06-11-2009, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BMD
If a player is drafted by a team but the team fails to sign him, the team is prohibited from drafting him again unless they get signed written consent from the player in advance. I learned this during the Pedro Alvarez v. the Pirates saga following last year's draft. So, unless the Nationals got his approval, they would not have been able to draft Crow this year after not signing him after picking him last year.
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Now that's a bummer 
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