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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The Cards zagged the trend this year.
They took guys in 9 and 10 that have been obvious 11th round 'tough sign' guys in years past. The thought process, as I see it anyway, is pretty clever. I think they knew that they weren't going to get a stab at those guys in the 11th picking at the back of the round, especially not with the Astros being so aggressive in how they target those rounds. They got a good Comp! pick and commensurate salary slot, as well as the extra 3rd rounder from losing Megill last year so the Cards have a little money to play with in the top 10, not to mention permission from ownership to pay the tax on the 5% overage that doesn't cost them draft picks.
So they took those guys hoping that they'd maybe get one of them locked up (I'm thinking they like Kep Brown a lot).
It's bold and in my mind a pretty sharp strategy.
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lolz, trying for the royals thread? intriguing nonetheless