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[931Vol]

There is no removing your name from the draft in baseball. They can draft any person eligible age/grade-wise they choose. You do not sign up for the draft like basketball or football. So you do sign up or remove your name. There have been guys drafted in the past that had no intentions of going.

Example of what I mentioned below. Pulling out of the draft a few days prior to draft night is a common occurrence these days.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Example of what I mentioned below. Pulling out of the draft a few days prior to draft night is a common occurrence these days.

The point remains that a team can still draft you in order to control your MLB rights for a year.

 

[ProjectP]

The point remains that a team can still draft you in order to control your MLB rights for a year.

Not if you go through the formal process of removing yourself from the draft. It's different than simply announcing on twitter that you're not taking any more calls. If you go through the formal process, you are not eligible to be drafted.

 

[knoxvol52]

The point remains that a team can still draft you in order to control your MLB rights for a year.

Correct.... Nothing stops MLB teams from drafting you.

 

[knoxvol52]

Not if you go through the formal process of removing yourself from the draft. It's different than simply announcing on twitter that you're not taking any more calls. If you go through the formal process, you are not eligible to be drafted.ink

Link please stating your facts

 

[chuckiepoo]

Not if you go through the formal process of removing yourself from the draft. It's different than simply announcing on twitter that you're not taking any more calls. If you go through the formal process, you are not eligible to be drafted.

Sure. I heard the earth is flat. Reputable source, too.

 

[ProjectP]

Sure. I heard the earth is flat. Reputable source, too.

The source is Baseball America's editor in chief addressing this earlier this year.

 

[knoxvol52]

Sure. I heard the earth is flat. Reputable source, too.

I believe their version of pulling out of draft is the player doesn't intend to sign with the team. Bo Jackson was drafted 3 times by MLB teams first in 1982 by Yankees but choose to attend Auburn, 2nd time in 1985 by Angels but choose to go back to Auburn and finally signed with Royals after getting drafted for the 3rd time.

 

[931Vol]

I believe their version of pulling out of draft is the player doesn't intend to sign with the team. Bo Jackson was drafted 3 times by MLB teams first in 1982 by Yankees but choose to attend Auburn, 2nd time in 1985 by Angels but choose to go back to Auburn and finally signed with Royals after getting drafted for the 3rd time.

That was my original stance, but now I see from ProjectP’s source that there is a formal process. Whether informal or formal, making an announcement that a player is pulling out of the draft has become commonplace over the last few years. That was the only point I was making.

 

[ProjectP]

I believe their version of pulling out of draft is the player doesn't intend to sign with the team. Bo Jackson was drafted 3 times by MLB teams first in 1982 by Yankees but choose to attend Auburn, 2nd time in 1985 by Angels but choose to go back to Auburn and finally signed with Royals after getting drafted for the 3rd time.

99% of the time that is the case. And it's 100% of the time the case once the draft has started. You can't formally remove yourself after the draft has begun. But the official process is becoming more popular.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

The articles and tweets were based on a radio interview he did. Obviously the tweets were sensationalized. He was talking about how busy they've been as a staff dealing with the new landscape of college baseball, and one of the things he mentioned was keeping the roster together and how there is a school in the league that has been offering guys on Tennessee's roster.

Rumor was it was a school in an adjoining state going after a couple Tennessee freshman from that state.

UGA would be my guess with the freshman we have that the Atlanta area.

 

[cncchris33]

UGA would be my guess with the freshman we have that the Atlanta area.

Jay Abernathy and Levi Clark were likely prime candidates

 

[chuckiepoo]

99% of the time that is the case. And it's 100% of the time the case once the draft has started. You can't formally remove yourself after the draft has begun. But the official process is becoming more popular.

You keep referring to an “official process”. Twice you have served up JJ Cooper as your Source. Cooper is the BA chode. Bring a source attributable within the MLB or get the **** out with that ****.

 

[Weezer]

I am an expert on pulling out, but I know nothing about pulling out of the MLB draft.

 

[knoxvol52]

That was my original stance, but now I see from ProjectP’s source that there is a formal process. Whether informal or formal, making an announcement that a player is pulling out of the draft has become commonplace over the last few years. That was the only point I was making.

