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johnsilver
Slotting is nonsense and needs to be done with. Yet another example:
Boston has 6.9m total. They have no penalties, as in lost no picks this year. 3.2m of that total is the 12th pick in the draft, so picks 2-9 etc.. make up the rest.. What is up with that??
Enough of the small market, non spending teams complaining and I don’t mean ones like Pittsburgh that always did know how to draft and scout talent, I mean the Oakland and Tampa’s of the league.. Either raise these ridiculous totals, or dump the system altogether.
JT19
If they get rid of slotting, then they would have to enforce a strict rookie scale wage pay…as in players can only make a certain amount (similar to what the NFL and NBA does). Otherwise, getting rid of the slotting with no other protective measures means prospects will just go to whoever is offering them the most money.
mike156
johnsilver can comment more, but I don’t think he was saying get rid of the draft.
just the slotting $
johnsilver
Thank you. Sometimes don’t make myself plain when post. Without a draft, as existed before it started? Brooklyn and NYY amassed most all talent then and had farm systems better than some MLB teams.. A draft is essential.
Slotting. or at the least.. Amounts for those slots if it has to exist is the problem.
mike156
I’m with you on this–it’s silly, leads to distortions in the market, and creates unfair situations. And, while we are at it, I would get rid of the loss of college eligibility rules at the same time. A high school player should have the same option as any talented person–go pro, or go to college.
Los Calcetines Rojos
Really hoping Corey Ray can come home to Chicago!
piratesdbackfan
Incase you all forgot it was because of the small market teams that this was done — the situation was that the red sox were going to draft OF Josh Bell but he told them he was honoring his scholarship to Texas( I think) So they passed and the Pirates in a smart move drafted Bell and paid him well over what a 2nd rd pick (61st overall) should get – signed for 5 m— red sox complained and that’s what lead to the slot system
Brixton
I heard that Groome asked for 6.5M, the Sox draft pool is 6.95M, i don’t think he’ll sign.