Sullivan just gave his take on the Pollock deal (4/55 with a 5th year guarntee of $5M only there to lower the AAV to $12M per year):
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/dodgers-...sive-breakout/
He didn't really say anything we haven't already discussed, but there was this tidbit...
I thought this would cost the Dodgers their second-highest draft pick, which is currently slotted in at No. 31, but that pick is compensation for not signing J.T. Ginn last year, and I’m given to understand those kinds of compensation picks are also protected. Assuming that’s true, the Dodgers are actually out the No. 64 overall pick instead. In terms of valuation, the difference between pick 31 and pick 64 is considered to be millions of dollars.
So wait a second, those compensation picks are protected? We have assumed all off season that the Braves would lose their pick in the 60s for signing a QO FA because of the extra pick they got for not signing Stewart.
What if this quote means the Braves would really only lose their 3rd round pick for signing a QO FA, a pick in the 90s?