Another gone: Rey Navarro
Another USF signee has had his name called: shortstop Rey Navarro of Puerto Rico went in the third round with the 103rd pick to the Arizona Diamondbacks. As we've been saying, USF's coaches were conceding this recruit as too good to make it to campus. According to Baseball America, last year's 103rd pick earned a signing bonus of $250,000. So I'll ask the question here -- if you were a senior in high school this year, if you'd signed on for a baseball scholarship at USF and got drafted, how much money would it take for you to skip college and go straight to the pros? Just give me your number and we'll see what the range is ...
-- Always cool to see the people who get high schools named after them. Red Sox just took a kid from Virgil Grissom High School in Alabama. I'm going to drive over to Cape Canaveral on Friday with my family, see if we can catch a space shuttle launch if weather allows ...
Times sportswriter Greg Auman, who covers USF, will post news and thoughts on the Bulletin and we invite your participation in the comments area.
250K
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Posted by: PingBull | June 07, 2007 at 07:53 PM
i work in merritt island and looking out the window right now it looks pretty crappy....hopefully all the rain will be out of the way for launch time
Posted by: | June 08, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Ouch. NASA's weather forecast has an 80 percent chance of launch, which is good enough for me to drive over. Hopefully there aren't any thunderstorms within 20 miles of Canaveral at 7:38 tonight.
Posted by: Greg Auman | June 08, 2007 at 10:57 AM
it sprinkled a little bit and now it looks a little better outside...it's only a 2 hour or so drive though...i'd chance it
Posted by: | June 08, 2007 at 12:37 PM
It depends on what kind of student you are (if you're a borderline student the number would obviously be lower), but I would say 100K. You take your shot at future glory, and even if you fail...you can always go back and buy your college education for about 50K afterward. If you go to college first, you could get injuried and loss that chance at getting drafted again (plus possibly be cut by college for roster space and lose scholarship) or you could just flounder against the higher level of college competition; in which case you could get cut by college for roster space (lose your scholarship) and would certainly not get drafted again.
Posted by: Ryan | June 08, 2007 at 01:11 PM
weather update: it's pouring outside
Posted by: | June 08, 2007 at 01:40 PM
Got beautiful weather last night and launch went off as planned. Traffic? Took 3 hours, 20 minutes to get from Titusville to Oviedo, about 55 miles away. Egad. Still, a great experience.
Posted by: G.A. | June 09, 2007 at 03:55 PM
i agree...it was my second launch and it took me 45 minutes to drive from merritt island to cape canaveral afterward....i'm glad you got to see it
Posted by: | June 09, 2007 at 08:24 PM