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General Discussion => Talk Zone => Topic started by: austro on August 13, 2008, 02:11:31 pm
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Sounds like Danks (and his father) are taking a pretty hard line with the White Sox. (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2008/08/12/danks_could_ret.html)
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those who are in a position to know say that Danks the Elder is a royal pain in the ass.
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Is there a correlation between his dad and him falling to the 6th round when he was top 75 on "most all" draft boards?
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those who are in a position to know say that Danks the Elder is a royal pain in the ass.
Not hard to believe based on the quotes in the paper.
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those who are in a position to know say that Danks the Elder is a royal pain in the ass.
Every quote from the article is from the Elder.
Interesting that big bro was previously a Bora$$ client (http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/chicago-white-sox.html).
John Danks lhp
1 year/$0.4M (2008)
* re-signed 2/27/08
* contract purchased 4/07
* acquired in trade (from Texas) 12/06
* drafted 2003 (1-9) (Round Rock HS, TX), $2.1M signing bonus
* agent: Jeff Berry (previously Scott Boras)
* ML service: 1.000
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Speaking of draft signees, has Justin Smoak signed yet with the rangers?
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Is there a correlation between his dad and him falling to the 6th round when he was top 75 on "most all" draft boards?
i do not know.
as far as i am concerned, he has been a good player at UT but an overall disappointment. i hope he signs.
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Papa Danks is crazy if he thinks Jordan will begin his career in the South Atlantic League
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Smoak hasn't signed yet, but they're still talking and will probably get it done before the deadline. I imagine he's waiting until some of the other top picks sign. If the list I'm looking at is correct, only 2 picks out of the top 10 have signed so far.
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If the list I'm looking at is correct, only 2 picks out of the top 10 have signed so far.
Can't be. I know Beckham, Skipworth, & Castro have signed off the top of my head
Looks like BA has one that appears to be accurate
http://www.baseballamerica.com/draftdb/2008xrnd.php?rnd=1
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The list I was looking at was right also, I just missed Skipworth. 3 out of the top 10 have signed.
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Speaking of draft signees, has Justin Smoak signed yet with the rangers?
There's something horribly wrong when this guy isn't a pitcher.
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hearing this makes me happy about how diligent the stros were about signing their guys. Only one we havent signed ins that Davidson kid so far.
I think the Giants only have 4 or 5 of their top 15 signed right?
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hearing this makes me happy about how diligent the stros were about signing their guys. Only one we havent signed ins that Davidson kid so far.
I think the Giants only have 4 or 5 of their top 15 signed right?
Passing on some greedy kids last year may be making this year's negotiations a little easier. The kids will have a genuine concern that the Astros will walk away if they push too hard.
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Passing on some greedy kids last year may be making this year's negotiations a little easier. The kids will have a genuine concern that the Astros will walk away if they push too hard.
Yeah thats a good point.
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There's something horribly wrong when this guy isn't a pitcher.
If he was a pitcher, then I'm sure bloony would love to be his catcher.
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Passing on some greedy kids last year may be making this year's negotiations a little easier. The kids will have a genuine concern that the Astros will walk away if they push too hard.
I don't think so. New group running things with new standards for drafting. They knew exactly what they were doing and who they were targeting.
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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080814&content_id=3307534&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Danks signed, per link.
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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080814&content_id=3307534&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Danks signed, per link.
Oh good, I was getting worried.