re: Official MLB Draft Thread OVER (Neal to LSU!)

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This is one I follow also. Looks like Druw Jones signed for just under 8.2 mil and Kumar signed for 5.2 mil.

Did this guy go to eye doctor and find out he’s actually blind?

Forgive me if it was brought up and I missed it, but I was thinking about Jobert’s situation last night. It seems obvious that his path to consistent playing time is questionable, at best, but I wonder if he’s thinking about his long term future out of baseball. His potential seems extremely limited, so after seeing the report that he turned down money to sign, I started thinking that maybe he’s focusing on staying and finishing his degree at LSU instead of chasing more playing time and some years in single A ball.

Staying at his dream school to get some occasional playing time and being part of a national championship contending team, while taking care of his education for his long term future doesn’t seem like too bad of a prospect for someone in his position.

I could be completely off, but it feels like a possibility to me if he and his family are thinking realistic.

I’m talking mostly about how he projects to professional ball when I say limited potential. That’s my bad for not clarifying.

But I do feel like it slightly applies at LSU, as well. He struggles against left handed pitching and from what we can tell based off of his usage and little time in the outfield, there’s better options out there. I don’t mean to get in to semantics, but only being able to DH against righties is limited, in my opinion.

You aren’t wrong about how good he can be, though, and I hope you’re right about him getting more consistent. Don’t mistake what I’m saying for me making a case for him not being valuable to LSU next year. That’s definitely not what I’m trying to say. I just think that it’s realistic for him to consider his future outside of baseball.

Also, I’m not even saying that’s what he SHOULD do. I was just throwing out a possibility as to why he could have turned down the opportunity to sign when it’s going to be very tough to crack the lineup next year. That’s all.


Side note: Thank you for not coming in hot and calling me a fricking idiot when disagreeing. It’s a shame that it’s surprising when that doesn’t happen on this board the last few days.

Jobert will be competeing with at least seven other outfielders for playing time. I would bet that he will be a PH/DH if he stays on the roster.

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Obviously.

I meant position wise.

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I would bet that he will be a PH/DH if he stays on the roster.

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And there’s no guarantee he’ll see ABs at DH competing with White, Beloso, Dugas, and potentially Neal, Jones, and Frey, maybe Travinski.

Looks like Jacob Berry signed for $6MM, about $37k below slot.

But at the same time, its hard to imagine he gets drafted much higher.