Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 03, 2006
Change of Direction

Royals Authority rounds up the news on Luke Hochevar. The Royals are going to sign him to a major league contract:

We all remember the Alex Gordon negotiations of last year when the Royals would not budge on their long-time insistence that they do not sign draft picks to major league deals.

Credit to the Royals for deciding to relax what used to be thought of as a rigid rule and get the deal done.

According to the release, Hochevar will sign the contract on Saturday will and be placed on the Royals 40-man roster. He is only the fourth No. 1 overall pick in the last 20 years to sign a Major League contract, joining Delmon Young (2003), Pat Burrell (1998) and Alex Rodriguez (1993).

I've liked all of Dayton Moore's moves so far. No slam dunks, but bit by bit he's improving the organization.


Posted by David Pinto at 05:51 PM | Draft | TrackBack (0)
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