Miguel Rojas had just graduated from high school in Venezuela when he approached his parents about his future.
Rojas made it clear that he wanted to play baseball. Scouts were showing interest. Rojas felt he could make it at the professional level. He just needed the opportunity to show what he could do.
The 16-year-old’s plea: Give me one year. Give me a chance to live out my dream and see if a contract comes out of it.
The plan easily could have backfired. In 12 months, if he didn’t have a contract, he very well might have given up the sport.