Scott Kingery, but David Bote did similar for the Cubs. He wasn't projected as an MLB player at all. Only got called up as an injury fill in. To his credit he played somewhat acceptable baseball and immediately got himself a 5 year, 15 million contact....... and ever since then has been a minor league level player, spending more time in AAA than in MLB.
The bizarre thing in that situation though is it was supposedly Bote who approached the Cubs about negotiating a contract right after he had the first little bit of success. IMO that should have been a huge red flag from the Cubs point of view - like, this guy has no confidence in his own ability, trying to cash in after a small bit of success as opposed to doubling down on it and then really looking to get paid.
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