Signing Free Agents is, has been and will always be a risky move, the risk is mostly dependant on how much you spend, that's why Ohtani was the baseball equivalent of winning the lottery, all-world upside, no risk, but something that tends to get lost somewhere along the way, is the good old compensation pick.
Every team who loses a comp eligible player gets one. While the baseball draft is very unpredictable and the percentage of players that never make the majors is incredibly high, you'll find a lot of stars up there in the top 50 picks or so.
With that in mind let's analyze some free agent signings, that led to compensation picks, that turned out to be very good for the receiving team
Jacoby Ellsbury signs with the Yankees in 13/14 offseason.
The BoSox received a compensation pick from New York, slotted in as the 33rd overall, such pick was used to draft Michael Kopech, the flame thrower is among the top prospects in all of baseball, and the interesting thing is this, he was a big part of the Sale deal, and without him they probably never get him, sure a diferent package could be sent, but the Red Sox had zero intentions of trading Benintendi or Devers at the time, beyond that no one in the farm would really entice the White Sox, Moncada, and some fill ins? No.
Clint Barmes (HOU) signs a 2 year 10.5 mil contract with the Pirates in the 11/12 offseason.
Chances are, you never heard of this guy, but back in 2011 when the type A, type B rules of compensation were still in place, following a career year, in which he had 2.8 WAR with great SS defense, his departure netted a comp pick;
41rst overall to Houston, that year they also had the number 1 pick, they wound picking Correa and Lance McCullers Jr, interestingly enough a big reason why they selected Carlos number 1, was to give him a signing bonus below the slot value, so they had the extra money to get Lance, had Barnes been left off this equation, they do not get Lance and who knows if they pick Correa number 1 with the whole slot to spend, probably yes, but maybe not.
Joaquin Benoit to Detroit 10/11
Netted the Tampa Bay Rays, prized lefty starter Blake Snell, another type B free agent.
Michael Cuddyer to the Rockies 11/12
Minnesota received the 32nd overall pick, they selected Jose Berrios, their best starter today.
Nick Swisher to Cleveland 12/13
Yankees got the 32nd overall pick, selected Aaron Judge
More examples to come later...
Falcons @ Saints, Seahawks @ Cowboys, let's watch some football
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Every team who loses a comp eligible player gets one. While the baseball draft is very unpredictable and the percentage of players that never make the majors is incredibly high, you'll find a lot of stars up there in the top 50 picks or so.
With that in mind let's analyze some free agent signings, that led to compensation picks, that turned out to be very good for the receiving team
Jacoby Ellsbury signs with the Yankees in 13/14 offseason.
The BoSox received a compensation pick from New York, slotted in as the 33rd overall, such pick was used to draft Michael Kopech, the flame thrower is among the top prospects in all of baseball, and the interesting thing is this, he was a big part of the Sale deal, and without him they probably never get him, sure a diferent package could be sent, but the Red Sox had zero intentions of trading Benintendi or Devers at the time, beyond that no one in the farm would really entice the White Sox, Moncada, and some fill ins? No.
Clint Barmes (HOU) signs a 2 year 10.5 mil contract with the Pirates in the 11/12 offseason.
Chances are, you never heard of this guy, but back in 2011 when the type A, type B rules of compensation were still in place, following a career year, in which he had 2.8 WAR with great SS defense, his departure netted a comp pick;
41rst overall to Houston, that year they also had the number 1 pick, they wound picking Correa and Lance McCullers Jr, interestingly enough a big reason why they selected Carlos number 1, was to give him a signing bonus below the slot value, so they had the extra money to get Lance, had Barnes been left off this equation, they do not get Lance and who knows if they pick Correa number 1 with the whole slot to spend, probably yes, but maybe not.
Joaquin Benoit to Detroit 10/11
Netted the Tampa Bay Rays, prized lefty starter Blake Snell, another type B free agent.
Michael Cuddyer to the Rockies 11/12
Minnesota received the 32nd overall pick, they selected Jose Berrios, their best starter today.
Nick Swisher to Cleveland 12/13
Yankees got the 32nd overall pick, selected Aaron Judge
More examples to come later...
Falcons @ Saints, Seahawks @ Cowboys, let's watch some football
Hope you guys enjoyed it, comment, suggest, subscribe and anything else you feel like it.
Twitter: @E_Max27
Email: estevaomaximo_23@hotmail.com
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