Royals sign 4th rounder Tim Melville

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Originally Posted by BigRock

Is this going to get said every year now? People were saying the same thing before they signed Moosetacos. They paid him and now they're paying 1st-rounders who slipped into the later rounds, which they never would have done a few years ago. I can't remember the last time they did that at all.

I think things have changed.

No, the Melville pick made this year's draft much different from previous ones. It's like we've seen the slow maturation of a franchise. First step was being willing to draft BPA. Now it's being willing to go outside of slot, well outside of slot, beyond round 1.

The '08 draft, with a signed Hosmer and Melville, will be the first undeniable sign that the team is serious about winning. But Hosmer must get inked to be the case.

The previous efforts are laudable but not nearly enough.