Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2011 0:11:25 GMT -5
There is a problem with our Entry Drafts as currently constituted - it makes very little sense to select any of the high school players drafted by MLB in the our Enrty Draft due to the 5 year limit on control years. Under ordinary circumstances, the control years will expire before a high school draftee qualifies as a major league player.
I have a simple, two-part solution to this situation. First, increase the maximum contol years from 5 to 6, while keeping the total control years at 75. Second, change the way we adjust the Entry draftees contol years the first year. Instead of subtracting a year at the end of the season following the draft, don't make any adjustments to these players the year they are drafted.
For example:
Player A is selected in the 2012 Entry Draft and assigned 6 control years. Following the 2012 season, his control years remain at 6 while all of the players selected prior to that draft are decreased by 1. Player A's control years remain at 6 until after the 2013 season when all players are decreased by 1, except for the players take in the 2013 Entry Draft.
With these adjustments you could have 6 full years for a player to qualify as a major league player - making it reasonable to draft high school draftees and possibly even international players taken in the MILB Draft.
I feel this solution is simpler and less punitive than the rule we added previously to keep prospects beyond the 5 year control limit.
I have a simple, two-part solution to this situation. First, increase the maximum contol years from 5 to 6, while keeping the total control years at 75. Second, change the way we adjust the Entry draftees contol years the first year. Instead of subtracting a year at the end of the season following the draft, don't make any adjustments to these players the year they are drafted.
For example:
Player A is selected in the 2012 Entry Draft and assigned 6 control years. Following the 2012 season, his control years remain at 6 while all of the players selected prior to that draft are decreased by 1. Player A's control years remain at 6 until after the 2013 season when all players are decreased by 1, except for the players take in the 2013 Entry Draft.
With these adjustments you could have 6 full years for a player to qualify as a major league player - making it reasonable to draft high school draftees and possibly even international players taken in the MILB Draft.
I feel this solution is simpler and less punitive than the rule we added previously to keep prospects beyond the 5 year control limit.
