Grydian,

I think Barz was alluding to the difficulties of doing that while maintaining a players amateur status.  The NCAA causes problems when professional sports starts getting involved in high school athletes lives.  I think if Aiken is hurt then it highlights that the Astros were truly the ones who got screwed.  MLB and MLBPA has to give teams more leaway with reducing bonuses for injured players.  The current structure of a total pool based on SIGNING players (not just based on being terrible) is fatally flawed.  Why don't teams just get a certain pool based on their draft order that they can use any way they please?