Comments on: Stevenson Gets Biggest Over-Slot Deal To Date

By: Chris M

Chris M — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:46:14 +0000

As a Royals fan I’ve heard that Peter Gammons is reporting that Selig is threatening to pull the 2012 All Star Game from KC if we sign our 1st three picks for over slot. Screw the ASG, I’m more worried about winning and getting as much talent in the organization as possible.

Why is it ok for the Sox and Yanks to sign players over slot like they have in the past but not KC?

By: Chuck Talboo

Chuck Talboo — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:00:24 +0000

I find it astonishing that MLB wants to impose a salary cap (slot caps)on the Pittsburgh Pirates who are trying to acquire talent via the draft. Why not impose a cap on the Yankees quarter of a billion dollar spending on free agents or their bonuses to nondraftable Latin and Pacific rim players? Always easier to blame the weak than fix the financial disparity. Revenue sharing… yea right, pocket change. Can someone tell me why MLB payroll inequity is good for competition?

By: Joe Solo

Joe Solo — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:11:57 +0000

Its about time the Pirates opened their wallets in an attempt to fuse the orgamization with some much needed talent. It has been too long in coming. Maybe the team is finally interested in buidling from within?

By: Mel Schuster

Mel Schuster — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:09:13 +0000

Unlike most other teams in MLB, the Pirates cannot allow themselves to lose out on projectable talent simply because the scale did not allow for it. Watch what they offer for kids like Dodson, Rosenberg, or Colton “Billy” Cain. Stevenson, and all of these others were not drafted simply because they were thought to be “unsignable” because they had signed with Arizona, Baylor, LSU, and Texas. They got lucky last year with HS kids like #6 Robbie Grossman, #18 Jarek Cunningham, and #20 Quinton Miller. As such, they have moved from the cellar to the middle of the pack in MLB for their minor league system in only 2 short years. Nice work by Coonelly and Huntington of the Pirates.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:03:38 +0000

The Pirates’ draft was far from conventional, but you have to applaud them for making a gutsy move finally after they were raked over the coals for drafting Tony Sanchez.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:10:28 +0000

Is the beginning of the dam to break? Seems to me that the Commissioner’s office really leaned on teams to delay the announcement of overslot deals this year.