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Originally Posted by fleury
Anyone know much about this guy? I know baseball's a crapshoot, but if there's one thing I can commend JP and his staff on is his working of finding usable pitchers.
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Both are supposed to be solid picks.
Paxton (the Canadian) is a Scott Boras guy and his main issue was signability. He's definitely a mid-first round talent that dropped to his high signing bonus.
Definitely a good sign to see the Jays go after these types of guys after diminishing so many 1st rounders by actually abiding by the MLB's recommended signing bonus (for each draft position). It's a riskier strategy, but the only way small and middle market teams can consistently compete is to build from with-in and have a high number of players in their first 3 years (pre salary arbitration).