AustinAg2012 said:

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What's the update on Premium?

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DodgerAg32 said:

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Ditching the Ags for the Giants is bad bull in my opinion...

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themissinglink said:

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Astrobo said:

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DodgerAg32 said:

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Ditching the Ags for the Giants is bad bull in my opinion...

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A million dollars would not turn your head? Hmmm

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Judging from his username, it's a joke...

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Heading into the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, Loux was seen as a potential late-first round pick.Surprising many, the Arizona Diamondbacksdrafted Loux with the sixth overall selection, agreeing to a pre-draft deal with Loux with a $2 million signing bonus. However, Loux failed his physical with the Diamondbacks due to a torn labrum and elbow damage that doctors felt might require ligament-replacement surgery in the future. As a result, the Diamondbacks did not offer Loux a contract, as the franchise chose to take advantage of compensation rules that instead would grant them the seventh overall pick in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft if they did not sign Loux.

Though unsigned draft picks typically cannot begin their professional careers until the next season, MLB declared Loux a free agent in an unprecedented move.After throwing for scouts,Loux signed a contract with the Texas Rangers, receiving a signing bonus of $312,000. In an attempt to prevent this situation from happening again, the new collective bargaining agreement negotiated that winter by MLB and the MLB Players Association added clauses that included mandatory physicals for all top 200 prospects prior to the draft, and a rule that makes all future draft picks who fail a physical and do not receive an offer of at least 40 percent of the assigned value for that pick are to become free agents, with the team facing a reduction in the amount of money they can spend on their draft picks.

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the MLB Players Association added clauses that included mandatory physicals for all top 200 prospects prior to the draft

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Safe at Home said:

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the MLB Players Association added clauses that included mandatory physicals for all top 200 prospects prior to the draft

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If Conlon was drafted in the fourth round, why didn't he get a physical before the draft, or did he? Did Baltimore screw around with him? It sounds like in Barrett's case at least the results of his physical with Arizona were legit.

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TXAggie2011 said:

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Safe at Home said:

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the MLB Players Association added clauses that included mandatory physicals for all top 200 prospects prior to the draft

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If Conlon was drafted in the fourth round, why didn't he get a physical before the draft, or did he? Did Baltimore screw around with him? It sounds like in Barrett's case at least the results of his physical with Arizona were legit.

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After drafting a player, the team is going to look more closely at it/have the guy go through another physical.

Unless we hear what Baltimore's concern was, its hard to say. It might have been a borderline issue that left enough teams on the "sign-him" side of things for him to be able to get up to a very nice bonus.

There is no clear motivation for why Baltimore would try to do something to send him to the open market as a free agent.

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Aggie1205 said:

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Has it been confirmed that he passed the physical?

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