Free Agent Compensation for 2013
Jul 28, 2012 9:48:50 GMT -5
Post by Ben (Rays GM) on Jul 28, 2012 9:48:50 GMT -5
With the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, MLB is no longer using Elias Rankings to determine free agent compensation. As such, these rankings aren't being published and we need to find a new way to determine compensation.
"Major league free agent compensation will be completely revised in 2013, with a team having to offer its former players who became free agents the average of the top 125 contracts -- currently about $12.4 million -- to receive draft-pick compensation if a player signs with a new team. It eliminates the statistical formula that had been in place since the 1981 strike settlement."
espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/726930....labor-agreement
We will also be using salary to determine compensation, but we will not require you to offer a contract. Any player that is offered a raw annual salary of $10 million will earn his team compensation if he signs with another team. This is entirely based on salary before discounts.
Compensation picks will continue to take the form of sandwich picks between the first and second rounds. The order of the compensation round will be determined by raw annual salary of the players, with the team losing the player with the highest raw annual salary offered picking first.
"Major league free agent compensation will be completely revised in 2013, with a team having to offer its former players who became free agents the average of the top 125 contracts -- currently about $12.4 million -- to receive draft-pick compensation if a player signs with a new team. It eliminates the statistical formula that had been in place since the 1981 strike settlement."
espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/726930....labor-agreement
We will also be using salary to determine compensation, but we will not require you to offer a contract. Any player that is offered a raw annual salary of $10 million will earn his team compensation if he signs with another team. This is entirely based on salary before discounts.
Compensation picks will continue to take the form of sandwich picks between the first and second rounds. The order of the compensation round will be determined by raw annual salary of the players, with the team losing the player with the highest raw annual salary offered picking first.