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Paul
So essentially the sandwich round has now become the de facto 2nd round. If the Rays have 10 extra slots or so, wouldn’t that diminish the chances of most of those selected to reach agreements with them? The Rays might not have the $$$ to lay out on so many picks. And with not being able to trade picks, the players chosen will be under pressure to either sign or sit out. Add to that the Blue Jays essentially buying a pick in Olivo, and you have a system thats about to be thoroughly gamed.
AJP
While the Rays are smaller in terms of money, they could still pull this off because one knowing they have that many picks, they’ll have to be sure how to use it wisely and two I’d think they could use some money that could have been used in arbitration towards draft picks.
CJ Montiel
I wouldn’t necesarrily agree with that. The Rays don’t have a lot of money but they know how to distribute their dollars and they know they need to save some for the draft. The Rays proved that a low-revenue team can have success through the draft and player development and now that so many of their big pieces are leaving, they’re going to have to reload to be great again one day.
jwredsox
Every team knows their budget and have a general idea of how much each player will want. If they are strapped they will just go for safer and cheaper college players over the expensive (Gotta pry them away from college commitments) and much more volatile (though higher upside) high school players.
leberquesgue
Colour me confused: I thought an arbitration contract was not guaranteed, and this was (for example) Varitek’s excuse for declining arbitration two years ago.