Rule 5 Fee

aewin · 06-08-2009, 12:38 AM

A simple change would be implementing the fee involved in drafting a Rule 5 player (used to be $50,000 a while back, not sure what it is now).

Le Grande Orange · 06-08-2009, 03:25 AM

To be honest, I don't see the benefit from doing so. The fee for current-day teams is trivial—it's just one-eigth of the minimum major league salary. In other words, pocket change to a major league club.

That said, if you go back to earlier years, then yes, the fee paid for drafting a player was more substantial in terms of its proportion to the minimum major league salary.

06-08-2009, 12:38 AM	#1
aewin Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 447	Rule 5 Fee A simple change would be implementing the fee involved in drafting a Rule 5 player (used to be $50,000 a while back, not sure what it is now).

06-08-2009, 03:25 AM	#2
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	To be honest, I don't see the benefit from doing so. The fee for current-day teams is trivial—it's just one-eigth of the minimum major league salary. In other words, pocket change to a major league club. That said, if you go back to earlier years, then yes, the fee paid for drafting a player was more substantial in terms of its proportion to the minimum major league salary.