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Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:53 am
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:53 am
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Alex Schiffer ?@TheSchiffMan Jul 11
With the White Sox using up all their draft pool $ it appears that Bryce Montes De Oca will be heading to Missouri. Asking price was high.
Pretty big deal (hopefully) for Mizzou. de Oca was a 14th round pick by the White Sox. Reading some of the White Sox message boards, their fans were hot to land de Oca. In fact, when negotiations broke down a bit with 1st round (3rd overall) pick, Rodon, many wanted to just break off talks with Rodon and devote all available resources to de Oca. Might have been drafted in the first 2-3 rounds if not for a surgery that he returned this year from, still throwing in the mid to upper 90's. Of course, 2nd Round pick Alec Rash hasn't exactly panned out for Mizzou so only time will tell.
Tanner Houck, a 12th round pick of the Blue Jays, may also be joining the Tigers still. The Blue Jays still have their 8th round pick to sign and are currently about $100,000 or so under slot. Theoretically, they could spend another $470,000 or so over slot with only paying a fine before losing draft picks. Houck is probably their most desired pick outside of the top 10 picks. Will be interesting to see if they're willing to pay the fine and throw around $500,000 at him and if so, if that's enough.
Shane Benes should also be joining the team. He was a top 150 rated prospect or so but went undrafted after having ACL surgery this past spring. Bad luck for him and hope he recovers fully. His bad luck might be good luck for Mizzou.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:09 am to reedus23
Gotta keep putting pieces together and hopefully get this team turned around.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 10:35 am to CoMoTiger
Yepp. There's really no excuse for not at least being competitive. Softball does it in the same weather. There's enough talent in Missouri and the surrounding areas to form a base of recruits each year.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:52 am to reedus23
MLB needs to get their sh*t together and stop drafting kids right out of HS.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:40 pm to Jagd Tiger
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:53 pm to the808bass
Really good article. Thanks for sharing.
It's amazing what they can do these days medically. I had my ACL done back in the early 90's. I was non-weight bearing for like 2-3 months and not released to do anything with athletics for like a full year. Wish the kid the best.
It's amazing what they can do these days medically. I had my ACL done back in the early 90's. I was non-weight bearing for like 2-3 months and not released to do anything with athletics for like a full year. Wish the kid the best.
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