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ISeeYaRodAllen
castellanos is the first tigers position player to be excited about since cameron maybin. it is scary how thin the tigers are for position prospects. outside of daniel fields, it is really bare.
jwredsox
So the Tigers have drafted Evan Longoria, Huston Street, and Cliff Lee type pitcher in one draft? Optimism is good I guess.
YODA777
Just like all the crap prospects the Red Sox try to peddle to other teams for elite players lol.
bigpat
When they say it’s not about the money, usually it’s about the money.
Pat_M
The Tigers have drafter really well lately and I think a ton of that is money. They also really shy away from position prospects early on. Perhaps they think there is less disparity between hitting prospects and pitchers, but it sure is odd to see a team draft pitchers year after year. Again, had Castellanos been willing to sign for much closer to slot, he prolly would have gone in the top 25-30 picks.
LiveFastCyYoung
It’s the old rule of thumb. It’s a lot harder to get arms than it is to get bats. And when you need bats, if you’ve stock piled up on arms, you can always get your bat. Case in point: They obtained the best hitter in baseball for two first round draft picks(Miller and Maybin).
Right now the Tigers have three pitchers basically entrenched in the rotation for years to come in Verlander, Scherzer and Porcello. Add to Andrew Oliver being closer to joining the team than most prospects, he’d make a solid #4 starter. Smyly shouldn’t be terribly far off and he’d just have to be a #4 or #5 pitcher at best. With Turner further off, Tigers fans have a lot to be excited about with their rotation in the next couple years.
Pat_M
Definitely, I love the way teams like the Tigers and Orioles are shaping up to have great home-grown rotations for the future. I would just like to see them take a couple more chances on position players that have a chance to be very good. Its landing impact position players (McCutchen, Heyward, Braun, Tulowitzki) that can really take a team to the next level. They also carry much less risk than pitching prospects.
Ryan Hammer
Castellanos swing is too long…will bust.
RyMonschau13
“He’s 6-3, 6-4, with a good body, a good frame and a very short, compact, easy, fluid swing,” said Chadd, who had been sizing up Castellanos since June of 2009, along with area scouts, and with the help of two scouting visits by assistant general manager Al Avila.
From The Detroit News: detnews.com/article/20100817/OPINION03/8170414/112…
No offense, but I’m going to trust the professional scouts over the opinion of some random poster. How many times have you seen him live?
bjsguess
Another reason why we need slotting. You can then move the signing deadline way up (mid to end of July).
Here’s my slotting recommendation now.
1. Slot money is allocated in a similar method used by the NBA/NFL. Before the draft begins everyone knows what each picks ceiling will be. There should also be a floor. For example, pick 5’s slot might be between $3.5m and 5.5m.
2. Teams can trade picks for other picks or players. This will be especially helpful for teams that draft highest but don’t want to shell out top dollars.
3. Teams can sign a player to an over slot price. However, just like exceeding the luxury tax threshold, a team will pay a penalty that is based on a percentage of how much the pick exceeds the slotting. So, if the Tigers want pay a guy $3.75m when the slot amount is $750k, they would pay a penalty on $3m (say 50%). The net on a player like that would be $3.75m + $1.5m = $5.25m.
Take Castellanos as an example. If he really wants $3.5m his choices are to get drafted in the first 10 picks or so OR convince another team that he is worth $3.5m PLUS the penalty for paying over slot. If he can’t find anyone willing to do that and he drops out of the top 10 he can either accept money that is in line with his slot or re-enter the draft in a few years.
Teams will know in advance approximately what they will be spending on the draft. Negotiations will be more limited since there is a pre-defined range. This gets players signed quickly and on the team. Rich teams are penalized heavily for drafting over slot.
johnsilver
Only reasons you need slotting is for teams that won’t spend. Only reasons you have teams that won’t spend is those teams do not need to exist in the 1st place.
RyanN
If your going to cap the draft you might as well just cap the league. If the Yankees can go out and spend almost 10x on their payroll then the what the cheapest team does, then the rest of the league should be able to spend whatever they want on their draft picks. I would rather have the Tigers spend a little more on draft picks and build the farm system, than to have to over pay for aging free agents.