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New York Yankees Will Be Set Up for Great 2013 Draft After Free Agency

addition to the implementation of a bonus pool for the amateur draft, accelerated signing date and international spending restrictions, Major League Baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement also ushered in several new policies regarding free agency.

In previous years, free agents were classified into three categories by the Elias Sports Bureau: Type A, Type B and unrestricted. Teams were then required to offer their Type A and B free agents arbitration in order to receive compensation via the draft from the team signing their player.

Under the new collective bargaining agreement, such designations are non-existent as teams seeking draft-pick compensation must now offer their respective free agent a qualifying offer (the average salary ...

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