 He remained in the Mariners' organization, however, as a scout for the 2014 season.After attending a memorial service for his high school baseball coach in 2015, he said he was not sure how he would be involved with baseball again.John Stearns was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft at 17 years old, but he chose to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder instead.