Proper time to call up rookies

Rookie250 · 03-28-2015, 10:31 PM

When is the proper time to call up rookies from the minor leagues to keep their extra year of eligibility?

Rookie250 · 03-28-2015, 10:44 PM

I found it in a Ken Rosenthal article about Kris Bryant...Delaying arrival of young baseball talent in majors is getting old | FOX Sports

Everyone who loves the sport should be sick of the charade in which a hot prospect tears up spring training, then returns to the minors for at least two weeks to delay his free agency by one year.

A player receives a year of service for 172 days. A season normally consists of 183. So for the Cubs to get an extra year of control on Bryant, they likely will need to postpone his arrival for at least 12 days. If they want to prevent him from qualifying for an extra year of arbitration, they probably would need to hold off until June.

The Cubs won't dare wait that long on Bryant, who is 10 for 23 with a major-league-leading six homers this spring. But except in rare circumstances (Jason Heyward in 2010 and Jose Fernandez in 2013 were two recent examples), every team would gladly trade two weeks of a player's rookie season for an extra year of control in his prime.

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03-28-2015, 10:44 PM	#2
Rookie250 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 64	I found it in a Ken Rosenthal article about Kris Bryant...Delaying arrival of young baseball talent in majors is getting old \| FOX Sports Everyone who loves the sport should be sick of the charade in which a hot prospect tears up spring training, then returns to the minors for at least two weeks to delay his free agency by one year. A player receives a year of service for 172 days. A season normally consists of 183. So for the Cubs to get an extra year of control on Bryant, they likely will need to postpone his arrival for at least 12 days. If they want to prevent him from qualifying for an extra year of arbitration, they probably would need to hold off until June. The Cubs won't dare wait that long on Bryant, who is 10 for 23 with a major-league-leading six homers this spring. But except in rare circumstances (Jason Heyward in 2010 and Jose Fernandez in 2013 were two recent examples), every team would gladly trade two weeks of a player's rookie season for an extra year of control in his prime.