2/24/14

Qualified Offers -



Qualified Offers -

Bean Stringfellow, the agent for right-hander Ervin Santana, said Sunday that the pitcher would consider holding out until after the amateur draft in early June if he does not receive an acceptable offer. 

Scott Boras, the agent for shortstop Stephen Drew and first baseman-designated hitter Kendrys Morales, also suggested that his clients might not sign until after the draft, when compensation no longer would apply. Even delaying new deals until after Opening Day would benefit the players. An eligible free agent cannot receive a qualifying offer unless he is with his team for an entire season, according to the collective-bargaining agreement. http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/compensation-free-agents-may-hold-out-until-after-june-draft-022314

Mack  - This is finally the answer I’ve been looking for. So basically you can just tell your client to chill for the month of April, workout at your private workout center, and then re-market the guy without the draft pick hang-up.


It is the draft pick that has everyone pissing, right?

What a stupid rule this turns out to be.

7 comments:

Willis said...

They could have taken the offer.

Mack Ade said...

and, we can offer it again a week after the draft...

Ernest Dove said...

I had no idea u could simply do this and screw up the whole rule with this qualifying offer/comp pick crap...........
However, what do these players expect to gain here? Playing a shorter season means making less total money for the year, doesn't it? cant pay a guy $10+ mil to play from end of june to October.
And who's going to give a multi year contract to a guy in this situation?

Mack Ade said...

What I don't understand is why did the player's union go through all this crap for this kind of end result?

Anonymous said...

I don't think the player's Union was fully thinking this thru. When negotiating this deal they were more focused on removing the "Type B" free agents tags from relievers. In reality those Type B free agents were not the problem.

Teams did not lose draft picks for signing Type B players.....the only thing that would happen is that the losing team would net a sandwich pick.

The same problem before the new rule still exists. Teams are not willing to give up a 1st round draft pick for a "Type A" or Qualified offer guy.

Don't be surprised if the Union comes back to the table to try and renegotiate this issue.

Herb G said...

Mack -

They thought they were improving the prior system where Type A and Type B free agents were designated according to Elias rankings, and there was no such thing as a "qualified offer". Many more players were subject to the loss of a draft pick under that system.

The solution seems simple to me, but I wonder if the owners will go along with a mid term modification to the CBA.

Mack Ade said...

Herb - They will have to do something to change this embarassment