if (US citizen) he was drafted out of hs there is no action HE can take to make himself a free agent - -quote:by 20dad: i think if the original player in this question leaves school,he is a free agent?
any event causing him to become a free agent would come from mlb ... contract voided, contract not tendered, or going undrafted in next eligeble draft.
think about it, the draft would be useless if a top drafted player (or any player) could cause himself to be allowed to negotiate with 30 teams instead of 1
fungo et all - redraft agreement ... a team can't redraft a player they had previously drafted and NOT signed without player's OK ... so it's not a first right of refusal as the player could be be picked by another team before the redraft team gets their chance