Comments on: 7/23/07 Daily Prospect Report http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: azruavatar http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4278 azruavatar Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:41:56 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4278 color me skeptical. perhaps it was that simple but I doubt it. (even if that was the case, I'd still have been interested in the conversations. just one day tailing jocketty, that's all i ask) color me skeptical. perhaps it was that simple but I doubt it.

(even if that was the case, I’d still have been interested in the conversations. just one day tailing jocketty, that’s all i ask)

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4276 fewgoodcards Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:35:12 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4276 azru, it doesn't sound like there were many negotiations going on. from the newspaper reports the cardinals made an initial offer that was declined and then didn't talk to his agents again until last week. my guess is they originially offered him a couple hundred thousand under slot and he said no. they then came back and said alright we'll give you slot if you sign now and he took it. azru, it doesn’t sound like there were many negotiations going on. from the newspaper reports the cardinals made an initial offer that was declined and then didn’t talk to his agents again until last week. my guess is they originially offered him a couple hundred thousand under slot and he said no. they then came back and said alright we’ll give you slot if you sign now and he took it.

]]> By: azruavatar http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4271 azruavatar Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:43:23 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4271 I would have loved to be privy to those negotiations. I would have loved to be privy to those negotiations.

]]> By: fewgoodcards http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4270 fewgoodcards Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:37:07 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4270 baseball america has pete kozma's signing bonus up, he signed for $1.395 million which should be exactly slot. baseball america has pete kozma’s signing bonus up, he signed for $1.395 million which should be exactly slot.

]]> By: cariocacardinal http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4263 cariocacardinal Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:43:01 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4263 If Springfield is any indication, Perez is going to ba an Izzy type of closer with lots of baserunners to make us nervous before he finally closes the deal. I'm surprised Morales is still with the GCL team as he is almost our oldest player there and he's been pretty good all year. If Springfield is any indication, Perez is going to ba an Izzy type of closer with lots of baserunners to make us nervous before he finally closes the deal.

I’m surprised Morales is still with the GCL team as he is almost our oldest player there and he’s been pretty good all year.

]]> By: Birdland KU STL http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4259 Birdland KU STL Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:11:26 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4259 The problem with that is consistency. The problem with that is consistency.

]]> By: MikeJ http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4258 MikeJ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:46:58 +0000 http://futureredbirds.com/2007/07/23/72307-daily-prospect-report/#comment-4258 I don't mind drafting a closer high and trying to fast-track him, because I think spending $10 million a season on a closer is a much worse move. Let's say Perez makes the bigs mid-next year as a middle reliever, replaces Izzy in '09, is a league-average closer and then for some reason loses effectiveness after his 3rd full season. You've still saved $25-30 million in payroll vs. paying the going rate on the free agent market for a closer, that's a pretty good draft choice in my book. I don’t mind drafting a closer high and trying to fast-track him, because I think spending $10 million a season on a closer is a much worse move. Let’s say Perez makes the bigs mid-next year as a middle reliever, replaces Izzy in ‘09, is a league-average closer and then for some reason loses effectiveness after his 3rd full season. You’ve still saved $25-30 million in payroll vs. paying the going rate on the free agent market for a closer, that’s a pretty good draft choice in my book.

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