It's hard to buy that we could've fit Whitson in there and convinced him to turn pro. Even if we could, considering the final layout, financially, that year, that, based on the rumors of what I recall on Whitson's demands, would've significantly limited the entire draft. Anyhow, it wasn't an option. I'm not that down on either Sale or Allie, but I don't buy that we could've taken them for the same financial reasons. The Rays tend to slowplay prep guys, and Allie was a big, young arm - willing to give it time on that one. Would getting Wimmers have made things any better in retrospect? He's looking awfully pedestrian right now. We would have been better off reaching on Lee and not signing him, thus banking the pick for when we could have spent. IMO.