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MLB draft or college
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IAteYourMother
Lifer
pitcher or position player?
surfsatwerk
Lifer
Most arms have an expiration date. Best get all you can out of it while you can.
The 30+ rounds are usually when players start thinking college, but it also depends on where he was offered scholarships.
It's tricky with baseball because of Title IX, too. 35 players get a combined 11.5 scholarships, so guys will get somewhere in the range of 1/4-1/2 of a scholarship. This decision is a gamble. If you don't sign, pay most of your way through college, and your draft stock falls, then you lost your gamble.
+1. Most teams agree to pay for college once their playing careers are over. He'll be no further behind his career goals than if he went to college first then tried baseball, but if he's the 37th pick he'll have a lot more money guaranteed (slot recommendation at 37 is $1.4M).
37th round and $100K slot, go to college and hope to get drafted higher junior year.
Fingolfin269
Lifer
Yeah different guy or different draft year. That guy went to U of Hawaii.
MagnusTheBrewer
IN MEMORIAM
Why not play first and go to college later. Or, go to a trade/tech school later?
terry107
Senior member
College. If he can't get a scholarship to a big program, tell him to play at a junior college for a year or two and transfer, assuming he keeps improving.
Atomic Playboy
Lifer
He was picked 1,143rd in a league that only has 1,200 players including reserves? Seems to me you'd want to go to college, get on the team and get noticed that way at that point. He's not going to impress anyone as a reserve in the minors.
It didn't take much research for me to find a similar player.
DJ LeMahieu came out of high school batting .574 his senior year (.459 carreer) and was picked in the 41st round. He went to LSU instead of signing, went to two College World Series, won a NC with LSU, and was selected in the 2nd round after his junior season (2009). He made his major-league debut in 2011.
DJ LeMahieu came out of high school batting .574 his senior year (.459 carreer) and was picked in the 41st round. He went to LSU instead of signing, went to two College World Series, won a NC with LSU, and was selected in the 2nd round after his junior season (2009). He made his major-league debut in 2011.
Dallascisco
Platinum Member
college, improve your draft status and actually make some money.
RagingBITCH
Lifer
I have two friends from junior high/high school that got drafted out of HS. They made it to AA (Yankees, Rangers) before their respective careers ended in 2008/2006. Both are college graduates - the guy who played for the Roughryders (Rangers AA) works for them now.
They both didn't regret the path they took - playing in the majors may have been a stretch, regardless of college experience. Either you are good enough and work your way up, regardless of being drafted out of Hs or college - or you're not.
The kid is a man now and should make his own decision. He can either travel, gaining experience and/or riding the pine at a higher level, hoping to move up, or go to college and play ball there at the organized level, hoping to gain additional experience and perhaps being drafted higher a later year, albeit, at the risk of injury to himself. Neither path guarantees him a shot...it's just a foot in the door. Whether he's good enough in the long run to make it to the majors - that's a whole different story.
They both didn't regret the path they took - playing in the majors may have been a stretch, regardless of college experience. Either you are good enough and work your way up, regardless of being drafted out of Hs or college - or you're not.
The kid is a man now and should make his own decision. He can either travel, gaining experience and/or riding the pine at a higher level, hoping to move up, or go to college and play ball there at the organized level, hoping to gain additional experience and perhaps being drafted higher a later year, albeit, at the risk of injury to himself. Neither path guarantees him a shot...it's just a foot in the door. Whether he's good enough in the long run to make it to the majors - that's a whole different story.
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