1. Draft Date a. ASAP (within the next week) b. Midway through exhibition games (March 15th-ish) c. Last minute (March 24th) 2. Draft Day List 3 choices, in order. It will be like the NCAA polls, points go 1-3, top day wins. 1. Monday 2. Tuesday 3. Thursday 3. Draft Time a. Late afternoon (3-5 PM) b. Evening (5-7 PM) c. Night (7-9 PM) 4. Number of hitting/pitching categories Actual categories will be a separate poll once this issue is decided) a. 5/5 b .6/6 c. 5/6 d. 6/5 5. Number of keepers (might affect people's drafting) a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8 6. DL spots a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
For 1, I vote C, but I would go with March 15 if it was around noon. I'm on vacation for that entire week. I would like to be able to make the draft since it's a keeper league, if possible. any way we can work around this? Draft Day: Any Day not between May 15-21, but for the sake of the poll, any weekday is fine except friday. I'll vote Tues, Wed, Thurs. Draft time: Night. Later the better. Categories: 5/5 Keepers: b) 6 DL: 3
MM, the majority already is going toward a mid-exhibition date, but I imagine we could do it like the 13th or 14th and it would still be fine. The 15th was just a general idea, we'll decide a specific date once the voting for the day of the week is done. I'd like to have as many people as possible make the draft since it's a keeper league. Another possibility is an "offline" draft in a thread here. We'd have to start very soon, and make sure the picks were made quickly, but that might be a way to ensure that no one misses the entire draft. Thoughts?
I'm flexible with the draft date, I just went with B because it seemed like most people were going that way. But if MM can't make it, I for one don't really care what day the draft is, but the later the time the better.
1) Whatever fits MM is fine with me. Not the 8th. B or C. 2) Sunday, Saturday, Friday. 3) C. The later, the better. I would be fine with 10 or 11 P.M. 4) I prefer B. As long as they're even, I don't mind A or B. 5) I vote B, but I'm fine with any of them. 6) B
Sorry I didn't get this done sooner guys, this was a crazy weekend for me. Here's what we've got... For the draft I think we're looking at Thursday, March 13th, at 8:15 PM. How does that sound to everyone? I also turned on an option to trade draft picks, but I can turn it off if people don't like it. There will be 6 categories each for pitching and hitting. I'll be posting a poll for each shortly. If MM or MSU could sticky them until the voting is done that would help. We will be keeping 6 players after the season and there are 3 DL spots. Everyone please vote in the category polls as soon as possible. Thanks guys.
I hope you reset the draft order, looks kinda silly with draft order being based on when you joined the league.
Thanks for getting this together, Devil. My only question is regarding keepers. Are we going to just keep six guys or are there conditions? Like if I drafted Ryan Braun in round 15 last year, do I give up my 15th rounder this year or do we just keep six guys each and start next year in round seven?
The draft order will be randomly determined soon. With the keepers, I'm not sure exactly how it works, I think you technically use your first 6 picks on your keepers. Like if you keep only 4, you will get a free choice in the fifth round. Not positive though.
Ok, polls are closed, and the categories are set. Pitching- ERA, W, K, K/BB, WHIP, SV Batting- AVG, HR, RBI, R, SB, OPS Draft in a couple days, here's the draft order... Order on the league page- 1. Wombats 2. Drinking Apes 3. Caddies 4. Models 5. Joba 6. Krushas 7. Aces 8. Shadow Knights 9. Destroyers 10. junc Random number generator... So draft order is... 3. Caddies 8. Shadow Knights 1. Wombats 9. Destroyers 2. Drinking Apes 5. Joba 6. Krushas 10. junc 4. Models 7. Aces
BTW, I want to trade out of my spot... is that legal? If so, anyone want to do a flat trade position swap?
Why do I always get one of the last picks in every league, I think the random generator is out to get me.
Yeah, I turned trades of draft picks on. If you want to trade every pick, decide now and I'll set the draft order accordingly... but once I set it, you'll have to do each one manually. And if Phil Hughes is taken anytime before your 10th pick, I can't wait to face the team that took him.
