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We will once again have a two-round amateur draft, followed by a four-round minor league draft. The two will be combined for the purposes of compensation, in the following order: The top-15 picks of the amateur draft are protected.
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Saturday night's contest between the Nationals and Dodgers -- not coincidentally one of the weekend games previewed in the Friday edition of the perpetually infallible Daily Notes -- was an excellent one ( box ). Uberprospect Bryce Harper made his major-league debut, hitting an impressive line-drive double to the center-field wall ( video ) and also displaying his strong, accurate throwing arm ( video ); Stephen Strasburg struck out a third of the 27 batters he faced while walking none, posting a single-game xFIP of 1.82 ( video ); and Matt Kemp hit his league-leading 11th home run to win the game in extra innings ( video ). The game's average leverage index (1.83) was easily the highest of the day.
Mark Kotsay, Bartolo Colon, Nate Robertson, DeWayne Wise - minor league deals; Cory Wade and Daniel McCutchen - minor league deal (arb eligible 2013, free agency 2016) award bonuses: $50,000 each for Silver Slugger, Gold Glove, All Star ($25,000 AS selection); $0.1M for LCS MVP; $0.15M for WS MVP; $0.2M for MVP ($0.1M for 2nd in vote, $50,000 for 3rd) full no-trade clause; award bonus: $75,000 for All Star selection; Zambrano receives 2013 player option if he is first or second in 2011 Cy Young vote or if he finishes in top 4 in 2012 Cy Young vote and is healthy at end of 2012