Out of the box...

[ejf1025]

If this year is a weak draft...and next year's is stronger. Could we just not sign our pick?

And keep the #5 next year, plus another pick--likely in the top 15-20 (hopefully)...

[ChaosLex]

If this year is a weak draft...and next year's is stronger. Could we just not sign our pick?

And keep the #5 next year, plus another pick--likely in the top 15-20 (hopefully)...

Two things.

1. Personally, I think Crow, Matzek, Wheeler and Scheppers are all worthy of our 1st round selection, so I don't really view 2009 as a weak draft.

2. That strikes me as a really cheap way (for lack of a better word) of doing business. I'd expect something like that from an ass backwards organization like the Nationals, not MacPhail, Jordan and the O's.

[FarmSystem]

You then have to sign your 6th overall pick or you lose it. Any agent would use that as leverage to gain a massive contract. Basically it'd be "give me way over slot, or explain to your fans why you flushed a top ten pick down the drain."

[ejf1025]

You then have to sign your 6th overall pick or you lose it. Any agent would use that as leverage to gain a massive contract. Basically it'd be "give me way over slot, or explain to your fans why you flushed a top ten pick down the drain."

Ah...therein lies the rub.