Email a copy of 'Finalized First Round Order For 2017 MLB Draft' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Finalized First Round Order For 2017 MLB Draft' to a friend
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CubsFanForLife
Even though both picks are late in the first round, the having two first round picks could be big boosts for the Rangers and Cubs. Can’t wait for the draft… can’t wait for more baseball!!
stepupjays
Jays chop liver bud?
CubsFanForLife
Well yeah, I was just throwing a couple of teams out as examples. Of course your Jays have a second pick as well.
Mikel Grady
Let’s go pitcher and pitcher for Cubs. Can’t wait to see Dylan cease in majors 101 heater.
Logjammer D"Baggagecling
Will he be ready by September? Or is he gonna be there to replace Lackey? For 2018?
YourDaddy
If all goes well, Cease will be ready in 2019 or 2020.
greplik
Why do not indians have the first round pick?
ib6ub9
Blue Jays get it for signing Encarnacion
angelsfan1391
Because they signed encarnacion
greplik
Oh i see
garyleetee
It seems like it would be more fair if the team that picks up the compensation pick be put in the draft position of the team that gave it up. Like the Cubs should be picking 16th, where the Cards would have been.
JFactor
It’s what they used to do
O Conchobhair
Errrr not really. It has been deemed over the top as it is, which is why it’s now been altered.
acm14
It doesn’t make much sense for your compensation to depend on the signing team, I prefer the sandwich pick method
Rounding3rd
Is it just me or do folks think that the Rockies just don’t understand the pick compensation rules?
locutus
They used it to their advantage when the mets signed cuddyer a couple years back. Could be Walt Weiss’ doing more so than the front office since he was playing vets over rooks down the stretch.
SuperSinker
They didn’t take advantage of anything. The Mets just made a dumb decision that helped the Rockies.
chesteraarthur
Yes, this. It seems the rockies have assembled a decent team despite their front office, not because of it.
padrepapi
The Rockies paying it forward?
pjmcnu
Not that dumb. Cuddyer’s veteran presence a big help in getting Mets to 2015 WS. Nobody (including a big Mets fan like me) saw that coming. I’ll take a trip to the WS for a #1 pick. After all, #1 picks are supposed to help you get there, only many years in the future.
padrepapi
Kinda crazy that 7 of the 10 players to receive qualifying offers stayed with their old team.
acm14
Because a player can only get a QO once in his career now, this really took short term deals off the market for FAs looking for a new team. Can’t do what the Rangers did with Desmond last year anymore
antonio bananas
yes you can lol. QO was around then too. it just didnt happen this year.
pretty sure desmond wasnt offered a QO. What the rangers did is what someone will do with Wieters this year.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
Hahahahaha if the Rockies had just played a little worse in 2016 they would still have their first rounder. But we all know a few extra wins in a losing season are worth more than any draft pick, right Ray Ray?
plyons
Sadly, the Rox had a hot spell before the trade deadline, so Bridich decided to hold onto expendable pieces instead of dealing away said pieces for prospects and a greater chance at a worse record.
Bridich didn’t need to deal Blackmon or CarGo, but they could have dealt Mark Reynolds for a decent prospect, along with a bucket of balls for a few bullpen pieces, Nick Hundley and other irrelevant veterans.
This is the true issue with the Rockies: don’t disassemble to build a championship because fans may not come to games anymore. Instead, continue to be middling year-in-and-year-out so that decent money comes through the gates. It’s just not the way to run a franchise anymore.
acm14
Once you’ve lost one pick, why not sign another guy since the pick you’d lose next is less valuable? Kinda like the international FA market where, once teams go over their bonus pool, they spend even more knowing they can’t go big for the next two years as a penalty
plyons
Hi, Mark. Great work, as always.
Is there any way we can get a n educated/estimated look at what the draft order would be under the new collective bargaining rules?
Granted some teams may have gone about their offseason completely different, but it would be interesting to see the ramifications of those new rule changes.
(Probably not an easy task, but perhaps someone – if not at MLBTR, then maybe FanGraphs – might do this.)
DelUnser4ever
The competitive balance pick is a joke for teams like Baltimore and St. Louis and for all clubs be limited to sandwich second round picks (i.e. Between the second and third rounds).
Mikel Grady
Don’t forget St. Louis gets several free picks because they are “small market” it worked in their favor last year when lackey and heyward got them picks .
GarryHarris
Thanks Mark for putting this together and summing up. Its great to read something and “feel educated” by it afterward.
Logjammer D"Baggagecling
Cubs should have a pick for Chapman too but it is what it is.
Theo and Jed are gonna get 2 more gems. They need to scout pitching through. Draft heavy on pitching.
antonio bananas
chapman was a mid season trade. they knew his contract was expiring, knew he would be expensive to resign, and knew he wouldnt bet them a pick. nothing to complain about.
JKB 2
Agreed. Everyone knew the rules. No pick for Chapman. Therefore the should not somehow get one now