Craig and Chris were upset when Kevin Towers was dismissed last weekend, while John Conniff from MadFriars.com explained the wisdom of the move in a guest column. John joins the 619 Sports team to debate the decision:
BONUS: Baseball Prospectus senior writer Joe Sheehan offers his thoughts on KT:
Three days of drafting are in the books and while we don’t know yet how any of the players selected by the San Diego Padres will do in the pros, we can get a general sense of what the organization was trying to do in the 2009 Amateur Draft. Craig and Chris are pretty happy with the direction taken by Grady Fuson, Bill Gayton and Kevin Towers, but Chris notices one glaring omission in the draft list. Check out this Draft Recap Podcast from the 619 Sports team:
ShareStephen Strasburg completed one of the greatest pitching years in college baseball history, and next week he is the presumptive #1 choice for the 2009 MLB Amateur Draft. For months now, Strasburg’s agent–errrrr-advisor Scott Boras has been floating a dollar total needed to sign Strassy: $50 million. What would that do to baseball’s salary structure. [...]