Rangers and Josh Hamilton Agree to 2-year, $24 Mil Contract

[SouthSideRyan]

why don't we just think about if the cubs hadn't skipped over albert pujols with their first 12 or so picks in the 1999 draft? why this obsession with hamilton?

 

I referenced this one page ago

[davearm2]

Before the Rule 5 draft, we agreed with the Reds to use our pick to grab a player they wanted and trade him to them for $100,000 (it costs $50k to pick somebody, so we really only net $50k). We had no idea who we would be picking for them until just before our pick.

 

And as has been stated numerous times, there was absolutely no reason to expect them (or anybody else) to draft Josh Hamilton.

The deal the Reds cut to get the Cubs' pick makes it pretty obvious that they expected someone else might draft Hamilton.

[Rob]

Before the Rule 5 draft, we agreed with the Reds to use our pick to grab a player they wanted and trade him to them for $100,000 (it costs $50k to pick somebody, so we really only net $50k). We had no idea who we would be picking for them until just before our pick.

 

And as has been stated numerous times, there was absolutely no reason to expect them (or anybody else) to draft Josh Hamilton.

The deal the Reds cut to get the Cubs' pick makes it pretty obvious that they expected someone else might draft Hamilton.

 

Every year in my keeper league, I burn a pick in the mid rounds to make sure I get a prospect I definitely want. That doesn't mean anybody else was going to pick him in that round... or even at all in the draft. It just means I get a little overzealous sometimes. Whether the Reds thought somebody else was going to draft him or not was probably greatly influenced by the fact they wanted to get him.