Comments on: Matsui noticeably absent from Elias Rankings http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/ A New York Yankees Blog Mon, 28 May 2012 13:24:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dalelama http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681476 dalelama Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:35:59 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681476 Thanks for clearing it up...after signing Tex, Sabathia, and Burnett when do we get our next first rounder ? 2013 ? LOL Thanks for clearing it up…after signing Tex, Sabathia, and Burnett when do we get our next first rounder ? 2013 ? LOL

]]> By: Mike bk http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681310 Mike bk Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:32:03 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681310 if you are pick 16-30 you lose your 1st and the team you took them from gets a sandwich as well. if you are 1-15 then the 1st round pick is protected and you give up a 2nd instead. type b's get the losing team a sandwich pick but no team to team compensation. if you are pick 16-30 you lose your 1st and the team you took them from gets a sandwich as well. if you are 1-15 then the 1st round pick is protected and you give up a 2nd instead.

type b’s get the losing team a sandwich pick but no team to team compensation.

]]> By: Jack http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681302 Jack Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:23:06 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681302 Ignore that last paragraph. I was trying to post a link, but that was on my clipbosrd. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/ask-ba/2008/267067.html Ignore that last paragraph. I was trying to post a link, but that was on my clipbosrd.

http://www.baseballamerica.com.....67067.html

]]> By: Jack http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681297 Jack Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:16:36 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681297 They get both. <b>Type A free agents yield the signing team's first-round choice and a supplemental first-rounder as compensation, while Type Bs bring back only the sandwich-rounder. Clubs who finished in the bottom half of the major league standings can't surrender their first-round selection, and compensation picks for failure to sign draftees from the previous year can't be lost either. A club must offer arbitration to a free agent in order to receive compensation for him.</b> For the first three months — and not coincidentally, through his first 110.2 innings — he was masterful. After 20 starts, Joba was 7-2 with a 3.58 ERA. They get both.

Type A free agents yield the signing team’s first-round choice and a supplemental first-rounder as compensation, while Type Bs bring back only the sandwich-rounder. Clubs who finished in the bottom half of the major league standings can’t surrender their first-round selection, and compensation picks for failure to sign draftees from the previous year can’t be lost either. A club must offer arbitration to a free agent in order to receive compensation for him.

For the first three months — and not coincidentally, through his first 110.2 innings — he was masterful. After 20 starts, Joba was 7-2 with a 3.58 ERA.

]]> By: dalelama http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681279 dalelama Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:20 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681279 I always thought a team got a first round pick if they lost a class A free agent but it was an extra pick at the end of the first round (aka compensatory picks) not one taken from the team that signed them. Or am I confused with the NFL ? I always thought a team got a first round pick if they lost a class A free agent but it was an extra pick at the end of the first round (aka compensatory picks) not one taken from the team that signed them. Or am I confused with the NFL ?

]]> By: dalelama http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681273 dalelama Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:46:15 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681273 Take your shoes off and stay awhile...LOL Take your shoes off and stay awhile…LOL

]]> By: Rocky Road Redemption (formerly RAB poster) http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681269 Rocky Road Redemption (formerly RAB poster) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:39:02 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681269 That's a myth. They're really quite intelligent. That’s a myth. They’re really quite intelligent.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681246 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:03:36 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681246 Yeah... no. Yeah… no.

]]> By: The Scout http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681235 The Scout Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:56:31 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681235 It could go toward a John Lackey deal. It could go toward a John Lackey deal.

]]> By: king of fruitless hypotheticals http://riveraveblues.com/2009/11/matsui-noticeably-absent-from-elias-rankings-19720/#comment-681231 king of fruitless hypotheticals Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:55:41 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=19720#comment-681231 slim shady is entirely too streaky--he's too wrapped up with baby mama drama...why would we keep him around anymore??? slim shady is entirely too streaky–he’s too wrapped up with baby mama drama…why would we keep him around anymore???

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