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I heard Bickford is saying that he deserves $800K overslot, just like Giolito got. I'm guessing they will have somewhere close to that left over and offer Brentz $900K if they don't sign Bickford. Jays can probably counter with a Max Fried comp (who got $3M and had a similar commitment UCLA for Fried, Cal State Fullerton for Bickford) and even argue that Fried gets a lefty bonus and try and get Bickford to sign slot.

All franchises need more Hurley's. No relation but he's a big boy.

He ran out of steak one night and started eating his bats.

Hey Smartypants...a player cannot be recalled until they are down for 10 days unless a player is put on to the DL. It's not rocket science. Do you have a brain? If so try using it instead of polluting this board with your rampant stupidity.

IBB's are included in BB so remove that. Then include HBP and Reached by Defensive Interference and you have your PA's.

I didn't see a BTS response to this, so I'll take up his case here. He did not at all say that, he was very vocal that on paper the team looked okay but a lot could go wrong. I do believe that he predicted the Jays to finish 2nd in the division.

He's fine...but I just think that guys like him that have some wheels and can hit lefties are a dime a dozen and there are plenty that can play better D (Barnes, Gentry, Pollock, Denorfia, E. Young, Maxwell). If you can get anything for Rajai, move him at the deadline. If not, look at getting a league min version of him

I've missed you! I know you haven't gone anywhere but we don't get enough of this NJH.

I've never been happier to see a player thrown out. I would have thrown him out on pitch 1. Shut your f***ing mouth Bats

shut your f***ing mouth Bautista

lies!

No sense having them...they will continue to sign the DeRosa's Izturis' of the world. Lopes and Pillar are nice bench pieces some day (for another team of course) does that count?

No I just saw them there last year.

Nope the Renaissance is always full of the visiting teams fans. You never want to stay in a hotel filled with your travelling fans.

I know the Red Sox stay at the Sheraton.

No way were that much under $6.5 M with this group though.

Sorry the Angels have all pitchers too.

Only other team to take all pitchers so far...the Detroit Tigers (albeit 6 college ones after Crawford in the 1st). Funny how much I've compared the two front offices of late.

Remember how many people wanted Trey Williams last year.

48th ranked out of California by PG 48. CONNER GREENE, rhp, Santa Monica HS While he can run his fastball up into the low-90s right now, the interest in Greene is more based on his long term projection rather than his present stuff. He has a quick, clean arm action and a lanky frame with room to fill, and he creates a good downhill plane to his pitches. His curveball has good 12-to-6 shape and above average present spin rate in the mid-70s, though he lacks the present feel to avoid making occasional mistakes with hanging it over the plate. He's also working on a splitter as a change of pace pitch, though that too is still a work in progress. He's the kind of projection arm who could take off under the tutelage of the right player development system. Southern Nevada commit.

It's amazing how much better Mayo is getting. Yesterday he sounded brilliant as he was surrounded by idiots, today he's smart enough to back off on most convos.

PG report...they had him ranked 124 (ahead of Hollon) 124. MATT BOYD, lhp, Oregon State (Sr.) After a solid but unspectacular three year career out of the Beavers bullpen, Boyd was a 13th round pick last year. He ultimately decided to pass on starting his pro career, and it's a gamble that appears likely to pay off. Boyd began his transition from the bullpen to the starting rotation in the Cape Cod League last summer and after being an All-Star in that role with Orleans last year he has carried that momentum over into the spring. So far this spring he's nearly struck out a batter per inning (82 strikeouts through 86 1/3 innings) and has been stingy on issuing free passes (just 19 walks). While he doesn't have the overpowering stuff to be a frontline starter longterm, his improved performance out of the starting role and advanced pitchability make a mid-to-late rotation starter seem like a realistic possibility. As a result he could jump as high as ten rounds higher than where he was picked a year ago as a junior.

Boyd spent his first three years at Oregon State as a reliever, but is starting for the first time as a senior after not signing with the Cincinnati Reds, who took him in the 2012 Draft. As a starter, he's shown the ability to mix four pitches well, all of which could be Major League average as he develops them. Big, strong and durable, he throws his fastball, curve, slider and changeup around the plate consistently and varies his arm slot to give hitters different looks. A team that takes Boyd can give him the chance to remain as a starter, knowing that he had success as a lower-angle lefty reliever in the past. Good pick. A discount guy that actually has talent.

Perfect Game DANIEL LIETZ, lhp, Heartland CC (Fr.) With his 5-4, 2.47 record, Lietz has been the least-effective of the four starters that played pivotal roles in leading a 48-9 Heartland team to a berth in this year’s National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series. His record, in particular, pales compared to that of right-hander John Lieske (7-2, 1.30, 62 IP, 16 BB/93 SO), another newcomer who arrived at Heartland in January with considerably more fanfare than the lightly-recruited Lietz, after transferring from Illinois State. But Lietz, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound freshman left-hander, has generated more interest from scouts this spring than any junior-college player in Illinois—and any pitcher ever at Heartland, a perennial junior-college power in recent years. After being clocked mostly from 85-88 mph last fall, and topping at 89 on Scout Day, Lietz’ velocity has been a steady 88-92, and as high as 93—with the velocity increase mostly a factor of getting bigger and stronger in the weight room in the off-season. Lietz pitches primarily to contact with his fastball, but has also displayed excellent command of four pitches, while walking just nine in 66 innings and striking out 59. His slider is his most projectable secondary pitch, his change his most effective. He has a clean arm action, but creates deception with a little funkiness in his delivery.

Tony Kemp goes...he was friends with someone on the other board. did that guy come over here? I love Vandy guys.