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Free Agent Compensation Draft Picks


Rex Hudler

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The Athletics and Twins now each have five picks before the start of their second round, and Oakland has an extra second-rounder as well. Here are the compensation picks as they stand right now:

 

First Round

22. Twins (from Mariners for Eddie Guardado)

23. Yankees (from Astros for Andy Pettitte)

24. Athletics (from Red Sox for Keith Foulke)

25. Twins (from Cubs for LaTroy Hawkins)

28. Dodgers (from Yankees for Paul Quantrill)

29. Royals (from Giants for Michael Tucker)

30. Rangers (from Braves for John Thomson)

Supplemental First Round

31. Athletics (for Foulke)

32. Athletics (for Miguel Tejada)

33. White Sox (for Bartolo Colon)

34. Yankees (for Pettitte)

35. Twins (for Guardado)

36. Twins (for Hawkins)

37. Royals (for Raul Ibanez)

38. Dodgers (for Quantrill)

39. White Sox (for Tom Gordon)

40. Blue Jays (for Kelvim Escobar)

Second Round

48. Athletics (from Orioles for Tejada)

52. White Sox (from Angels for Colon)

62. Royals (from Mariners for Ibanez)

68. White Sox (from Yankees for Gordon)

Supplemental Second Round

71. Brewers (for Eddie Perez)

Third Round

83. Blue Jays (from Angels for Escobar)

There are just five more unsigned free agents who could require compensation:

 

Type A: David Wells (NYY).

Type B: B.J. Surhoff (Bal).

Type C: Julio Franco (Atl), Orlando Palmeiro (StL),

John Vander Wal (Mil).

Wells and the Yankees reportedly have agreed on a minor league deal, but it hasn't been officially announced yet. Franco, Palmeiro, Surhoff and Vander Wal all declined arbitration, giving them until Jan. 8 to resign with their 2003 teams.

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They've done a pretty good job in recent years of getting their top draft picks signed.

 

If anything, they can be faulted for drafting "signable" guys vs. someone who may have more talent (Royce Ring as an example).

 

Remember, Jeremy Reed was a 2nd round pick and he's acknowledged as one of baseball's best prospects.

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Guest Hex Rudler

Our farm system would be in much better shape if Kenny did not make those foolish trades with the Mets, Rangers, and Angels last summer. And giving away Tim Hummell for next to nothing didn't help. because he would have made our team in 2004.

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