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It looks like eighth round draft pick and awesome name holder Dace Kime has decided to go to Louisville and not sign with the Pirates. Kime and his family blame the Pirates for "dragging their feet," so Tim at BuccoFans takes a closer look (two links) at the situation and concludes that it's possible that the MLB policy to hold approval for above-slot deals until later in July may have cost the Pirates here. It's certainly true that the Pirates have been more than willing to go out and pay for any draft pick they've wanted in the Neal Huntington era (remember that Tanner Scheppers was injured when they picked him), but if the Pirates really felt that MLB feet-dragging was holding them back, why didn't they just make that clear to Kame? It's unclear how much communication there was between the club and Kame after they came to their agreement last month, so maybe the Pirates did exactly that. Whatever the case is, it's obtuse to blame the Pirates for ...