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2008 Draft Preview: Signability Steals
Published 5/27/2008 by Mike A. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
As you all know by now, signability is a major factor in MLB’s first-year player draft, so much so that it’s informally referred to as “the sixth tool.” While big names like Andrew Miller and Rick Porcello receive the bulk of the attention as players who fell because of their price tags, more often than not it’s the lesser-known players, the second or third round guys who feel they’re worth first or second round money, who end up being the real signability steals of the draft. The Yanks have worked this angle to perfection in recent years, digging deep in their Swiss bank accounts to bring players such as Austin ...