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just curious, if someone has a redshirt season even though they are draft eligable id assume most teams wouldnt wana draft them because they didnt play that season. but what if they committed to a college and played in a college summer league and played great with the tools to have been drafted, are free agent contracts possible?
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Originally posted by bakstop007:
just curious, if someone has a redshirt season even though they are draft eligable id assume most teams wouldnt wana draft them because they didnt play that season. but what if they committed to a college and played in a college summer league and played great with the tools to have been drafted, are free agent contracts possible?


Why for heaven's sake would you want to sign as a free agent?
If you are not drafted out of HS, you cannot be drafted again if attending a 4 year program until your junior year (or if 21 comes within a time frame before or after the draft) or if you attend a JUCO.

With your scenerio, it's not possible.
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Originally posted by 3FingeredGlove:
I find the OP to be ambigous in its meaning. I think bakstop007 may have been referring to a HS senior who missed his senior season due to injury, and has since torn it up in a summer collegiate league.

Such a player can sign as a free agent until he enters college.


Right 3FG, if the player didn't step foot on the college campus.
If a player lost his last year in HS due to injury, regardless of how he plays that summer, unless he's been on the top charts and super stud, doubt that FA is in his best interest. Backstop may be confused between FA milb and FA MLB players.

I didn't know they gave redshirt years in HS.
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Originally posted by TPM:

Right 3FG, if the player didn't step foot on the college campus.


Not to nitpick (ok, maybe a little) but I think the player actually has to attend a class at college in order to start the three years removed from high school or 21 years of age requirements (assuming we're talking about a four year school). I have seen this distinction made previously, so I'm guessing there must have been situations in the past where it mattered that a player was on campus but had not attended class.
Right, everything stops when the player attends class. I meant classroom. I apologize, I guess that I am more preplexed about why someone would even think of that option.

Why would a HS player not drafted, not played for a year, headed for college think about signing as a FA? Most FA don't last too long 9and don;t get much money), that means he could lose all options for a short stint in spring training?
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Originally posted by bakstop007:
just curious, if someone has a redshirt season even though they are draft eligable id assume most teams wouldnt wana draft them because they didnt play that season. but what if they committed to a college and played in a college summer league and played great with the tools to have been drafted, are free agent contracts possible?


you can't play in a college league until your in college. but a team could sign you out of hs as a NDFA/non drafted free agent. it would be difficult to sell, if you could find a team interested. most likely they'd sign him for just bus fare.

ya never know.
Here is an example...

Matt Wieters from South Carolina was not drafted in June of his senior year in high school. He had committed to Georgia Tech. He was the obvious MVP of the WWBA Championship in Marietta Georgia later that summer. At that point he was offered some very nice free agent deals. He turned them down went to Georgia Tech and everything turned out great three years later.
First of all, YOU CAN play in a college summer league before you become a college freshman. Just look harder.

Secondly, the initial post mentioned redshirt and draft eligible. Is this a high school redshirt or college redshirt?

Jerry, one was the Iowa POY?

Joined Duluth Huskies of Northwoods League following completion of high school career.

Fron your website:

"Two names that stood out as I assembled the Northwoods League top prospect list were Kyle Blair and Victor Sanchez, two players just a couple of weeks removed from their high school graduation when they traveled East to Minnesota (Duluth and Alexandria respectively) to play with and against players with at least one year of college under their belt."
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Backstop,
You got too much stuff going on here.

Obviously one can sign as a FA if not drafted out of HS. FA's signed after the draft need to enter pro ball to prove themselves right away, so they can get invited back to spring training to prove they deserve a chance to play a full season. They can't accomplish this by playing in a collegiate league, the season is over by August.

Some players that are drafted do take this option (playing in a collegiate league), usually to prove they are worth more than the team is willing to pay. It doesn't usually work real well for HS players unless they are extremely talented. Sometimes it works well for players that may have slipped in the draft due to signability issues.

To be honest, I don't think that many teams even draft many injured HS players who missed an entire season unless they are extremely talented. And if they do, many times it is not where the player would consider giving up college.

Matt Weiters might be an exception for a team to consider FA.

What you need to do is concentrate on getting signed for college (if you have not already).
First of all, YOU CAN play in a college summer league before you become a college freshman. Just look harder.
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a few years ago i was part of a group trying to purchase a necbl team. as an ncaa sanctioned league you had to have completed a year in college to play. so the first season would be after your freshman year. this may have changed since then.



i don't want to give out false information. i'm sorry if my information was wrong.
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