http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2008/04/draft-rule-changes/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2008/04/draft-rule-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-3213 River Ave. Blues | Talks’ with second rounder Bittle stall Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:07:34 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=272#comment-3213 [...] with Bittle, they’ll receive a compensation pick after the second round next year as per MLB’s latest draft rule change. Obviously you’d rather have the player now instead of the pick [...]

]]> http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2008/04/draft-rule-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-2132 River Ave. Blues | Draft tidbits Thu, 01 May 2008 16:25:09 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/?p=272#comment-2132 [...] MLB tweaked some of the draft rules a bit, so now failure to sign a second-round pick results in a compensation pick after the second round the following year. Previously the comp picks were awarded one spot after the original selection was made. The Braves and Red Sox saw their comp picks for the unsigned Josh Fields and Hunter Morris, respectively, drop 18 spots thanks to the rule change (haha). Fifth year seniors can no longer sign as free agents before the draft as part of the rule changes. [...]

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