Comments on: Pirates Might Not Get Any Draft Compensation

By: Benjamin Walter Herrick

Benjamin Walter Herrick — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:13:00 +0000

If this new CBA does pass and it eliminates type A free agents and has a luxury tax or even taking away a pick for overspending it will doom the pirates. We have procured this farm system through overspending for players that fall because of high price tags. Our scouting over the past years has not been good, this could be devastating for the Pirates.

By: Jeremiah Ewing

Jeremiah Ewing — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:26:00 +0000

Exactly… I mean it stinks this year because we’re actually in the position to grab some guys in the supplemental round, but I’d take 2 picks in the first 45 picks guaranteed any day.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:25:00 +0000

if the reports are accurate, the new CBA will not do the Pirates one single favor. A draft ‘luxury tax’ will force the Pirates to operate more like the McClatchy/Littlefield/Creech regime than as the team has since Nutting took control of the franchise.

All that I can say and all that needs to be said is this: Fuck Spoongebud Pinhead and the MLBPA.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:13:00 +0000

If that passes I agree but there will still be a handful of type A supplemental picks that will probably still be there. So its a ? of whether you prefer 2 of the top 45 or 3-4 of the top 70.

By: Tim Williams

Tim Williams — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:12:00 +0000

The compensation picks come between the first and second rounds.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:08:00 +0000

If the Pirates could get every pick they wanted it would not matter.. They had high draft picks for 18 years… other small market teams win…lets just say PLEASE SELL TO SOMEONE…ANYONE… I hope a baseball man that wants to win… MLB should take the team…please … I am 68 and will die with our team never winning…

By: Jeremiah Ewing

Jeremiah Ewing — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:05:00 +0000

Well, we’d get our 2nd round pick before any supplemental pick anyway right? and domino it on down the line…

I get that we’d have 3/4 picks sooner, but long term, this is good for this team.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:25:00 +0000

I expect the whole CBA to be less favorable to small market teams. Capping draft bonuses is only part of this. We haven’t heard anything about revenue sharing yet but I expect revenue sharing to decline substantially. Only rich teams and rich players matter to mlb and the players union.

By: Mike Shaeffer

Mike Shaeffer — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:30:00 +0000

Really wish the MLB owners would have put their foot down on this new CBA. I would seriously go a year without the MLB if it meant a better chance for small market teams to succeed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:23:00 +0000

So many moves were made using this comp system it would be terrible to not wait until 2013 draft to start this. I will be shocked if this happens for this year. I guess MLB can say you took the risk knowing the unsettled labor agreement but wow