How about a double-deal? While the Royals' interest in Eric Hosmer at No. 3 overall gets most of...

How about a double-deal? While the Royals' interest in Eric Hosmer at No. 3 overall gets most of the attention, they might have an interest in one of Hosmer's teammates at American Heritage High School in Florida. Catcher Adrian Nieto has been on their radar for a while with later picks. The Royals have a pick in the sandwich round (36) and at the top of the second round (49) and perhaps may want to make it an American Heritage perfecta. Who knows, maybe taking Nieto will help make sure they can get the Scott Boras-advised Hosmer in the fold.

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Interesting

Link didn’t work for me, though.

by I need more Esteban on Jun 4, 2008 7:07 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah...

I think I screwed that up…Try this:

http://draft.mlblogs.com/

by adschofield on Jun 4, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions

should be fixed

by Freneau on Jun 5, 2008 2:03 AM EDT reply actions

I say we take the five best players on that team

...and then they can play together throughout the minor leagues. They all get promoted at the same time, room together, the whole bit. We can call them the Fab Five. It’s not good draft and development strategy, but it would make for a nice story for Posnanski to write.

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by Scott McKinney on Jun 5, 2008 2:32 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

+1 Rec'd

...especially because the first time I read it, I thought you had typed “They all get promised at the same time.” Love the phrase for some reason. Very midwest high-school engagement sounding.

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Not the worst idea

they did just win the HS national championship.

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by eazyb81 on Jun 5, 2008 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Cf. Dayton Moore's AA plan in 2006

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Jun 5, 2008 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Dave over at Royals Corner

Seems to like Nieto quite a bit. I admit I don’t know much about him, but maybe having a buddy in the system will harbor good will and both will want to stay in KC.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 5, 2008 11:03 AM EDT reply actions