Rule #16: Change the Spice Draft Reserve Rule

Current Rule:

SOT teams are allowed one reserve list (for injured players (Colon), players that have 6 or less years of MLB service time). However those players must occupy a roster spot on the day of the SOT Draft and can then be reserved after the regular draft is finished. A transaction draft will then take place open roster spots will be filled. Stats for players selected in the transaction draft do not count for first scoring period.
Proposed Rule:

Instead of allowing players with 6 or less years of MLB  service time qualify here, I propose we move it to 3 or less years of MLB service time.  In my opinion, players between 3-6 years should either be on your active roster, on your reserved list due to an injury, or a free agent.  I don’t know if teams reserved players between 3-6 last year, but it looks like a loop hole.

5 Comments

  1. Jewish Mafia says:

    What is considered a full year of MLB service time? Is it 162 games or is it a certain numbers of days on an active roster during a given year?

  2. prospecttube says:

    I believe it’s number of days on active roster, but I’d have to confirm. I pretty sure Cot’s lists accurate service times.

  3. Richie says:

    Cot’s does have it it all the way at the bottom
    Carlos Pena 1b
    3 years/$24.125M (2008-10)

    * 3 years/$24.125M (2008-10)
    o re-signed by Tampa Bay 1/18/08 (avoided arbitration)
    o 08:$6M, 09:$8M, 10:$10.125M
    o replaced tentative 1 year/$6M deal for 2008
    o assignment bonuses: $0.35M if traded before end of 2009 season, $0.75M if traded after 2009 season
    o award bonuses: $25,000 each for Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, LCS MVP; $50,000 for WS MVP; $50,000 for All Star ($25,000 for selection); $0.1M for MVP ($50,000 for 2nd-4th, $25,000 for 5th-10th)
    * 1 year/$0.8M (2007)
    o signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 2/07 (minor-league contract)
    o contract purchased 4/07
    o may earn $0.4M in performance bonuses
    * 1 year/$2.8M (2006) (Detroit)
    o re-signed 1/06, avoided arbitration
    o released 3/06, receiving 45 days’ termination pay of $688,525
    o signed as a free agent (minor-league contract) 4/06 (NYY)
    o requested & received release (from NY Yankees) 8/06
    o signed as free agent by Boston (minor-league contract) 8/06
    o contract purchased 8/06, sent outright to AAA 10/06
    * 1 year/$2.575M (2005)
    o re-signed 1/05 (avoided arbitration)
    o $25,000 performance bonus for 625 PAs
    * 1 year/$0.33M (2004)
    * 1 year/$0.31M (2003)
    * 1 year/$0.202M (2002)
    * drafted 1998 (1-10)
    * $1.85M signing bonus
    * agent: Scott Boras
    * ML service: 6.133

  4. WTNY says:

    Get off Carlos Pena and his low babip JOCK!

  5. Richie says:

    Never!

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