The Pirates failed to reach an agreement with their first round pick today. Mark Appel was considered a possibility to be taken first overall, but instead dropped to 8th when the Pirates drafted him. Here is what Neal Huntington said about the Pirates decision.
“Our final offer exceeded the available bonus pool money and was essentially up to the last dollar we could offer prior to falling into the second tier penalty which would have resulted in the loss of a first round draft selection," Huntington said. "While, as we have shown in past years, we are willing to be aggressive with our financial offer, we simply did not feel it was in the best interest of the organization to forfeit our first round selection in the 2013 amateur draft."
It is going to be very interesting to see what happens to Appel in the next draft. It's quite the risk on his part to turn down a deal even if it's for much less than he was hoping for. Pitching leads to many injuries. Appel could turn out to be the number 1 pick next year and double what he could have gotten for the Pirates. It's probably more likely that he'll slip a bit and be picked about where he was this year. That's if he stays healthy.
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forum post on the ov mobile site: http://obstructedview.net/forum.html?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=101#postid-1365
Hopefully all of the people who use a mobile phone to access this site will provide some input here. Thanks.
mb21Quote Reply
I think the White Sox failed to sign a few picks, too.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Orioles got Gausman to sign.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
i was curious as to whether they would opt to forfeit a pick next year, since their pick next year doesn’t look like it will be as high as it normally is, and some see appel as a #1 overall type.
GWQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Good thing they already have that farm system everybody’s raving about.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
So I assume given the lack of news on that front that the Cubs avoided forfeiting next year’s #1 pick?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
yeah, the underwood signing was already agreed to, but not reported until today, if that’s what you mean
GWQuote Reply
@ Rizzo the Rat:
Kenny Williams might not eb the worst GM in baseball, but it’s close.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
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mb21Quote Reply
Dierkes says the Brewers are going to offer Greinke a 5/100 extension
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
That’s surprising.
mb21Quote Reply
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/13/posnanski-and-paterno/
GWQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
apparently the phils are working up a big offer for hamels, as well.
GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
Is there a chance any of this is a consequence of/overreaction to the new CBA?
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
has to be. The entire point was to rob $ from draft picks and int’l and funnel it to the veterans. If they don’t get better contracts there will be hell to pay
dylanjQuote Reply
i think so, too.
GWQuote Reply
although I wouldn’t be surprised if greinke turns down that offer.
GWQuote Reply
I think we expected teams to sign more of their own players with the new CBA. We definitely expected more younger players in MLB to be locked up and not hit free agency like they did before, but this makes sense too. This is going to make the cost of the win skyrocket.
mb21Quote Reply
cost of the win on the free agent market, that is.
mb21Quote Reply
Soriano killed that ball.
mb21Quote Reply
@ mb21:
Yeah he did.
Also I use the mobile site and like it due to keeping the comments centered. I don’t like always having to log in so I just don’t. Don’t think that’s a site issue though . Droid X2
WaLi99Quote Reply
Quite the game from Soriano. Always good to see.
Mobile site looks good on my Droid. I’ve not used it to comment though.
cwolfQuote Reply
wow
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/13/mets-sign-left-hander-c-j-nitkowski/
coupled with the ben sheets comeback, it’s pretty obvious that teams are desperate for pitching
GWQuote Reply
@ cwolf:
2B, 2 HR, 4 rbi so far
WaLi99Quote Reply
@ WaLi99:
4-4 now for Sori
cwolfQuote Reply
Nice to see Sori getting some well-deserved appreciation from the home audience (small though it is).
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22987841&c_id=mlb
Someone paid attention in Buntfest. Although that might have broken unwritten rule 62.3(a) about bunting when up by more than three runs or some crap.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Missed the game. Stupid mlb.com keeps redirecting me to a blank Gameday page when I try to see highlights.
joshQuote Reply
Cliff Lee’s season-best winning streak is in serious danger of ending at 1.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
No Appel today….
….Boras keeps him away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoPWALM2riQ
GBTSQuote Reply
Also, I’ve seen enough, I’m convinced Rizzo is the next Fred McGriff.
GBTSQuote Reply
493 homers. Mark it down.
GBTSQuote Reply
I’m just saying I love Soriano.
DoogolasQuote Reply
@ josh:
Josh, The blank Gameday page is because you have an Ad-Blocker running. Turn the blocker off and reload the page and Gameday will load fine. That’s the quick fix until I can determine how to get around it.
pinetarQuote Reply
josh, RC, congrats to you and your wives on getting the modeling gig with JC Penney
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Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
They let me keep the hat, but I had to give back the belt. I count it as a win.
joshQuote Reply
@ pinetar:
Good call. I have it turned off for mlb.com on my home pc, but I’m using the wife’s laptop and forgot.
joshQuote Reply
The title and section headings of this post was something I recently enjoyed:
http://obstructedview.net/news-and-rumors/carlos-zambrano-kept-on-truckin.html
WaLiQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
I had a lot of fun writing that post.
mb21Quote Reply
delete.
mb21Quote Reply
Anyone familiar with forums? http://obstructedview.net/forum.html?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=103#postid-1393
mb21Quote Reply
Fantastic article on why Appel is an idiot for turning that money down: http://www.theinclineblog.com/2012/07/why-appel-is-dumb.html
mb21Quote Reply
The loss of bargaining power for a college senior is the biggest part. He’ll have none next year. At all.
mb21Quote Reply
I wonder if one of the unintended consequences of the CBA will be fewer prospects going to 4-year colleges in the future. A prospect who goes to junior college has leverage (can return to school) after the 1st year, 2nd year (could then transfer) and after the 3rd year. A college player has leverage after the 3rd year (sometimes the 2nd if you’re a sophomore eligible pick).
mb21Quote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/news-and-rumors/brewers-and-phillies-prepare-offers-to-keep-greinke-and-hamels.html
mb21Quote Reply