by childsmwc » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:48 pm
While this sounds a bit extreme, when I look at the SS pool it is not out of the question. If you do not get your selected player you get the next lower salaried player available in the draft pool (the two players listed cost more than Ripken).
Now after Ripken there aren't alot of SS priced above $1M that are listed as SS as their primary position. So it could be very likely that if D. Thon and one or two other SS are drafted below Ripken, S. Owens might be the next best substitute. The SS position drops off fast and the #12 SS is D. Thon I think. It is a really weak position in 1986.
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