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Gumby65
So the Dodgers signed Fielder already? AWESOME!
(example of miss-use of a perfectly good example)
John 87
Example of someone trying too hard to be funny.
Gumby65
Immediately followed by somebody posing as an established poster.
Gumby65
Your mom was only trying to be funny when she had you.
NomarGarciaparra
“When a team offers arbitration to one of its own free agents, it is
offering the player a 2010 contract at a to-be-determined salary.”
why 2010 contract?
Brett Taylor
“This is a modified version of a post by Tim Dierkes from December, 2009.”
Because it wasn’t quite modified enough.
choffner
Actually, it’s not the first 15 picks that are protected. It’s the picks of the first 15 teams in reverse standings order. Some teams will have more than one pick, making the first round more than 30 picks long. For example:
In 2011, the DBacks had picks #3 and 7. The third pick was their pick for finishing with the third worst record in 2010. The seventh pick was compensation for failing to sign their 2010 first round pick, #7 overall, Barret Loux. Three teams in the bottom 15 had additional compensation picks in 2011, so it was actually the first 18 picks that were protected from Type A arbitration.