Bullpen options

[bravesfanforlife88]

As good a place as any to put this:

2:33
Not the mama: Jeff Fletcher of the OCR recently stated that teams signing players with QO attached would have to surrender 2020 pick if the player signed after 2019 draft, is that correct? The narrative has been that teams are waiting until after the draft to not lose any pick, but that doesn’t seem to make sense if Fletcher is correct

2:33
Craig Edwards: Looking this up. Give me a second.

2:37
Craig Edwards: quick reading of the CBA, and could be wrong, does seem to provide that provision, though a closer reading is probably necessary. IN any event, a draft pick next year is worth a lot less than one now. I’m not entirely sure the draft pick is what has prevented Kimbrel and Keuchel from signing, though for teams right now, delaying a penalty by a year and not signing a player until you know you are in contention does have its benefits. Probably not enough to where you wouldn’t sign that player today if you wanted or needed him, but there are some small benefits.


If true, it makes waiting until after the draft not nearly as big a deal.

Agreed.Plus the set up listed above would get all of the guys valuable major league innings to have a better idea who will swim and who will wash out