by The Turtle » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:22 am
[quote:7f10728815="nhsteven"]Picking up from the conversation a few days ago regarding prospects & rookies:
Can someone clarify those players who are no longer prospects since they played a MLB game, yet didn't play enough yet to get a card; are these guys stuck in some sort of "can't draft them" netherworld until they get a card?
Or how about those rookies who shall get a card, but didn't have one the year before? Does the spring Draft occur AFTER the new cards come out (usually in March)? If not, do they have to wait a year to be picked up? (Assuming they play enough the following year?)[/quote:7f10728815]
[b:7f10728815]Examples of players that are no longer prospects but didn't have a card this season and are eligible for the Spring FA draft: [/b:7f10728815]
Casper Wells
Jesus Guzman
(ie all players who are not carded in 2011 but have MLB experience)
[b:7f10728815]Examples of players eligible for the upcoming prospect draft: [/b:7f10728815]
Bryce Harper
Mike Trout
Josh Collmenter
(ie any pure rookie this season without any MLB at bats entering 2011)
[b:7f10728815]Examples of players that won't be eligible until the spring prospect draft:[/b:7f10728815]
Gerrit Cole
Trevor Beaur
Leoynis Martin
(ie players that signed MLB contracts after the 2011 MLB season began).