To sign, or not to sign

Posted in June 17th, 2009
by Jeremy in 2009, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Between The Innings, Draft, In The System, Meet The Staff, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians

Odds and Ends:
A recurring question always comes up after the MLB Draft each year, who will sign, and who won’t.  This year there have already been 14 players who have signed on the dotted line for the A’s, but I would expect more to come in the next week or two.
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Oakland Athletics Ninth Round Pick: Myrio Richard (OF, Prairie View A&M)

Posted in June 10th, 2009
by Jeremy in 2009, Baseball News, Draft, Newswire, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

Mike ‘Runway’ Richard has a brother, and he’s been called for landing by the Oakland A’s.
The second Richard brother in three years to be drafted by the A’s, the younger version of 2007 speedster Mike comes from the same school, and stole 38 bases over his first two seasons at Prairie View.
Myrio Richard hit .370 [...]

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