{"id":15806,"date":"2019-05-24T09:21:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T13:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15806"},"modified":"2019-05-24T09:33:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T13:33:58","slug":"stewart-to-do-end-around-of-mlb-draft-brilliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15806","title":{"rendered":"Stewart to do end-around of MLB Draft; brilliant!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carter Stewart is going to be a heck of a trail blazer. photo via PerfectGame<\/p><\/div>\n

(tangent from our Nats miseries; yes we just got swept in NY, yes our manager needs to be whacked, yes the team is in serious trouble for 2019.\u00a0 We’ll talk about it more next week).<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick story about\u00a0Carter Stewart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was a top prep player last spring, recording the highest spin rate *ever recorded* on his curve ball.\u00a0 He was the 9th overall pick of the 2018 draft, couldn’t come to an agreement with the Braves over medicals (not related to his elbow or shoulder fyi .. they were related to MRIs of his wrist, stemming from a skateboarding injury apparently incurred when Stewart was a kid), didn’t sign, bailed out of his 4-yr college commitment to Mississippi State, enrolled in a Florida JuCo so he could do one-and-done in college and re-enter the 2019 draft, played this spring and didn’t wow the scouts (despite sterling statistics<\/a>) and saw his draft projection (and thus his bonus) fall to perhaps an early 2nd round status.<\/p>\n

So what is he doing?\u00a0 He’s doing what\u00a0Scott Boras<\/strong>\u00a0 has dreamed of for two decades representing (ahem, “advising”) amateur players: he’s doing an end-around on the MLB draft.\u00a0\u00a0Stewart announced that he’s opting out of the MLB draft, and signing a 6yr, $7M deal<\/a> in Japan.<\/p>\n

And its a brilliant plan.<\/p>\n

Here’s how the numbers work.\u00a0 Lets say that, for sake of argument, Steward\u00a0got drafted in 2019, signed for $2M (a stretch frankly, but useful for this conversation).\u00a0 Here’s likely how the next 6-10 years of his life would go:<\/p>\n