LSU signee Christian Cairo was all set to head to LSU but then everything changed on Tuesday.

Cairo, a shortstop from Calvary Christain in Clearwater, Fla, was meeting with head coach Paul Mainieri and scheduling his freshman year classes when he had to leave the room to take a phone call.

That phone call was the Cleveland Indians, who notified him that they were selected him in the fourth round of the MLB Draft and offering him a $955,000 signing bonus.

Cairo then came back into the room and told Mainieri that he was going pro.

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The Torch

$955,000 he can always come back to college not to play baseball), he's signing for more than most graduates will make in the first 20 years of work.

Reply•54 months

Holden Caulfield

Obviously, he wants to play baseball without the burden of attending classes. Time will tell if it was a prudent or foolish decision.

Reply•54 months

Gumbo1

Can't blame him.

Reply•54 months

Buckeye Jeaux

That was a literal "cup of coffee" as a college ball player.

Reply•54 months

southsidedell

So you have to recruit good...but not too good. Or all your kids will go pro before they start class. Sheesh.

Reply•54 months

LATECHgradLSUfan

wow

Reply•54 months

DeafVallyBatnR

Guys I had half that in my bank account 6 months ago and spent it all. 955 just doesn't go as far as it used to

Reply•54 months

Vernonbrew22

That is about what I grossed in two decades of work. Kind of hard to say No.

Reply•54 months

goodgrin

Are you a Louisiana public school teacher?

54 months

Skinny

Im calling my financer Lenny Dykstra right now to see if this is a good decision.

Reply•54 months

laftoothdr

Kid grew up son of Major Leaguer, I trust his family to make the right decision

Reply•54 months

PhilipMarlowe

Gets paid close to a mil not to get murdered in Baton Rouge. Win Win.

Reply•54 months

Ragin Tiger1

STFU

54 months

Tigerfan235

Fr shut up you sound stupid as hell

54 months

225Tyga

Bad decision young man.

Reply•54 months

Geauxboy

For you or him?

54 months

225Tyga

For him.

54 months

imjustafatkid

How could this be a bad decision? He can easily pay his way through college with that $955,000 signing bonus.

54 months

alatxtgr

Wild Thing strikes again.

Reply•54 months

Twenty 49

This situation year after year is, I guess, a good problem in that we attract such great recruits, but it must drive Mainieri crazy.

Reply•54 months

ForeverEllisHugh

We pulled his offer when he couldn’t bench due to lack of CHEST

Reply•54 months

sportjunkie69

I mean to be fair...MLB level hitting instruction or Sean Ochinko. Who you gonna roll the dice with?

Reply•54 months

GeauxtigersMs36

Or thumbing around the minors for 4 years or college for 3 and a year in the minors if your talent level is where they think you are.

54 months

Tigers eyes

I doubt the money had much to do with it. His dad isn't broke, unless he made some stupid decisions with the money he made in the MLB. And after taxes that's more like 575 grand. Yes, a lot of money, but not exactly a nest egg one can live off for more that 10 years. I mean, if he doesn't make it he has nothing to fall back on. I'd of stuck to my guns like Hampton. He set a number and told them match it or I'm going to school. They couldn't match it. In 3 or 4 years he will be making 3 or 4 times what he was offered to turn pro yesterday. I think Cairo just wanted to get his pro baseball career going.

Reply•54 months

Colonel Flagg

He can always go to school afterwards if he manages his finances just decently. The idea someone should skip an offer like that for the college is ridiculous. Anyone could get injured as a freshman and their athletic career be over.

54 months

Fightin Okra

Moran’s tweet makes it sound like LSU offered him “considerably” more

Reply•54 months

thejuiceisloose

How much could Will Wade get him?

Reply•54 months

GeauxtigersMs36

He would be here if wade was recruiting him!

54 months

Solo Cam

Man it’s easy to judge but it’d be hard for me to turn down a million dollars to play baseball.

Reply•54 months

LSUtwolves

I don’t see how it’s easy to judge if you’re even saying you’d be conflicted

54 months

geauxtigahs87

IF he did indeed lie to the coaches by telling them one number then bolting when its considerably less, I'm going to judge him a little.

54 months

SlowurRole

I thought he’d stick. I don’t think he come’s from a tough financial situation, his dads Miguel Cairo but maybe he just wants to be a pro. Good luck to the kid!

54 months