The Pirates will have the 31st pick (pending FA signings) to go with their 10th overall pick in the 2018 draft - per the good folks at PP.
That should net a talented player to add to the farm this summer. As a point of reference, Ke'Bryan Hayes was the 32nd overall pick in '15.
Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
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DemDog
Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
Read the P2 post and also the link to the MLB Pipeline article. Looks like the 31st pick not so guaranteed. Could end up being like #40 if all the qualified FAs get $50 million plus contracts. So dont get too excited just yet.
One question though about this scenario an how it would apply to the Royals. They could loose 3 guys. Say 2 go for $50 million plus, do they then get two picks before the Competitive Balance A picks? The things that make you go "Hmmm".
One question though about this scenario an how it would apply to the Royals. They could loose 3 guys. Say 2 go for $50 million plus, do they then get two picks before the Competitive Balance A picks? The things that make you go "Hmmm".
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DemDog
Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
Better Info from MLBTRs
2018 Competitive Balance Draft Pick Order and explanation of it.
2018 Competitive Balance Draft Pick Order and explanation of it.
Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
so, basically the Royals could have 4 picks before the Pirates have their 2nd.
This is the type of thing that appears to benefit your farm system. The question is, should NH do it with qualifying offers or trade the players in hope they get something great in return.
Big gambles either way.
This is the type of thing that appears to benefit your farm system. The question is, should NH do it with qualifying offers or trade the players in hope they get something great in return.
Big gambles either way.
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dogknot17@yahoo.co
Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
5A4D404444404A421A290 wrote: so, basically the Royals could have 4 picks before the Pirates have their 2nd.
This is the type of thing that appears to benefit your farm system. The question is, should NH do it with qualifying offers or trade the players in hope they get something great in return.
Big gambles either way.
But you need good enough players to get that guaranteed $50 million contract to get that pick(s). The Royals won, now they have to rebuild. If they draft right, they can be right back in it in four to five years. This is why the Pirates need to go the "window of opportunity" route than trying to "contend" every year.
The Pirates have guys, who at contract time, can get that $50 million.
This is the type of thing that appears to benefit your farm system. The question is, should NH do it with qualifying offers or trade the players in hope they get something great in return.
Big gambles either way.
But you need good enough players to get that guaranteed $50 million contract to get that pick(s). The Royals won, now they have to rebuild. If they draft right, they can be right back in it in four to five years. This is why the Pirates need to go the "window of opportunity" route than trying to "contend" every year.
The Pirates have guys, who at contract time, can get that $50 million.
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SammyKhalifa
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Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
2C3B363232363C346C5F0 wrote: so, basically the Royals could have 4 picks before the Pirates have their 2nd.
This is the type of thing that appears to benefit your farm system. The question is, should NH do it with qualifying offers or trade the players in hope they get something great in return.
Big gambles either way.
I hope nobody glosses over the over-arching issue that the Royals will get four picks because they're going to lose four guys they would not have lost if MLB gave a damn about teams like the Royals (or theoretically the Pirates).
You didn't see the Penguins in the NHL revel in having a bunch of draft picks the year they couldn't keep Crosby and Fleury and Malkin and whoever.
The Royals did everything right and it doesn't matter.
That is so much way more important than how much one specific team won't/can't spend, and who's cheap or whatever; and it's not a cool issue any more so it goes mostly undiscussed nowadays.
"Competetive Balance Pick" is some kind of Orwellian Doublespeak. Nothing balanced about it. It's appeasement, a table scrap thrown our way so we stop barking.
This is the type of thing that appears to benefit your farm system. The question is, should NH do it with qualifying offers or trade the players in hope they get something great in return.
Big gambles either way.
I hope nobody glosses over the over-arching issue that the Royals will get four picks because they're going to lose four guys they would not have lost if MLB gave a damn about teams like the Royals (or theoretically the Pirates).
You didn't see the Penguins in the NHL revel in having a bunch of draft picks the year they couldn't keep Crosby and Fleury and Malkin and whoever.
The Royals did everything right and it doesn't matter.
That is so much way more important than how much one specific team won't/can't spend, and who's cheap or whatever; and it's not a cool issue any more so it goes mostly undiscussed nowadays.
"Competetive Balance Pick" is some kind of Orwellian Doublespeak. Nothing balanced about it. It's appeasement, a table scrap thrown our way so we stop barking.
Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
1D2F23233705262F2227282F4E0 wrote: so, basically the Royals could have 4 picks before the Pirates have their 2nd.
This is the type of thing that appears to benefit your farm system. The question is, should NH do it with qualifying offers or trade the players in hope they get something great in return.
Big gambles either way.
I hope nobody glosses over the over-arching issue that the Royals will get four picks because they're going to lose four guys they would not have lost if MLB gave a damn about teams like the Royals (or theoretically the Pirates).
You didn't see the Penguins in the NHL revel in having a bunch of draft picks the year they couldn't keep Crosby and Fleury and Malkin and whoever.
The Royals did everything right and it doesn't matter.
That is so much way more important than how much one specific team won't/can't spend, and who's cheap or whatever; and it's not a cool issue any more so it goes mostly undiscussed nowadays.
"Competetive Balance Pick" is some kind of Orwellian Doublespeak. Nothing balanced about it. It's appeasement, a table scrap thrown our way so we stop barking.
Agreed. 100%.
This is the type of thing that appears to benefit your farm system. The question is, should NH do it with qualifying offers or trade the players in hope they get something great in return.
Big gambles either way.
I hope nobody glosses over the over-arching issue that the Royals will get four picks because they're going to lose four guys they would not have lost if MLB gave a damn about teams like the Royals (or theoretically the Pirates).
You didn't see the Penguins in the NHL revel in having a bunch of draft picks the year they couldn't keep Crosby and Fleury and Malkin and whoever.
The Royals did everything right and it doesn't matter.
That is so much way more important than how much one specific team won't/can't spend, and who's cheap or whatever; and it's not a cool issue any more so it goes mostly undiscussed nowadays.
"Competetive Balance Pick" is some kind of Orwellian Doublespeak. Nothing balanced about it. It's appeasement, a table scrap thrown our way so we stop barking.
Agreed. 100%.
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dogknot17@yahoo.co
Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
And only the Cubs in the NL Central isn't getting extra picks.
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DemDog
Bucs get top draft Competitive Balance A pick
Nutting McCheap is too frugal to extend qualifying offers to guys like Cuth and Cole. He is so afraid that they might take him up on the offer. If that happened he would just have to dump some other really good players on the team to keep his payroll around $100 million.