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Originally posted by Cyclone792
Hey GForce, Brandon Larson is the same guy who was unprotected in the Rule 5 draft a few years ago and NOBODY was willing to spend the $50,000 to claim him. He'll be 27 years old in May. That doesn't exactly ring "prospect" in my ears. Sure, he may become a serviceable ML player and may even have a decent career, but I wouldn't call him a prospect anymore.
Of course, with the attitude you seem to take when you disagree on an issue with somebody, I expect you knew all that already, right?
I'm wondering if I'm going to get the "punk" label now too and be referred to as being "dumb" because of this post.....
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While nobody may have been willing to spend the money to claim him, you must remember if you are taken in the Rule V draft you have to spend the entire season on the 25-man roster or the disabled list, either way hindering development. That may have been what people were scared off of, since you said it was a few years ago he was what, just entering Double-A or something like that?