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Has it been discussed how poorly the small market teams fare in the new MLB CBA?

Posted by the wrong element, bad guy (aka JFields) Nov 23 '11, 11:11

There's no hard slotting like Selig wanted, but teams will be limited with a signing bonus pool. It varies based on number of picks, and how high the picks are. The highest it will be next season is $11.5M. Teams going 0-5% over that amount will need to pay a 75% tax on the excess. If they go 5-10% over they also lose a 1st round draft pick.

International signings also have a bonus cap ($2.9M for each team in 2012).

But, to help with the competitive balance, they 10 lowest revenue teams have a lottery for picks 31-36 in the draft.

Here's Rosenthal's article on it. (msn.foxsports.com)

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Jonah Keri did an article last week on it -- (link) - Beaker Nov 23, 11:13

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