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Originally Posted by injury log
As a rule of thumb, teams keep top 10 overall picks for at least four years, or to age 25. There are no exceptions I can find from the past fifteen years...
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As I said, the circs aren't exactly the same, but they also aren't far off.
Why was Coleman getting converted to pitcher? Because that was the only alternative to releasing him. He failed as a batter, the team was done with him as a batter.
You're also greatly differentiating between a top 10 pick and a top 30ish pick like Greene, when I'm not sure exactly where a guy who's not performing was picked 3-4 years ago would actually matter to a team irl.
You may be right overall, I'm open to that possibility, but I think if so you're only right technically and by virtue of setting very strict parameters. f.e. only top 10 guys, whether guys were technically released by their original team or traded and then quickly released by their new team.