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Following up on a question from the last Ask BA discussing the top picks in 2010, is there any reason to think that Bryce Harper couldn't get a GED diploma, thus making him eligible for the 2010 draft? That would be the smart thing to do for a number of reasons, and there's a history with Scott Boras pulling that rabbit out of his hat. Do you think the generally disappointing results experienced by catchers Landon Powell and Robert Stock since obtaining their GED diploma would detour the Harper camp from such a consideration?
Dan Mattheis
Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
Harper, a sophomore catcher at Las Vegas High, already is regarded as the top prospect for the 2011 draft and would go No. 1 overall in next year's draft if he became eligible. But getting a GED diploma wouldn't automatically allow him to enter the 2010 draft.
The only high school junior ever to get drafted, Jeremy Bonderman (an Athletics first-rounder in 2001), was eligible because he obtained his GED diploma and his high school class had graduated. The year before, Powell met the same requirements but major league teams didn't realize he could enter the draft and thus didn't pick him. Stock graduated a year early from high school but wasn't subject to the draft before entering Southern California as a 17-year-old freshman.
Harper could become eligible for the 2010 draft if he got his GED diploma and then attended a junior college next spring, because all juco players are subject to the draft. Neither Powell (who become a first-round pick as a South Carolina senior) or Stock signed out of high school, so I don't think their careers would affect any decision Harper might make. But why not enjoy your senior year of high school rather than cash in a year early? The money should still be there, barring injury.
Following up on a question from the last Ask BA discussing the top picks in 2010, is there any reason to think that Bryce Harper couldn't get a GED diploma, thus making him eligible for the 2010 draft? That would be the smart thing to do for a number of reasons, and there's a history with Scott Boras pulling that rabbit out of his hat. Do you think the generally disappointing results experienced by catchers Landon Powell and Robert Stock since obtaining their GED diploma would detour the Harper camp from such a consideration?
Dan Mattheis
Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
Harper, a sophomore catcher at Las Vegas High, already is regarded as the top prospect for the 2011 draft and would go No. 1 overall in next year's draft if he became eligible. But getting a GED diploma wouldn't automatically allow him to enter the 2010 draft.
The only high school junior ever to get drafted, Jeremy Bonderman (an Athletics first-rounder in 2001), was eligible because he obtained his GED diploma and his high school class had graduated. The year before, Powell met the same requirements but major league teams didn't realize he could enter the draft and thus didn't pick him. Stock graduated a year early from high school but wasn't subject to the draft before entering Southern California as a 17-year-old freshman.
Harper could become eligible for the 2010 draft if he got his GED diploma and then attended a junior college next spring, because all juco players are subject to the draft. Neither Powell (who become a first-round pick as a South Carolina senior) or Stock signed out of high school, so I don't think their careers would affect any decision Harper might make. But why not enjoy your senior year of high school rather than cash in a year early? The money should still be there, barring injury.
