dbackjon
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Sources: MLB to hammer Atlanta Braves, declare 12 minor league players free agents
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-hammers-atl...14625.html
Major League Baseball is expected to hammer the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday for circumventing rules governing the signing of international amateurs, declaring 12 minor league players, including vaunted prospect Kevin Maitan, free agents as part of sweeping penalties against the organization, sources familiar with the situation told Yahoo Sports.
Following an investigation that cost general manager John Coppolella and scout Gordon Blakeley their jobs and led indirectly to the resignation of president of baseball operations John Hart, MLB determined the Braves had broken rules – the most severe of which was the packaging of signing bonuses – in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 international signing periods. Nine players from the Braves’ 2016-17 signing class, the majority of whom received bonuses in excess of $1 million, will be declared free agents, as will three players from the most recent class. Atlanta also will lose a draft pick next June for trying to induce a player this year with off-the-books perks, sources told Yahoo Sports.
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11-21-2017 05:04 PM |
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RE: Sources: MLB to hammer Atlanta Braves, declare 12 minor league players free agents
(11-21-2017 05:04 PM)dbackjon Wrote: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-hammers-atl...14625.html
Major League Baseball is expected to hammer the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday for circumventing rules governing the signing of international amateurs, declaring 12 minor league players, including vaunted prospect Kevin Maitan, free agents as part of sweeping penalties against the organization, sources familiar with the situation told Yahoo Sports.
Following an investigation that cost general manager John Coppolella and scout Gordon Blakeley their jobs and led indirectly to the resignation of president of baseball operations John Hart, MLB determined the Braves had broken rules – the most severe of which was the packaging of signing bonuses – in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 international signing periods. Nine players from the Braves’ 2016-17 signing class, the majority of whom received bonuses in excess of $1 million, will be declared free agents, as will three players from the most recent class. Atlanta also will lose a draft pick next June for trying to induce a player this year with off-the-books perks, sources told Yahoo Sports.
Great.
The Braves have already become useless. Looks like they're becoming hopeless now too.
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11-22-2017 04:36 PM |
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RE: Sources: MLB to hammer Atlanta Braves, declare 12 minor league players free agents
more bad karma for moving to Cobb County
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11-26-2017 07:41 AM |
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