CBA Question: are Sign and Trades Possible?

augustine · Post #1 » by **augustine** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:17 pm

I have a CBA question for those who know more about the subject than I.

Imagine this scenario: KJ is about to walk as a FA for nothing, so AA decides to offer him the one year contract, just to try to get the picks. This makes all the other teams refuse to sign KJ. So AA loses, cuz he gets no picks, and KJ loses, cuz he doesn't get a long contract. So, KJ, AA and another team get together and work out this deal: The Jays sign KJ to a long term deal that the other team and KJ agrees to. The Jays then immediately trade KJ to the other team for something of some value. The other team doesn't have to lose their pick, but they lose something.

Is this scenario allowed?

HangTime · Post #2 » by **HangTime** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:30 pm

I think the Jays tried to do a S&T for Orlando Cabrera a few years back (old CBA) They would have kept their draft pick and Chicago would have gotten a couple prospest. Cabrera ended up signing with Oakland.

Hamyltowne · Post #3 » by **Hamyltowne** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:48 pm

In baseball, not even AA is capable of a sign-and-trade deal.

Parataxis · Post #4 » by **Parataxis** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:02 am

Unless I'm mistaken (I may be, I don't have the CBA handy with me), under the new system, the compensatory draft picks don't come at the expense of the signing team anymore.

This makes it pretty much pointless for the signing team to organize a S&T.