I'm surprised he doesn't remember Jerry Krause. He famously started off as a baseball scout before becoming the GM of the Chicago Bulls and leading them to 6 rings, with the help of MJ, Pippen and Phil Jackson of course. He was a decent basketball scout and was one of the key influences behind scouting and drafting Toni Kukoc. He then transitioned back to being a baseball scout after he was fired. Lol. Kyler Murray looked great in the Texas-Oklahoma game last week and I think he could go in the top 3 rounds of the NFL draft. They were discussing this in the latest UMP podcast on Fangraphs. I'm pretty sure he has a firm commitment to the A's, but I'd be really nervous every Saturday during college football season. the local media has been discussing this all week, but they capital-S SUCK, and have made little sense. But it's interesting to think about. He has a $5 million commitment from the A's. And if he takes that path he goes to A ball and is committed to riding buses for at least two years, making piss money. If he felt like he'd be drafted in the top 3 rounds, he'd get a signing bonus of about $900,000 and a four-year non-commited contract worth about $4 million (Mason Rudolph, 3rd round pick last year, got 920k and a 4-year $3.98 mil deal) baseball seems like the best bet. His odds of making a dent in the majors and getting a big contract are low, but so is the risk of injury and if he can hit at all, with his speed he'll linger for a long time. In the NFL, he also has a very very small chance of being a difference-maker because of his size. But he has the arm and can make the throws and he has athleticism that's elite even among the NFL elite. And even though injury risk is high in the NFL, they are doing all they can to legislate QB injuries out of the game. He basically has one hurdle to making big NFL money and playing at least semi-long term - his size. If he can overcome that, and no one in modern NFL history has played QB at his size, he's gonna make big money. There are many many more hurdles to him becoming a big baseball player.