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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 4008248, member: 93"] To this point: my best friend’s younger son was drafted out of high school four years ago in the fifth round. He had several full scholarship offers to very good schools and accepted one to University of Hawaii (he had offers from better schools, but not necessarily better baseball schools—and no better locations!). Also very good bloodlines and all he really wanted to do was play baseball; otherwise he would want to be a firefighter (seriously). Older brother started four years as third baseman for an Ivy League school and both parents are great athletes and baseball nuts. Before the draft he told his parents that he didn’t want to enroll at UHawaii even if he wasn’t drafted very high because that would limit his ability to enter the draft the following year; whereas if he went JUCO he could reenter immediately. Broke my buddy‘s heart at the time and we spent a lot of time discussing it. But once he was drafted in the fifth round it made it a no-brainer. I think his slot was around $300k. Fast forward to now and they are all living their best lives. He is “on trajectory” in high A and having a legit league MVP season, and my friends are renting AirBnBs in various cities every other month or so to go catch a week of games. The kid is really killing it and I can’t imagine he could have made a better choice for their circumstances. I know the odds are still long, but I believe this kid is going to make it to MLB, and they are a smart enough family to make wise fiscal decisions with the money he gets. [/QUOTE]

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