Reply to "#1 draft failed to sign with the Astros"

ironhorse5,000+ posts

Doesn't this nugget imply that Luhnow was calling the agent/adviser at the deadline to negotiate? Isn't that pretty clear cut?

Astros GM Jeff Luhnow addressed the issues surrounding top draft pick Brady Aiken and the team’s failed effort to sign him before today’s deadline:

“Basically, we tried to engage the other side, Casey Close three times today. Made three increasing offers and never received a counter, really they just never engaged, for whatever reason there was no interest."

7/21/147:39 AM

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