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I think in terms of maximizing their draft signing bonus that's true. However in terms of a career many of these high profile HS guys have been putting their careers at risk by going to college and getting burnt out. They get abused in through their teens, go to college and get abused, and then if they end up in the wrong organization (someone who needs an instant splash and typically drafts in the top #5 picks) they are pushed too far too fast in MLB as well. If they are lucky someone helps them with their delivery along the way but more an often than not they are left alone because what are they are doing is working at that level. Also, comparatively, any signing bonus is much less than a player would make in their first year of free agency so if they in fact have a career they actually hurt their earning potential by delaying their entry into the draft. It's odd because under normal circumstances I would never advise any young man against college, but in the case of the higher profile high school pitchers until the college game gets completely on board with pitch counts and proper training I'd much rather the pitchers jump right to MiLB and get better coaching and improved workload monitoring. Very few teams will push a HS kid hard and with those that have like Bundy and Fernandez they ended up needed TJ anyway so it can still be a bad situation, but that may have been a forgone conclusion based on what came previous, it's tough to know for sure. At least the young men affiliated with professional programs should be getting the best rehab possible.

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That's a good question, like you I would doubt it.

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That's not really the point, he might have been there at #41... I don't have problem with the Brewers taking who they thought was the best talent, the problem I have is that he blew them away in the workout. When was the last time one of the players who wow'd in their workout with the Brewers actually was that good? There's actually a rather long list of failures there... I'm cautiously optimistic at this about the pick, I wanted a lefty, I got a lefty even though he wasn't one of my guys. Sounds like the same type of person that says Ted Thompson reaches in a draft. Ultimately nobody knows if the guy would have been there at 41 except Brewer management, and it's pretty damn obvious that they felt there was significant demand for him. Ha right, cause I've never posted about wanting the Brewers to operate with more of a long-term vision like the Packers do, or have compared Melvin to TT on numerous occasions... I adequately explained why the pick gave me a moment of pause in other posts.

The Brewer's have never risked drafting a player early that they weren't sure they could sign, in addition if they don't sign the player they lose all of the slot money from the pool as well. What is the logic behind this rule? If I had to guess it keeps teams honest, that way they can't draft a guy they know is unsignable just for the pool money to go after someone who might be later in the draft.

Rodon was a late round flyer... but yea they still should have done what it took.

Sounds Drop Opener in Memphis, 7-4 Nashville's Hector Gomez Belts Two Homers in Loss; Leon Debuts Nashville Sounds http://www.milb.com/assets/images/9/4/6/78466946/cuts/Hector_Gomez_519_1_Large_fpnfh2vr_mziy8nhz.jpg MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Despite a pair of home runs from Sounds shortstop Hector Gomez, the first-place Nashville Sounds (32-29) dropped their series opener against the Memphis Redbirds on Thursday night at AutoZone Park by a 7-4 final margin. Trailing 3-0, Nashville leveled the game in the top of the fifth with a pair of two-out extra-base knocks, but Memphis followed with three runs of their own in the inning, which proved to be the difference. Sounds catcher Robinzon Diaz started off with a single and moved into scoring position via Ariel Pena's sac-bunt, before third baseman Jeff Bianchi hit a double to right field to put Nashville on the board by scoring Diaz. Shortstop Hector Gomez cleared the bases and tied the game with a home run over the left-field wall. The shot was Gomez's sixth of the season and his first of two on the night. In the home half of the inning, Sounds starting pitcher Pena (4-5) offered up three consecutive walks to load the bases for Memphis with no outs. Reliever Michael Blazek entered, but the Redbirds plated one on a groundout and two more on Stephen Piscotty's two-run single. Pena took the loss, his fifth, allowing six runs, five earned, on three hits and six walks over four innings of work. The right-hander failed to qualify for the quality start, snapping the regular rotation's streak of eight consecutive QS outings. Redbirds starter Zach Petrick (3-3) earned the win by holding the Sounds to three runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings. It is his third win of the year. Gomez, 2-for-3, connected for his second home run in the seventh inning to pull Nashville within two runs. It is only the second time this season a Sounds batter has recorded a multiple homers in a single game. The Redbirds took the initial lead in the first inning courtesy of Bianchi's throwing error. A two-run homer from third baseman Scott Moore in the third inning made it a 3-0 game for Memphis. Relievers Michael Blazek, Brent Leach, Jeremy Jeffress and newcomer Arcenio Leon each saw work out of the Nashville bullpen. Blazek logged 1 2/3 scoreless innings before Leach entered with the bases loaded in the sixth to record the final out without even throwing a pitch. The lefty used his effective pickoff move to catch Ed Easley in a rundown that had Hunter Morris throw home to out the lead runner. In his Sounds debut, Leon faced six batters in a 30-pitch eighth inning, allowing Memphis its final run on Shane Robinson's RBI single. The Sounds will play game two against the Memphis Redbirds on Friday night at 7:05. Brewers lefty Tom Gorzelanny (0-0, 1.59) will make a rehab start for Nashville and will be followed by Sounds starter and PCL-ERA leader Jimmy Nelson (6-1, 1.64) Memphis sends RHP Scott McGregor (1-5, 6.66). Broadcaster Jeff Hem has the call on 102.5 The Game. Nashville Boxscore I really hate losing to Cardinal affiliates, especially since Memphis no longer has Grichuk or Taveras. Ariel Pena has never been able to really put it all together for an extended stretch which is disappointing on many levels, maybe he'll end up a good BP option. Meanwhile Jeremy Jeffress has put together a run of 7 scoreless appearances. As a team the Sounds had just 5 hits on the evening, Hunter Morris (1-3,BB) was the only prospect to do anything of note. Nashville Recap Nashville Gameday

