Theriot/Lilly for DeWitt and 2 Prospects

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<!--quoteo(post=109184:date=Jul 31 2010, 11:41 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Jul 31 2010, 11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Is it inconceivable that a 5th round pick that probably belonged in the NFL and not MLB might have a.) not been drafted in the first place and b.) once it became an even slightly expensive proposition, not be signed?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's duplicative to question the contract because of football and when he was drafted. If he was just a pitcher, he probably would have been a high first round pick. He dropped to where he did because teams thought he might go to the NFL thereby causing them to waste a pick.