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Thursday, December 05, 2013

Alternative to the posting system

By Tangotiger

If what I am reading is correct (maximum post bid is 20MM$), this means that every team is going to make a max post. Which basically makes any player that is worth at least 21MM$ an automatic free agent. (You agree to post 20MM$, if you end up signing him, so you must think he's worth at least 21MM$. And, there's no penalty to negotiating with a player and not signing him.) You could just as equivalently, and more easily, simply make the player a free agent from the outset, free to negotiate with anyone, and then, the team that signs him pays a commission of 25% to his Japanese team. Last year for example, Darvish would have negotiated for 88MM$, and the Rangers would have paid 22MM$ commission to his old team. (Either way, old system or my proposal, Rangers pay 110MM$.) And you can make it more creative. If a player has one year to go until pure free agency, the Japanese team gets 10% commission if the player opts out one year early. If he opts out two years early, they get 25% commission. Three years early? 40% commission. Four years? 60%. Five years? 80%. Six years 100% (i.e., dollar for dollar). I just don't see the purpose, or value, of a two-stage process.

(9) Comments • 2013/12/17 • Minors_College • MLB_Management

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