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Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs2
I agree that if a Lackey or a Holliday want to come then draft pick compensation is irrelevant.
If a Scutaro wants to come, however, I do think it is relevant. He doesn't offer so much that his value dwarfs the value lost from the pick. If you tried to monetize the value of such a first round pick (I've seen studies that have put such picks at $5m to $7m) then it is certainly relevant in this case. Not only are the Sox outlaying the $12.5m+ for Scutaro, but they have also lost the value of the pick.
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Oh, I certainly get that. I'm just not following the logic of "Sign Scutaro" == "Going after more Type A's".
Unless people mean more Type A's that shouldn't really be Type A's (not top end guys), but why get excited about that?