No, I'm not talking about the New Yankee Stadium, but the Amateur draft which occurred yesterday. Stephen Strasburg, who if you listen to scouts is the greatest right-handed pitcher since Walt went number one to the Nationals, but it looks like he may not even sign. And I think it's time that baseball does something to take care of one rather large problem it has. The NFL and NBA drafts are nearly bigger than actual sporting events. But nobody, not even people in baseball, care about the MLB draft. Why? Well, it's really not a draft. Players have so many options to get out of a contract, its bigger news when a player signs, than when he refuses. Which Stasburg probably will, since he may not want to play for a perennial loser and since his agent is $cott Bora$. He'll play ball somewhere else, get drafted next year; rinse and repeat if neccesary. I mean its normal for players to be drafted like 3 times. Semi-pro and even other pro leagues are so much more prevelant in baseball than in the NFL and NBA (I mean where else is an NBA pick gonna go?). Sure, it's happened in both sports, but not as much as in baseball. The MLB needs to put a clause in its draft declarations. Once you declare you're in or out. No more milking of small market teams for ridiculous contracts; you play who you're drafted for or you don't play.
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