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No, overall, we've been doing exactly what every smaller market team should be doing in the draft, since this is where we can be competitive with anyone.
I've heard that there were reports that Boras wouldn't have allowed Wieters to sign with KC, but I find those rumors hard to believe. He was asking for $10M, supposedly, and he ended up with 7-something, IIRC. Edit: He received a $6M bonus, which is what we gave Hosmer. Posey was more: $6.2M.
So that would have been a record (at the time).
After the Porcello draft, Moore did an interview with Petro, who was pissed we went with Moosetacos, and DM said that we had a certain budget for the draft, and it made the most sense to maximize our return by spreading that money throughout the draft, thus getting top talent that slips.
It's an understandable approach. I get it. But...****. Get the ****ing owner to pony up a little more cash that he's stuffing in his couch from revenue sharing, and get "the" guys at the top. Go the whole hog.
Again, I love what we're doing, but "signability" is still a current term, even with the suddenly draft-rich Royals.
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