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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 2743536, member: 549"] Amore: [URL='http://www.courant.com/sports/baseball/hc-sp-uconn-mlb-draft-0607-story.html']MLB Draft: UConn's P.J. Poulin, Zac Susi Picked On Day 3, Waterford's Michael Burrows, Amity's Patrick Winkel Have College, Pro Options[/URL] >>“I’m going to talk to everyone,” Burrows said, “hear out coach [Jim] Penders, get all the advice and then make the decision that works best for me.”<< >>Several teams called Burrows on Tuesday, looking to draft him in the fifth round. The “slot value” for signing bonuses for picks in that round is about $350,000. That probably wouldn’t have kept him from going to UConn. But as teams continued to draft college players, with less leverage, and can save money in their draft pool to offer more to high school prospects, the Pirates called Burrows Wednesday with a ballpark offer that did interest him. And they chose him with the 324th pick.<< [/QUOTE]