So you think your kid is going to become a professional baseball player, huh?
I see you on Facebook bragging about your kid playing travel ball at 9 and spending his weekends hours from home grinding while you’re blowing thousands of dollars in travel expenses. I know what you’re thinking: This will pay off when my son gets a college scholarship, then drafted into pro baseball where little Caleb will make huge money.
Meatheads, we need to have a little chat here. We need to pump the brakes.
Uncle BC is going to help you help yourself a little bit. I slid into the DMs this morning to chat with a baseball agent friend of mine, who also played multiple years in the minors and in Asia, to ask him about the money being made at the Triple-A level, which is still a pipe dream for little Caleb.
So even if your little Caleb pulls off a miracle and makes it to Triple-A right now
$11,500 for a summer of work
Let’s say he somehow sticks around into his 30s and becomes a lifer like the agent mentions, which there are very few…little Caleb is looking at
$50k-$100k and paying rent in the MiLB city, plus the offseason pad
And now for the sobering truth from the NCAA…only 10% of college baseball players are getting drafted & very few of them are ever playing Triple-A baseball:
I haven’t scared you into thinking twice about blowing the family life savings so Caleb can play travel baseball all over the U.S.? Let’s do some more stats from ScholarshipStats.com…even if Caleb gets the scholarship, it’s most likely not going to be a full ride.
Conclusion: Blow your money as you’d like. Just thought I’d help give you some stats on this dream you’re living through your son.
