Reply to "May of Junior year + sudden injury = Post Grad year / re-class & many questions (pls help! 😳)"

keewart10,000+ posts

Yes, reclassifying *could* negatively affect the draft.

There was a player at my son's college that did a post grad year at Phillips Exeter. He was drafted out of college as a senior. After playing the first summer in milb, with a bunch of recent junior draftees that were 2 year younger PLUS all the foreign guys that were much much younger, he saw the writing on the wall and "voluntarily retired" after his one summer. But he got drafted and gets to say he played pro ball successfully. (I just checked his stats).

EDIT: I just read TPM's and RJM's posts that posted while I was typing (and erasing). The fellow mentioned above was very talented, but was older. He was drafted.....26th round....and as they say, he got "airfare home" as a bonus. Draft year is age 21. (You can get drafted as a 21 year old sophomore in college, too).

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