ACE IS STILL ON ICE ROCKIES NOT CLOSE WITH HARRINGTON.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Right-hander Matt Harrington Matt Harrington (born February 1, 1982) is a baseball player who holds the record for the most times being chosen in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. Between 2000 and 2004, Harrington, a top prospect coming out of high school, was chosen in all five drafts, but never signed of Palmdale High, picked seventh by the Colorado Rockies For the National Hockey League team (1976 – 1982), now known as the New Jersey Devils, see . The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the West Division of the National League. in the Major League Baseball draft The First-Year Player Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players, from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs, to its teams. on June 3, is so frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: about negotiations with the team that he might honor his baseball scholarship to Arizona State. Harrington is the only player among the top 13 draftees who hasn't signed, although many of them had come to predraft contract agreements. ``I'd rather not discuss the numbers, but we told the Colorado Rockies before the draft what it would take to sign me, and they said they'd get it done,'' Harrington said. ``They're not living up to what they said. They're playing games with us. If it gets done, it gets done. If not, I'm going to school on Aug. 21.'' Harrington, who throws 98 mph, committed to Arizona State before the season. His stock rose after leading all regional high school players in victories, strikeouts and ERA. He believes his slide the draft - he was ranked the nation's No. 1 prospect by Baseball Weekly and No. 2 by Baseball America  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . - was a result of his contract demands. Clearly, he said, all major-league teams knew how much money he wanted. ``I want to sign, but I want it to be fair based on what (the Rockies) told me,'' Harrington said. ``We were up front and they said don't worry about it.'' Harrington's agent, Utah-based Tommy Tanzer Tommy Tanzer (born ?) is a baseball agent, who has represented Major League Baseball players such as Steve Finley and Shane Reynolds[1] Matt Harrington , is negotiating with Colorado general manager Daniel O'Dowd, who did not return phone calls from the Daily News. ``I'm not real anxious to turn this into a big public scene,'' Tanzer said, ``but as of right now, I have no indication at all that this is going to work out.'' If Harrington honors his scholarship with the Sun Devils
``Colorado has been threatening Matt with the alternatives and asking him why a kid would want to tie his hands,'' Tanzer said. ``I told them Matt knows the alternatives. He's had 10 weeks to study his alternatives. Matt could have signed a predraft deal with Minnesota. Colorado knew ahead of time what we wanted and they were thrilled to get us. They just haven't handled this right.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: HARRINGTON |
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