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Originally Posted by DB930
I like this particular storyline, cuz it is realistic, after all... but I feel like there should be some sort of pre-draft warning for players like this. Or at least, warning signs, so you can gauge the risk before using a high draft pick on one. Maybe it could only hit guys with low work ethic (with the reasoning that their baseball work ethic is low because they're more focused on football/basketball or whatever)? After all, I don't think any GM in baseball history has ever drafted a player and then been blindsided later to discover that--gasp!--the guy actually plays another sport, too, and is a pro prospect in that one, as well.
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John Elway almost did this same thing, but in reverse. Used the Yankees as leverage to go to the Broncos. But I agree with everything you said.