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Giving a year of service when the player didn't play seems odd to me, even if it is because of circumstances beyond the player's control.

My reservation wasn't specifically about pissing off the Dodgers. I'm more concerned with fairness than I am with who gets pissed off. I don't know specific examples, but I'm sure there are other situations that this screws a team over.

What about low-revenue franchises? Doesn't this screw them? They lose a year of control of a player for nothing.

You are right in questioning the value of what the Red Sox got in return, especially with the revelation that Verdugo still has a fracture in his back.

 

The Dodgers still have an entire season in which they are the only team that can negotiate with Betts. That's not as good as having him play for 160 or so, but it's not nothing.

 

It is odd, but the alternative is telling 27-year-old Mookie Betts that he's not eligible for free agency until he's 29 instead of 28. It's telling Aaron Judge, who has made a grand total of $3.8M in his career ($2M in salary earnings), that he's not eligible for his big payday until he's 32. The list goes on. The players would revolt, and understandably so.

Many/most/all of these franchises will still be around long after these guys have aged out and retired. Every year of earning potential is far more valuable to the players than one year of their service time is to the franchises. It doesn't screw the franchises enough to risk the blowback and acrimony from the players.

 

He's still in the 10 o'clock meeting. Don't bother him.

 

That credited year of service could be a game-changer for the 25th or 26th player, or some rookie. A big-league player needs just 43 days of service to qualify for a pension benefit. Forty-three days of service can guarantee an MLB player a $34,000 per year pension benefit. Major league baseball players become fully vested in their pensions after 10 years of service, so many borderline players with nine years of service now might be golden too.

It's a gift that will keep on giving. Lots of impact on the backend, too.

 

The most common final score in baseball is 3-2, followed closely by 4-3.

 

Am I to take from this that there has been a Major League Baseball game that ended 49-33?

 

Apparently?



And this from CBS
Just Because: Box score with 82 runs, 74 hits, 20 errors

 

It's ridiculous that Betts sometimes plays a 12-inning game and only gets paid for nine innings.

 

Thank you, Scott Boras.