Big sixth inning gets Rattlers their third straight win Wisconsin beats Cedar Rapids 7-4 to stay in pennant chase By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are heading into the stretch of the first half of the Midwest League schedule on a three-game winning streak. Wisconsin beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 7-4 on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Michael Ratterree homered and Angel Ortega had a pair of key RBI to spark the Rattlers to the win. Wisconsin (28-31) took the lead in the bottom of the second inning. Francisco Castillo was at second and Paul Eshleman was at first. Ortega singled to right with two outs and Castillo was heading for the plate. The throw by Ryan Christensen was in time to get Castillo, but catcher Michael Quesada could not handle the throw. Castillo snuck around Christensen and scored the first run of the game. Cedar Rapids (27-33) loaded the bases in the top of the third inning on singles by Bo Altobelli, Ryan Walker, and Engelb Vielma against Wisconsin starter Clint Terry. Christensen was up with one out and sent a flyball to right that was deep enough to score Altobelli from third. Walker tagged and headed for third and the throw came into Ortega as the cutoff man. Vielma tagged and took off for second and the Wisconsin shortstop thought he had tagged Vielma befor Altobelli scored. However, Vielma was ruled safe and the tying run counted. Plus, the Kernels had runners at second and third with two outs. The next pitch from Terry was wild and that let Walker score to give the Kernels a 2-1 lead. The Timber Rattlers trailed 2-1 until there were two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Kernels starting pitcher Fernando Romero hadn't allowed a Rattler past second base since the second inning and retired eight of the ten batters he faced after the RBI single by Ortega. Ratterree sent a line drive to deep center, but it looked like centerfielder Jonathan Murphy would make a spectacular catch for the final out. Murphy raced back to the eight-foot high fence just to the right of the batter's eye, leapt, and…had the ball deflect off his glove and into the Kernels bullpen for a game-tying home run. The homer was the eleventh of the season for Ratterree. That ties Ratterree with teammate Clint Coulter for the Midwest League lead in home runs. Wisconsin busted the game open in the bottom of the sixth inning and it was the bottom part of the order that got the rally started against reliever Josue Montanez. Castillo was hit by a pitch with one out. Eshleman and Steve Halcomb both walked to load the bases. Ortega's infield single to the hole at short knocked Castillo home with the go-ahead run. Johnny Davis was next and he chopped a single over the head of the third baseman to drive in both Eshleman and Halcomb for a 5-2 lead. Montanez balked to get Ortega home. Then, Omar Garcia singled to right to and Davis raced home with the final run of the inning for a 7-2 lead. Tyler Spurlin tossed a scoreless fifth to pick up the win. It was the first game for Spurlin since the second game of a doubleheader on April 30. Barrett Astin pitched the final three innings and he earned his first professional save, despite allowing a pair of runs in the top of the eighth inning. The Timber Rattlers have won three straight games to claw their way back to the periphery of the first half Western Division Wild Card race. Wisconsin is three games under .500, but they trail the Peoria Chiefs, the current Wild Card leader in the West, by three games with ten games remaining in the half. However, the road to a playoff spot is difficult for the Rattlers. They do not play Peoria in any of the remaining games this half and there are currently three other teams between Wisconsin and the Chiefs. The Rattlers would have to climb over Clinton, Quad Cities, Burlington, and Peoria in the last ten days of the half to claim the Wild Card. The final game of the series is Friday night. Zach Quintana (04, 6.09) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Ryan Eades (3-6, 5.66) is set to start for the Kernels. Game time is 7:05pm. There will be a couple of special guests at the game on this North Shore Bank Family night with Y100. The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America will be on hand to meet fans. The first 500 children ages 12 and under to attend this game will receive their very own superhero cape. All children 12 and under receive a free hot dog and soda as part of North Shore Bank Family night. There will be a postgame fireworks display. Kids 14 and under may participate in Kids Run the Bases thanks to Molina Healthcare after the fireworks. If you can't make it out to the ballpark, there are several ways to catch the action. MyNEW 32's Sports Showdown will have the television broadcast starting at 7:00pm. The radio broadcast may be heard on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:45pm. The game is also available to those who subscribe to MiLB.TV. HOME RUN: Michael Ratterree (11th, 0 on in 5th inning off Fernando Romero, 2 out) WP: Tyler Spurlin (1-0) LP: Josue Montanez (1-4) SAVE: Barrett Astin (1) TIME: 2:31 ATTN: 3,702 Wisconsin Boxscore Clint Terry with a nice debut, I'll be curious to see what he looks like on TV or in person at some point. Barrett Astin bounced back from his May 30th debacle with a decent outing, his best outings were back to back on May 14th and 20th but he hasn't been all that sharp since. Mehring's call of Michael Ratterree's gifted HR was pretty good live, if you don't regularly take the time please hit up the Rattler Radio blog post game with the highlight video when MH links it tomorrow as it is not up yet. The T-Rats pounded out 10 hits with Johnny Davis (2-4), Ratterree (2-3,BB), and Angel Ortega (2-4) posting the multi-hit games. Wisconsin Recap Wisconsin Gameday

