re: Mizzou and the MLB draft

I am pretty sure Williams, Fairbanks, and Lester will all leave. Pete was quoted as saying if he went in the first 20 rounds he would likely be gone and it wouldn't make a ton of sense for Lester to return. Even if he moved up a few rounds next year he would lose any leverage he would have as a senior who has exhausted his college eligibility. Howard will almost definitely stay. He will just be a junior next year and has a legitimate chance to move up.

With respect to Alec Rash, I am pretty sure he got hurt in early April. I feel bad for the kid. He got hurt his freshman year also and was always in TJ's doghouse when he was healthy because of his erratic control. He will almost certainly sign.

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I think Lester comes back

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Lester is a question mark. If he gets a $100k offer, he should go. Being 13th round, it's not out of the question that they would offer over slot, but not much more. Problem for him is, if he comes back, he's almost guaranteed to only get $5k or $10k. He would be one of those seniors that teams pay well under slot because they have no where else to go so that the team can use those monies for their higher picks.

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Fairbanks might come back to see if he can be a 3-4th round pick next year.

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Fairbanks is in the same position, just slightly better because he's a top 10 round pick. If he's offered slot, he'd be foolish to come back.