Recent Drafted Players, Going Unsigned and to Free Agency

GTAltman · 01-14-2021, 10:46 AM

After our most recent draft, we had a team not sign their draft picks.
All 5 players didn't go back to school and instead entered into Free Agency.

Just to be clear, this wasn't a case of signing and exhausting their DFA time, just not being signed.

So, the question is 1) is this a bug, or 2) some other reason that this happened?

Lukas Berger · 01-14-2021, 11:06 AM

It depends on their college status. If players are seniors and don't sign, then they'll automatically become free agents. Juniors should go back into the draft though, at least in theory.

GTAltman · 01-14-2021, 11:52 AM

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.

Lukas Berger · 01-14-2021, 12:32 PM

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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.

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.

GTAltman · 01-14-2021, 12:35 PM

Thanks Lukas....
That is EXACTLY an answer I can go back with.

Thanks you.

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GTAltman Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 342	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. __________________ PBAL Commissioner http://statsplus.net/PBAL

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01-14-2021, 10:46 AM	#1
GTAltman Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 342	Recent Drafted Players, Going Unsigned and to Free Agency After our most recent draft, we had a team not sign their draft picks. All 5 players didn't go back to school and instead entered into Free Agency. Just to be clear, this wasn't a case of signing and exhausting their DFA time, just not being signed. So, the question is 1) is this a bug, or 2) some other reason that this happened? Attached Images __________________ PBAL Commissioner http://statsplus.net/PBAL Last edited by GTAltman; 01-14-2021 at 10:50 AM.