Gammons On International Free Agents

My guess is the Pirates 4th rounder, Zackry Dodson.

"With as much as teams like Boston have been able to go over slot in the late rounds it's odd of the commisioner to step in on a small market team going over on their third pick in the draft if it is Dwyer.
Posted by: BigRichard | July 09, 2009 at 08:18 PM"

I might be mistaken, but I'm almost positive that there are no slot recommendations for the later rounds. It stops somewhere between round 5 and 10 i think. Again I'm not completely positive about that.

Dwyer is the obvious candidate to be the blocked signing.

"The commisioner wouldn't legally have a leg to stand on in the situation Gammons describes, so I would guess that the holdup is something in the contract besides salary."

My understanding is the commissioner has the right to veto any contract or deal which crosses his desk, needing to sight nothing more then "in the best interest of the game". Otherwise, there would be no need for all contracts to be presented to him for approval.

Last year the commisioner's office signed off on Pete Hissey for $1,000,000 in 4th and Ryan Westmoreland for $2,000,000 in the 5th for Boston(Tim Melville 1.25 to KC in 4th). When was the last time that the commisioners office refused to sign off on a deal or is this the first?

Sorry to hear that poor teams that draft near the top every year do not like Boston and NYY drafting and signing future high round HS kids that they *may* have a shot at in future years after another pathetic season. Maybe if the teams these poor teams would put on the field were good, or the fans would support them they would be able to sign 4-5 players in the 7 figure range that they maybe should be drafting every year, or Selig should instead be subtracting teams from MLB like the Nationals, Padres, Fish that just flat out cannot and will not ever get supported by a fan base.

"It is Chris Dwyer. He has been released from his commitments with his summer league team and has pretty much come to terms with the Royals.

The Royals have also come to terms with third round pick Will Myers for way overslot (he was asking for $2 mill) but the deal is being held up by Bud. There are published news reports that he is working out with the Royals App. League affiliate."

That's it. Selig is a moron. Do you have a link on the Myers issue, btw.

I think its pretty safe to assume that the 4th rounder Gammons was talking about is Dwyer, since he stated that its a central division team.

Selig's got no leg to stand on here. I mean, he's let other teams get away with it for years, why nix it now. Moron.

If this is the case, its also going to be a huge issue for several other smaller market teams (A's, Pirates) who picked a bunch of overslot guys in later rounds.

It's irritating but not significant. It's been stated that the two have come to an agreement, he's been released from his summer commitments and is working out with the Royals. It'll become more than irritating if they want to start him getting some minor league action and the commish blocks that.

Overall stupid though; Bud, either get a system in place to control the signing bonuses or don't. This "frowned upon" and "please don't announce it until closer to the deadline so there is the illusion that the negotiations took the dollar figure that high" is ridiculous.