I dunno. Sure sounds like he was praising Sal's operations;
Dan (New Jersey): With a new hard cap for international free agency, does that benefit the Phils? Sal Agostinelli has been great at finding guys on the cheap, but I like his chances of bringing in higher-profile talent if teams are less likely to hand out big bonuses due to the cap.
Ben Badler: Long term I think it’s good for the Phillies. At some point in the near future, the Phillies are going to be a playoff team again. If you want to be built to win every year and continue to replenish the farm system, a draft hurts your ability to compete for the top talent because where you pick restricts your access to players and limits your freedom to sign the prospects you want to go after. And for a team that wasn’t willing to exceed its bonus pool previously, a hard cap is probably a benefit for them. One of the strengths of their international program has been the ability to find under-the-radar pitching—Sixto Sanchez, Franklyn Kilome, Adonis Medina, Jose Taveras, Ricardo Pinto, Elniery Garcia, Mauricio Llovera, these guys all signed for less than $100,000. To have the freedom to go out, find those guys and get them signed on the spot is something that should work to the Phillies’ benefit.