Buster Olney reports that the Red Sox violated MLB’s international signing system, and are being severely punished. They will not be allowed to sign players during the new signing period, and:
Because of the violations, the contracts of players involved in the situation have been voided, including outfielders Simon Muzziotti, Albert Guaimaro, pitcher Cesar Gonzalez, and infielder Antonio Pinero.
Wow.
I still think that everyone should be an unrestricted free agent all the time. The more rules MLB passes, the more teams will try to game the system. The Boston front office was trying to be clever, I’ll bet, and now they’ve created a mess. Let the teams and players decide what can be spent, not some competitive balance rules.
Update: I wonder if this is why Dave Dombrowski move was made, and if Ben Cherington stepping down was really a firing?
Update: Here’s more on what happened:
Boston was limited last year to spending a maximum of $300,000 on international prospects after exceeding its spending limit the year before by spending $62 million on Cuban prospect Yoan Moncada. The Red Sox skirted the $300,000 threshold by packaging highly regarded prospects with lesser ones, paying both similarly and allowing the players’ agent to give the lion’s share of the money to the better prospect, according to the source.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/29agTUv
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