March 2, 200917 yr Anyone else enjoying the fact that he's going to make less then half of what he would have gotten had he accepted arbitration?
March 2, 200917 yr also being reported on espn.com Can someone remind me then, which draft pick would we get as compensation? (I love this broken system)
March 2, 200917 yr The actual source is Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports and Buster Olney. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-c...ns&expire=1 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3946501 It's a 1 year $4M deal. The Sox will receive Oakland's second round pick (#12 I believe) and a sandwich pick between rounds one and two.
March 2, 200917 yr Good news for the Sox. Too bad it couldn't have been a team with a higher pick, but that should give the Sox a nice looking draft. That should be 4 picks in about the first 75 picks or so.
March 2, 200917 yr About as good of an outcome as we could have expected to this situation in my opinion. Happy to hear the news.
March 2, 200917 yr QUOTE (R.J. @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 01:53 PM) We don't get that #12 pick, right? Pick in the top 15 are protected so we get a sandwich pick and a second rounder I think. Still very nice. QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 01:31 PM) The actual source is Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports and Buster Olney. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-c...ns&expire=1 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3946501 It's a 1 year $4M deal. The Sox will receive Oakland's second round pick (#12 I believe) and a sandwich pick between rounds one and two.
March 2, 200917 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 01:46 PM) About as good of an outcome as we could have expected to this situation in my opinion. Happy to hear the news.
March 2, 200917 yr Are we going to get Type A compensation from Dye if he signs elsewhere? He's been either the most productive rightfielder or outfielder in the American League since he signed here. I forget which. I would think his 3 year average, barring horrible numbers this year, would make him type A. Would this be the case, or am I way off? JSticks
March 2, 200917 yr It depends. Will Jermaine project to be worth $12M next year? If not you don't offer him arbitration, you just let him walk. Jermaine has been no where near the most productive RF in the AL over the last 3 seasons. He's definitely hit the most HR but I'd say he's been the 5th or 6th most valuable RF depending on where you rank Ichiro and Nick Markakis.
March 2, 200917 yr These picks are about best case scenario for Sox. Even if they got pick #16, there was no guarantee the Sox would actually take the best player due to signing bonuses. With 2 picks the Sox have a better shot of actually getting some one who will one day be a MLB player.
March 2, 200917 yr I didnt see this anywhere else, however from Cowley's Twitter: "cst_sox: Being reported that Orlando Cabrera signed a one-year, $4 million contract with Oakland. Sox get two picks as compensation"
March 2, 200917 yr Unfortunately, someone decided to move the thread to The Diamond Club, even though the information basically means we just acquired two draft picks. I think the thread should be moved back to Palehose Talk.
March 2, 200917 yr QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) I didnt see this anywhere else, however from Cowley's Twitter: "cst_sox: Being reported that Orlando Cabrera signed a one-year, $4 million contract with Oakland. Sox get two picks as compensation" I saw it on ESPN.com as well as cbssports.com
March 2, 200917 yr im really happy that im not crazy... i thought i somehow missed this thread. I'm getting old.
March 2, 200917 yr 33 first round picks + 10 type A sandwich picks + 5 type B sandwich picks + 11 picks ahead of Oakland = pick #60 overall as of now Don't hold me to it.
March 2, 200917 yr What Oakland should do next is sign Reyes and Garciaparra, DFA Hannahan, and have Crosby practice at 3rd, while you try to work a trade for some young arms.
March 2, 200917 yr QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 02:54 PM) 33 first round picks + 10 type A sandwich picks + 5 type B sandwich picks + 11 picks ahead of Oakland = pick #60 overall as of now Don't hold me to it. 3 picks in the first 60 then? Excellent. Hopefully we save some money in the budget for some prospects.
March 2, 200917 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 03:07 PM) 3 picks in the first 60 then? Excellent. Hopefully we save some money in the budget for some prospects. Makes you wonder if that's why they spent hardly anything this offseason. Perhaps they could have fit a few others into the payroll, but wanted to be able to pay a few guys that may fall for slight signability reasons.
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