Corrections

Looks like Snyder might be out of options (2010 2011 2012)

03/19/2011 Brandon Snyder Optioned to Norfolk (AAA)
06/10/2011 Brandon Snyder Recalled from Norfolk (AAA).
06/12/2011 Brandon Snyder Optioned to Norfolk (AAA).

at least according to this source:

webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xFWrI3UD0XQJ:http://blog1.hootsuite.com/mlb/teams/1-baltimore-orioles/transactions%2B2011+orioles+brandon+snyder+designated+outrighted&hl=en&gbv=2&ct=clnk

blog1.hootsuite.com/mlb/teams/1-baltimore-orioles/transactions

Heri Quevedo's age is listed as 32 in his player page.

It looks like the rule 5 eligibility wiki is is need of some corrections. While I could be wrong, I'm pretty sure no one should be showing up as eligible for the 2018 draft just yet. But if I'm wrong about that it doesn't explain why the most recent international signings are eligible in 2017 while this year's high school draftees aren't eligible until 2018.

Similarly, it looks like some college draftees are being shown as Rule 5 eligible in 2016 (Adams, Littrell) and some eligible in 2017 (Allday, Asuaje).

"Oops! It looks like this domain name has expired!"

forum.soxprospects.com/

That's the message I get when I click "forum" from soxprospects.com.

Same with me. The App works though.

Looks like some of Brandon Workman's stats on the Home page are inaccurate.

IP, K, WHIP, ERA, BB all seem off.

Sorry for the length on this one. I thought I saw one minor issue and it turned into a larger one (possibly much larger). It could also be that I'm not understanding the rules correctly in which case I apologize for wasting your time. I'll do my best to explain what I think needs corrected.

I was looking at what years certain players will be rule 5 eligible compared to when they will become minor league free agents. It looks to me that international players are always eligible for the rule 5 draft 3 years before being free agents. For example, according to his player page and the Wiki Manny Rivera was signed in 2006 and eligible for the Rule 5 Draft in 2010, 2011 and 2012. From there he will become a free agent after 2013. Likewise, Almanzar was signed in 2007, was rule 5 eligible in 2011 and 2012, will be rule 5 eligible in 2013, but won't be a free agent until after 2014.

Assuming those years are correct on their player page and the Wiki, it seems like there is a problem on the player pages for a large amount of international signees. Just looking at 2011 and 2012 International Signing Class it looks like Luis Ortega, Randy Perez, Victor Ramirez and Heri Quevedo are the only ones that are correctly showing their first rule 5 year being after 2015 and being a Free Agent after 2018. The other players in that draft class are showing incorrectly (either being 2015 & 2017, or 2016 & 2018).

It doesn't look like that problem is contained in that signing class either. There are inconsistencies throughout the classes. Again, if I am missing a rule here I apologize.

bigpupp, the relevant rules are:

A) A player is eligible for R5 on either the fourth or fifth draft following their signing, based upon their age on the June 5 preceding their contract. It's four if they were 19 or older, five if they were 18 or younger. For international guys, it's almost always the latter.

B) The minor league uniform player contract is 7 years long. It includes partial seasons. For future contracts, it begins in the year that the player begins play (for example, this is the first year of Daniel McGrath's contract, even though he signed last year).

Thus, ML free agency is a function of the contract, whereas Rule 5 is a function of the player's age. Looking quickly, I know Quevedo, for example signed when he was older, and thus would be R5 eligible sooner. It's not really something where you take the R5 date and add three - there could certainly be mistakes in there, but the way to check wouldn't be what you're doing, I don't think.

Got it. Makes sense guys, thanks!

In this weekly news article:

news.soxprospects.com/2013/07/weekly-notes-bogaerts-attracting.html

It is noted that:

"Papiamento, the official language of his home island of Aruba."

That's a little misleading because Dutch and Papiamento are the two official languages of Aruba. Very minor...


www.aruba.com/the-island/language

Not sure where to put this but I was reading the article about former prospects traded and noticed someone missing. I didn't see Oscar Tejada on there, am I right or did I miss him?