Draft pick weighing future
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jul 11, 2008 
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Back very shortly with the lineup. But here’s a little bit of draft news. This story in the Indianapolis Star mentions that 26th round pick Blake Monar, a LHP with a plus breaking ball, hasn’t decided whether he will sign with the Yankees or attend Indiana.
“I’m still up in the air,” Monar said. “(I’d sign) if they make me an offer I can’t pass up but, if not, I’m happy to go to IU. The Yankees are coming to every start and evaluating me. I just throw. Once they make a good offer, I’ll decide what’s best for me.”
Thanks to Bob, a loyal reader who has been sending me these links on some of the picks. I probably should set up some Google Alerts on the unsigned players.
That quote is slang for, “SHOW ME THE MONEY!”
lol tint
Sign you stupid kid !, You know that money is guaranteed and you can always go back to college !
ha! Brandon, completely agree. how dumb are these kids and their parents not to realize that?
It’s not about the money, it’s about respect!
And how better to show respect than with a lot of money???
It’s not exactly an open and shut case here. Should he take 100K? He’s already going to go to school for free so why not hold the Yankees up for more money?
His only risk is getting injured but that’s a risk he’ll have regardless.
Well the best way to maximize one’s cash is to feign disinterest. Good job, kid! Now take the monies.
lol 86
ha! Brandon, completely agree. how dumb are these kids and their parents not to realize that?
This kid literally has to be stupid, your not even in college was drafted in the 26th rd., there are big chances he goes to IU and stinks up the joint, the Yankees offered him a big contract for an up in the air type kid. He must seriously think that college LHP SP is going to be at a minimum, to turn down guaranteed $$$ for a 1 -2 yr. college stint which he can always do if he fails and the chances of not succeeding in IU might be high, atleast if he signs w/ the Yankees college is paid and he might recieve incentives.
“It’s not exactly an open and shut case here. Should he take 100K? He’s already going to go to school for free so why not hold the Yankees up for more money?”
Unless the kid is some kind of computer genius, I don’t see anyone else offering him $100K, do you?
Well, the other side of the university gamble is raising his own stock and try to get drafted higher another time
Worked out for Luke Hochevar anyway
And didn’t Bleich do similar? Or was it Venditte who got drafted twice by the Yankees?
Quite a few players have turned down pro baseball out of high school only to get a whole lot more money after three years of college… Mike Mussina is a perfect example. Sure there’s a risk in turning down $$$ but there’s substantial financial reward. Matt LaPorta made about $ 975,000 more than he was offered out of high school. Rafael Palmeiro, Wil Clark, Andy Pettite was offered more after a stint in Junior College… I could go on and on….
I wish the kid well, whatever he decides to do
is this kid worth the $$$?
“This kid literally has to be stupid”
maybe college could fix that!
First of all, a 4 year college education is worth more than 100K, if that is even what he’s being offered. It could be a lot less.
If he takes the guaranteed money and never makes it as a baseball player, then he also loses the scholarship to play baseball and get his degree.
He would have to pay for college if he gave up baseball. I’d be stunned if he had anything left from that 100K. 100K doesn’t go very far in this day and age.
If he thinks he’ll be in the pro’s in 4 years with his stuff, he should skip college.
But if he has any doubts and the money isn’t that great, taking the free education while pitching in college still leaves his career in pro baseball a possibility.
Taking a signing bonus, flaming out in the minors and blowing the bonus in 4 years trying to make ends meet playing ball leaves him with nothing.
If I’m a 26th round draft pick, I’m signing as soon as I can find a pen
I graduate in December, though I’m already working a part-time job.
Based on my current, and projected, pay over the next 8 years, I figure if I were a pitcher, I’d have to be offered $850,000 (present value of signing bonus plus salaries; so not all signing bonus) to drop it all to play baseball.
I don’t think it’s a ‘duh’ to drop everything at 18 and sign for $100k and some minor league minimums.
That’s part-time office job, in my chosen career.
points taken.
today, a 4yr college education is very expensive. Vassar College, down the street from me, is $40,000 per year.
I go to Quinnipiac, and it has been 36,39,39 and 42 per year including room and board. Luckily I have not roomed or boarded for the latter two years, so I catch a minor break (though gas prices in CT have basically destroyed whatever benefit living off campus had). Case in point, you’re not getting out of school without savings or upwards of 140,000 in debt.
Who cares. We will likely never see him. Let him go get an education.
if this kid is deciding between IU baseball and the Yanks….take the cash and they will throw the school in for free….Bloomington will always be there…..Big Ten baseball is rubbish….
I’ve been reading for quite a while now without leaving a comment, but I have to say that being a huge Yankees fan who grew up in Indianapolis and still lives here, watching the Yanks from afar, it’s pretty great to see my little newspaper get mentioned in one of my favorite blogs-whether or not the kid’s decision is the right one.
A solid college LHP is always at a premium. While it’s easy to say to take the money now, you have to weigh that against the money in 3 (or 4) years and the college education you will receive. Also, Monar is pitching very well for the Midland Redskins this summer which should only help his stock. With 4 solid pitches and a great pitching demeanor already, I would love to see the Yankees sign him soon.