Casey Kelly

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Anybody know what the chances are of him going to college instead of going pro. He would probably start from day 1 and he could make this team compete for an SECC. But most experts have him going in the 2nd round of the draft so the chances of him coming are slim. What do you guys think?

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he's a 5* star baseball prospect meaning that he is an elite talent so he could probably start from day 1.
 
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Supposedly he's not a very good hitter though, just a real good fielder. That's what I've heard.
 
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He's a very good hitter.

Kelly's a quality pitcher, but his future at the next level probably lies in the infield, just like his father, Pat, who played eight years in the majors. Casey has a smooth swing and could develop into a top-notch power hitter. Some scouts say he will eventually shifted from shortstop to third base. Kelly also signed with the University of Tennessee as a quarterback. The lure of SEC football makes him the player most likely on this list to actually attend college and could lead to him falling on some draft boards.
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they say that he will fall because he's the most likely to go to college of the top high school players.
 
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VOLNBAMA said:
they say that he will fall because he's the most likely to go to college of the top high school players.
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Yes, but to play football. With his pedigree and the fact that he's committed to the football team, I'd bet he'll be drafted in the first five to ten rounds and sign.
 
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VOLNBAMA said:
you would think since he's a QB, but he's an elite SS prospect.
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He pitches too.

Midfielder10 said:
does Kelly do any pitching?
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He throws heat as a pitcher but is a better SS. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a SS and a Closer if he ever makes it to UT.

The first mock draft I saw had him as a first rounder and he was shooting up draft boards.
 
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VOLNBAMA said:
Have you ever heard of Todd Helton?
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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.
 
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VOLNBAMA said:
Yes way, out of the top 10-15 baseball prospects he's the most likely to go to college.
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That's not what I said. You're missing the "and play baseball" part. Sonny Gray is much more likely to play baseball at Vandy than Kelly is at UT. Generally, the elite guys going to great academic schools are more likely to go to college, mainly b/c these schools are very expensive and they offer to pay for most or all of the education.
 
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The Dude said:
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.
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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.
 
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WTF? The only reason a MLB would pass on Kelly, other than wanting someone else, would be him playing college football. Yet you say he's not good enough to ever play QB at UT. So what exactly is the leverage here?
 
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You can play college football and pro baseball in the summers, you know. Granted that's not ideal for either party (college team or MLB org), if a player is good enough both sides will allow it.
 
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The Dude said:
WTF? The only reason a MLB would pass on Kelly, other than wanting someone else, would be him playing college football. Yet you say he's not good enough to ever play QB at UT. So what exactly is the leverage here?
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Football is a plus for him here, his main sport would be baseball.
 
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