If this is how the new draft is going to work, then count us all in. Less than 72 hours after being selected by Houston with the first-overall pick in the 2012 MLB Draft, shortstop Carlos Correa signed a contract with a $4.8 million signing bonus. As noted by FoxSports, Correa’s bonus is the lowest for…
Rounds 2-15 were completed today, with considerably less intrigue and head-scratching than yesterday’s cluster-bomb of a first-round. Several big-name players went in the second-round, a few in the third and from there the talent with name recognition trickled down. Let’s take a look at some of the winners from day two of the draft, starting…
1) Houston- Carlos Correa (A) Correa represents the perfect mixture of need and best player available. 2) Minnesota- Byron Buxton (A+) If you would have told the Twins that they would have no problem getting the top overall player with the second pick, they would have told you you were crazy. But they’ll take it.…
Coming into the season Lucas Giolito was the top overall prospect. He bolstered that case in his first start, hitting 100 mph on the radar gun…in February. Not even Dylan Bundy could claim that. In his second start, Giolito injured his elbow and missed the remainder of the 2012 season, costing him millions of dollars.…
Appel is officially off the board, with the Pirates once again taking the plunge. They spent big on Josh Bell last year in the second-round and have shown a willingness to do whatever it takes to make their big-league squad competitive. In other news, the Padres preceded the Pirates pick by taking left-hander Max Fried…
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