Found February 09, 2009 on
The Chuck Knoblog:
Ken Rosenthal has a few interesting notes
today.- First of all, the Yanks are not interested in Juan Cruz and I don't blame them. He`s a tempting target but I`m unwilling to decimate the 2009 draft anymore. Supposedly, its a very deep draft and if the Yanks can go over-slot then they can still get ...
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