Sports Agents Blog presents their final analysis of the draft signings. Basically, it pays to wait for the last minute, although overall the earlier deadline did seem to supress bonuses. Also, Casey Crosby's mother reminds me of my own.

On a related topic, if you'd like to listen to my radio show from last night, I spend about 1/2 an hour explaining why this is just another example of how MLB tries to screw players to control costs, and why the draft should be abolished.

Update: Jeff Quinton offers his take on the Wieters signing.

Getting back to Jordan's comments, the comments and calls to talk radio are already rolling in that say you have to give Angelos his due when something good happens if you criticize him when things go wrong. Some of the other Angelos-apologists and spin-machine generated sycophants are also saying that Angelos "stepped up" in making this deal.

If Angelos wants to continue to be the epitome of what's wrong with a meddling professional sports owner then let him. He's already surpassed Al Davis, Jerry Jones and Dan Snyder in that regard. I think most of the people critical of him when things go wrong wish that he would stop meddling or interfering in so many baseball matters. If the team needs to sue somebody for a slip-and-fall or for asbestos exposure, then Angelos can step in. Otherwise he just needs to provide the tools to his management people, who are actually apparently competent now with Andy MacPhail at the helm, to get the job done.