Type A and Type B Free Agents

by Alex Falzone on Nov 8, 2007 11:46 AM EST

So with the new rules, Type A's get their departing team a 1st and supplemental 1st, and Type B's get just the supplemental.

The Phils have 2 A's (Rowand and Iguchi) and a B (Garcia).

The Phils could potentially have 6 picks in the first + supplemental first rounds.

What are the odds that all three are offered arbitration?

Rowand, certainly. I'd also say certainly yes for Iguchi, because I don't think he'd accept. How about Garcia?

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Re: Type A and Type B Free Agents

Iguchi can't be offered arbitration, it's part of his contract.

per cot's:
Tadahito Iguchi 2b
2 years/$4.95M (2005-06), plus $3.25M 2007 club option

* acquired in trade (from Chicago White Sox) 7/27/07
* signed as a free agent from Japan 1/05
* 05:$2.3M, 06:$2.4M, 07:$3.25M club option ($0.25M buyout)
* club exercised $3.25M 2007 club option 10/06
* contract includes clause requiring club to sign Iguchi to an extension by sometime in 2007, or release him (effectively granting Iguchi free agency after three years of ML service)
* agent: Richard Moss
* ML service: 2.000

by perfectdepth on Nov 8, 2007 11:52 AM EST reply actions

Re: Type A and Type B Free Agents

I completely missed out on that. Also, I just read dajafi's reply in the other thread that Garcia will be out for all of 2008. I thought it would just be a half-year issue.

So essentially, this post is meaningless. That's a bad job by me.

by Alex Falzone on Nov 8, 2007 1:02 PM EST up reply actions

Re: Type A and Type B Free Agents

it is a rare clause in general, but I think it's pretty common with Japanese players.

it's also probably one of the reasons we were able to get Iguchi for so little from the White Sox...

by perfectdepth on Nov 8, 2007 1:30 PM EST up reply actions

Re: Type A and Type B Free Agents

The nice thing about the Lidge trade is that since we now presumably won't be signing anyone else's free agent, we either have our full complement of picks, or if Rowand leaves an actual abundance--two 1s and a supplemental, or a 1, a supplemtenal and two 2s.

This in turn makes it more palatable to totally empty the farm (Carrasco, Cardenas, Carpenter, whoever) for a last piece, because the extra picks could facilitate a quick reloading of the system.

by dajafi on Nov 8, 2007 1:22 PM EST reply actions