And by the way, a sarcastic Great Job to mlb.com for the Rule 5 draft tracker. MLBAM is usually top notch, but that was just horrible. Still waiting for any minor league results, and the major league results just popped up all at once after everything was done.

And only the first two player were linked.

To further explain, the minor league phase is simply not intended to give significant opportunities to prospects or for competitive balance, it’s just to help teams have more balanced minor league rosters. We lost two guys who hadn’t even made it to Lake County and weren’t likely to this year, either.

Have to agree. This was only his first time even being eligible to be drafted, it’s not like he’s been hanging around forever or something.

My current “hometown” team is the Jr. Indians. I mean the Nationals. It’s as close as I can get to the Tribe. I wanted them one step closer…

No, really, I hope I’m right that he’s a superfluous asset. I like Aubrey better in the same rol, but Aubrey’s Aubrey. Can play LF again?

I mean, it’s really a longshot, but you’re probably right

At least we won’t worry about double plays.

Don’t make me post the most similar players again.

The “we could always stretch an extra few million to sign…” logic is infintely regressive. Where does it end? Maybe if Cleveland were in a bigger market or we had a more aggressive free spending GM I might buy this. But the fact is we don’t. We have the exact opposite. A methodical, financially disciplined GM who doesn’t splurge on free agents unless they’re willing to sign on his terms. Dunn’s stock might have fallen but I question whether it has fallen to the point where Shapiro is willing to give Dunn the type of contract he demands.

Everything in Shapiro’s history and recent comments says signing Dunn is highly unlikely. This is of course on top of the several reasons why I doubt Dunn would choose Cleveland, that I listed above.

Btw, I’m pretty sure the amount we have left to spend is closer to $7 million.