Official Entry Draft Discussion Thread

[Colby]

vitek's bonus should be 1.5 not 2.5

Fixed.

[Canada8999]

Guys - if you know you won't be able to make your pick and there is a chance you will be up in the next few hours, send in a proxy list... at the current pace we'll be getting ready for the 2012 draft before this finishes.

[joeshmoe]

yeah this is getting ridiculous

[Canada8999]

How do we go through prime hours with only one auto-proxy pick?!  After so much draft pick trading during the year, we're not interested in the draft itself?

If we don't get things moving a little better through the weekend, I think we should seriously reconsider our rules for the time limit and missing picks...

[clidwin]

hey, if my picks goes into this weekend, im not going to be around! (have a wedding) Sorry guys.

[rcankosy]

I think part of the problem is the timing of the draft.  Some teams might no longer have baseball on their minds now that football has started.  Theoretically, we could have had the draft the day after the signing deadline.  An earlier draft would have caused teams to think twice about cutting high priced players, while there is no downside to doing so now.

[Canada8999]

I think part of the problem is the timing of the draft.  Some teams might no longer have baseball on their minds now that football has started.  Theoretically, we could have had the draft the day after the signing deadline.  An earlier draft would have caused teams to think twice about cutting high priced players, while there is no downside to doing so now.

I'll second both points.  It will also help since activity dies down after the trade deadline, the draft will help keep focus.

[h4cheng]

Proposal: each team has 1 hour to make a pick. Teams that miss their picks get a player from BA's list. These teams will also have the option of changing the auto picked player provided the new player has not been taken by another team.

[Canada8999]

Proposal: each team has 1 hour to make a pick. Teams that miss their picks get a player from BA's list. These teams will also have the option of changing the auto picked player provided the new player has not been taken by another team.

I think 1 hour is very short - personally I had 2 hours in mind.  Probably not a big deal either way.

Changing picks could be messy and cause confusion - we could just let the pick keep slipping (if they didn't send a proxy), and the owner makes it whenever they get back, meanwhile other owners rush to get their picks in before that.  Happened in the NFL draft a few years ago (was it the Ravens pick?)

[h4cheng]

I think 1 hour is very short - personally I had 2 hours in mind.  Probably not a big deal either way.

Changing picks could be messy and cause confusion - we could just let the pick keep slipping (if they didn't send a proxy), and the owner makes it whenever they get back, meanwhile other owners rush to get their picks in before that.  Happened in the NFL draft a few years ago (was it the Ravens pick?)

Yeah I like your idea better, less confusion this way. Our draft would finish in 25 days if 2 hour deadline is used, that is pretty reasonable.