Prospect Situation

J.O. · Feb 11, 2009

Imagine you are a 1st base top prospect in high school. You get drafted by the team that won the WS the previous year, 50th overall. They offer you a salary of 700/month and offer you a $400,000 signing bonus. The MLB team has a solid, young 1b, and you would be the 2nd-rated 1st base prospect in the system. The #1 1b is in triple A. Do you sign the contract, or accept your scholarship to a great academic/great baseball school, like Stanford or Rice?

Edit-
Your family makes $50 k a year, making just above ends meet. That money would be a great helper.

mredsox89 · Feb 11, 2009

You go to school.

Wes · Feb 11, 2009

400 is not enough to lure me away from a scholarship that is basically worth 200k where i can get drafted again.

blanning71 · Feb 11, 2009

Are we running out of stuff to post about now? Really......

GAbballplayer148 · Feb 11, 2009

I'm taking the money and running, especially in this economy.

J.O. · Feb 11, 2009

blanning71 said:
Are we running out of stuff to post about now? Really......

my last few polls have sparked a lot of conversation.....

(see arod HOF, Thomas Roids, perfect game vs. 4 HR)

blanning71 · Feb 11, 2009

J.O. said:
blanning71 said:

Are we running out of stuff to post about now? Really......

Click to expand...

my last few polls have sparked a lot of conversation.....

(see arod HOF, Thomas Roids, perfect game vs. 4 HR)

yeah, lets see,

Arod Front page news
roids front page news
perfect game/4hr (a major feat)

This seems silly. I'm not a baseball player anymore so how can I answer that? It just seems you are digging for something to talk about.

wolfmanalfredo · Feb 11, 2009

No, I'd go to college. Then test the waters in a draft.

J.O. · Feb 11, 2009

blanning71 said:
J.O. said:

blanning71 said:

Are we running out of stuff to post about now? Really......

Click to expand...

my last few polls have sparked a lot of conversation.....

(see arod HOF, Thomas Roids, perfect game vs. 4 HR)

Click to expand...

yeah, lets see,

Arod Front page news
roids front page news
perfect game/4hr (a major feat)

This seems silly. I'm not a baseball player anymore so how can I answer that? It just seems you are digging for something to talk about.

no, i'm not.

card-treasury · Feb 11, 2009

blanning71 said:
Are we running out of stuff to post about now? Really......

I enjoyed the intriguing question.

HoustonTeams4Me · Feb 11, 2009

I'd go to college, get an education, & then get drafted out of college!

justwar · Feb 11, 2009

I was saying 'no' untill I read the line about the family. Take the money! If you're good the team will find a place for you or trade you, the #1 1b prospect being in AAA means nothing to me.

cowboysrule48 · Feb 11, 2009

Depending on my family status, I'd probably take the money. If you are good enough, you will find a place to play anyway. I'd rather take the sure thing, than risk a major injury in college.

ballerskrip · Feb 11, 2009

I would take the cash....

Don't forget, most teams will ALSO pay for your education ON TOP of the signing bonus. I have friends that were drafted in the later rounds and the team paid for their education in the off season.

This is consistently done.

There are a TON of players who were 1st -4th rounders who NEVER had that bonus money come back around after their colege careers were over.

skrip

mredsox89 · Feb 11, 2009

ballerskrip said:
I would take the cash....

Don't forget, most teams will ALSO pay for your education ON TOP of the signing bonus. I have friends that were drafted in the later rounds and the team paid for their education in the off season.

This is consistently done.

There are a TON of players who were 1st -4th rounders who NEVER had that bonus money come back around after their colege careers were over.

skrip

Well if the team will pay for education right away then obviously you sign the contract.

ru4scuba · Feb 11, 2009

blanning71 said:
J.O. said:

blanning71 said:

Are we running out of stuff to post about now? Really......

Click to expand...

my last few polls have sparked a lot of conversation.....

(see arod HOF, Thomas Roids, perfect game vs. 4 HR)

Click to expand...

yeah, lets see,

Arod Front page news
roids front page news
perfect game/4hr (a major feat)

This seems silly. I'm not a baseball player anymore so how can I answer that? It just seems you are digging for something to talk about.

I'm surprised he doesn't have a poll asking if you would still like your favorite player if you found out he has AIDS.

TheDailyProspect · Feb 12, 2009

I'll give you a real world result of your poll.

You are a left handed pitcher from southern Ohio. You are drafted in the 11th? round by the Dodgers. They offer you $750,000 signing bonus or you can attend Georgia Tech. Your dad walks in demands 1,000,000 and the Dodgers laugh. You attend Tech and have a decent career and get drafted by the Rockies in the 4th round and sign for under 100,000 and because you are an arrogant meathead you didn't graduate from college.

You do go on to pitch in 11 games in the bigs, but only make about 500,000

Mark

AthleticConnections · Feb 12, 2009

depends on where baseball ranks on level of importance to you...but if ur dream is to play professional baseball then u sign...ive personally played with tooo many players u had the chance to sign out of high school...didnt...and then never got drafted again

cgilmo · Feb 12, 2009

I would go to college, you have gotten by before why can't you do that for a few more years.

Take the scholarship, get the education, work on your game.

TheDailyProspect · Feb 12, 2009

Really the correct answer is take the money and work into your contract that the club pays for you college when you are done with baseball. That is what most of my friends did

Mark

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