So two of our football recruits got drafted. 11th and 14th rounds. About 100K signing bonus each. Maybe more. Will they stay committed?

Jase Bowen and Adam Berghorst have decisions to make.

The Michigan State football and baseball signees were drafted early Wednesday in the MLB Draft. Bowen, a standout shortstop, was taken by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the draft. Berghorst, a pitcher with a power arm, was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 14th round.

Both will now have to decide whether or not they will continue their football and baseball careers in East Lansing with the Spartans or if they will sign with their respective organization and get their professional baseball career started.

Their decisions will sway partly on signing bonuses each are offered to play professional baseball. In the first ten rounds of the draft, signing bonuses are predetermined. Starting with round 11 teams are able to offer whatever they want for signing bonuses, with prospects in the 11th and 14th rounds usually offered something around $100,000.

Bowen had 828 rushing and receiving yards to go with 12 TDs his senior season at Toledo Catholic Central. He also returned two kicks for touchdowns and projects to be a receiver at Michigan State.

Berghorst is a big and athletic defensive end out of Zeeland East and projects to stay at that spot for the football team and with a 92-94 MPH fastball, pitch for the baseball team.

Couldn't they take the baseball deal and still play football?

DWags go stick a microphone in Gibby’s face and let’s get some insight. Plus, he’ll love the unplanned interview.

I am so confused.

They can sign and still play football if they want.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:They can sign and still play football if they want.

And the Rangers and the Pirates can show them the 100K (or more) and say, it's yours, but you can't play football. I don't know that I'd give the 100K and have them shut down from baseball from June till December. Maybe I would. Maybe they're so good with money at those organizations it's just worth keeping them on the roster for 100K.

IDK, $100k won’t even get you a slightly used, gently damaged Bugatti. They want me to give up football, they gotta show me the money.

Dammit Wags you make these threads hard to find with your titles.

One of them is officially off the board.

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Good luck to him. But yeah, fuck.

Yeah. I'm pretty excited about some of the guys coming in so this doesn't bother me too much. Tre Mosely is gonna be real good. I've also heard the WMU transfer is going to try to get eligible immediately. He is a stud. And don't forget about Tre'von Morgan.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Yeah. I'm pretty excited about some of the guys coming in so this doesn't bother me too much. Tre Mosely is gonna be real good. I've also heard the WMU transfer is going to try to get eligible immediately. He is a stud. And don't forget about Tre'von Morgan.

And with the offense scoring 13 points evey four games, this might be the year the team gets to the Avocado Toast Bowl.

Somebody still gotta get em da ball

Rocinante wrote:Somebody still gotta get em da ball

Yeah. And block for them. I think we're gonna be a lot better in those two areas this year. Call it a hunch.

We need a RB to step up.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

Rocinante wrote:Somebody still gotta get em da ball

Yeah. And block for them. I think we're gonna be a lot better in those two areas this year. Call it a hunch.

We need a RB to step up.

I don't care. BBall school.

when lewerke throws it into the stands maybe they will give us a run on the scoreboard.

How the fuck is a guy named Rocky Lombardi not the biggest dicked stud football player on the planet?

Rocinante wrote:How the fuck is a guy named Rocky Lombardi not the biggest dicked stud football player on the planet?

His accuracy and vision are kind of shit. But yeah, cool name. If he got better over the off season, we could be on cloud nine. But who knows what his progress is. I have no inside information anymore, and it's kind of cool that way.

DWags wrote:

Rocinante wrote:How the fuck is a guy named Rocky Lombardi not the biggest dicked stud football player on the planet?

His accuracy and vision are kind of shit. But yeah, cool name. If he got better over the off season, we could be on cloud nine. But who knows what his progress is. I have no inside information anymore, and it's kind of cool that way.

Bob is doing a big write up about RL for next month's newsletter.

Turtleneck wrote:

DWags wrote:

His accuracy and vision are kind of shit. But yeah, cool name. If he got better over the off season, we could be on cloud nine. But who knows what his progress is. I have no inside information anymore, and it's kind of cool that way.

Bob is doing a big write up about RL for next month's newsletter.

Who would trust bob after he claimed that Damon Dowdell would lead us to the rose bowl?

If we don't win 14 games this year, I will ban the poster of Greenway's choosing for 14 years.

Spoiler. He chose Turtleneck.

Fine with me. I already have a new board in the works. It's going to be epic.

Turtleneck wrote:Fine with me. I already have a new board in the works. It's going to be epic.

Can I be a mod?

Berghorst is coming to EL to play school.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Berghorst is coming to EL to play school.

Just saw this. Hope he plays baseball too. Zeeland boys hit bombs