McCovey Chronicles · May 24, 2019
SF Giants Minor Lines 5/23/19: Scoring is hard
As we approach the annual amateur draft, it’s been a fascinating week for the sport’s ongoing attempts to suppress player signing bonuses. First came the stunning news of Scott Boras and Carter Stewart’s bold and brilliant end run around the draft, which our own Kenny Kelly explored yesterday. It sounds like this is an “agreement” and the deal hasn’t been officially signed yet, which means there could still be some posturing involved here. But Buster Olney’s remark that this reminds him of Andy Messersmith’s and Dave McNally’s historic move isn’t completely hyperbole. Kiley McDaniel has a few thoughts on the matter here.