The Draft Opportunity | Erik Averill, Travis Chick | MLB Draft Podcast
Episode Notes
In this episode, we breakdown the incredible opportunity an amateur player has to become a professional baseball player. We detail what's the probability, the career trajectory, and pathway to navigate the MLB Draft process successfully.
It's hard to encapsulate the excitement surrounding the upcoming MLB Draft. Years of hard work, sacrifice, and dedication all point to this one day. Becoming a pro.
It's a rare opportunity to realize a childhood dream, but equally as important, it's an opportunity to change your financial future. With one announcement from the podium, players will move from asking their parents for lunch money to becoming one of America’s wealthiest.
In last year's draft:
$316 million paid to draftees
$128 million of that was on the first 34 picks
71 players signed for $1 million or more
Only two players drafted in the top 10 rounds did not sign
73% of the first-round draft picks play in the major leagues according to Baseball America
Baseball is a game. Professional baseball is a business.
You are now responsible for thinking about your career from a business standpoint and you're going to be forced to make decisions, whether you make them well or not, they will have a significant impact on your current and your future life.
Episode one is the starting point for making the right decision.