So would Juan Miranda, if he ever gets the chance.

Yeah, I believe so. How those picks are dispersed is a matter of Elias rankings I think. Sabathia would be #1, followed by Burnett and Sheets if I remember the rankings correctly.

If we sign Burnett and Sabathia, does Toronto get the Yankees 1st pick, having had a worse record than the Brewers or do the Brewers get the 1st pick with Sabathia rated as a higher Type A than Burnett?

The worst that can happen if we sign three Type A free agents, who were offered but declined arbitration is our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks. Correct?

George – You are correct that Bobby is still an above average player and has some fine attributes. However, last year his defense was horrible, and rated at -28 runs.
You simply can’t ignor the effect his defense has on winning (or losing) games. So, based on last year’s salary, we have:

Player .OPS Defen Age Pay
ADunn: .898 .Poor 29 $13m
Abreu: .843 Worst 34 $16m

Now I’m not advocating getting Dunn… just saying for the money, there are better alternatives to Bobby. Plus, due to age and being in YS, Dunn has a better chance of outperforming his last year. If we did get Dunn, he could play 1st with Swisher in RF. Swisher, if he posts a .800ish OPS, considering defense, MAY be as valuable as Bobby for $10m less.

YT:

In the scenario you describe, the Brewers would get the Yankees 1st and 2nd round picks plus two sandwich picks.

When you wake up, tell me what compensation the Yankees would have to give the Brewers if they signed both Sabathia and Sheets. Sabathia rated higher than Sheets, so does that mean the Brewers get the Yankees 1st round pick for Sabathia+ a sandwich pick and then the Brewers get the Yankees 2nd round pick for Sheets? Would they also get the Yankees 3rd round pick for Sheets, or another sandwich pick between 2nd and 3rd rounds?

if pettitte had pitched for say the indians and finished the season the way he did, (especially considering that he’s always been a better 2nd half pitcher) then there’s no way you’d even think of offering him anywhere near $16M. he’s looking for a legacy payraise. only thing is he broke the chain a long time ago when he went to houston b/c the yankees didn’t come running after him with buckets of money quick enough.

abreu helped the offense a ton, but was a total defensive liability who’s skills are eroding before our eyes.

we didnt miss out on any draft picks, both these guys would’ve taken arbitration, so we only lost out the chance to way overpay two fading former all-stars.

Sabathia, Sheets, Wang, Joba, Hughes/Pettitte = WS

that’s merely the rule on what must be paid if players with non-guaranteed contracts are terminated by those dates. Not sure how or if it applies, but there is a sufficient demonstrated skill provision in the uniform player contract that could lead to a grievance procedure.