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might be a cost savings

Prestige and in this case he probably doesn't mind the potential of playing close to home/family

yeah it goes to strategy, do you take the best guy you possibly can knowing it will cost you more and might hurt who you can take later or do you take a guy down a spot or two on the overall ranking hoping to get prospect 21 instead of 27 later. Usually depends on the players available and what your system needs.

Cause its still a crap ton of money and a less risk than passing it and going to college where preforming worse or getting hurt would see him tumble when he enters the draft and receive significantly less money and opportunity than being a high round 1 pick. The slots are just recommended amounts and go to a total pool your team has to sign draft picks. So you might spend less on your round 1 guy so in round two you can get a player who has higher financial demands and teams passed on him at the end of the first. He's a better talent but priced himself out of some team's range. You'll see teams do that. Spend less on top pick than slot and use the saving later in the draft. We did to land Colt Keith for example. Other times you'll see teams go over slot and spend more to get a player then in a later round draft a way less prospect that is often a college senior and offer them pennies to save money.

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Can;t play college if you sign. If he signs they might send him to rookie ball in Lakeland for the rest of the year then likely west michigan to start next year. If he doesn't sign he can go to school, isn't draft eligible until 2026 and we get pick 4 next year.

That's not true. Not true at all.

What's not to understand?: It's not like Clark was rated 208th. He was in the top five of nearly everybody's board and has crazy high upside. Not to mention is a pretty good ballplayer projected to stay in center. Sure Lankford seem like the more obvious pick but Clark has the ceiling of a Betts while Lankford is probably Andrew McCutheon.

That;s a long played out misnomer

I'd stay out the prediction business for a bit

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Almost no supplemental pick nowadays is worth anything. No reason to give up any pick for either of these guys. There are a million of em available as udfa or on the cut wire.

All three?! How the hell do we pull that off??!

Didn't he just spend like $200 million an offseason ago?

Colts Minor stats: OPS of .907 in 792 Plate Appearance Torks: OPS of .889 in 685 Plate appearances. So pretty comparable and tork's sample is smaller than 'keith's current small sampe size"

A) the service time issue is long solved. B) you actually can gain a draft pick now by leaving him in the minor leagues currently and not calling him up for a full season until next year

They moved it to increase ratings and not have it against games.

He wasn't even a 1 WAR player last year. I disagree there was nobody possibily out there either via free agency, trade or our sytem who could possibily put up a .5 WAR -- especially when you consider the cost. Even if you thought candy came back to a 1.5 player. Is 1.5 WAR at the cost worth it than less say not signing Lorezeno or not doing XYZ.

Cause there really isn't a plausable way (only way to think of is to play poorly because your playing yourself in fantasy and have a huge bet you'd loss to your friend on a given week...and even that's not guarenteed) to have an impact in fantasy same way as through gambling straight up

Remember Challenge Tork? How is that working out?

TV asks for it.

Dave hired Brad and Mike was still alive then.

and? To compare Trout had nearly double that

I think they are mostly appealed because they are arbitrary. Like in baseball the suspension for beaning a guy is arbitrary, it is 3 games is it 5? Plus it allows the player to play. In this case the rule was written clearly and Williams violated the policy, he said he isn't appealing, my guess is because the union knows it won't go anywhere. Pick your battles kind of thing.

Big difference though. Texas has no income tax. Not saying that was in the only reasons, but it is a benefit to just take the money there vs take the money in Detroit.