The Athletics shocked everyone back in June when they used a top ten selection in the MLB draft to choose Kyler Murray, a great athlete but one who might not even be a baseball player. Oakland believed with such a large commitment and a large signing bonus, they’d be able to get him to choose baseball. As a show of good faith, though, they didn’t really push back when Murray indicated he did want to play one final year of football at the University of Oklahoma. That would backfire in a big way. Murray ended up winning the Heisman Trophy for best player in college football, and with every passing week the possibility of him passing on baseball to enter the NFL draft became more and more real.
MLB Roundup 2/12: Kyler Murray chooses football
