MLB Trading Deadline

[Coach Deg]

The Rays would take Beltran so at the end of the year they get more draft picks. It seems Friedman would prefer draft picks to prospects unless he has someone he absolutely feels fits his mold. We had 10picks in top 85 this year and I think they would be content on that again.

[jonumberone]

Originally Posted by Coach Deg

The Rays would take Beltran so at the end of the year they get more draft picks.

Teams can only receive draft pick compensation if they offer a player salary arbitration and he signs somewhere else.
Beltran's contract is written so the team cannot offer him arbitration at the end of the year, thus no compensation for the Mets or whoever he is traded to!

[Coach Deg]

Originally Posted by jonumberone

Teams can only receive draft pick compensation if they offer a player salary arbitration and he signs somewhere else.
Beltran's contract is written so the team cannot offer him arbitration at the end of the year, thus no compensation for the Mets or whoever he is traded to!

I'm not positive, but I believe you are wrong. The Rays made no offers to any of their free agents last year- Crawford, Pena, wheeler, Choate, qualis, Balfour, and Cormier. That's how they ended up with the 10 draft picks.