very good article, about both players. Almonte i always thought got shafted on that whole thing. not because he lost all his records, which he should have, but because he got all the crap heaped on him for something he had no control over. You can’t blame the kid for the dumb things his dad did, so i hope he at least gets a chance somewhere.

oh, and if Selig really wanted to fix the draft system, he should be fining the teams that waste picks on cheap players instead of the ones trying to use the draft to get better.