A Really Bad Day for the Blue Jays' Front Office

I couldn't help but follow up on the whole Unsigned Three issue having had time not only to digest a lot of fan conversation but also to hear more discussion by commentators and team officials. Of course, it must be said that all of us outside the team have insufficient data to state anything definitively. One of the most frustrating things about all this discussion is the absolutist declarations from those who have gone beyond cynicism into full blown fatalism. I do not know any of they following conclusions to be true, beyond those soundly reported in the media. I'll also qualify these remarks by saying that I am not saying no criticism is warranted. There are several points on which one could raise a valid complaint. I address here only the persistent assumption that the Jays "went cheap" on there draft and thus screwed up for the sake of a relatively small amount of money.So, why did the Jays manage to come to the point where they failed to sign three of their ...