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Scott Reynolds at The Copper & Blue a third time, this time using Gabe's equivalencies for the 2008 cohort.

From Baseball America (subscription only): "Grades are based solely on the quality of the draftees signed, and not on the number of picks added/lost through free-agent compensation, the amount of money spent, whom the players may have been traded for or unsigned players who became prominent." Anyway, BA grades the Angel drafts as follows: 2005: C, 2006: C+, 2007: D, 2008: D, for a cumulative GPA of 1.63, second to last among major league teams. Only the Astros graded lower.

"The Padres and first-round draft pick Allan Dykstra have agreed to terms, beating tonight's major league deadline for clubs to reach terms with any unsigned draft selections " Let's hope his hip injury is a non-issue.

HoopsWorld is reporting that a deal where Houston and Washington could swap their first round picks and send Luther Head to Washington could be in the works.