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River Ave. Blues ยป BA’s Draft Dope

BA’s Draft Dope

October 23, 2008 by Mike 89 Comments

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World Series Game 2: Phils @ Rays

Baseball America has started digging through the aftermath of the 2008 Draft, and handed out some hardware. Unfortunately this article is subsciber only, but I’ll tell you this much: Pat Venditte has one of the best pro debuts of any college player, Jeremy Bleich had one of the draft’s best secondary pitches, and Garrison Lassiter was one of the best late round picks. Sadly both Gerrit Cole & Scott Bittle were two of the best players who got away, but that should come as no surprise. All-in-all, the Yanks spent just over $5M on the draft this year, down nearly $3M from last year. Had Cole and/or Bittle signed, they would have spent north of $8M this year.

An old Aussie checks in
World Series Game 2: Phils @ Rays

Filed Under: Asides, Draft Tagged With: 2008 Draft

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