Comments on: Round 11, Pick 360: Trey Williams, SS

By: georgegbooker

georgegbooker — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:34:58 +0000

congrats trey hope u make it up to big show adap..send me ticket to game when u play in calif.since i never got to see u play whilw i knew u here in vegas…lol..again congrats and u know cardinals my team b4 u where born.stay healthy.happy.blessed@ sistets and ur mom..godkeep on blessing ya..ur friend george

By: Felonius_Monk

Felonius_Monk — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:56:15 +0000

Yeah, I think he would. Also, I think if he’d just sign for $1m someone would’ve asked him, got an affirmative, and drafted him before the 11th. I expect Williams is holding out for first-round money. TBH, I think it’s possible we can sign Kelly and still have about $800k-1m left over, but no more. Pretty sure we can only get one of Williams and Foody, and I wonder if Williams might be too much even.

By: Mrs. TLR

Mrs. TLR — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 02:34:30 +0000

Williams is a stud and Mo wants to sign him up. Its going to happen. We are not selecting these guys to let them get away.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:55:45 +0000

I didn’t take it as a rant honestly. I think the market is more on talent than the fact that he’s 17. Some 24 year olds in our system aren’t worth 1 mil because they lack impact talent. I just feel that Williams is as good a prospect or better than Tilson when he was drafted. Plus iwth the dearth of power in our system this is a signining we have to get done.

By: T-Bird

T-Bird — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:44:16 +0000

I agree. I’m not disputing his prospect status, pedigree or future ceiling. I think it was a great pick and imo he is a first round caliber talent. Whether he deserves $1 million is another question. It is undisputed that he is 17 and unproven above the highschool/traveling circuit level. There is no telling how he will fare against sophisticated pitch sequences and much better stuff. My objection isn’t what it will take to get him signed, it is with the value the market places on 17 and 18 year old kids. I apologize for the rant, just thought I would clarify my position.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:10:44 +0000

I don’t know why he wouldn’t? He was a Top prospect 3.5 years out of his 4 year HS career. He just dropped at the end and that may be because or prospect fatigue. Guys that are around longer people start trying to pick holes in. Most agree he has 70 future power and at least 5.5 current power. He’s got bloodlines. Only reason he wasn’t a Top 20 pick is because he didn’t do well his senior year.

By: T-Bird

T-Bird — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:07:25 +0000

I stand corrected on Myers. I wouldn’t say, Williams “deserves” that much, but the market is what it is.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:27:24 +0000

I think he could easily say no to 700k. I don’t think he says no to a million though. He deserves that much and hopefully we can sign him for that much.

By: jjray

jjray — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:03:36 +0000

If we offered $700k by stealing from our higher draft picks (and maybe even paying some penalty money) do you think the kid says ‘no’ and rolls the dice in college? With the money for draft picks deflated through the new system, I think the risks go up to walk away from that kind of money. I really hope we sign this kid. I can swallow the Ramsey pick if we steal money from him and use it to sign a high ceiling HS player.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:35:28 +0000

Myer made 2.2 mil I believe. Trey Williams was the number 20 prospect coming into his Sr. Year. He’s committed to Pepperdine and could very easily go to college mash and get back up into the 1st round when he’s drafted again in a few years. Plus he has a MLB dad. He’s surely a better prospect that Charlie Tilson. No way Williams is signed for under 1 mil.