Mr. Radpants
Trog Five Standing By
These rules are so damn dumb.The orioles are fucking loaded. They don’t even have enough room right now to call up all their studs. They did call up Holliday though. Excited to see him play. He looks like 13 year old. Talk about a babby face. If you call him up after 10 days, why not just put him on the squad from the start lol?
By calling up Holliday within the first two weeks of the season, Baltimore can reap an extra first-round draft pick through the Prospect Promotion Incentive, which awards teams with top prospects who attain a full year of service time and win the Rookie of the Year award. While there are 187 days on the baseball calendar, a full year of service is achieved at 172 days, which Holliday will reach if he remains with Baltimore for the remainder of the season.
The PPI has cut both ways for Baltimore. In 2022, the Orioles kept catcher Adley Rutschman in the minor leagues until May 21, only to see him win American League Rookie of the Year and be granted a full year of service for it while the team did not receive an extra draft pick. Last season, Baltimore broke camp with infielder Gunnar Henderson, whose Rookie of the Year win earned the Orioles the 32nd overall draft pick and $2.84 million in bonus pool space in the July draft this year.
Also, the Nats are considered a major market team that is ineligable for lottery picks two years in a row. A rule that is a result of the LASTROS and Baltimore using the tanking strategy. And Baltimore owns the Nats television rights, an agreement because scumbag Angelos claimed that Baltimore and DC were the same market. But this means that the Nats don't have the benefit that their "major market" would give them.
Baseball is the best sport, but MLB is the worst league.