Entry Draft Idea

[rcankosy]

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, Nationals
2008 Garrett Cole, Yankees
2009 James Paxton, Blue Jays

Much earlier examples would include J.D. Drew and Jason Varitek.

[Dan Wood]

Some guys are drafted and go to college - Brett Wallace, David Price, etc the list is very long

[clidwin]

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, Nationals
2008 Garrett Cole, Yankees
2009 James Paxton, Blue Jays

Much earlier examples would include J.D. Drew and Jason Varitek.

That is probably are biggest thing to worry about kids that stay in college instead of coming to the majors. If August 15 deadline then I think we should start the draft on that day!

[Colby]

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.

I agree...

[lp815]

Probably a good move to make then.  I'll confirm.

[Colby]

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.

[clidwin]

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.

i say 8 hour window!

[Lucas Lima #52]

A couple of thoughts here...

First, moving the draft to August has one aspect that I don't know if you considered, but I think it's interesting... The trade deadline is in July, right? So, we'll be able to release players at a lower tax :D (At least I'm happy, because I'll be able to save $1.5 extra millions releasing Brynes after the deadline and before the draft! hahaha)

Second... I don't if it's possible, but there's a basketball fantasy site, that has a very interesting draft system... The GMs can make lists, like pre-draft ranks, and update it during the draft... So, the picks are made according to the list of each GM, and goes on automaticly.. It just stops when it reaches a franchise that didn't made one "list" or run out of players... Then it starts "counting the time", if a limit is reached then it will jump and continues...

It can make a draft like ours really fast, because managers would be making picks without necessarly being online... But well.. As I said, it's a NBA fantasy... I don't know if we can find something like that into the net, or maybe even how to create something like that... Because its pretty "safe", nobody is looking at anybody else list.. And it's automatic...

[Green]

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...

[Colby]

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...

Early in this thread we were in discussion on having GMs submit some prerankings if they would like.  There is no rush to get the players drafted as they won't be able to contribute until the following year.  I like giving the flexibility of running to a pre-rank list, and if that is not available then they are skipped.  This doesn't mean they lose their pick... they'll simply pick ASAP right after that.