Updated for Groome at $3.75mm
http://www.soxprospects.com/dh.htm
Dalbec has 80 raw power but had a miserable year, he was awesome on the Cape last summer. Quintana has one of the most explosive bats in HS ball, huge power this summer playing in a college wood bat league, slide due to not being a true middle infielder.
Dalbec has big-time power but he strikes out a lot. He was projected to be a fringe first rounder before the season. Some scouts think a new coaching staff messed up his swing. If (big if) he can get his swing back to where it was a year ago, he could be a steal. If hitting doesn't work out, he can also hit mid-90s on the mound.
This is really helpful, thanks.
My son played summer ball with Quintana two summers ago...so that's my hook. You never felt out of a game when down by one or two runs if he was due up in the bottom half of the last inning.
Wow, that's more reasonable than I think anyone expected.
Can't wait until he trades him in two years to the Padres for a reliever [sarcasm]
I believe there was some whispers of pot use, but guys like Law have said they are nothing to worry about and even speculated that they may have been created/leaked/exacerbated by teams looking for him to drop.
Hey, that was one reason why Packers QB Aaron Rodgers fell in the draft. If it works out the same, we'll all be thrilled.
Is that really something people worry about? He might have had a beer or two in the past too. Heavens to Betsy.
It's different because you can be suspended or banned for pot, right? Or has that changed? It's dumb, but as far as I know it's still a real world consideration until MLB grows up.
In the minors it's a 50 game suspension for the second offense. Majors don't test for it unless "given reason", so to speak.
It's amazing that that is still an issue in this day and age. I'd be more concerned if he were a heavy drinker or tobacco smoker.
