Not I . What do you get for camping out at Best Buys for Black Friday ? You get trampled , that ' s what you get . <| sep |> Hilarious . And probs to you , you Asparagus enabler . <| sep |> For MLB it ' s very different but there is still a draft . An international player is not subject to the draft system . A Japanese or Cuban player , for example , can sign with the highest bidder . An American kid can not , and has to go through the draft . However , that doesn ' t mean they ' re powerless . Typically the kids that are entering the first year player draft would not be able to even contribute to a big league roster for several years , they still need to develop before they ' re good enough , occasionally a guy comes along that makes a major league roster in his first year , but that ' s extremely rare . So , these kids , knowing they still have to develop , have a choice . They can refuse to sign their contract with the major league club that has selected them if they wish . They could do this for a couple reasons , they don ' t like the team that has picked them , the team isn ' t offering them enough bonus cash , or they ' d just prefer to attend college . They can try their luck the next year . This is all very risky for the player though . They could have a career ending injury or they could regress as a player and watch their value go down . If either of those things happens before they get their payday then they bare the loss . I know you didn ' t ask , but I just had these somewhat useless details floating around in my head and it felt good to type them out . Plus I miss baseball so I wanted to talk about it .