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In the 2002 offseason he picked up Type A free agent Greg Colbrunn to use him as a bench bat, giving up the #17 pick in the process.
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And this really underlines Gillick's firm conviction that mid-, late-first round picks don't mean much.
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What do you guys do with the fact that if you lose a pick, you can just spread the money out to signability guys later in the draft?
You've got a budget, and your draft selections are determined up-and-down the draft by whether you'll give a kid what he wants.
Normally in the 2nd or 3rd round you can get a player who slid, and pay him more, right?