Mikeleelop

You would have to expect some discomfort when u first throw with a finger that has been immobilized wouldn't you?

Like the jays could have done this year?..... Unfortunately, I'm kidding

But they can get 5 seasons worth of prospects in one season Penalty ties their hands for next two seasons so they are well ahead Yankees can afford it. Their television deal makes them $100 million a season Remember their tv numbers are half what the bluejays get on Rogers. It would be nice to see the jays play like the owners of the NYY did

They are well over the threshold which gets the maximum penalty

Don't draft me ever again

True. We have to wait until July 18 to find out what is true

I like this draft a lot. I like that aa took the best players available more this year and did not get too fancy getting guys for underslot

King, my guess is that the jays had a deal for ZZ and he backed out. I don't have anything to substantiate this, but it makes sense. There is no need for aa to risk losing the slot $ on a nothing senior (he was listed as a sr in all the draft info). Remember aa was the first gm to use the "punt a pick" technique

but the other complicating factor is that the Rays do not want to pay Price what he will earn through arbitration - likely something north of $20mil can the Jays afford that next year??

murphy is an unranked high school pitcher. unlikely they give him that much $ I think they have a deal with todd isaacs, a fast HS OF from Barbados via Florida. I hope that money could get them Houck and Isaacs. But Brentz and Tellez cost them $700k and $850K last year...... A little over two weeks to go to find out (july 18)

i believe the Jays have about $535K above slot to offer to their post round 10 picks (which would mean they could offer one player $634,705) that is made up of the pool value ($9,458,500) less the unsigned pick (#7 192,400) times 5% equals $463,305 plus the below slot saving on other players in top 10 $71,400. Total $534,705 that may be able to get them one or two above $100k guys

when will someone meet with Bluejay managment and show them this "conventional baseball" ideology is wrong??? Sac bunts don't work out, produce fewer runs than hitting away. There are studies Way to go EE!

if ZZ remains unsigned, he re enters draft next season and hopefully does not get picked. Appears that he reneged on deal with the BlueJays to play an extra year in NCAA

Interesting to see if the Yankees totally blow their load tomorrow as predicted Would like to see jays snage 2 top 30 guys

Jonathan Mayo ‏@JonathanMayoB3 ·46 mins @Landobeauty @jimcallisMLB @Mikeleelop @BlueJays @MLBDraft oops, error on my part. Will fix this morning I know that there is a better way to show a tweet, but i forget how. Anyway Mayo has said he will update his website [482509193304637440]

Not really

Approach at plate is questionable. D is very average. First out of game is a good play that 75% of 2b make

The way Kawasaki is hitting I'd rather see goins up here for his D Kawasaki is ave D

Agree callis is the best. I like Law a bit more than you though. I'd say callis>Goldstein=parks=Law>>Mayo

Mr callis agrees that it is two years per the cba

I believe that is the answer, but I can't find the section of the cba

Keith Law quite emphatically said it was changed in the last cba to two years protection. So there is a conflict between Mayo and Law

History with 2 of the last 3 years plus no playoff appearance for over twenty years I guess??

unless you pitch for the Yankees and half those pitches are still called strikes......

fromMLB pipeline - Johnathon Mayo Did the Blue Jays mess up again with their first-round picks? Will they be stuck not being able to sign Jeff Hoffman and Max Pentecost? I am not sure what happens with them when they draft in the first round, but they seem to misjudge whether they will sign with them or not. If they do not sign these two picks again, will they get the 10th and 12th overall picks next year as well as their own? -- Bob, Calgary, Alberta OK, Blue Jays fans, please step away from any ledges. It's only June 26 and the signing deadline is July 18. There's time. Yes, I know Toronto has missed on a couple of first-rounders over the past few years, but I don't think that means there is trouble brewing with this year's two picks. In the end, I think both guys get signed. I'm a bit surprised Pentecost hasn't signed yet, but that will get done soon, I'm willing to wager. Hoffman was always going to be the tricky one, but there's no reason to rush. The Tommy John surgery recipient isn't going to pitch this year anyway. Financially, the Blue Jays had just under $9.5 million to spend, the fourth highest pool among the 30 teams. They have signed all of their top 10 round picks outside of those first two and seventh-rounder Zack Zehner. Zehner is a fourth-year junior who has decided to return to Cal Poly for his senior year, so the Blue Jays can't use any of that pick's value of $192,400. So far, they've saved $71,400 in pool money after going $400,000 over to sign fifth-rounder Lane Thomas. The pick values added together for Hoffman and Pentecost are just over $5.9 million. So figure they have about $6 million and change to spend on the two picks, a bit more if they are willing to go over and pay a fine, but not forfeit a pick (up to five percent over). Hoffman was considered a top of the first round talent before injury, but it's hard to envision him not signing and taking a chance next year. So be patient. They'll get this one right. If they don't, so you know, the No. 11 pick is not protected, since that was compensation for not signing Phil Bickford a year ago.