Top prospect leaves my team for football

[thklein]

Prince Fielder could have been a lineman.

The Cubs drafted a kid named Joe Martarano who played linebacker at Boise State while playing for the Cubs minor league affiliate in Boise. Kyle Schwarber played line backer in high school and I've read he was good enough that he could have played in college.

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by thklein

Prince Fielder could have been a lineman.

In college, maybe. In the pros he'd be way undersized. He's straight up too short to play tackle so he'd have to play guard and that would have required around 60 extra pounds of muscle.

[thklein]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

In college, maybe. In the pros he'd be way undersized. He's straight up too short to play tackle so he'd have to play guard and that would have required around 60 extra pounds of muscle.

I was thinking d-line. He'd still have to put on 20 pounds at least, but I bet he could do that if he focused only on football.

[dward1]

this storyline is not good because you are blindsided. it happening with 18 year olds and 180 pound people just shows how sloppily it's been put together. it really needs to be removed, truly

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by thklein

I was thinking d-line. He'd still have to put on 20 pounds at least, but I bet he could do that if he focused only on football.

There are edge rushers that small, even without the extra 20 pounds, but that’d have to be a very fast guy. He’d still be way, way undersized for tackle.

[joefromchicago]

Originally Posted by dward1

this storyline is not good because you are blindsided. it happening with 18 year olds and 180 pound people just shows how sloppily it's been put together. it really needs to be removed, truly

I can understand your frustration, but these sorts of stories actually happen, so I'd hate to ditch it. The main problem, as I see it, is that baseball drafts kids at 18 and the NFL drafts them at 21. So one possible scenario is for the player to be drafted at 18 and then quit baseball to go into the NFL draft three years later. At least that would give the GM a heads-up about the possibility that the player will quit in three years.

I'm not sure the storyline can be set up that way, so I'd be happy to consider any other suggestions to make this storyline better.

[dward1]

Originally Posted by joefromchicago

I can understand your frustration, but these sorts of stories actually happen, so I'd hate to ditch it. The main problem, as I see it, is that baseball drafts kids at 18 and the NFL drafts them at 21. So one possible scenario is for the player to be drafted at 18 and then quit baseball to go into the NFL draft three years later. At least that would give the GM a heads-up about the possibility that the player will quit in three years.

I'm not sure the storyline can be set up that way, so I'd be happy to consider any other suggestions to make this storyline better.

That is not realistic either as it’s never happened that way. Everyone knows who the risks are, having it blindside you in the game is not realistic and destroys your draft. There should be info in scouting report with his rough % of whether he will go to football or not

[thklein]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

There are edge rushers that small, even without the extra 20 pounds, but that’d have to be a very fast guy. He’d still be way, way undersized for tackle.

Aaron Donald is only an inch or two taller and 5-10 pounds heavier than than Prince, and I'm only talking body type. I'm not saying he had the physical tools to actually play in the NFL. But we're getting far afield.

[OutS|der]

Originally Posted by dward1

That is not realistic either as it’s never happened that way. Everyone knows who the risks are, having it blindside you in the game is not realistic and destroys your draft. There should be info in scouting report with his rough % of whether he will go to football or not

A rough % would be hard to predict. When the A’s drafted Murray there wasn’t a concern of him leaving for the NFL as he wasn’t considered the top pick till the end of the year and even then if he had dropped out of the first round like many predicted before Kingsbury became coach he would of stayed in baseball.

Even Bo Jackson really only went to baseball was because he didn’t want to play for TB.
So he went into Baseball and only went back in into NFL due to the Raiders allowing him to play both sports.

[SirMichaelJordan]

Not to mention the year he’s drafted in baseball would be an entire year before such a prospect would be selected in the NFL draft.

If he comes out as a Jr, he would be drafted to the NFL in April and the MLB draft would be later that June. Odds are he would already be committed to the NFL and wouldn’t even be in the MLB draft pool.

If said player went the Murray route (RS Jr)

I’ve look at the XML file for storylines and it has 3 different variations of these story. 1 is a QB, another is a WR and the final story is the one mentioned here, a DE.

I edited the stories into...

Story # 1 is now the Kyler Murray route

A QB who was drafted out of college after his 3rd year (or 21years old) and decided in the off-season to quit baseball to focus on football in the next year draft. (In reality, Murray didn’t report to the A’s minor league system the same year he was drafted, he continued college football)

I set the age min to 21 and age max to 22
Player must have played college and do not have MLB service time. Everything else is left at default.

Story #2 is now a Chris Weinke route

A QB who was drafted out of HS to the MLB, played 6 years in the minors then quite baseball to attend college to play football.

I set the min age to 22 and max age to 24. Player must not have any major league service time and haven’t attended college.

Story #3 is now a 2 sport athlete who finally chosen football over baseball

A Player who was drafted out of college to the MLB and played up to 6 years of minor league baseball before focusing on NFL. Story mentions he’s focusing on football rather than being in the draft

Age min is 22 age max is 28
Must have attended college
Must not have any MLB service time


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