The Brewers have never risked drafting a player early that they weren't sure they could sign, in addition if they don't sign the player they lose all of the slot money from the pool as well. I have a good feeling about getting them all signed, even if they have to pay an overage tax to get it done. They are blowing the international bonus pool on just Gilbert Lara alone who was previously discussed in the thread. With the increase in TV revenue they are wisely moving more $ towards amateur development.

The best part about Harrison (besides his talent) is that it help my other favorite team in a different sport! Where do you think the guys drafted today slot in the Brewers prospects rankings? Prospect wise... hmm I'd have to think on that, I'll just stream thought as I look at the Com Top 20. Gut feeling is that is Harrison is too raw to be in the top 10 based on his 3 sportedness in HS (which is a very good thing, I love 3 sport athletes)... I'd put Medeiros at #5 out of the gate and Gatewood in front of Bradley at #10. Harrison 12-14 based on raw athleticism and the ability to make quick adjustments. Harrison makes such quick adjustments that he's incredibly exciting like a Tyrone Taylor, in the mock draft I had Pitt taking him in the first round, he could move up fast.

Easily my favorite first day of his tenure. Many of us were hoping that the 2012 draft signaled a shift in philosophy but without a first round pick last year (and the pool money) it was hard to tell if it was an outlier or something more. I think we clearly have our answer now, I'm thrilled. There are still some very intriguing/under the radar HS pitchers out there for round 3 as well. As we discussed in the draft thread there is going to be a run on college seniors to get the bonus pool money needed for the top 3 picks but that's just a necessary evil with the bonus pool system.

Forbes probably isn't a SS long term, but middle IF depth is never a bad thing... *cough* Yuni B disaster *cough*

Spend more time on the dark side, the non MLB side of the forum and become more educated! A win/win for all! Gilbert Lara discussion (rumored to have agreement in place w/Brewers, post #3) 2014 International Signing Thread

Here's the blog post I was looking for, everything you need to know about the draft pool system: Putting Draft Changes Under The Microscope

Here's a quick summation, all the websites are understandably slow right now, still efforting the exact verbage.

There are still plenty of high upside pitchers available... but yea there's going to be the usual run on college relievers here at some point to get the bonus pool money back.

Haha woo!

Reid-Foley isn't so much a high upside pick, I think that's why he's sliding compared to where he was ranked, or he's unsignable. I'm still on board with any of those high school hitters we've talked about.

Ha I know there one poster who's been very vocal of late who will be extremely happy.

Did I list Monte Harrison in my earlier post? If not I'm definitely in, one of the best pure athletes in the draft.

Bah Flaherty gone, to the Cards no less.