Odds & Ends: Boras, Cordero, NCAA Agents

Also, I doubt that Griffey was a shoe-in to get the Braves "back to thier glory days". He might have provided some pop, but not THAT much!

Hudson should have kicked O'Brien's you know what

someone asked what would White think about the loss of the 17 pick, this is who http://www.mymlbdraft.com/MLB-Mock-Draft-2009 feels the 17 pick would be, Ryan Wheeler. he hit 345(70/203) with 20 doubles, a triple, and 6 HR. he goes to Loyola Marymount, local. he doesnt sound that impressive. heres all his stats:

http://lmulions.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2007-2008/teamcume.html

in november, http://morisato.realsportsbloggers.com/2008/11/13/2009-mlb-draft-projections-version-10/, felt that he would be taken with the 19 pick and could turn into Casey Kotchman. if this still holds true, id take hudson.

Chipper has a good point though: why did KGJ initiate talks with Atlanta if he was concerned about his "legacy" in Seattle? It all played out in the media, DOB just jumped the gun a bit. Yeah, it's a wreeks of unprofessionalism, but does everyone really think DOB just made up everything about Griffey telling friends he wants to play for the Braves?

˙uʍop ǝpısdn ǝdʎʇ oʇ pǝuɹɐǝן ʇsnɾ, It aint all that fun. Its crap that a team has to try and avoid drafting good young talent, because some jerk wants to be greedy and get a few extra million and years for his aging client. And how much of a greedy, a$$hole do you have to be to ask that much for a player, in this market, after making out like a seedy creep of a bandit just a few months prior(Lowe, Tex, Varitek). Its only a matter of time before all the clubs decide to ignore him. But he will just bitch and whine about it until Bud Selig does something about it.

As for Boras, I have no problem with what he does. He is rather good at his job, and you have to love how he is totally committed to guys he works for, and doesn't care about public perception or how he comes off. That is a good agent. He plays the bad cop when he has to, and he only cares about his clients. I respect the guy.

Why would I kid about that? It's not like Johan ran away crying, but he threw a high hard one and Hudson made sort of an involuntary twitch and Santana sort of flinched. I doubt you will be able to find video of such an insubstantial event, but I have all Johans starts recorded and I just went back to watch it. For just a split second it looked like Hudson was going to make a move toward the mound, and Santana flinched.

Even the thought of Griffey letting a news reporter influence his decision to not play in Atlanta, is pretty ridiculous. If this is true, thank god the Red Sox & Yankees weren't in a bidding war over him. All the Boston & New York reports probably would have made him cry.

Milwaukee Native Montaous Walton could definitely get selected some where in the top ten rounds..or atleast in the top 15, he's a good Talent With Extraordinary Speed,Performing down in florida.