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Originally Posted by Logan
Agreed. It would be really cool for them to say "Screw you, go back in the draft next year and get drafted much lower with your one year of inactivity." I mean, the organization is fucked up enough...can't they take one for all of us?
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Baseball did a great job with their 'suggested contracts' this year. They had 14 players unsigned from the 1st round going into the last day, but all 14 signed and most were near their suggested contract. Nice to see them force the hand of the agents a bit. At the end of the day, most of those kids signed because they realized that signing a contract for a million dollars isn't so bad after all and they knew they may not have another chance to get that money.
Also, the teams were guaranteed a draft pick of equal value in next year's draft, so there was no big rush for the teams to give in to agent demands. It was definitely a big win for MLB.