FA Compensation

[mancl]

I am a casual baseball fan compared to most on this board and would appreciate some information about free agency. If a player is deemed to be a certain level player at his position a team that loses the player gains a draft choice correct. If the signing team is rated in the top half of the teams theydon't lose a pick and the forfited picks go between rounds, ? If a signing team is rated in the top half of teams they lose a pick. Is that correct?


In other words if CC signs with the Mets, the Mets have to give up a pick. If he signs with Washington the picks come between rounds.

 

Thanks for the enlightenment.

[logan82]

There are 3 types of free agents.

Type A - compensation is a sandwich pick between the 1st and 2nd round and a first round pick from the team that signs them unless that team drafts in the top half of the 1st round, then it is a 2nd round pick

Type B - compensation is a sandwich pick between the 1st and 2nd round

everyone else - no compensation

 

To get these compensation picks a team has to offer their own free agent arbitration by a certain date(December 1st this year).

 

Here is a link if you want to read more.

[paul253]

Do we happen to know who our FA's that will bring compensation are? Obviously Sheets and Sabathia will be Type A, but is there anyone else (Mota maybe) that will bring any type of compensation?

[logan82]

They were discussing it in this thread.