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Get StartedDoes that number factor in the penalties I've been reading about?
This "spending pool" crap on foreign players is so confusing. They should all be put into the draft like every other college & high school player. Why should a 19 year old kid from Cuba be able to sign a $50M contract and become a free agent in 4 years when a 19 year old from Michigan has to be slotted and won't become a FA for 5 or 6 years?
This "spending pool" crap on foreign players is so confusing. They should all be put into the draft like every other college & high school player. Why should a 19 year old kid from Cuba be able to sign a $50M contract and become a free agent in 4 years when a 19 year old from Michigan has to be slotted and won't become a FA for 5 or 6 years?
Because Japanese and Cuban players are mostly already professional players. They are not amateurs like HS or collage kids entering the draft, or 15 or 16 year old Latin kids signed by scouts for a handful of cash. They are essentially already Free Agents at the time they are available to MLB teams.
Boston got him. Big surprise there.
This "spending pool" crap on foreign players is so confusing. They should all be put into the draft like every other college & high school player. Why should a 19 year old kid from Cuba be able to sign a $50M contract and become a free agent in 4 years when a 19 year old from Michigan has to be slotted and won't become a FA for 5 or 6 years?
Because, they are under contract already with the foriegn team. Or in some cases they are under contract with their country.
If the player ever wants to return to his country again, he has to go through this process where the original team gets compensation.
Because, they are under contract already with the foriegn team. Or in some cases they are under contract with their country.
If the player ever wants to return to his country again, he has to go through this process where the original team gets compensation.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2015/02/24/mlb-drew-smyly-yoan-moncada/23942133/
Drew Smyly takes issue with Red Sox-Yoan Moncada deal.
Ex-Tigers pitcher sees double standard in how Cuban prospects earn bigger deals than United States draftees.
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