[USML Announce] Non Roster Invitee List

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That's also my understanding of the purpose (or at least primary purpose) for the nomination process--to permit access to veteran "depth" guys rather than to open up more rookies to bidding.
 
Mark 
 
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From: Richard E. Robbins <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
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Sent: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:15:42 -0600
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I don't have a strong view either way.
 
The wording merely tracks in substance what was circulated prior to the 2004 and 2005 early drafts.  See the attached email messages from those drafts.
 
I seem to recall that the rules were crafted to make sure that veterans in camp but not on the 40 man lists would be eligible.  Others might remember things differently.  My memory is far from perfect.
 
Pre-opening day drafts will always be sub-optimal.
 
Whatever people want to do is fine with me, I just noted the inconsistency between the list and the text of the rules.  If we want to open it up to all NRIs without regard to major league status, it is possible that there are other names that people may want to add to the list.  (That being said, Jeff's list seems fairly extensive.)
 
If this is the desired direction, I'll tweak the wording before the next draft.
 
-- Rich


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In a message dated 3/30/2006 2:40:56 P.M. Central Standard Time, RERobbins at iTinker.net writes:
Have all of these guys lost MLB rookie status?


I'm only going to raise the issue and then I will say nothing further.  Rich's question suggests a problem of which I was unaware.  In reviewing the written rule, it does not comport with my understanding of what was agreed upon by the league, namely that all players on the NRI would be eligible for the draft if designated by a team and thereby disclosed to everyone.  It is the inclusion of the phrase "non rookie" rather than "player" that causes the rule to be inconsistent with my understanding of the league's agreement.  If that phrase is included, players like Boone Logan, who have made the White Sox, but otherwise qualify as ROY candidates could not be drafted.  It strikes me as bizarre that we would have a rule that allows all of the top minor leaguers (i.e. those included on the 40 man rosters) to be drafted but excludes the second tier candidates, including players like Logan who have made the team, that epitomize the very basis for the creation of the rule.
 
That is all.
 
Talk among yourselves.
 
Jeff Winick
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