Published 12/1/2008
by Larry Barnes
at Bleacher Report - MLB
(From Yankees 'N More)
The New York Yankees (and every other MLB team) must make decisions on whether or not to offer arbitration to all of their remaining free agents by midnight eastern time tonight.
For the Bombers, that list is comprised of Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, Bobby Abreu, Pudge Rodriguez, Carl Pavano, and Jason Giambi. There are two types of free agents that, if offered arbitration by the team they played for last year, bring compensation to that team in the form of draft picks should the player sign elsewhere: type A and type B. Type A free agents who sign with other teams net their team two high picks—either the signing team's first or second-round pick (depending on a couple of variables) and a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds. Type B free agents who sign with new teams net their old teams a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds. According to Peter Abraham of the Journal News , Abreu, Rodriguez, Pettitte and Mussina are all type A free ...
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