2007-04-05 01:07:01 · 15 answers · asked by skyyn777 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Unlike other sports drafts, picks are made extremely quickly; each team must select a player or pass on him within two minutes when it is their turn. Baseball draft picks cannot be traded; however, if a first- or second-round draft pick signs with a different team as a free agent, and the former team had offered the player arbitration, then the player's former team is entitled to a draft pick during the "sandwich round" of next year's draft. A sandwich round, also known as a compensatory round, occurs after the first, but before the second round of the draft. For instance, if a team has the No. 5 pick in the first round but fails to sign the player, then the team receives a pick in the first sandwich round of the following year. The order of picks in a sandwich round is determined by inverse standings.
2007-04-05 02:43:21 · answer #1 · answered by hair_of_a_dog 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Although some trades do include draft choices, very rarely, the main reason is that MLB has a minor league system where the NFL and NBA do not. Therefore, a drafted player in the MLB is not an immediate impact player like he would be in the other leagues. Try this example:
Carlos Beltran was drafted by the Royals and spent 3-4 years in their minor league system before making it to the big leagues. On the contrary, Reggie Bush (NFL Saints) and LeBron James (NBA Cavaliers) were drafted and played the very next season.
It's just a different animal.
2007-04-05 01:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by Mister Bob the Tomato 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This has a lot to do with the structure of baseball's collective bargaining agreement.
In the NBA and NFL, where draft pick trades are most prominent, there is a structure for contracts for draft picks, and beyond that initial contract, a team has very little control over the player(s) they draft.
In baseball, the team owns the rights to a guy for 6 years of major league service.
And agents and draft picks are free to make obscene demands for signing bonuses and contracts. So basically, when you draft a guy, there's no guarantee you're going to sign him.
The Yankees got Phil Hughes at 18 in the first round, because several other teams didn't want to pay the kind of bonus money that Hughes' agent was demanding.
2007-04-05 03:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by Offended? Aww Have a Cookie! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In MLB the draft is so deep and it takes so long for many players to reach the majors that draft position does not carry the weight of sports like basketball and football. Many baseball players progress as they get older, and around 27-28 years old they are in their prime. If drafted out of high school that is 10 years playing in the minors or progressing in the majors before a team can get what they expected. Many players have made it to the pros that were undrafted or drafted in the late rounds. Other sports don't have that type draft. Most of the impact players are taken in the first round in basketball and in the first 5 rounds in football, although there are exceptions.
2007-04-05 01:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by c19f 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there's no exposure or media assurance for MLB draft suggestions. whilst NBA and NFL draftees are overrated for the period of school by using television assurance (check out the perfect 4 or BCS Bowls), MLB draftees are basically written approximately on newspapers and the internet. You do have some draftees who look interior the college international sequence, so as that brings some familarity. however the college international sequence is shown throughout the day on ESPN or its sister channels such incredibly some people are not getting a huge gamble to ensure it by using artwork. additionally, the draft suggestions might desire to spend years interior the minors so there's no instant impact on the MLB group that drafts him. Plus incredibly some communities (no longer Oakland's Billy Beane) might particularly draft extreme college gamers than college gamers. there's a concept (exceedingly with pitchers) that college coaches overplay them or strengthen undesirable conduct... So the group must be getting broken products or something. ultimately, i might say the aluminum bat in college hurts a lifeless ringer for college gamers. once you notice college gamers hit examine-swing homers or have a .4 hundred+ favourite, the viewer must be skeptical if the participant could be any sturdy with a wood bat...
2016-11-26 19:22:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because MLB rules prohibit the trading of draft picks or players who have been drafted within the last 12 months.
2007-04-05 05:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because trading away draft choices is a great way to trade your way into the basement on a permanent basis. It's plain, old-fashioned STUPID. The NBA does a lot of things very, very well, but this isn't one of them. And don't get me started on football.
Further, a player cannot be traded until they played at least a season of professional ball. These are kids, just starting their lives, and it's NOT the time to be throwing those lives into turmoil.
2007-04-05 04:58:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The draft in the mlb is much weaker. The guys do not have impacts for a long time if they ever have an impact. Teams include prospects: guys who are actually supposed to go somewhere ex: Freddy Sanchez.
2007-04-05 01:59:44 · answer #8 · answered by natedawg008 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
draft picks in baseball rarely make as quick an impact as nfl or nba so they arent as valuable.once in a while you get a mauer,a-rod, or jeter type but not often.most guys need a lot of minor league work.
2007-04-05 07:52:36 · answer #9 · answered by mike hunt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because baseball prospects take longer to develop, there are more rounds in the baseball draft so there is really no need to trade draft picks
2007-04-05 05:50:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