{"id":27354,"date":"2021-04-01T07:36:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=27354"},"modified":"2024-02-12T04:37:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:37:48","slug":"odds-of-making-it-to-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/odds-of-making-it-to-mlb\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odds Of Making It To MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2021 Major League Baseball<\/a> (MLB) season is about to get underway with Opening Day today, on April 1, as 30 teams ready themselves to take to the field for another 162 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other key\ndates in the calendar to keep an eye out for include the MLB Draft between July\n11-13, the All-Star Day on July 13 and the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on\n25 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the best\nnews? Fans will be back at ballparks, too, adding to the atmosphere. Cardboard\ncutouts be gone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things will\nstill be a little bit different, as is to be expected, with tickets sold in\nsocially distanced pods and face coverings required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crowd sizes\nwill vary depending on state but commonly range from around 12 to 50 percent,\nwith between 20 to 30 percent capacity for most teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a new\nseason starts it\u2019s always tempting to think about what could have been – could\nyou have made it to the MLB? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what are\nthe actual odds of anyone making it as a pro baseball player? Let\u2019s find out\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home Run? The Odds Of You Making It<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Image: Twitter\/MLBPipeline<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We found some\nsources with great stats on a would-be player\u2019s chances and how they fluctuate\nalong the development path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A high school senior boy<\/strong> has apparently\ngot a shot of less than three in 50 – which roughly equates to a 5.6 percent\nchance<\/strong> – of playing men\u2019s baseball at an NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic\nAssociation) team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the odds\naren\u2019t great at that age, which makes sense – there\u2019s a lot of variables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But things improve for the guys if they can get to that stage, as just less than 11 in 100<\/strong> – 10.5 percent<\/strong> – of those NCAA senior male baseball players will then get drafted by an MLB team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But overall,\nthat means that around just one in 200<\/strong>, or approximately 0.5 percent of\nhigh school senior boys that play baseball will one day be drafted by an MLB\nteam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering the popularity of the sport – and how many kids grow up wanting to be a pitcher, a shortstop or first baseman one day – those odds of +20000 (200\/1)<\/strong> are actually pretty tempting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going from draft pick to playing in the major leagues then gets harder, though, as Bleacher Report reckons just 66 percent<\/strong><\/a> of those first-round picks play in the major leagues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These odds plummet further with each round, all they way down to 7 percent or lower<\/strong> for any player who gets drafted after the 21st round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drafted in the 40th round? It might be time to forget about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Clear Cut Answer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not easy\nto get into the major leagues – not even if you grow up in a baseball-mad city\nlike Chicago, which is apparently home to the most players, closely followed by\nPhilly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a\nlot of different numbers and odds doing the rounds out there so it\u2019s hard to\npinpoint a person\u2019s average chances, as this can differ along the journey too –\nfrom high school, to college and pro roster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closer and\nhigher up the chain you get, the more likely it is you\u2019ll be stepping up to the\nplate for an MLB team, which seems obvious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You just have to make that first step\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lead image: mlb.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on baseball, check out our guide on baseball innings<\/a>, or discover the richest baseball players<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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