ranyontheroyals.com - 12/3/2008
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In my last column, I openly wondered whether Miguel Olivo would have earned the Royals a draft pick as a type B free agent had they let him move on to another team. My friend Keith Law set the record straight: Olivo would not have entitled the Royals to any compensation. This makes the decision ...
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baseballreflections.com - 11/28/2008
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baseballreflections.com —
Season Wrap Up For many other teams, posting
a 75 win season isn’t exactly a cause for...
excitement, but for the first time in a while, the Royals were able to dig themselves out of the bottom spot in the American League Central. They finished fourth, but some improvement is better than none. ...
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Kansas City Royals off Season Report
kansascity.royals.mlb.com - 12/2/2008
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Royals offer arbitration to free agent Mark Grudzielanek ...
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Jazayerli: Grudzielanek and gaming the arbitration rules
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Jazayerli: Grudzielanek and gaming the arbitration rules So why would the Royals offer Grudzielanek more money than he’s worth, and why would Grudzielanek decline it? I’m the last guy to believe in a conspiracy theory – I’m the guy who checks every forwarded email with Snopes.com, then embarrasses the sender by hitting “Reply all” and replying (with proof!) that the United States is not actually minting the “Amero” coin and discarding the dollar. But this time, well, call me Mel Gibson. I think – and this is only an educated guess, not predicated on any kind of insider ...
Odds and Ends: Griffey, Springer, Hoffman
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... such as Raul Ibanez or Juan Cruz.
Evan Grant's latest Rangers mailbag, always a good read.
Joe Sheehan discusses various poor arbitration decisions by teams.
Pirates pitcher Jason Davis looks like a non-tender candidate.
Minor league deals for the Mets: Nelson Figueroa, Adam Bostick, and Rene Rivera.
Rany Jazayerli figures Mark Grudzielanek agreed in advance to reject the Royals' ...
Gaming the Arbitration System
Nationals Farm Authority —
Rany Jazayerli has a great post that highlights something I have always hoped the Nationals would do in their rebuilding efforts. Game the arbitration system with Type B free agents. To put it most simply, the Royals offered SS Mark Grudzielanek arbitration right before the deadline with the knowledge he would reject it and Kansas City would be awarded a supplemental first round selection (sandwich pick) in the 2009 draft if/when he signs elsewhere. Jazayerli suggests that there might be some sort of gentleman’s agreement between Grudzielanek and the Royals wherein, ...
Thursday Applesauce
Amazin' Avenue —
... time, who will hopefully have is day in Cooperstown sooner rather than later.
South Side Sox tries to figure out what Kenny Williams is thinking by trading Javier Vazquez to the Braves for a mostly-nothing-special group of players.
Beyond the Boxscore rounds up some of the smaller moves made yesterday, including Russell Branyan signing with the Mariners and Bobby Howry signing with the Giants.
Rany Jazayerli talks about how easy it is to game the free agent compensation system for Type B players.
Also, be sure to check out the new ...
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hardballtimes.com 12/12/2008 — Raymond Chandler once wrote that "The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.” The way I see it, if it's all just luck and the operation ...
