carl spacklers hat said:
PlanoAg98 said:
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Round 3, Pick 81: Ryan Prager (Angels) - Slot Value: $948,600
Why would he come back? We couldn't sniff that with NIL. He was at the top of his game this year. It would be difficult for him to have a better year enough to drastically increase his draft stock.
Serious question: at that slot value, what do you think his contract value would be? Is it a multiple of slot value, mas o menos?
Slot Value is a recommendation for a signing bonus. He could get more, if other players take less. Each pick is assigned a value for teams to Pool their money for signings.
Once a player signs, the team has control for a long period of time.
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player at AA (where Prager *might* start) would make about $1000/wk.
Once a players is part of the Active Roster, they get minimum, which is something like $750K/yr. They are considered a Serf and will be such for 3 yrs +/- depending on service time.
Once they finish their 3 years of Serfdom, the team has an additional 3 years of control in which a player is eligible for Arbitration. Arbitration happens if a player and team can't agree on a salary for his Arb year. They go before an Arbitrator who decides which salary request is appropriate. Either the player's request... or the team's offer.
So, after 6 years +/- of playing MLB... a player can become a Free Agent and truly negotiate a contract.