Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Rosenthal: New CBA forced teams to improve
(msn.foxsports.com)
posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:31 AM by RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) to blue jays, cba, draft, draft pick compensation, indians, mariners, michael bourn, nick swisher, rafael soriano, yankees
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Read More...A little-known aspect of the CBA — the market-disqualification program — is helping force a select group of teams to operate more competitively than they did in the past.
The way the program works, revenue-sharing proceeds for teams in the 15 largest markets will decline by set percentages over the next three years, and disappear entirely by 2016.
Teams that previously received such funds — Toronto, Atlanta and Washington, among them — had little incentive to field better clubs. Why ...
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Passan: Scott Boras’ title of ‘Mr. January’ faces stiff challenge from MLB’s new rules on free agency
(sports.yahoo.com)
posted on January 02, 2013 at 02:06 AM by The District Attorney to adam laroche, business, cba, draft, free agency, kyle lohse, michael bourn, rafael soriano, scott boras
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Read More...Mr. January is a nickname bestowed on Boras by owners flabbergasted by his propensity to snag large free-agent deals after New Year’s Day. Boras, long the sport’s villain, is the protagonist in this tussle, because baseball’s new rules governing the draft have destroyed the free-agent market for Adam LaRoche, Kyle Lohse, Michael Bourn and Rafael Soriano – the latter three of whom are Boras clients…
The new draft format included fixed bonus pools for teams based on the previous year’s ...