2016 Draft Starts March 14

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UK is up. Tim can you text him?

[sneakypower]

i imagine we'll want to restore Cano & Wright, Kipnis, etc. before they're picked by someone, causing problems

[UK]

I'm here ready to go.

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Any reason UK can't start?

[Tim]

Any reason UK can't start?

We're waiting on JT now.

[philosophizer75]

I went, sorry for the delay

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Did we decide which IFA were MLB eligible?

[Tim]

Did we decide which IFA were MLB eligible?

Maeda

Min 1B Park

Bal OF

Cardinals RP

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I'm not sure if this shows up in any of the Rules threads, so to make sure everyone is clear on drafts:

 

1. Only IFAs designated as available in the major league draft can be drafted there. All the others go into the prospect draft.

 

2. The prospect draft is the first time that draftees from the prior June's draft can be added to a team. After the prospect draft, you can freely add/drop minor league players (except draftees from this coming June and IFAs that are signed after the draft starts).

 

3. Other than draftees from the prior June, ANY player who has played in the majors in any prior year (even 1 pitch or 1 PA) can be drafted in the major league draft. So if there's a hot prospect who got a cup of coffee last year, Tim will probably draft that player in like the 5th round of the major league draft. I'm not sure if that's an exaggeration or not. Just be prepared as people seem to always be shocked by this.

 

4. Finally, the prospect draft is done offline in an NSBB thread. This will be my 4th or 5th year and I'm sure we will again have someone pick a player that's already been drafted. If that happens, the first team to draft the player still gets him, obviously, and the team that double-drafted the player can draft another player. If other valid picks have been made, then that's tough [expletive] for the double drafting team who must choose from the players who haven't been picked.

 

Let's have an example: assume Player A gets drafted by Tim in R1 and later in R1 Steve also picks Player A. After Steve's pick of Player A, Adam picks Player B. Steve, realizing his idiocy, comes back and says "my bad, can I have Player B (that Adam already drafted)?" The answer will be "no you dumbass, that's your own fault. Pick someone else." Names have been changed, but this happened.

[UK]

Max Kepler was drafted, I accidentally dropped him and immediately requested that he be out on my roster after the mistake occurred.

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Max Kepler was drafted, I accidentally dropped him and immediately requested that he be out on my roster after the mistake occurred.

 

yeah i posted about that in the chat. that's my fault. i forgot to add him back to your roster before the draft started. not sure what to do with rodelo's pick, but kepler is yours

[sneakypower]

is the draft broken right now?

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Why do you say that? I think we're just waiting for raw, right?

[sneakypower]

it looked like it was being unresponsive

 

either way, are we going to even bother extending it past 8 rounds?

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seems responsive to me. We always go 10 rounds. People can just not make picks if they don't want them.

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Round 8 is almost over. If you're done drafting, let us know so we can skip your pick. I'll probably only give folks 12 hours per slot so we can move on to the prospect draft. If you care about any of these last couple rounds, I hope you're actually paying attention to the draft and checking in.

[sneakypower]

i'm full so it might skip me anyway but either way i don't intend to pick again

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It won't skip you if you're full. But I'll skip the rest of your picks.

 

As a reminder, you can go over the roster limits during the draft. There will be a final roster deadline probably a day or two before the season starts. If your roster is illegal after the season begins, you start losing points.

 

Also, don't rely on CBS for the illegal roster warning. Bc the system sucks, we have to rely on ourselves. You get 19 total active major league players, 3 DL spots, and 10 prospects.

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sneaky - we're going to trade your next pick to rodelo so he can draft a makeup pick for kepler. since you're done, that shouldn't matter but fyi for when you see the trade go through

[Tim]

I think we've had to increase the roster sizes in the past to keep drafting. I think it does get stuck on letting people draft if their roster is full.

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I changed it to 6 bench spots for now

[sneakypower]

well in that case don't skip me next round

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

...am I doing this waiver thing right? I feel like I am not. 3 reserves right?

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16 starters; 3 reserves; 3 DL spots; 10 prospects. Rosters must be legal by April 2.