I love brett gardner!!!

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Originally Posted by cartman00000001

As far as a deal for an A ball player, you have to give something to get something, right? If you draft a guy outright and he pans out, it just costs you the time and $$$ you spent on him.

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There's actually one more detail: when you draft a player who's expected to pan out, you pay him a signing bonus. When you trade for him while he's still under a minor league contract, that's already been paid for you. So there probably are cases where it's cheaper to trade for a young player than it would be to draft him.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Does it really matter, anyway?

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Bingo.........the argument that some players are 'homegrown' and some aren't is one of the games most rediculous.

I like home grown players. It's like raising a puppy, you'll love 'em a lot more.

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Originally Posted by dannymac910

I like home grown players. It's like raising a puppy, you'll love 'em a lot more.

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Exactly.