
Matt P wrote:Stu Pomeranz, Miguel Gonzalez, and Steve Johnson signed 1 year minor league free agent contracts with the Orioles before the season started. Will they be free agents at the end of the season? Or, since they are on the 40 man roster, do they stay with the Orioles?


orioles wrote:Is it the same when you are drafted? A player taken in this years's June draft for instance. Once he signs, is he signing for 6 years so the club has him until 2018? Or is it 6 years once he's on the 40-man roster?

Jordan Tuwiner wrote:Now that they are on the 40-man their 6 years of service time begin, and they will go through arb, and everything like that just as if they were drafted by the team. I am 99% certain that's how it works.


dan72 wrote:Bundy's situation was unique. He was on the 40 man from the time he signed. Most prospects are not. So his time started from the time he signed.
Please correct me if I'm wrong on that.

dan72 wrote:Bundy's situation was unique. He was on the 40 man from the time he signed. Most prospects are not. So his time started from the time he signed.
Please correct me if I'm wrong on that.

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