If I don't arb a guy in his final arb year, do I receive any comp picks when he goes FA? 

no

Even if they're Type A or Type B?

If you release an arb-eligible player (which I assume is what he's saying when he says he's not arbing him, the only other option would be to sign him long-term), they don't get a Type A or Type B designation.   Nor should they, as they were completely under your control and you chose not to give them a contract.

how do the rules apply if a player has never been arb'ed?  I dont know how to tell but it seems like the owner before me just signed the player long term every chance he had. 

There are rare instances where a player becomes a UFA with 0 ML experience, if an owner signs this guy to say a 4 year deal. I believe once that 4 years is up he will then have 6-4 years left of arbitration which in this case would be 2 years.

I am only fairly certain on this, someone else may want to verify this information.

Posted by wolves16 on 11/5/2012 5:40:00 PM (view original):
how do the rules apply if a player has never been arb'ed?  I dont know how to tell but it seems like the owner before me just signed the player long term every chance he had. 

If a guy has 6 or more years of ML service and isn't otherwise signed to a contract, he's a FA, regardless of whether he's ever been through arbitration or not.  Players don't have a certain number of arb years that you get to use when you please - they are eligible for arbitration if they have 3, 4, or 5 years of service time and aren't otherwise signed.

Al is right.

Has nothing to do with contracts and everything to do with service time.

However, a guy who has received a ML contract after becoming a 6-year minor league FA but hasn't accumulated 3 years' ML service time will re-sign at $500k until he hits arbitration.