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Originally Posted by The Dude  They were not tossing around money so deep in the draft back in the early ninties. If Helton was drafted in the second round, as I believe he was by the Padres out of HS, he would get about a million dollars signing bonus for draft position only, then some more if the big league team wanted to "buy" him out of playing the highly dangerous position of football quarterback with more cash. |
He will probably never play a down for the football team, but he would be an instant star on the baseball team. But the reason why people won't pick him is because they're unsure if he will fulfill his commitment here, and you don't waste a draft pick in the early rounds if you're not sure they will play or not. The easiest way to get him here would to hire Scott Boras as his agent.