The new Collective Bargaining Agreement changed draft pick compensation rules significantly. No longer do teams forfeit their first round draft picks to sign free agents. All first rounders are protected. Now the level of draft pick compensation is tied to team payroll and the free agent’s contract. It’s pretty convoluted. Here are the new rules.
I’ll update this page as teams gain and lose draft picks this offseason via free agent compensation, with updates made after teams officially announce signings via press release. The first round will stay the same, but the other rounds will not. The Yankees picks are in bold. If you have any questions, you can email me at mike (at) riveraveblues (dot) com.
First Round
- Tigers
- Giants
- Phillies
- White Sox
- Reds
- Mets
- Padres
- Braves
- Athletics
- Pirates
- Orioles
- Blue Jays
- Marlins
- Mariners
- Rangers
- Rays
- Angels
- Royals
- Cardinals
- Twins
- Brewers
- Rockies
- YANKEES
- Cubs
- Diamondbacks
- Red Sox
- Nationals
- Astros
- Indians
- Dodgers
- Rays (for Alex Cobb)
- Rays (compensation for failing to sign 2017 Competitive Balance Round A pick Drew Rasmussen)
- Royals (for Lorenzo Cain)
- Royals (for Eric Hosmer)
- Indians (for Carlos Santana)
- Pirates
- Orioles
- Padres
- Diamondbacks
- Royals
- Indians
- Rockies
- Cardinals
- Tigers
- Giants
- White Sox
- Reds
- Mets
- Braves
- Athletics
- Pirates
- Blue Jays
- Marlins
- Mariners
- Rangers
- Rays
- Angels
- Royals
- Twins
- Brewers
- YANKEES
- Cubs
- Diamondbacks
- Red Sox
- Nationals
- Astros
- Indians
- Dodgers
- Marlins
- Athletics
- Rays
- Reds
- Brewers
- Padres (from Twins as part of the Phil Hughes trade)
- Cardinals (for Lance Lynn)
- Rockies (for Greg Holland)
- Cubs (for Wade Davis)
- Cubs (for Jake Arrieta)
- Tigers
- Giants
- White Sox
- Reds
- Mets
- Padres
- Athletics
- Pirates
- Orioles
- Blue Jays
- Marlins
- Mariners
- Rangers
- Rays
- Angels
- Royals
- Cardinals
- Rockies
- YANKEES
- Cubs
- Diamondbacks
- Red Sox
- Nationals
- Astros
- Indians
- Dodgers
- Tigers
- Giants
- Phillies
- White Sox
- Reds
- Mets
- Padres
- Braves
- Athletics
- Pirates
- Orioles
- Blue Jays
- Marlins
- Mariners
- Rangers
- Rays
- Angels
- Royals
- Cardinals
- Twins
- Brewers
- Rockies
- YANKEES
- Cubs
- Diamondbacks
- Red Sox
- Nationals
- Astros
- Indians
- Dodgers
Supplemental First Round
Competitive Balance Round A
Second Round
Competitive Balance Round B
Supplemental Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round (and each round thereafter)
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Only nine players received the $17.4M qualifying offer prior to this year’s deadline, none of whom are Yankees. Here are the nine qualified free agents:
Jake Arrieta, Cubs(Phillies forfeit 80th overall pick)Lorenzo Cain, Royals(Brewers forfeit 96th overall pick)Alex Cobb, RaysOrioles forfeit 51st overall pick)Wade Davis, Cubs(Rockies forfeit 61st overall pick)Greg Holland, Rockies(Cardinals forfeit 59th overall pick)Eric Hosmer, Royals(Padres forfeit 47th overall pick)Lance Lynn, Cardinals(Twins forfeit 95th overall pick)Mike Moustakas, Royals(Moustakas re-signed with Royals)Carlos Santana, Indians(Phillies forfeit 42nd pick)
All nine rejected the qualifying offer and are tied to draft pick compensation.
Last Updated: 5/27/18