re: Chances Jobert or Travinski return next year?

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Austin Nola grinded it out for years before making it to the Majors.

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Yeah, Nola was a fifth-round draft pick who got a signing bonus, 75K when he signed on.

If Jobert is picked in the first 5 rounds, I would see him moving on. If I am not mistaken, he was not drafted last season and I am pretty sure he was draft eligible.

But Minor league players don't make much money and it all boils down to what he thinks he wants going forward. If he goes much lower than 5th round, I could see him coming back if he wants to try to bump up his value. I could also see him moving on.

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He believes in himself

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He is a high performing athlete, so I have no doubt about that.

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so he is not thinking his ceiling is the minors.

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Unless you personally know Jobert, you have no idea about that. You may know him, I do not know.

I do not know Jobert. I do know a player who had to make this sort of decision a few years ago. A 7th round pick sent him back to college and a subsequent medical issue (non-sports related) spelled the end of his playing career, at least at the level it was previously. He's now a position coach. His grandfather was my next-door neighbor, he told me he made his decision based on the pay/cost of playing in the minor where you often had to pay your own costs for meals and lodging. Not sure what, if any of that, was addressed in the latest CBA that included minor league players or which players it covers. But, as I said, if Jobert has aspirations for a family, that may affect whatever decisions he makes.

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It's really not that hard to understand.

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Few things in life are as simple or as complicated as people on an internet message board try to make them out.