Reply to "What separates players who are drafted?"

FungoHighly Regarded and Beloved Old Timer

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I am trying to find out what separates players who get drafted from players who do not.

Good question filsfan. I think for the most part you can condense it all into one word ---- PROJECTIABILITY! During my son’s senior year of HS he was invited to a pre-draft workout in Bush Stadium along with a few players the Cardinals were looking to draft. In my opinion my son didn’t have the necessary experience or resume to be drafted as a catcher so I asked the scouting director why they wanted to draft my son. His reply was: We want to draft your son because he has the things that cannot be taught and we feel confident we can teach him the things that he needs to learn. He probably had caught less than 100 innings TOTAL in his life when they drafted him in the 5th round as a catcher.
Fungo

12/2/073:00 PM

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