ormer player has been caught up in a major police sting as they attempt to shut down a child predator operation in Florida. has been accused of soliciting sex over the internet from people who they believed were children, with the ex- player one of 27 implicated in the bust in April. It comes just four years after decided to retire from professional baseball after failing to get his career off the ground, despite being handed a lucrative contract to boost his net worth.
After playing baseball in college for the University of Florida, the Jacksonville native was drafted by the in 2012. As part of his contract, also received a signing bonus of $350,000 when penning his deal. According to The Baseball Cube, he earned the minimum league salary of $535,000 at the time in 2017 - way below the MLB average of just over $4m a year.
While the exact figure of his net worth is not public knowledge, - who is unmarried - is thought to have built up seven-figure earnings from his seven-year career with the . He made his MLB debut in 2017 after spending several years in the minor leagues, and spent a total of three months on their roster before injury problems forced him to go back to the minor leagues. His pay increased to $545,000 in 2018, before he suffered a recurrence of his shoulder injury.
He was released from the in 2019 and opted to retire shortly after. Why was Austin Maddox arrested? Jacksonville Sheriff said is one of 27 people to have been arrested as part of a huge multi-agency.