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Bigun:
--- Quote from: DCPatriot on July 09, 2023, 09:12:13 pm ---@Bigun Was thinking of you when I posted that...should have pinged you. LOL!
:beer: That's my take, too! Plus, baseball contracts are 'guaranteed'
Ask Stephen Strasburg. happy77
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I started to just post something my uncle and hunting buddy told me many times @DCPatriot
"A bird in hand is worth ten in the bush!"
He was right!
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: DCPatriot on July 09, 2023, 08:12:05 pm ---Turned it on as the ROYALS were "on the clock". Their #1 pick...#8 overall.
They chose a 6-1, 200lb. two way catcher...age 18. Fresh out of high school and COMMITTED to LSU, a perennial "FINAL FOUR" contender in college baseball.
It's my understanding that a draft pick is only good for one year...you only have the player locked up for a year with no guarantee he'll give up an education at Louisiana State University, where he can now make $$$ as a "Top Ten Pick"!
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I had thought a drafted player was locked up for two years, but I could easily be wrong about that. I remember when Josh Booty got drafted even though he was committed to go to LSU. But for Booty, he was a two-sport athlete. So he took the baseball money and after a few years washed out in Double-A, then went back to LSU to be the starting QB on the football team.
Anyhoo, if this #8 pick catcher is serious about playing ball professionally, then he needs to leverage his LSU scholarship for the biggest signing bonus he can get, and then tell LSU he now has his own tuition money and won't be playing baseball there. He will learn much more playing A-ball in two years than he would ever learn playing in college. And he will have a sooner separation from the cursed aluminum bat.
By age 23, he could be dominating Double-A, ready for a callup to the show. But after four years of college, it will take him at least another three years to reach that same level.
DCPatriot:
--- Quote from: Hoodat on July 09, 2023, 11:39:13 pm ---I had thought a drafted player was locked up for two years, but I could easily be wrong about that. I remember when Josh Booty got drafted even though he was committed to go to LSU. But for Booty, he was a two-sport athlete. So he took the baseball money and after a few years washed out in Double-A, then went back to LSU to be the starting QB on the football team.
Anyhoo, if this #8 pick catcher is serious about playing ball professionally, then he needs to leverage his LSU scholarship for the biggest signing bonus he can get, and then tell LSU he now has his own tuition money and won't be playing baseball there. He will learn much more playing A-ball in two years than he would ever learn playing in college. And he will have a sooner separation from the cursed aluminum bat.
By age 23, he could be dominating Double-A, ready for a callup to the show. But after four years of college, it will take him at least another three years to reach that same level.
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Thanks, @Hoodat
This particular kid was the Texas "GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR"...seems they're all going for the next Shohei Ohtani. You also may be right about the 2 year lock-in/
DCPatriot:
Schoenfield: {ESPN} https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37985650/2023-mlb-draft-day-1-winners-losers-top-prospects-available
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As for my least favorite, hard to believe, but it's the Kansas City Royals. Taking a prep catcher in the top 10? No, thank you. Blake Mitchell is the first one taken that high since Kyle Skipworth in 2008. Never heard of Skipworth? That's because he never reached the majors. There's a reason teams rarely select high school catchers that high anymore: History says most of them don't pan out. No matter the scouting grades, it's an extremely risky selection.
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@Bigun @Hoodat :pondering: :laugh:
Hoodat:
If the kid can hit, then he won't be a catcher for long. The best value of a catcher is leading the defense and calling pitches.
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