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By trading for slots. I imagine whatever team trades them is going to be getting more like what the Marlins gave up and less like what the Orioles have received.

I'm guessing he brought in some social media savvy youngins.

The question is, how hard will they fight for non-union members?

We had more than the Yankees, we did not have more than everyone.

If the kid busts the Yankees are going to pretty much be out a whole year's worth of international talent.

They did the work they reap the potential reward.

A minute late.

Every team not under sanction had 5.4M to spend on him. How is that not equity? Giving the worst teams the best players is the opposite of equity.

They said they won't release the bonuses from Venezuela right? Going to be hard to get a solid figure.

No final defense about it, I find the lack of International spending last season curious to say the least. Late start or no. I think last season's payroll had an impact. Davis should already be gone, anyone lost off the 40 would provide less negative value than Davis.

I repped Drungo's comment earlier but frankly his was a bit more skilled than yours. ?

I don't see how you can say that with Davis on the roster. I've provided my reasoning on numerous occasions.

Effectively the same thing, and your take is probably more correct. Full financial backing wasn't made available.

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I said he wasn't allowed to spend freely last period, which I still believe. I expected the level of commitment we've seen today.

You can not trade away slots for a future signing period. Dan did and thankfully MLB didn't penalize the team for his transgression.

You can't trade the next season's slots early. That is why Dan had to execute the Zoellner Maneuver.

And if a kid projects to a corner position at 16 he'd better really hit.

They had a bigger pool than the Yankees, they should have given it all to Jasssson!

Mark Reynolds was a SS at 22.

I don't know of any restrictions on trading them.

Trade stock.

I think most of us would be pretty annoyed if they hadn't, given how low the bar was. This is a nice first step in the process.

At 16 yea, I think they are all pretty much shortstops or pitchers.

I'd get one simply because no one down here would have any idea what it meant.