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Originally Posted by GTAltman
One added component is that he was not offered a contract.
Does that make a difference.
If players are out of college eligibility that shouldn't matter, and now becomes a programming issue.
Think about this for a moment. I'm the #1 overall pick, out of college eligibility. If I sign I get slot. If I don't sign, I can pick the team I want to go with, and get a signing bonus X Amt larger than slot.
Logically, it doesn't make sense and would destroy the draft process.
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According to MLB rules, if you don't offer a contract of at least 35% of the slot value (iirc, that might not be 100% accurate), that does make the player a free agent. So given what you specifically mentioned here, this is working exactly as it would in reality. A team can't draft a player (of any class, not just seniors), not offer them a contract and force that guy to go back into the next draft.