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Oh, and we gave up a 2nd round pick and roughly $1.1 million in pool money for the privilege of signing the chode as well (as I watched the draft, my choice there was Siani, Isbel or Eierman; that pick hurt all the more as the draft unfolded because there was a ton of talent sitting there at the time).
And FINALLY they had to give up $500K in international bonus money as well, which doesn't seem like anything until you realize that international bonus money is getting pretty nice returns of late; that's how we got the Yankees to include Gallegos in the Voit/Shreve deal. We also got Lane Thomas who's moved into the top 20 or so of our prospects of late.
So we gave up not just the money but at LEAST two solid prospects so we could sign a guy who was decaying before our eyes last season.
No, there was never a way for that deal to be a good one. And 'most people in baseball' who thought it was simply had their heads too far up their own asses to realize any better.
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