That was an auto pick. I actually like Thomas better. He needs to improve defensively but at 20 he's got time (and the personality traits to).
Tampa passes on the top batter on my board (Alomar) as we can't afford to tie up that much of our budget in one player. Pruitt is young with a great arm and what looks like 3 top pitches....assuming he develops in the minors.
NeuroticTruth and ty5oke sawemoff have a list and auto picks are off....then HAL9100 is up and he is on vacation till june 23rd so i assume he is away.
I wasn't a huge fan of his greed but I'll take my chances. I just couldn't pass him up with his defense and hitting capabilities.
I almost took him at 8, but he would represent virtually my entire draft budget and I don't have the finances to really go over the $7.5 million I have for the draft.
Understandable and I've been in that situation before. I thought he would go before he fell to me so I got lucky.