He'd have to be basically immobile. They've have to be convinced he had zero chance to make the majors. No, they just may have been convinced they could do better next year. A player doesn't have to be borderline crippled before you choose to take a different path. Remember the adage from MONEYBALL, it's easier to recover from the player you fail to sign than it is to recover from the one you sign at the wrong price. "And where did they discover this information in a scant few weeks?" Ummm, during a physical exam. "That just means they failed doing their research the first time." No, if means they had the exclusive ability to check him out medically, something that was denied to them prior to draft day.