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Houston Astros fail to sign #1 overall draft pick Brady Aiken... wow
Halu Sination:
--- Quote from: #FreeMyNiggaARod on July 18, 2014, 11:26:39 PM ---What makes it worse for the Astros is that because they had to play the waiting game with Aiken (which they lost), they also failed to sign Jacob Nix and Mac Marshall, two other highly touted and important guys the Astros drafted who were going to cost a pretty penny.
So the rebuilding Astros not only lost 111 games in 2013 for nothing, but they also fucked themselves out of two other solid prospects who would've really boosted their farm system.
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Yeah man, Jacob Nix got fucked over HARD. They promised him 1.5 million but lost that allotted slot money when they failed to sign their first overall pick (I didn't even know that's how draft signings work lol).
Supposedly, because Nix and Aiken share the same agent and are buddies, Astros tried to pressure the agent into accepting the deal so both dudes could get paid; even if it's less than what they agreed to with Aiken.
Astros haven't violated any regulations but that's some cheap ass shit.
Remedy360:
Wow, how do you let something like that happen? If I were an Astros fan I would be absolutely enraged. Too bad there's no fans here to speak on it lol
Halu Sination:
--- Quote from: Remedy360 on July 19, 2014, 08:31:41 PM ---Wow, how do you let something like that happen? If I were an Astros fan I would be absolutely enraged. Too bad there's no fans here to speak on it lol
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I can't speak for the general fanbase but I've read Astros sites (including SB Nation's) that defend the team vigorously for this. I think some Astros fans are so used to the team being cheap that they have actually applaud stingy antics at this point, regardless of the fact that it resulted in at least one player getting completely fucked over for no reason.
Remedy360:
--- Quote from: Halu Sination on July 19, 2014, 10:14:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: Remedy360 on July 19, 2014, 08:31:41 PM ---Wow, how do you let something like that happen? If I were an Astros fan I would be absolutely enraged. Too bad there's no fans here to speak on it lol
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I can't speak for the general fanbase but I've read Astros sites (including SB Nation's) that defend the team vigorously for this. I think some Astros fans are so used to the team being cheap that they have actually applaud stingy antics at this point, regardless of the fact that it resulted in at least one player getting completely fucked over for no reason.
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It's strange, as bad as the Astros have been I don't feel like they've been historically a cheap team (like KC or Florida) at least I don't remember them being that. But given the fact that they're in the M's division I hope this type of behavior continues.
Halu Sination:
--- Quote from: Remedy360 on July 19, 2014, 10:45:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: Halu Sination on July 19, 2014, 10:14:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: Remedy360 on July 19, 2014, 08:31:41 PM ---Wow, how do you let something like that happen? If I were an Astros fan I would be absolutely enraged. Too bad there's no fans here to speak on it lol
--- End quote ---
I can't speak for the general fanbase but I've read Astros sites (including SB Nation's) that defend the team vigorously for this. I think some Astros fans are so used to the team being cheap that they have actually applaud stingy antics at this point, regardless of the fact that it resulted in at least one player getting completely fucked over for no reason.
--- End quote ---
It's strange, as bad as the Astros have been I don't feel like they've been historically a cheap team (like KC or Florida) at least I don't remember them being that. But given the fact that they're in the M's division I hope this type of behavior continues.
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Good point. There was the controversy with the Jonathan Singleton signing as well, but that was more Singleton's mistake rather than Astros being cheap. Cheap or not, it could be that they're just so accustomed to spending so little money that the lowballing of Brady Aiken came natural to them.
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