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WonderboyRooney10
Disqus!
WonderboyRooney10
Octavio Dotel must be thrilled
ObamaDinoKiller
why would they have to offer him 12.5 mil?
Stuart Brown
Arbitration offers now have to match that of the average salary of the league iirc.
101andcounting
Refreshing to hear from a baseball player with a little bit of business sense. Frasor seems like he at least understands the economic side of the game, which I get the feeling many pro athletes do not.
rfffr
Okay that’s good to know.
johnsmith4
I expect Frasor and other middle relievers will regret this change. It is my belief the chance of draft picks at the end of a contract motivated some teams (Tampa Toronto Boston etc) to pay a higher salaries for relievers. With that out of the equation, it will purely be his baseball value (I.e. WAR).
vilifyingforce
What about teams having to surrender a first round pick in order to sign the player? I agree with Oz that you have this completely backwards.
mattt-3
Perhaps the A/B system would have worked better if relievers were rated against all pitchers.
Regardless, apparently that system is going away. Is there something else going in its place concerning compensation for the team losing a player? Otherwise, while this is good for middle relievers, I’d say this is ultimately bad for small and often even mid-market teams. The Yankees will have one fewer reason not to just make a Playstation team. So I assume there must be something else going in its place. Anyone know a good quick link to some reading material on the subject?
go_jays_go
This is what I understand, some of it is just my speculation:
In the past, some teams would stock up on type B relief pitchers, only
to have them leave once they reach free agency. Thus, some teams would receive multiple sandwich picks for the loss of several bullpen guys.
In a way, this practice was ridiculous because the sandwich round was
too large. In fact, just last year (2011), the sandwich round lasted for
27 picks; that’s almost an entire round. This is bad because it pushes
round 2 to begin later in the draft. For 2011, round 2 didn’t begin
until pick #60.
And the question becomes, is it really fair that teams are grabbing
picks in 40th to 50th range for the loss of bullpen guys? On the other
hand, if the sandwich round is shortened, picks ranging from #40 to
#50 would be a part of round 2.
It’s a bit of give and take. Personally, I would like to have kept the
type B free agency status, and eliminate type A. The other positive I
see is the rule where a player must stay on one team for the entire year
to be eligible for draft pick compensation. But it’s just my opinion.