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I agree with Dan that we should have the draft in August. The official deadline for MLB picks to sign is midnight August 15th.Recent examples of guys who did not sign with the teams that drafted them:2008 Aaron Crow, Nationals2008 Garrett Cole, Yankees2009 James Paxton, Blue JaysMuch earlier examples would include J.D. Drew and Jason Varitek.
Personally I think we should hold the draft after the signing deadline in August. Making only players that have signed with teams available. I think down the road having players that opted for college, indy ball already on teams, may cause problems.
Okay, so we are in agreement to start this on August 15th. We will conduct a slow draft with windows for when a team is on the clock for. If they don't make a pick then we could give them 72 hours to make their pick while teams ahead of them pick. This way, the draft keeps moving and the team doesn't lose the player they may want. If the team does not place a pick in time then the commissioner will draft for them according to the draft rankings list. The draft rankings list is based off of Baseball Prospectus and is used to determine market value for signing bonuses.The only question that remains are the amount of hours in such window. There will be a maximum of 300 picks. If we had 4 hour windows then the draft would be no more than 50 days. If we had 8 hour windows then the draft would be no more than 100 days.
We would just need to make provisions for people who know they won't make their window to get lists to somebody. I am favor of the slow draft. What difference does it make how long the draft is? None of these players will be playing this year....and if they are it will be the first couple selected...