▁not ▁know ▁until ▁two ▁minutes ▁before ▁the ▁draft ▁that ▁he ' d ▁definitely ▁get ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁choose ▁We aver . ▁B ane ▁told ▁Baseball ▁America ▁about ▁their ▁sc out ing , ▁" We ▁did ▁our ▁home work . ▁We ▁started ▁when ▁Jer ed ▁first ▁got ▁to ▁Long ▁Beach . ▁I ▁watched ▁him ▁in ▁in tras quad ▁games ▁back ▁in ▁January . ▁All ▁our ▁guys ▁had ▁seen ▁him . ▁We ▁didn ' t ▁back ▁off ▁because ▁of ▁reports ▁in ▁the ▁paper . ▁We ▁do ▁our ▁stuff ▁priv ately . ▁We ▁were ▁prepared ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁there ▁at ▁ 1 2 ▁to ▁take ▁him ." ▁However , ▁negoti ations ▁did ▁not ▁proceed ▁smooth ly . ▁Tal ks ▁broke ▁down ▁multiple ▁times . ▁Bor as ▁and ▁client ▁We aver ▁held ▁out ▁until ▁the ▁last ▁minutes ▁before ▁the ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁dead line , ▁becoming ▁the ▁longest ▁hold out ▁in ▁draft ▁history . ▁We aver ▁received ▁a ▁$ 4 ▁million ▁signing ▁bonus , ▁less ▁than ▁the ▁$ 1 0 . 5 ▁million ▁originally ▁sought ▁and ▁also ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁$ 7 – 8 ▁million ▁range ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁just ▁months ▁before ▁signing . ▁ ▁We aver ' s ▁as cent ▁to ▁the ▁major ▁le agues ▁was ▁quick . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁Major ▁League ▁debut ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁just ▁ 3 6 1 ▁days ▁after ▁signing ▁with ▁the ▁club . ▁He ▁spent ▁just ▁over ▁one ▁month ▁in ▁Single - A ▁before