Thread: Free Agent Compensation Could Be in Jeopardy
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Old 09-18-2006, 02:13 PM   #11
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Re: Free Agent Compensation Could Be in Jeopardy
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Originally Posted by paulrichjr View Post
Maybe this is an example of Bowden reaping what he has sown.
What did he sow? He figured that draft picks and/or a chance to resign Soraino was more valuable than whatever he was offered in trade. How is it right that baseball might now change the rules on him?

If the Reds made a similiar decision with one of their impending FAs and MLB changed the rules, you can bet everyone on this board would be furious.
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