Frosh Zach Lee Qb LSU likely to sign with LAD, Does this let Les off the Hook?
From MLB Trade Rumors, Zach Lee, QB LSU, will likely sign with the Dodgers. It does not say whether he will continue to play for LSU or not, I assume not. If it does, it does free up a scholarship. Does this make room for Elliot Porter? Not that I want Miles to be exonerated from his shenanigans, but it would be a silver lining for the player. I hope Porter finds somewhere else to take his talents.
Edit: Confirmed he did sign with the Dodgers.'
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-leedodgerssigns081610
August 16th, 2010 at 9:49 PM ^
if he planned on playing baseball also for LSU? ....
August 16th, 2010 at 9:55 PM ^
He did.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-leedodgers081310
This basically says that neither team would be happy with split duty, but it's still a possibility.
August 16th, 2010 at 9:52 PM ^
Porter already decided on Kentucky, and Miles actually oversigned by two, so no.
August 16th, 2010 at 9:57 PM ^
Missed that he signed elsewhere. Feel free to delete post..
August 16th, 2010 at 9:54 PM ^
No. The fact remains that the kid signed to play college football and Les, due to his own assholeness/idiocy, wouldn't let him.
August 16th, 2010 at 9:56 PM ^
he's a 4*, #9 QB positional, recruit. why in the hell would they say "go play baseball!"
August 16th, 2010 at 10:00 PM ^
32 NFL starting Qb's
150 Starting Pitchers in MLB
August 16th, 2010 at 10:03 PM ^
Also in baseball, you're looking at shoulder injuries as the most common hazard of being a pitcher. In football, you're looking at concussions and the toll from a multiyear career of being some DE's chew toy.
August 16th, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
August 16th, 2010 at 10:13 PM ^
I think thats true, but the same could be said of qb's when looking at them out of High School and evaluating their NFL careers. Also his 4 million guarantted right now, ( that's an estimate from me), is more than Clausen and McCoy got in their rookie years after years of succeeding at the college level, two guys that performed.
August 16th, 2010 at 10:13 PM ^
The average life expectancy for an NFL player is 55 years. This sounds like a decent reason to pick baseball. (52 for linemen!)
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/29/Sports/A_huge_problem.shtml
August 16th, 2010 at 10:16 PM ^
Don't make me feel guilty for loving football. Please.
August 16th, 2010 at 10:02 PM ^
However , I would stay in Baton Rouge over playing in Peoria or somethign similar as well.
August 16th, 2010 at 11:00 PM ^
A college teammate of mine was drafted 30th overall and got $900,000 as a signing bonus. This was 8 or so years ago, so I'd imagine the 28th overall pick this year would be pushing a million.
August 16th, 2010 at 11:42 PM ^
I know the kid who was drafted 27th this year and got somewhere around 1.2 million.
August 17th, 2010 at 1:02 AM ^
Lee got 5.25 million. That's way more than the average 28th pick, because he had a ton of leverage.
August 16th, 2010 at 9:56 PM ^
I hope Porter finds somewhere else to take his talents.
South Beach?
August 16th, 2010 at 10:19 PM ^
Signed,
The Dodgers
August 16th, 2010 at 10:50 PM ^
... Job will be on the hook for other reasons, mainly because he can't beat nick saban.
August 16th, 2010 at 10:51 PM ^
Joe Mauer was a 5* QB recruit and chose baseball over playing QB for Bobby Bowden...I'd say he and his 130 million made the right decision. Also, he's a god in Minneapolis. He will never pay for a steak dinner again in his life so long as he doesn't go all Lebron on MPLS.
August 17th, 2010 at 1:49 AM ^
Reasons baseball was the right choice
- That 130 million is all guaranteed. That's way more guaranteed money than any football player has ever gotten. And yet that's not even half as much as what A-Rod got.
- Baseball players have longer careers and more options if they don't make the majors.
- Most importantly, his body won't be ruined when he retires.
August 16th, 2010 at 10:56 PM ^
did the opposite and returned to Clemson after being drafted in the first round by the Rockies(?). Its all about passion sure you can argue safety but whatever sport these kids want to play is what their decision is be based on.
August 17th, 2010 at 1:52 AM ^
Parker will be lucky to make half as much in football over his whole career as he would've in his first baseball contract.
August 17th, 2010 at 12:07 AM ^
Nope, Miles is still a dick.
August 17th, 2010 at 5:23 AM ^
He signed a QB who loves baseball as well as football and is very good at both. It isn't as if he didn't know this might happen. He could have signed another QB instead of Lee but chose not to. Also, I assume he is carrying an extra QB on the depth chart just in case this happened.
FWIW, I don't remember anyone giving Lloyd a pass when Drew Henson left. Expectations for the football program remained the same -- beat OSU, MSU and ND and win the B10 and the Rose Bowl.
August 17th, 2010 at 3:08 AM ^
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