Just read a quote from him, claims he didn’t demand an exorbinant amount of $, expected to go go much earlier, doesn’t know what’s going on, then also said that since he was not asking for a lot, that if teams didn’t meet it he’s serious about going to college.

translation: He asked for too much and convinced teams he’s serious about it- so no one is gonna take a flier on him until they reach a pick they are willing to lose if he doesn’t sign…

well the problem is that what he thinks is “reasonable”

I suspect that most teams do not think “top 20” money is reasonable.

Ever notice that every year more than 10 prospective draftees THINK they are top 10 material- it’s not possible of course- some of those who think they are top 10 material- well that belief won’t be shared by those who draft them.

I think there is a good chance that the team that drafts Stassi won’t be the team (if any) willing to meet his price, but rather it will be merely a team that’s willing to lose the pick if they can’t talk Stassi down.

My guess- unless the Sox draft him with their next pick- he doesn’t sign period, no matter what round he’s eventually drafted in.

awesome

My Chest just said Ka-Pow! Bailey to the Rays.

Hopefully they can sign Von Rosenberg. Now if only they still had Van Benschoten :)

Wow… Bailey in the 4th AND Malm in the 5th?? That’s outrageous if they can sign both. Don’t know anything about their 6th rounder, juco righty Devin Fuller, or 7th rounder, juco CF Cody Rogers.

I think there was a little concern in taking Sanchez so early considering their history, but they are showing they had a plan with that pick. If they can sign most of these HS arms they will have the makings of a pretty good draft.

Looks to be abysmal so far, but nice value in the 9th with Rice righty Ryan Berry.

great pick

…drafted by the Blue Jays in the 18th round.

If you remember Webb he was a top HS pitcher in last year’s draft (top 50 overall prospect) who had a strong commitment to Kentucky which dropped him to the 12th round….he didn’t end up signing and then failed to qualify at Kentucky and was forced into going to JUCO. He had a pretty shitty year in JUCO but the talent is still there, should be interesting to see if the Jays can get him signed but I’d assume he’s going to be a tough sign.

I’m okay with the draft so far. I didn’t like the Jackson pick, didn’t hate it. It was okay. LeMahieu I sorta expected, but lukewarm on that unless more pop starts showing. The Kirk pick I liked. People can say overdraft, but lefty power arms have value. I liked a lot of the day 2 gambles, ranging from Raley to Erickson and so forth. What I especially liked were some gambles on upside. This draft wouldn’t work for every system, but for a Cubs organization that is in a win now mode and has a bunch of decent guys, but few high level chips, I don’t mind the upside gambles, particularly with some positional assets as the Cubs pitching from AA down to XST looks better than most probably realize (not at the 2003 levels, but it’s closer than been acknowledged). With the shape of the organization, I’d rather “miss” big than go with, say, a decent, but safer guy.

A bit disappointed that we didn’t pick up more power bats that feel better, but after the early rounds, the quality of the power bats drops.

My team’s got more Nigerian royalty than yours does.