http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/16/brewers-agree-not-to-offer-arbitration-to-type-a-free-agent-takashi-saito/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 14:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/16/brewers-agree-not-to-offer-arbitration-to-type-a-free-agent-takashi-saito/comment-page-1/#comment-223199 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:59:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=98348#comment-223199 This isn’t news. The Brewers agreed to this last off-season when Saito was originally signed.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/16/brewers-agree-not-to-offer-arbitration-to-type-a-free-agent-takashi-saito/comment-page-1/#comment-223082 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:59:51 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=98348#comment-223082 They should do away with draft pick compensation altogether. It doesn’t accomplish anything other than distort the market for certain players.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/16/brewers-agree-not-to-offer-arbitration-to-type-a-free-agent-takashi-saito/comment-page-1/#comment-223054 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:22:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=98348#comment-223054 Far too many ordinary relief pitchers are being classified as type A Free Agents. I expect that the next labor agreement will deal with this.

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