http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft...d-draft-order/
So while we wait for further free agent signings, the draft order currently looks like this, assuming Granderson signs with the Mets as is being reported widely:
First Round
1. Houston Astros
2. Miami Marlins
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Chicago Cubs
5. Minnesota Twins
6. Seattle Mariners
7. Philadelphia Phillies
8. Colorado Rockies
9. Toronto Blue Jays
10. New York Mets
11. Toronto Blue Jays (compensation for failure to sign Phil Bickford in ‘13 draft)
12. Milwaukee Brewers
13. San Diego Padres
14. San Francisco Giants
15. Los Angeles Angels
16. Arizona Diamondbacks
x Baltimore Orioles (forfeited for signing Ubaldo Jimenez)
X. New York Yankees (forfeited for signing Brian McCann)
17. Kansas City Royals
18. Washington Nationals
19. Cincinnati Reds
x. Texas Rangers (forfeited for signing Shin-Soo Choo)
20. Tampa Bay Rays
21. Cleveland Indians
22. Los Angeles Dodgers
23. Detroit Tigers
24. Pittsburgh Pirates
25. Oakland Athletics
26. Atlanta Braves
27. Boston Red Sox
28. St. Louis Cardinals
Compensatory Round
*Y. Seattle Mariners (Kendry Morales compensation)
Z. New York Yankees (for losing Robinson Cano)
ZZ. New York Yankees (for losing Curtis Granderson)
*29. Kansas City Royals (Ervin Santana)
*30. Cincinnati Reds (awarded for losing Shin-Soo Choo)
*31. Texas Rangers (Nelson Cruz)
*32. Miami Marlins (compensation for failure to sign Matt Krook in ‘13 draft)
*33. Cleveland Indians (awarded for losing Ubaldo Jimenez)
34. Atlanta Braves (awarded for losing Brian McCann)
35. Boston Red Sox (awarded for losing Jacoby Ellsbury)
*36. Boston Red Sox (Stephen Drew)
*37. St. Louis Cardinals (awarded for losing Carlos Beltran)
X Lost for signing free agent Brian McCann
Y Lost for signing free agent Robinson Cano, will revert to second-round pick if Morales resigns with Mariners
Z Lost for signing free agent Jacoby Ellsbury
ZZ Lost for signing free agent Carlos Beltran
*All picks marked with an asterisk are contingent on the free agent signing with another team.
The Mets will lose their second-round pick for signing Granderson, as their first-round pick is protected as a top 10 selection.
There are many problems with the new collective bargaining agreement, but the free-agent compensation is one way that the new system is significantly better than the old rules. Under the old rules, teams lost one pick for signing a free agent while gaining two. Now it’s a one-for-one transaction. Sign a compensatory free agent? Lose a pick. Lose a compensatory free agent? Gain a pick.