Justin Smoak
Has anybody heard if we are going to sign our 16th round pick - Justin Smoak. He was voted to the 2005 EA Sports High School All American team, but according to baseball america has yet to sign. Is there usually a time frame that a draftee will normally sign before they start raising flags about not signing?
I found an article recapping the draft with Kevin Goldstein that said the only player he could see us not signing would be Smoak.
Any insight AN?
EA Link - http://www.easports.com/events/allamericans2005/baseball.jsp
AN Link -
http://www.athleticsnation.com/story/2005/6/13/15503/0927
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Smoak
According to Baseball America he should be the starting first baseman this year at South Carolina.
He is a USC Gamecock
We lost the rights to him when he attended his first class in August. He can't be drafted again until after his Junior season and we can't draft him again without his written permission.
by LizardKing51 @ Athletics Nation on Jan 18, 2006 8:30 PM PST reply actions
I hope we draft him again
or the yankees
by nothinlikethetown on Jan 18, 2006 9:07 PM PST up reply actions
Or the A's not signing ...
The moneyball draft of 2002 the A's selected him in the 40th round. The ZRed Sox signed him a year later in the 4th round.
Yeah, but...
If Dallas Braden were drafted last year, what round would he have gone in? And if Mike Madsen would have been drafted this year, could you really see him going 25+?
A's get late round steals on a regular basis. We can let the occasional guy slide, since we snap up plenty of good ones.
And don't forget, if we got Papelbon at round 40, 29 other teams would have taken him at 41 or higher. We might not have got him, but we were onto him more than anyone else was.
Draft and follow
You got the picture...
The two actually came fairly close [see link]
by LowcountryJoe on Jan 19, 2006 7:59 AM PST up reply actions
your sig is awesome.
dont understand
i mean, 50,000 is more than they make from the hot dogs on dollar days.

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