MLB teams can still draft the player even if he is going to College instead...

 

[ProjectP]

You keep referring to an “official process”. Twice you have served up JJ Cooper as your Source. Cooper is the BA chode. Bring a source attributable within the MLB or get the **** out with that ****.

I realize I'm just a guest here.

JJ Cooper is the best available source unless you have access to the MLB collective bargaining agreement or official rulebook.

It happens with less than 1% of the players each year. It must happen prior to the draft. And that just saying you're taking your name out doesn't mean you're actually doing it.

But there is an official process that players have gone through to make themselves ineligible for the draft. I don't know the status of the Jelkin kid from Kentucky yet or the three guys from Texas, but Omar Serna, a couple of TCU commits, and a current Mississippi State pitcher that was in the back part of the of BA500 draft rankings have gone through the process.

ETA: I've also found an instance from 2016 where MLB draft writer (and an actual MLB employee) Jim Callis states that Tyler Baum wrote a letter to MLB asking to withdraw from the draft and was no longer eligible to be drafted. He was considered a possible 3rd rounder.

 

[931Vol]

MLB teams can still draft the player even if he is going to College instead...

Not if, what JJ Cooper is saying, is correct.

 

[931Vol]

You keep referring to an “official process”. Twice you have served up JJ Cooper as your Source. Cooper is the BA chode. Bring a source attributable within the MLB or get the **** out with that ****.

I’ll trust that JJ Cooper knows more about this process that you or I will ever know about it. How about we relax a bit?

 

[knoxvol52]

Not if, what JJ Cooper is saying, is correct.

Agree to disagree. I'm not going back and forth over something that has happened for 50+ years... Jackson pulled out and Yankees still drafted him out of high school ..

 

[chuckiepoo]

I’ll trust that JJ Cooper knows more about this process that you or I will ever know about it. How about we relax a bit?

That’s kind of my point. I am not saying that you should trust my opinion, I am just asking that he back his opinion up with a verifiable reference. The only site I have seen referencing any “official” withdrawal from the draft is BA and they ping pong the concept around within their draft evaluations.

The proof will be evident following the draft if none of the players assumed to have “officially” withdrawn were not drafted at some point.

 

[fryeguy93]

The main question.

Why would anyone withdraw from the draft? Just say no when they call to negotiate and sign.

I have trouble believing there is a formal process. In the past, kids of owner's friends have been drafted who don't even play baseball as a gift. Of course the draft was 300 rounds then.

 

[931Vol]

The main question.

Why would anyone withdraw from the draft? Just say no when they call to negotiate and sign.

I have trouble believing there is a formal process. In the past, kids of owner's friends have been drafted who don't even play baseball as a gift. Of course the draft was 300 rounds then.

Yeah it doesn’t make much sense to do that at all.

 

[senorb19]

The articles and tweets were based on a radio interview he did. Obviously the tweets were sensationalized. He was talking about how busy they've been as a staff dealing with the new landscape of college baseball, and one of the things he mentioned was keeping the roster together and how there is a school in the league that has been offering guys on Tennessee's roster.

Rumor was it was a school in an adjoining state going after a couple Tennessee freshman from that state.

From Ben Mckee: "I responded to someone on Twitter earlier today that I didn't think it was LSU because there were rumors about Jay Abernathy and his home state ... but I do believe Vitello was referencing LSU in his comments to John Wilkerson this morning. Sounds like LSU made a run at Levi Clark and Tegan Kuhns."

 

[ProjectP]

From Ben Mckee: "I responded to someone on Twitter earlier today that I didn't think it was LSU because there were rumors about Jay Abernathy and his home state ... but I do believe Vitello was referencing LSU in his comments to John Wilkerson this morning. Sounds like LSU made a run at Levi Clark and Tegan Kuhns."

I hadn't seen that, thank you. I've also heard Texas made a run at Abernathy, as well Casan Evans and Jake Brown.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

From Ben Mckee: "I responded to someone on Twitter earlier today that I didn't think it was LSU because there were rumors about Jay Abernathy and his home state ... but I do believe Vitello was referencing LSU in his comments to John Wilkerson this morning. Sounds like LSU made a run at Levi Clark and Tegan Kuhns."

Tony told Jay Johnson to F off