There continues to be a lot
of mystery involving whether or not top prospect Harvard-Westlake RHSP Lucas Giolito is in top form. Frankly, there isn’t
even any kind of confirmation that he has any intention of signing with anyone.
His father is a reader here, but I have no intention of bothering him. He did
tell me yesterday that he and his son were not available to Stephen Guilbert for his series of interviews he’s
doing leading up to draft day.
Luc started tossing a few
weeks ago and there is no way of hitting top velocity this soon in rehab.
I know, in my heart, he
couldn’t pitch a game… today.
And, that’s all anybody knows…
today.
The family supports the
player and, if I was a betting man, he’s going to UCLA. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised
if you didn’t see him shut down before the draft.
There’s another issue and it
is the money Giolito feels he is worth. We know it’s not the kid here. Is it
the agent or the father? You do the math.
Signing Giolito for a $2mil+
bonus is like a Facebook IPO. Could go either way.
Even if the Luc was available at pick 12, the Mets, in my opinion, wouldn`t pick him. The Mets wouldn`t be able to meet his asking price. Frankly, I wouldn`t mind the Mets picking anyone except Gavin Cecchini and Mike Wacha. Cecchini is last year`s Joe Panik AT BEST and Mike Wacha is going to a number 3 or 4 starter in the bigs. NO THANKS.
ReplyDeleteGive me Courtney/Shaffer/Fried and I would be satisfied.
Prince, it is so hard to predict these guys...
ReplyDeleteLast year, I would have been thrilled to have Matt Barnes fall to the Mets pick. Not only did he do that, but so did Jungman and Gray... I was dancing in my office until I heard a name that should not have been said until somewhere last in the sup-one round.
The guy (McDonald) who made the Nimmo pick is gone, but until I hear a name that should be at #12, I'm not going to believe this draft team is capable of doing what should be done.