draft question

5th round gets you enough money so you don't have to depend on mom and dad for food money, rent and utility payments. Enough to get a car, too.

40th round gets you two McDonald coupons and a plane ticket to their short season team.

Unless a draft and follow, in which case, they wait to see how you do this summer and into next year while retaining their "rights" to you.

As many will say, it is an opportunity of a lifetime, so take it.

You can go to school when you're 50, but you can't play pro ball at 50...Old Lithuanian saying.

anyone else??

watts, some of the answer depends on the organization selecting you.
In general, if you are a 40th round pick, you need to very much prove you can play, be productive and dominate...and you need to do it immediately. If you are picked in the first 5 rounds, you need to prove to the organization they made a mistake in picking you and they should write off the signing bonus.
However, with some luck, as a 2nd day pick, you get with an organization that provides opportunities to play and a chance to prove you belong. Some organizations will not even give you enough time on the field to prove that. It makes an enormous difference if you get 120 to 150 at bats in short season as a 2nd day pick as opposed to 20 to 50.
Bottom line though, if you are a second day pick, you won't get as many chances to prove you can play. When you get those chances, you need to be productive almost every single time.
Top 10 rounds pick, you will be given lots of opportunities and will need to "fail" most of those.
If you are a day two selection, you better be mentally very tough, be really good, be a little lucky, be with the right organization, and be productive whenever you get on the field.

John ...

quote:

Old Lithuanian saying.

Can't resist ... would you be the old Lithuanian who was saying that?

FutureBack, my thoughts exactly!