BG Recruit Honored in Saturday's All-Star Game

[Flipper]

For God's sake...the kid had a choice between going to Cleveland and talking to the Indians about signing with them or playing in a meaningless exhibition game. If it bothers you guys so much, just pretend he pulled a hamstring....

[Globetrotter]

Yes you do. Especially if you have already made a commitment. He was already drafted. This wasn't a workout. He wasn't auditioning.

Already drafted? Yes. But signed to a contract? No. Pretty big difference there.

Assuming the expectation is still for him to play baseball in addition to football at BG, then clearly he isn't likely to sign at all this year and will be eligible for the MLB draft again in 3 years. But if the drafting team were to offer a contract well above slot (which does happen), then perhaps things could potentially change. And these aren't necessarily easy decisions for a teenager to make.

I'm not saying that was the reasoning here. But the fact that he was "already drafted" most definitely does not eliminate the possibility that he might have had some reasons to meet with the professional team that just drafted him.

Are they not discussing contracts 364 other days of the year?

[hammb]

Yes you do. Especially if you have already made a commitment. He was already drafted. This wasn't a workout. He wasn't auditioning.

Already drafted? Yes. But signed to a contract? No. Pretty big difference there.

Assuming the expectation is still for him to play baseball in addition to football at BG, then clearly he isn't likely to sign at all this year and will be eligible for the MLB draft again in 3 years. But if the drafting team were to offer a contract well above slot (which does happen), then perhaps things could potentially change. And these aren't necessarily easy decisions for a teenager to make.

I'm not saying that was the reasoning here. But the fact that he was "already drafted" most definitely does not eliminate the possibility that he might have had some reasons to meet with the professional team that just drafted him.

Are they not discussing contracts 364 other days of the year?

Actually no they're not. The second he steps into a classroom at BG he is no longer eligible to sign and his MLB drafting team loses his rights. So yeah, they have a couple months, but it's not as though they have an entire year.

It'd be a cold day in hell if I'd go to a freaking HS Football ASG over getting pampered as a new draft pick of the Indians. Anybody saying otherwise is lying to themselves. This is a non-story, a non-issue. Those games are less than meaningless.

[Globetrotter]

Yes you do. Especially if you have already made a commitment. He was already drafted. This wasn't a workout. He wasn't auditioning.

Already drafted? Yes. But signed to a contract? No. Pretty big difference there.

Assuming the expectation is still for him to play baseball in addition to football at BG, then clearly he isn't likely to sign at all this year and will be eligible for the MLB draft again in 3 years. But if the drafting team were to offer a contract well above slot (which does happen), then perhaps things could potentially change. And these aren't necessarily easy decisions for a teenager to make.

I'm not saying that was the reasoning here. But the fact that he was "already drafted" most definitely does not eliminate the possibility that he might have had some reasons to meet with the professional team that just drafted him.

Are they not discussing contracts 364 other days of the year?

Actually no they're not. The second he steps into a classroom at BG he is no longer eligible to sign and his MLB drafting team loses his rights. So yeah, they have a couple months, but it's not as though they have an entire year.

It'd be a cold day in hell if I'd go to a freaking HS Football ASG over getting pampered as a new draft pick of the Indians. Anybody saying otherwise is lying to themselves. This is a non-story, a non-issue. Those games are less than meaningless.

Did all of the players who were drafted go that day? I simply find it hard to believe this was the only day in the next 2 months that he could make it. I agree the meeting with the Indians is likely more important, I just don't see why the heck it had to be the same day. If I am the Indians I want to celebrate that the guy we just drafted is so versatile he played in the HS all star game.

[Globetrotter]

With their 34th round pick in the 2014 Draft the Cleveland Indians have selected third baseman Cody Calloway out of Midview High School (OH).

Born: 4/26/1995 – Height: 6’3” – Weight: 195 – Bats: Right – Throws: Right

Jeff Ellis: Cody Callaway is a big time athlete. He was a baseball and football recruit who is heading to Bowling Green to play both sports. On the football field he is a quarterback and on the diamond he played shortstop though he was drafted as a third baseman. He isn’t just some athlete, he performed very well this year and is one of the top baseball players in the state. Even still, he isn’t going to sign as reports on him seem to focus on football first and baseball second and he made his college choice on football grounds first it seemed. His dad played baseball at BG as well and he has ties to the program. He is going to head there and play multiple sports for the Falcons.

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[Flipper]

hammb is right....once classes start he can't sign with the Tribe and still play college baseball. They often bring athletes in early and start them in the summer...so school for Cody could be starting with the summer term...whih is late June early July.

Again... I really cannot fathom why anyone would even give a s**t about this.....

[Globetrotter]

I think people are just discussing it, I'm not sure anyone really cares. If he is a good QB I could care less if he didn't go to his all star game. the logic that he had to go to some meeting with the Indians on that exact day seems pretty absurd.

[Flipper]

That the subject was broached at all is beyond absurd...

[kdog27]

I can't begin to tell you how pissed off about this I am and you all should be too.

[Flipper]

Get fired up...row the boat and so forth...!!

[BGorDeath]

For God's sake...the kid had a choice between going to Cleveland and talking to the Indians about signing with them or playing in a meaningless exhibition game. If it bothers you guys so much, just pretend he pulled a hamstring....

The only reason it should bother anyone is because it was Cleveland. This shows this young man has clouded judgement in my opinion. Any other team, it's not an issue.

[Falcon Fanatic]

Cody handled this correctly given the circumstances. All the reporting and information does not include the entire story. That is completely understandable; it is normally the case in something like this matter.

Don't think our signee just blew off a commitment or treated people/organizers poorly.

He did not.

Go Falcons!

Thank you for always being the voice of reason here. It's appreciated by many of us.

[Schadenfreude]

Hard to believe that a LIMA< OHIO paper referred to us as "Bowling Green State"

I'm surprised more publications don't do that to us. I prefer "Bowling Green," of course, but it runs a bit counter to sports writing tradition, which is to say "State" if it is part of the institution's name.