By: zakurtz

zakurtz — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:27:30 +0000

I agree with Marc on some points but I think a little differently. I believe that if the league were to assign a salary scale for the drafted players, then they would make an better educated decision before deciding to go pro. It would be a benefit to the players and would help them gain value, and ultimately make the MLB better. If slots are assigned by ranking or overall draft number and each slot is given a range or set value that a team can offer than player, the individual players would have some idea of where in the draft they would fall; hence they would be able to get an estimate of how much money they would be making. If a high school seniors knows he is going in the 32nd round, and that round earns an estimate of say 50,000 ( I have no clue of actual contracts for that round that is just a made up number for this example) and he wants to earn a million, then he can decide to go to college for several years until he moves up to the second round where he can reach his ideal contract.
In baseball the big contracts dont go to the rookies that are straight out of High School or college, that only happens in the NFL and the NBA. The MLB develops young players and and they will sometimes not see an MLB field apperence until 5 or so years after they were drafted. I think that slotting for the MLB would definitely benefit the players and the agents and allow them to make wiser decisions regarding their clients and the contracts they want.

By: Marc Miller

Marc Miller — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:43:19 +0000

This would definitely lead to a decrease in players returning to college. I think that it is a good idea, except the MLB might then consider making players enter the draft to make sure that the players who enter the draft and get drafted do end up signing and playing pro-ball. This will take away the leverage that players and agents have as well.

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