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I found this little nugget buried in Today’s Newsday article by Ken Davidoff
Around the leagues
Something to watch in the negotiations for the new collective-bargaining agreement: It’s possible that teams will no longer receive draft picks as compensation for free agents who leave. That means that the Nationals, who opted to keep Alfonso Soriano, could wind up with absolutely nothing if Soriano signs with another club.
I have not see that anywhere before, but this would be fairly significant if such a change were actually to take place. Just what the big market teams need…MORE of an advantage.
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1. SouthSideRyan Posted: August 22, 2006 at 12:43 AM (#2151149)I hate compensation picks, I want them gone. Yes it sucks for the Nats, but before anyone cries about small market teams, go and check how many picks the Yankees and Red Sox have had over the last few years.
The whole supplemental round is a giant middle finger extended towards the KC's, D-Rays, and Pirates of the world. They are waiting to take their second pick while the Red Sox grab an extra 3 or 4 players.
And I'd sure like to see those picks out of Billy Beane's hands as well.
It's no stretch to assume they'll finally do away with them this time around, as both sides are in agreement on the issue.
Actually it was actually agreed to in principle, but ten days later or whatever the two sides could not agree on the specific language and it reverted back to the status quo ever since.
I would like to see the end of FA compensation, but it seems a little unfair to not give clubs advance notice. GMs should have at least a full years notice as it can have a marginal impact on decisions like keeping Barry Zito.
I agree....
Especially since the team I follow would be royally screwed if there were suddenly no FA compensation.... :)
Carlos Lee
Vicente Padilla
Gary Matthews, Jr.
Mark "F*ing A" DeRosa
maybe Adam Eaton (maybe)
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True, but remember none was given last time when the prelim agreement was reached.
I recall a Neyer article written just after the Ray Durham trade that discussed how draft picks played into it, but by the time the article was published, draft picks were (temporarily) no more :P
Yeah, but clubs would presumably have some idea as to what was on the table for negotiation. What strikes me as unfair is that this report seemingly came out of nowhere (ie, the entire CBA isn't being renegotiated until the end of next season, IIRC). Maybe again teams were given a heads up about this, but it seems odd to be ironing out the details of something like this in a vacuum--which was precisely why they shelved it when they couldn't agree on what they agreed upon a few years ago.
They've already started prelim negotiations on the CBA, and have been talking for awhile now.
God I hate lower primates.
Well, Marmosets don't care for the cut of your jib, either.
They are waiting to take their second pick while the Red Sox grab an extra 3 or 4 players.
But only because they trade all their good young players before they leave as FAs. Those extra 3 or 4 players could be theirs if they'd just stop trading all their soon-to-be FAs for crap.
Obviously the Marlins didn't get the memo that they were supposed to get crap from other teams.
That's not the only way it works. Think about the great SS swap of 04-05 (Renteria-Cabrera-Eckstein). I know the Halo's didn't get a pick here but bear with me. 3 shortstops swap teams among 3 contenders. Their own picks are just swapped among each other, no harm here. But the supplemental picks are just bonuses for playing the free agent game. If these 3 teams had kept their original shortstop, those picks never happen and Tampa Bay, KC, etc. get higher quality second round picks.
Whether they make good use of them is a different matter.
I would be fine with compensation so long as only the signing team was penalized - the supplemental picks have to go.
Nah, he just drafts a guy who is unlikely to sign and gives him a lowball offer.
I'd probably take it though.
The whole supplemental round is a giant middle finger extended towards the KC's, D-Rays, and Pirates of the world. They are waiting to take their second pick while the Red Sox grab an extra 3 or 4 players.
If he'd said it was a giant middle finger extended towards the Marlins, you'd have had me.
Which is one reason why the MLBPA wants the compensation gone, gone, gone - it places an additional cost/restriction on signing a free agent player.
This could also lead to MLB implementing the elimination of the comples leagues and returning to a reduced player development scope, ala the 1970s and 1980s.
This might be the tipping point for Scott Boras - if he can convince a player to take this through the court system, it could end the draft. I don't see it happening, but you never know.
Most teams also wait. When they don't wait it is normally San Francisco or Oakland, which will make the move so they can slip an extra million or two into the big league payroll because that's what they save from not having a first or second round draft pick.
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