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2009 Major League Baseball draft; General information; Date(s) June 9–11, 2009: Location: Secaucus, New Jersey: Network(s) MLB Network [1] Overview; 1521 total selections: First selection: Stephen Strasburg Washington Nationals: First round selections: 49
w The Nationals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Alfonso Soriano. [79] x The Nationals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent José Guillén. [79] y The Nationals gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2009 for failing to sign draft pick Aaron Crow. [80]
Type B free agents were those in the next 20%. Unclassified free agents were those in the bottom 60% of players. Teams that lost a Type A free agent to whom they had offered arbitration received the top draft pick from the team that signed the free agent, plus a supplemental draft pick in the upcoming draft as compensation.
These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the previous off-season, [2] [7] [A] or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year. [8] The Rangers have failed to sign one of their first-round picks, Matt Purke (2009), and received the 15th pick in 2010 as compensation ...
i The Rockies gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2009 from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for losing free agent Brian Fuentes. [53] j The Rockies gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2009 for losing free agent Brian Fuentes. [53] k The Rockies gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2010 for losing free agent Jason Marquis. [54]
With the World Series in the books, the MLB offseason is officially underway. And there's a ton of talent up for grabs. Contending teams in need of pitching are certainly in luck, with David Price ...
u The Mets lost their first-round pick in 2009 to the Los Angeles Angels as compensation for signing free agent Francisco Rodríguez. [66] v The Mets gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2011 for losing free agent Pedro Feliciano. [57] w The Mets gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2012 for losing free agent José Reyes. [58]
Excluding Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki — whose market is entirely different due to international amateur bonus rules — Yahoo Sports’ Top 50 free agent list featured 19 starting pitchers. Five ...