The MLB draft took place last month. It's an interesting event to see players who one day will be the future of the game get assigned to different teams. The trek from high school/junior college/college player to the Majors is a long one, and not many players are successful in achieving the final goal. The competition is intense, and the higher you get in the minors the more difficult it gets. This draft was interesting-one of the most talented pitchers in college baseball, Luke Heimlich from Oregon State, was not drafted.
He plead guilty to sexual assault on a child when he was still a minor. The child he assaulted was apparently a family member. His crime was disgusting beyond words. Oregon State claimed not to know about it, but that's garbage. The college coaches do deep background on players, and even though his conviction was probably sealed because he was also a minor at the time of the offense, I find it difficult to believe that the Oregon State pitchers didn't know about it. After all, a newspaper reporter found out about it, so it apparently was easy to uncover.
The Kansas City Royals are looking into signing the kid, and GM of the team has said that "everyone is guilty of something" and "we all deserve a second chance". True, we are all fallen humans and yes, we all deserve a second chance, but few of us are guilty of such a grave sin as this. I have zero sympathy for Heimlich-none at all. He lost his chance to be an MLB player, and the Royals would be delusional to sign him.
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