Comments on: 2009 Draft: Oh yeah, the Yanks had a ‘budget’

By: viridiana

viridiana — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:32:09 +0000

“Don’t worry, Selig will do what’s best for the Red Sox. He always has.”

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, figures Bud. He is truly obsessed with the Yankees. And that’s not a casual observation.

By: younguns

younguns — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:28:54 +0000

You hit the nail right square on the head, Januz… the Mets are pathetic.

But, anyhow, what would would expect from an organization which blindly conforms to the recommended draft bonus slotting system while playing in the biggest market in baseball?

By: younguns

younguns — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:09:50 +0000

Heh…

The Mess spent only $1,864,300 on their top 10 picks, with 3 out of the top 10 failing to be signed.

And Mutts fans wanna know why My Entire Team Sucks!?!?

Way to go, Omar & Tony Bernazard!!!

By: younguns

younguns — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:59:57 +0000

No, you can avoid the posting procedure in Japan by playing in their independent industrial league, which is similar to the U.S. independent league which Aaron Crow spent the last year pitching in.

Junichi Tazawa of the Red Sox is an example of this. The Sox signed him to their minor league system without having to post anything, & Tazawa’s only 22 years old.

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:45:41 +0000

mmm…i’m bad at both the supreme court and hispanics…i thought only dominicans were lazy? my puerto rican friend works like a madman and always wants to fight–sss or what?

anyway, on a serious note, i’m having a hard time seeing how any changes that are made will be for the betterment of the Ynaks. Natinals, maybe, but not the Ynaks.

even worse, if anything actually has to go all the way to the SC would be bad for baseball…i see lots of ‘bastard rich owners’ and ‘money-grubbing whores who play a game for a living’ epithets being bandied about, and thats just not good for our game…

By: Januz

Januz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:18:43 +0000

There is no question that it was Aplin, Bruno and Stiles in that order. I am not upset that they did not sign Lyons and Meade (They obviously preferred Mitchell to both of them). I still do not know if they could have signed any of the three if they had more money available. Or did the cost of Heathcott and Murphy prevent that? My gut feeling was Bruno was unsignable.

By: Stryker

Stryker — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:16:28 +0000

he’s got a big time arm but suffers from control/command problems.

By: JMK

JMK — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:05:12 +0000

Definitely. Totally forgot about Thompson. I don’t know too much about Breuning, though.

By: Stryker

Stryker — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:52:29 +0000

you can add thompson to the list, as well. perhaps brett breuning as well.

By: The Fallen Phoenix

The Fallen Phoenix — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:42:30 +0000

See, I’m not so sure about that. No draft wouldn’t eliminate the need for scouting; indeed, it might even emphasize scouting and analyzing player performance even more than it is now, since there would be open competition for the services of all players at every level.

It’d also level off veteran salaries, too, I’d bet.