quote:Originally posted by RJM:
Once you get past the obvious selections, mental approach, baseball savvy and personal conduct (how they carry themselves in pregame and the game) can make the difference. A player should assume he's being watched from the time he gets off the bus and/or comes out of the locker room. A coach may place a positive comment with a scout as to what kind of person the player is in the locker room and the dugout.
Hate be cynical, but the importance of off-field personal conduct in the draft actually is in direct proportion to talent level. I won't name names but you don't need to google very much to verify how little conduct or appearance actually matters in the draft. Bad behavior rarely seems to even cost players any money, other than attorney fees.
The upper rounds of fhe draft are liberally sprinkled with felons.