Aiken hurt?

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Aiken hurt?

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Reports coming out that there were issues with the physical... the Astros and Aiken had agreed to a 6.5M bonus but something seems to have hit a snag, Ken Rosenthal saying a possible ligament issue in his elbow.

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i heard he is achin'

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Brady Aiken's advisor, Casey Close, criticized both the Astros and MLB for the way the team has handled negotiations with the 2014 No. 1 overall pick.
The Astros are said to be using a medical concern, specifically about an abnormality with Aiken's elbow ligament, to leverage him into accepting a lower bonus. This would enable them two of their other draft picks. The two sides initially agreed to a $6.5 million bonus, but their revised offer now sits at $3,168,840, the minimum amount required to ensure that they would receive the No. 2 pick in 2015 as compensation if they fail to sign Aiken. "We are extremely disappointed that Major League Baseball is allowing the Astros to conduct business in this manner with a complete disregard for the rules governing the draft and the 29 other clubs who have followed those same rules," said Close. There's a lot of work to do in order to get a deal in place before Friday's deadline.
Source: FOXSports.com
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This whole Aiken thing is an absolute nightmare. And now it's impacting their negotiations with Nix, and it's just a big cluster [expletive]. Law suits are coming, the union is involved.

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This whole Aiken thing is an absolute nightmare. And now it's impacting their negotiations with Nix, and it's just a big cluster [expletive]. Law suits are coming, the union is involved.

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