72404C4C586A49404D484740210 wrote: By now I hope that Possum and Bellevue have discovered that they are really not having a disagreement. Misunderstandings occur when people reply to multi-poster threads!
If we can sign this Blanco guy I will be one happy fan! We haven't had a power-hitting 1B prospect like that in quite a while!
True. Its a complicated process. And these are 13-14 year old kids they are scouting and coming to agreements with.
I do wonder why the Rays fell out of favor with Blanco.
I don't remember where I saw it and I haven't done any further research, but I read that it might have had something to do with the INT spending cap changes.
I think you are right, not being able to trade int $ is the change i believe that hurt them. Tampa kills it in IFA, so not a terrible thing to take their rejects. The Pirates on the other had have been hot garbage until they got rid of Gayo. He is fired and they are involved with better talent, which is nice.
DK did a gushing article on Gayo, and still sings his praises for what he did for the team. Gayo didnt do much, so that never made sense to me. He also had the quantity over quality approach, which I am thinking is more because no one liked him than because he was trying to outsmart everyone. Makes sense he got along with DK, who no one likes.