they will pay 7 million.. they should offer 4 and tell him to take and or leave it and get a good pick in the next draft (and draft a college kid) who will have the same ETA as the dumb HS kid will.

I think Harrington will wait a bit. After a little bit of hesitation and against the concerns of his agent, Scott Boras, he’ll ultimately decide that it’s best to sign now and not run the risk of injury. He’ll rocket through the minors and eventually end up as the ace of the Colorado Rockies for years to come with his golden arm.

Wait, who are we talking about again?

I don’t think the Rockies are going to offer him “precedent-setting” money. I think they’ll offer him a lot of money although not nearly as much as he wants, and they’ll move a little closer to each other as the deadline nears, but I think the odds of a deal being reached are something like 35-40 percent based on Colorado’s past history. Unless something has happened this year where their scouts are agreed that Matzek is a truly special arm (and frankly, he’s a very nice pitching prospect but let’s not go overboard, nobody thought this kid was Porcello pre-draft) AND ownership is suddenly willing to make a financial investment on that level, that’s not happening.

At the same time, I’m skeptical that he goes to Oregon, at least right away. If he doesn’t sign, I think he’s headed to a community college to refine his stuff and re-enter the draft in 2010. If he plays for a four year college, barring injury I would assume that it will only happen in his third year out of HS. He probably risks too much injury-wise to commit to three years of pitching without a pro contract and signing bonus in the books. Perhaps he will just go to indy ball right out of HS, but that would take the leverage of going to a D1 school off the table and I see no reason why he should do that unless Boras believes that indy ball will give him a better chance to show his stuff.

So my answer is: none of the above. He does not sign with Colorado, but you will not see him play for Oregon next year, either.

Alex White goes 9 with 1 ER. I really have to question the Indians’ decision here.

He should Not sign- who wants to be a Rockies pitcher. Even in their minor league system he’ll get killed. That’s no way for a kid to build confidence.

Matzek will sign. As he stated in the Aflac pre-game interview. His family was financially wiped out when his dad was sick with cancer. That interview was just 9 months ago. The rest is just money garnering posturing. He will sign for whatever he is offered.

His post draft interview showed his immaturity. He is with Legacy not Boras and they did not coach him well in the interview catagory.

It might just be me, but it appeared that Matzek was high on “Grape Drank” during that MLB Network interview.

“Grape Drank” is a drug that has been popularized by the wannabe thug chode named Lil’ Wayne, which consists of cough syrup and alcohol.

He looked like he was plucked from the 1996 shooting of Casper.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090609&content_id=5229228&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

I really like this move. Why shouldn’t the Rockies make a run at him? If he is that talented and seems shaky about his commitment to college, then why didn’t someone else above them try? I’d offer him good money, but not near “precedent setting” and if he doesn’t take it, just take the extra pick next year. I’d give it a shot again next year with the protected pick. The compensatory pick for not signing a player was meant to be leverage for the teams—I’m just surprised that so many teams are still afraid to draft these difficult to sign players and play hardball with them.

49.94% yes
50.06% no

can’t get much closer….