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Monday, May 30, 2005 |
Weaver Signs
In case you hadn't read. Also via AP, which reports no dollar figures have been released yet. Baseball America reports it's a minor league contract with a $4M signing bonus, pending a physical.
Rich dropped me a line about his latest column on Weaver, soliciting my two cents. With inflation, that's probably about a penny or less, but I'll take a flyer:
Congratulations, sort of, to both parties for coming to their senses. (And Drew signed with the Snakes.)
Rich dropped me a line about his latest column on Weaver, soliciting my two cents. With inflation, that's probably about a penny or less, but I'll take a flyer:
From my vantage point, the system, which is stacked for the teams and against the amateur players, needs to be changed. I would argue that Major League Baseball and The Major League Baseball Players Association should discuss the following alternatives in their next Collective Bargaining Agreement:NBA and NFL players are ready to play in the pro leagues, tomorrow. There are no minor leagues. There are washouts, sure, but they're typically in the second rounds.1. Adopt an NBA/NFL-style pay scale for first round draft slots.
2. Allow teams the right to trade draft picks.No problem with this. Teams don't wisely use the picks they have now.
3. Open up the negotiations to more than one team (perhaps an American and a National League club could each have the right to negotiate with first round draft picks).Whatever for? These players haven't earned the right to a major league contract.4. Keep the system the same for high school players and underclassmen but allow seniors the right to negotiate with all teams.
5. Disallow the right to a supplemental draft slot for teams that fail to sign their first round picks.Why? So guys like Scott Boras can shake down teams and delay prospects development?
I would say if anything the draft is already too biased in favor of manipulative guys like Boras. I would make only one change in the draft, and that is a bonus cap. $3M, take it or leave it.
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