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The Major League Baseball first-year player draft begins in about half an hour, and when it does, the Washington Nationals will take San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg with the first pick. After that, it's anyone's guess. And one of the people with most invested in all that guessing is recent Stockdale graduate K.C. Hobson. I've seen Hobson projected to go anywhere from a supplemental first-round pick (teams get extra picks between the first and second round in what's called the Sandwich Round if they lost a Type A free agent last offseason) all the way down to the fifth or sixth round. If you'll excuse a quick MLB Draft primer, there are several reasons this is important for Hobson, whose dad, Butch, was a former MLB player and manager. Number one is money, plain and simple. The higher you get picked, the higher your slot value, i.e., the value MLB recommends teams give you as a signing bonus. They don't have to, but it's a safe bet that the number...
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