Tag Archives: compensation system
Pirates Offer Arbitration to Derrek Lee
The Pittsburgh Pirates have offered arbitration to free agent first baseman Derrek Lee, and have declined arbitration offers to catcher Chris Snyder and outfielder Ryan Ludwick. If Lee accepts arbitration,… Read more
Ryan Doumit Could Sign a Deal Soon
Jerry Crasnick has an update on Ryan Doumit via Twitter, noting that Doumit could sign a deal in the next few days. Crasnick noted that Doumit received two more offers… Read more
Pirates Could Still Get Draft Pick For Doumit
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed catcher Rod Barajas today, which makes it unlikely that they will bring back catchers Ryan Doumit or Chris Snyder, who both became free agents when the… Read more
Official Elias Rankings Released
The official Elias rankings have been released, and as expected, the Pittsburgh Pirates have four players who qualify as Type B free agents. The four players are Ryan Doumit, Chris… Read more
How Free Agent Compensation Works
There have been a lot of questions in the past few days about free agent compensation and offering arbitration to pending free agents. The process isn’t one we’ve had to… Read more
Injured Pirates Catchers Still Have Value
MLB Trade Rumors updated their Elias Rankings projections today, giving an estimate as to which players will qualify for draft pick compensation in the off-season. The rankings aren’t official, although… Read more
Fixing the Compensation System
Yesterday I brought up the fact that the compensation system for the Major League draft is a broken system. The system is intended to compensate a team like the Tampa… Read more
The More Important Topic That Coonelly Discussed
A week ago we posted our interview with Frank Coonelly, discussing a wide variety of topics relating to the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, it seems that only one topic received attention,… Read more
