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I'm slow in posting this, so chances are by now that you've heard this news from elsewhere, but four locals were drafted today, the second day of the Major League Baseball draft. The story stars with Stockdale's K.C. Hobson, the best prep player in the section all year. Hobson slipped past yesterday's first three rounds but was nabbed in the sixth round today by the Toronto Blue Jays. I spoke to Hobson by phone, and he sounded pretty excited, even though he'd fallen that far. Here's why: Hobson's asking for a pretty big contract, money that players picked in the first or second round normally would get. Once he fell past that round, it was unlikely that any team would draft him until much later, because there would be too big of a risk that they wouldn't be able to sign him. Teams do occasionally pay "over slot" for players they pick, though, and the Blue Jays taking a risk in the sixth round by picking Hobson is a good sign they're willing to do that here. If they...
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