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Atlanta Braves 2019-2020 Offseason Overview
The Atlanta Braves won the National League East for the second straight season in 2019, but the team fell short to the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS. With November upon us, let's look at the offseason!
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Starting 9: Draft pick compensation and draft bonus pools
In this week’s Starting 9, we’re going to dive into an area that’s getting more attention right now as we bear down on the MLB draft, which begins exactly 2 weeks from today. The subject for today is draft pick compensation and draft pools and how they influence the way teams draft and also how they make decisions outside of the draft as well. Let’s dig in! Uno – The basics: what is a draft pool and what is draft pick compensation? Before the 2012 draft, the draft was truly a free-for-all. That is why it is truly hard to compare drafting tendencies for a team from before that time…
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Starting 9 – Extensions
For a new segment that I’d like to make a weekly thing, I’ll take a look at the top issues around the game with a 9-point format. If you have an idea for a topic, feel free to comment below! Starting 9: MLB Extension talk Our topic of the day is going to be extensions in Major League Baseball. MLB organizations have dished out 32 extensions to notable players (not counting settling arbitration) since the end of the GM meetings in November. Those 32 deals have totaled 141 years of contract and $2.179 billion in guarantees with a potential outlay of 166 years and over $2.5 billion when options and…
