OK...I would appreciate any help out there. Our home visit with the scout from the MLB Scouting Bureau is tomorrow night. He said he'll be doing an eye test and be available to answer any questions. His main goal is discuss our son's signability.
Any of you parents or players who went through this crazy ride...do you have any advice or questions you wish you would have asked?
We know to be honest with him regarding the money/round. So that's not where I'm headed with this question. We know where we stand on that. If you've been through this, please share any insight from the visit. Is there anything you thought of after the visit (or after draft day) that you wish you would have asked?
Thanks!

Ideally, a player wants to be drafted based on talent. Based on the little I know from folks who's kids were or were not drafted, mixed signals, hesitation or indications that the player or his family is hesitant to commit to the first priority being playing baseball for a living, tends to weaken the commitment of teams from drafting the player based on talent. Signability is an dominant factor is draft position, so I'm told.

Our visit went well last night and lasted much longer than expected. The MLB Scouting Bureau scout arrived after our game (around 9pm) and finally left about 12:45am! I didn't even feed the guy, so it wasn't my cooking that kept him talking, and talking, and talking! He and my son really hit it off. I take the lenth of visit as a good sign since the immediate line of questioning revolved around money/rounds. We were completely honest and apparantly didn't scare him off...or make him laugh!

I guess the most interesting conversation was about choosing college vs. choosing the pros. We've been surrounded by a college prep atmosphere our entire lives. His reasons for thinking in another direction were very helpful. There was a lot of talk about dreams, opportunities and passion for the game.

Now we just wait and see what happens! No matter what, this has been quite an experience which my son will never forget.

Good luck to your son. Exciting times for the family. I guess your anxiously awaiting June 6th!!

KCBaseball-
I wish the best to your son, and the entire family as well.
Please keep us posted on any progress/updates.

GOOD LUCK!