Lincoln gopher
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Taken by the Rockies, is he gone?
Unless the Rockies low ball him or end up not offering because they used their "pool" of money for the draft, TJ will not be back. I know money isn't everything, but you are looking at a huge sum of money to lose out as. Even if TJ has a great year next year (which I am sure he would/will) his draft status will not change much because scouts are looking for guys who throw a lot harder than TJ and have better stuff. You are talking about taking an $80k bonus cut just because you lose out on all that leverage. College seniors do not get paid in the draft, why would a team pay them anything after their senior year? They can't go anywhere else to improve their status, so teams understand that if the kid wants to play ball, he is going to sign for whatever they offer him. They take college seniors as depth guys in the minors and give them a plane ticket and a few bucks, but nothing like the $100k, plus scholarship for his remaining year of school he will get if he gets now. Playing in the minors you do not make a good living (I believe Low A ball players take home roughly $1500/month, but that is only paid during the season, not year around. And if these guys want any chance of making it to the big leagues, they have to train when they are done with ball, making it difficult to find a job making much money. Also, the pro teams want to get their mitts on players as early as possible, they do not to lose out on an entire year of development in their players.
Needless to say, there is no way he comes back to school, unless like I said, they end up not offering him anything because of the new draft rules.