The Hardball Times:Free agent overcompensation

• outofmarket

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  As a Mets fan, the first one that came to my mind was drafting David Wright with the sandwich pick for Mike "School System" Hampton. Mets took Heilman in the 1st round of that draft, too, but I'm unsure if it was their own pick or Colorado's.

  Posted 8/21/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Compensate This
Published 8/21/2008 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... My latest article at Hardball Times focuses on 10 of the most lopsided free agent compensation picks in history. Enjoy! ...

More Odds And Ends: Glavine, Dunn, Draft, Tigers
Published 8/21/2008 by Cork Gaines at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... The Hardball Times takes a look at several players drafted using compensation picks that turned out to be much better than the free agent the team lost. ...

Friday Applesauce
Published 8/22/2008 by Eric Simon at Amazin' Avenue
... At The Hardball Times, Geoff Young looks at some free agent compensation draft picks that turned out to be much better than the free agent that left. No mention of Mike Hampton/David Wright, though. ...

Hardball Times: Free agent overcompensation
Published 8/22/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Hardball Times: Free agent overcompensation THT takes a look at some of the better free agent compensation draft picks that overshadowed the free agent. Shawn Green for Bud Black, 1991 Black was a fine pitcher who won 121 big-league games. By 1991, though, his best years were behind him. He spent most of the ‘90 season toiling for the Indians, who shipped him to Toronto in mid-September for Steve Cummings, Mauro Gozzo and Alex Sanchez. If you remember them, congratulations—you’re a bigger dork than I am. Black’s career as a Blue Jay lasted exactly three games. Less than two ...