Dayton Moore on CBA: What Me Worry?

by Roberto on Nov 26, 2011 10:29 AM EST

Dayton Moore is the GM of the Royals. In a recent interview in the Kansas City Star, he shrugged off concerns regarding the draft spending limits.

"It’s actually better than the (recommendations put out by the commissioner’s office in the previous) slotting system,” he said, “where the commissioner would put pressure on owners, and owners would put pressure on general managers.

“We always had a budget. Now, our budget is going to be mandated by the CBA (collective-bargaining agreement). You have to work within the budget, and that’s what we’ll be prepared to do.”

Moore also noted that the Royals spent the way they did in anticipation of the new rules. (I'm not noting any parallels here, or anything.) Any problems will arise as the team becomes more competitive. Right now a team with a big draft pool can afford to take a flyer or two on a player who plans to go to college. A team with a small pool really will have trouble doing that.

One last quote from Dayton:

“Again, it comes down to scouting and player development. You’ve still got to pick the right guys, and you still have to develop them.”

So, chillax. The CBA is not the end of the world. It may not even be a problem.

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Basically agree with Dayton here

I would add that the advantage that small market teams had in the draft under the old CBA has been greatly exaggerated. Most of the draft spending disparity between the Pirates and the big market teams is explained by draft position, which will be accounted for in the new CBA anyway.

by maguro on Nov 26, 2011 1:12 PM EST reply actions

what I don't like

is the provision that IF you do not sign your first round pick for the $1.5m slot, your overall pool decreases by that $1.5m and you cannot allocate it elsewhere.

by insane_sanity on Nov 28, 2011 12:56 PM EST up reply actions

That's not how I understand the new rule

Selig awards an amount of cash to spend depending of the number and position of your draft picks in the 1st 10 rounds. Teams are allowed to spend that money however they see fit.

One option could be to draft warm bodies in rounds 6-10 and use their slot money to increase the bonus you offer to the ‘tough sign’ draftees.
You won’t be able to offer $5M to a Bell/Allie type guy again, but you could save maybe $1M or $1.5M (rough estimate) and add it to your offer. But, of course, there’s a opportunity cost.

by From France on Nov 29, 2011 6:51 AM EST up reply actions

From what I’m now reading, if you sign a player for UNDER slot…you can use the money saved elsewhere.

If you do not sign a player at all, you lose the money in your cap.

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding it, but that is how I read it.

by insane_sanity on Nov 30, 2011 9:32 AM EST up reply actions

he's probably happy

that there were no restrictions against signing former atlanta braves

by johnnycuff on Nov 26, 2011 4:16 PM EST reply actions

I don’t think the new CBA is a total anathema for the Pirates, but it’s still pretty bad. I don’t think they’re going to be able to reach for the Allies and Bells of the world anymore, so even if they draft well and get good talent in the later rounds, they’re worse off than they have been.

No jinx no jinx no jinx.

by Suffering Buc on Nov 27, 2011 2:00 PM EST reply actions

Let me ask you

Bell I agree with. But second rounders like that are not in out future anyway, since we’ll be picking 8th, then 20th, then 30th. (I can dream can’t I?) But Allie is another matter. First, was it a good idea? He still hasn’t much of a clue about pitching. Second, I’d bet he’d sign for $750,000 in the new environment. You can’t get that in college, and he wasn’t a first rounder.

Viva Clemente!

by Roberto on Nov 30, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions