February 8 in Baltimore Orioles History: A Draft Day Blunder – Yankees Lose Top Pick Tim Belcher to A’s in Compensation (1984)

On February 8 1984 — After losing Type A free agent Tom Underwood to the Orioles, Oakland grabs pitcher Tim Belcher from the Yankees as compensation. The number-one selection in the June 1983 draft, Belcher did not sign with Minnesota and was available in the January draft. The Yankees signed him on

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