>Russell Wilson was drafted to play baseball…chose football
>Kyler Murray was drafted to play baseball..chose football
>Jamies Winston was drafted to baseball ..chose football
>Patrick Mahomes was drafted to play baseball…chose football
>
>Black kids are playing baseball in high school and
>college….but
>when it comes time to turn pro they go to another sport.
>
>
>Go look at all the black kids playing baseball in college in
>high school.
>
>So you’re way wrong on that.


Players in the US have to go through the draft system and the team has to commit to the them and their development for a certain amount of time whereas they can sign a Juan Soto at 16 with less financial commitment.

In some respects it works well for lower tier players but can work against elite ones. That's how you have a guy like Aaron Judge not reaching full free agency until age 30. Soto is under "team control" for a couple more years so he will get to the big money at 26.

Latin players make less on the front end but get to the big money quicker but after they have had time to develop and teams get to see what kind of player they are going to be before they make the big financial commitment.