Free Agency: Compensation?
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Re: Free Agency: Compensation?
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Nov 10, 2008 1:51 PM
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There are two forms of compensation for free agents.
Teams taking free agents may protect up to 40 players from being a compensation pick. However, there seems to be some sort of unwritten rule about taking players still in development or veterans. That's why the Giants didn't think that the BayStars would take an established veteran like Kudoh a couple years ago. It came as a bit of a surprise to everyone that Kudoh was even off the protected list, as much so as the BayStars having the nerve to ask for him.
[* Note: I think that the rate may have gone down from 1.5 times, as there were such discussions in the past. But this is the last figure that I can remember in definitely being.]
- 1.5 times the free agent's previous yearly salary [*]
- A player not on the protected roster
Teams taking free agents may protect up to 40 players from being a compensation pick. However, there seems to be some sort of unwritten rule about taking players still in development or veterans. That's why the Giants didn't think that the BayStars would take an established veteran like Kudoh a couple years ago. It came as a bit of a surprise to everyone that Kudoh was even off the protected list, as much so as the BayStars having the nerve to ask for him.
[* Note: I think that the rate may have gone down from 1.5 times, as there were such discussions in the past. But this is the last figure that I can remember in definitely being.]
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How exactly does the "compensation pick" work in the Free Agency process in Japanese Baseball?
For example, last year Chunichi signed Kazuhiro Wada and as a result of this, Seibu took Shinya Okamoto as "compensation" for losing Wada. What types of players are teams allowed to choose as "compensation" if they lose a player via Free Agency, and are they only allowed to select one? I've never completely understood this part of Free Agency here in Japan, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.