Note: Whoops. Wile Springer was a Type A Free Agent, in order to qualify for draft compensation the Cardinals would have needed to offer him Arbitration. They failed to do so, so he is free to go wherever he wants without costing the team a draft pick. Kind of Wish I didn't spend the time writing this. Oh well.Quick Trivia, can you tell me who Russ Springer is? I'll give you a few sentences before you get to answer that question.What is a Type A Free Agent? A type A Free Agent is whose the best of the best. They are supposed to be the best available players at their position in baseball. Losing them in free agency means your team are significantly depleated. The Type A Free Agent System is supposed to be a program which helps franchises who lose talented players recoup and punishes the rich who are able to offer these lucrative contracts to steal the players away. And thus the system calls for the signee to give the jilted their first round draft pick (top 15 protected). It...
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