The time has come to share the story about why slotted bonuses were created!  Have you ever heard of Slotted Bonuses?  If not, this is a must know for all coaches, parents and news media who love the game of baseball as slotted bonuses directly affect an amateur players ability to negotiate a fair contract and signing bonus.  Only American ball players are limited by the current draft and slotted bonus system which is blatantly unfair to American ball players.

Please read the article below from John Perrotto who is a national writer for Baseball Prospectus.com and a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and thus one of the voters for the Baseball Hall of Fame and other annual Major League Baseball awards.

Article:

Web address:  http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/sports/john_perrotto/nine-years-later-ramirez-trade-still-rankles-bucs-fans/article_aa71a3fd-4783-5229-a90b-ef0d74e82136.html

Quote from article...

"Bruback has lived an interesting life since his short-lived time in the Pirates' farm system.

In 2006, he created a weighted therapy belt (www.miraclebelt.com) that helps increase body awareness for infants and children with development disorders. Bruback also has a blog (mlb-tampering.blogspot.com) in which he writes about his belief that his career path was altered because he angered Major League Baseball by receiving a $765,000 signing bonus.

The bonus led to MLB developing its current slotting system to hold down money going to draft picks.

The MLB lawyer who devised the slotting system was Frank Coonelly. Today, he is the Pirates' club president and has given general manager Neal Huntington the go-ahead to seek trades that would add to the payroll like the one that has brought Rodriguez to Pittsburgh.

My, how times have changed."

 

My goal is to help as many children with developmental disabilities as possible and share the story about how Major League Baseball puts profits over players!