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wildcard Hangout Grand Counsel

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No, you can go to arbitration within your first 6 years of service time up to...6 times. Many players go 4 times, including Erik Bedard if he goes that route (Super-2's). If a guy signs an MLB contract out of the draft, as soon as that MLB contract is over, he is arb eligible every year until he reaches 6 years service time. If its a 4 year deal, and he spends the first 3 years in the minors, after his rookie year he would be arb eligible for the next 5 seasons and then be a free agent.

I don't think this is right.

Players are under a club control until they have 6 years of service time when they can declare for FA.

The first three years the players are not eligible for salary arbitration except for the 17% of players with the most time in their 2nd year. They are declared "super-2s" and are eligible for arbitration.

Other then super-2s, players are eligible for salary arbitration from when their service time reaches 3 years until it they have 6 years and can file for FA.

After 6 years of service time players have the option of not filing for FA and going to arbitration. Or they can file and if they are not signed by a certain date in the off season their club can offer arbitration and they can accept or reject it.

Everything related to salary arbitration is based on service time not normal years.

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This is fantastic news. We got someone with tremendous upside for nothing. He will be under our 'control' for a long time. Nicely done.

This kind of signing seems to be something the Orioles have actually gotten good at! This is bringing in low risk high reward younger guys that hopefully some of which will pan out! (Guthrie, House, Knott, Dubois, Redman, and now Cabrera)

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Does this pending signing have anything to do with Chris Gomez being claimed by the Indians? Was there some sort of handshake deal about these two players?

I doubt it. Cabrera was a free agent, free to choose any team he wanted. The Indians had no control over him, and I doubt that Cabrera would want to do any favors for the Indians after they designated him for assignment.

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Does this pending signing have anything to do with Chris Gomez being claimed by the Indians? Was there some sort of handshake deal about these two players?

Not at all. The think the deal was that the O's did not pull back Gomez after he was claimed by the Indians (as the O's had the right to do). In return the Indians, who had already put F. Cabrera on trade waivers, pulled him back and put him of release waivers. That was the entire deal.

It did not guarantee that the O's would get Cabrera. It just gave Cabrera the right to refuse Tampa's claim and become a free agent. The rest was up to the O's to outbid all other interested teams.

That is my guess.

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Not at all. The think the deal was that the O's did not pull back Gomez after he was claimed by the Indians (as the O's had the right to do). In return the Indians, who had already put F. Cabrera on trade waivers, pulled him back and put him of release waivers. That was the entire deal.

It did not guarantee that the O's would get Cabrera. It just gave Cabrera the right to refuse Tampa's claim and become a free agent. The rest was up to the O's to outbid all other interested teams.

That is my guess.

Corrrect there was certainly nothing to say Cabrera had to or would come to the O's! He easily could have just signed with the DRays.

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