Draft pick compensation if player signed to minors?

Cinnamon J. Scudworth · 12-11-2011, 12:40 PM

This cropped up in my solo league and I'm not sure if it's working as intended. I let a Type B player go to free agency. He ended up not being picked up in the offseason by any team. In spring training, he was finally signed to a minor league contract by another team. I haven't gotten a message saying I will receive compensation. Is this normal? Do players have to get major league contracts to result in compensation? In the same offseason, I had another Type B free agent that was signed to a major league contract and in that case I did get a message informing me that I would be compensated.

JC769 · 12-13-2011, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinnamon J. Scudworth

This cropped up in my solo league and I'm not sure if it's working as intended. I let a Type B player go to free agency. He ended up not being picked up in the offseason by any team. In spring training, he was finally signed to a minor league contract by another team. I haven't gotten a message saying I will receive compensation. Is this normal? Do players have to get major league contracts to result in compensation? In the same offseason, I had another Type B free agent that was signed to a major league contract and in that case I did get a message informing me that I would be compensated.

That is correct. You only get compensated (and thus was the same in MLB prior to the new CBA - not sure if it's changed any now) if he is signed to a guaranteed major league contract. Split contracts do not grant you compensation either.

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Cinnamon J. Scudworth All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,118	Draft pick compensation if player signed to minors? This cropped up in my solo league and I'm not sure if it's working as intended. I let a Type B player go to free agency. He ended up not being picked up in the offseason by any team. In spring training, he was finally signed to a minor league contract by another team. I haven't gotten a message saying I will receive compensation. Is this normal? Do players have to get major league contracts to result in compensation? In the same offseason, I had another Type B free agent that was signed to a major league contract and in that case I did get a message informing me that I would be compensated. __________________ "Sometimes, this is like going to a grocery store. You’ve got a list until you get to the check-out stand. And then you start reading People magazine, and all this other [stuff] ends up in the basket." -Sandy Alderson on the MLB offseason Last edited by Cinnamon J. Scudworth; 12-11-2011 at 12:47 PM.