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    Filing for free agency

    what happens if you dont file???

    dues the team keep exclusive rites to you and you can be traded with no contract?
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    Re: Filing for free agency

    Basically, you have to file.

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    Re: Filing for free agency

    Quote Originally Posted by HoustonGM View Post
    Basically, you have to file.
    that did not answer the question
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    Re: Filing for free agency

    You can't play, you can't be traded, you can't sign with another team. You HAVE to file for free agency, or retire.

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    Re: Filing for free agency

    can u negotiate with that team? that you were just on. for example.. if Giambi did not file for free agency can he resign with teh yanks say january 19th?
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    Re: Filing for free agency

    I don't think so, but I'm not positive.

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    Re: Filing for free agency

    Quote Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet View Post
    can u negotiate with that team? that you were just on. for example.. if Giambi did not file for free agency can he resign with teh yanks say january 19th?
    No - to sign a contract he has to file FIRST because 15 days post the World Series he no longer has any contract with any team. (basically the chicken-egg principle)

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    Re: Filing for free agency

    so if a guy does not file within 15 days of teh WS he cant ever play?

    what if he "retires, then decides to come back??? is that a way around the f/a filing
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    Re: Filing for free agency

    /facepalm

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    Re: Filing for free agency

    Honestly, I wouldn't even bother worrying about it. Players will always file, unless they are retiring (and even then, they usually file just as a matter of procedure).

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