Big_E
04-04-03, 08:53 AM
I searched and searched and could not find an answer to this question. (I even asked it previously (http://forums.nyyfans.com/showthread.php?postid=744996#post744996), but never got an answer so here we go again):
Let's say a manager has four players on his roster on the DL. Then another player, say a first round draft pick, incurs a season-ending injury. Since there's no more room on his DL, he has to either:
a) Keep the injured player on the active roster, sitting on the bench, or
b) Release the player.
Now lets say, the manager releases the player. No need to keep him on the bench taking up a spot since he won't play this season, and as a first-round pick he can't be a keeper for 2004 anyway.
The question is, once the player clears waivers, if he is picked up by a new manager, is the manager bound by the original draft position, or is it counted as a free agent pickup, same as an undrafted player? I know in trades, you are bound by the original draft position, just as in real life you are bound by the player's contract, but if someone is released and you sign them off waivers in real life, you can sign them for the major-league minimum since the other team is paying the terms of the original contract. So I would think that if a player gets released by their original team here, and picked up by someone else, for keeper rules they should be counted the same as a player who went undrafted.
Now for me, in signing Trevor Hoffman, it doesn't make a HUGE difference, since as an 18th round draft pick this year, I can sign him in the 16th round next year, 14th in 2005, 12th in 2006 and 10th in 2007; or in the 20th round next year, 18th in 2005, 16th in 2006 and 14th in 2007. Either way, as long as Hoffman recovers, it's a lifetime contract. But I would like to know, is he treated as an undrafted player since he was released, or a drafted one? Like I said, I think he should be considered undrafted, since he was given his unconditional release, just like in the major leagues, and I should be able to sign him for the minimum.
Hope this all made sense.
Let's say a manager has four players on his roster on the DL. Then another player, say a first round draft pick, incurs a season-ending injury. Since there's no more room on his DL, he has to either:
a) Keep the injured player on the active roster, sitting on the bench, or
b) Release the player.
Now lets say, the manager releases the player. No need to keep him on the bench taking up a spot since he won't play this season, and as a first-round pick he can't be a keeper for 2004 anyway.
The question is, once the player clears waivers, if he is picked up by a new manager, is the manager bound by the original draft position, or is it counted as a free agent pickup, same as an undrafted player? I know in trades, you are bound by the original draft position, just as in real life you are bound by the player's contract, but if someone is released and you sign them off waivers in real life, you can sign them for the major-league minimum since the other team is paying the terms of the original contract. So I would think that if a player gets released by their original team here, and picked up by someone else, for keeper rules they should be counted the same as a player who went undrafted.
Now for me, in signing Trevor Hoffman, it doesn't make a HUGE difference, since as an 18th round draft pick this year, I can sign him in the 16th round next year, 14th in 2005, 12th in 2006 and 10th in 2007; or in the 20th round next year, 18th in 2005, 16th in 2006 and 14th in 2007. Either way, as long as Hoffman recovers, it's a lifetime contract. But I would like to know, is he treated as an undrafted player since he was released, or a drafted one? Like I said, I think he should be considered undrafted, since he was given his unconditional release, just like in the major leagues, and I should be able to sign him for the minimum.
Hope this all made sense.