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sammykhalifa
Yeah, let’s “Cap” the draft but keep unlimited spending on free agency. Victory for the Small Guy!
daveineg
Pitching and defense aren’t going to be good enough in a loaded division.
NomarGarciaparra
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought draft pick compensation would still happen now. Don’t you have to wait until after the draft?
chicothekid
you still gotta pay them right now and you still lose your draft pick right now. you cannot offer either of them a QO if you do sign them now. if signed now, the team they left still gets a supp pick. after the draft, you don’t lose your draft pick and the team they left doesn’t get one either. you pay a prorated portion of their salary for the year.
NomarGarciaparra
Yeah exactly, that’s what I thought. So if a team wasn’t willing to lose the pick, why would they be willing now?
LazerTown
They weren’t willing to lose the pick while also playing $14MM aav on multiple years. Once you chop it down to $10MM over 1 year that is not too bad of a deal for a team, especially if they see that they are still in it. It’s also fine for the player because while they didn’t make as much this year, next winter they will have been able to have a full season of production, while also having no draft pick compensation. If they sit out half the year they could potentially be pretty bad in 2nd half missing all that time.
chicothekid
there’s not as many SS’s as you might think, and with the yankees in the market, subtract one from that total.
Metsfan93
Hanley, JJ, Lowrie, Asdrubal is four legitimate options. Drew doesn’t want to go up against that group. He should wait out until the draft and hope a contending team with an impending free agent (….Dodgers or Orioles, basically) has their starter go down and is willing to commit to Drew long-term. Re-entering the free agent market next offseason when Addison Russell, Francisco Lindor, Javier Baez, and Carlos Correia will have basically eliminated four landing spots, including the homes of two free agents, is not the best strategy.
GoRav114
Just like they will pay JJ Hardy 21 million a year for five years to replace Jeter. They always fill in their needs by overpaying the best available free agent. (assuming Tulo is traded halfway and signed to an extension or re signs with CO I think JJ is the next best available)
Metsfan93
Tulo is signed *very* long-term. He’s signed through 2010, I believe. Either 2019 or 2020. He isn’t a free agent any time soon.