There are a number of issues with pre-draft physicals. Let me list them as they come to me and maybe the great minds here can think a way around them.

1) With 32 teams in the NFL and 7 rounds you can concievably invite 200 players to the combine and cover the vast majority of players drafted. 200 players in the MLB draft would amount to not even seven rounds of a 30+ round draft.

2) The players invited to the NFL combine have declared for the draft, so there is no going back. I can imagine there being some legal problems with high school kids going to a combine and getting medically tested. What happens if they turn something up? Would a UCLA have grounds to renig on their scholarship? Would participating in such a combine have an affect on their amateur status?

3) Moreover, if a kid happens to be under 18, can they even legally consent to such a process?

I could see an inherent compromise where college players would be the only ones invited to a combine. Naturally, that wouldn't solve the problem in the past draft, but it would have a couple of positive benefits. Teams would know more about the college kids and would be more likely to take them. In that world, high school kids would be more than likely to go to college meaning that the college game would become more competitive.

In terms of the Astros this past season, I suppose it depends on what your draft philosophy is when you pick number one overall. Do you go with the safe pick (Rodon) or do you go with someone that some called "the next Kershaw"? If you believe in going big or going home you go with Aiken. From there, the steps are easily followed. I think the club played the negotiations wrong, but I can understand why they did what they did. It was a clusterfart all the way around.

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