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I believe that this is just a typo in the rule change. The rules as stated provide a slew of problems about eligibility for the draft. We should not have players eligible for the 12th pick in the draft who are not eligible for the first pick in the draft, which they could be due to (being signed).
We also don't want to exclude foreign players who haven't played any MLB games, so basing it on being drafted isn't great, either, and on the off chance that we have a prospect draft concurrent with the MLB draft, we'd have more issues with certain players being eligible for later picks, and not earlier ones.
The veterans of this league can weigh in, and I can't find the discussion about it in the thread, but I believe we went through this early on and that the rule was actually changed to apply the (prior to the MLB season currently being played) to BOTH the appearances AND the signing. This way seems to make the most sense, and I believe that it is how we've done things in the past.
All the other interpretations of this rule seem to me to have major issues.
We also don't want to exclude foreign players who haven't played any MLB games, so basing it on being drafted isn't great, either, and on the off chance that we have a prospect draft concurrent with the MLB draft, we'd have more issues with certain players being eligible for later picks, and not earlier ones.
The veterans of this league can weigh in, and I can't find the discussion about it in the thread, but I believe we went through this early on and that the rule was actually changed to apply the (prior to the MLB season currently being played) to BOTH the appearances AND the signing. This way seems to make the most sense, and I believe that it is how we've done things in the past.
All the other interpretations of this rule seem to me to have major issues.