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The collective bargaining agreement between MLB and its players union, signed on November 22, 2011, and taking effect in the 2012 season, dramatically changed free agent compensation. Players were no longer classified by type; if a player has six or more years of major-league service (on the team's 40-man roster) and is not under contract for ...
Unlike in the NFL, NHL, MLS, and the NBA, teams may not trade draft choices (with the exception of competitive balance draft selections, which can be traded as explained below), but may purchase the rights to Rule 5 Draft Picks. [6] Beginning with the 2012 season, MLB allows one specific class of draft picks to be traded.
Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordóñez retired from baseball on June 3, 2012. [149] Shortstop Omar Vizquel stated on June 26 that he plans to retire at the end of the season after a 24-year career. [150] Pitcher Dontrelle Willis announced his retirement on July 2. [151] Outfielder Jay Gibbons announced his retirement on July 9. [152]
On November 27, 2011, the Rays traded catcher John Jaso to the Seattle Mariners for relief pitcher Josh Lueke, as well as a player to be named later or cash. [1]The Rays signed catcher José Molina on November 28, 2011 to a one-year, $1.5 million contract with a $1.5 million club option for 2013, with a $300,000 buyout.
December 4 – The Hall of Fame announces Paul Hagen, a writer for MLB.com who had been with the Philadelphia Daily News from 1987 to 2012, as the 2013 recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Hagen would formally receive the honor at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation on July 27, the day ...
The tradition of baseball holding off-season meetings during December dates back to 1876, the first offseason of the National League.At the 1876 meetings, William Hulbert was selected to be the league's president, and two teams (the New York Mutuals and Philadelphia Athletics) were expelled from the league for failing to play all their scheduled games; they had refused to make their final road ...
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners. Signed by the Yankees in 2006, Montero became one of the best prospects in baseball. He debuted in MLB with the Yankees during the 2011 season, and was traded to the Mariners for Michael Pineda during the 2011-12 offseason.
Major League Baseball's trade market looks set to include a handful of All-Stars and a former MVP. ... MLB trade rumors: 5 players making news with Cody Bellinger, Alec Bohm.