BTS

Super duper job coming to an agreement on that trade gang. I knew you'd resolve it. J4L19 and Carlos Danger are the biggest trading phenoms this forum has seen since North's heyday.

This was my main rationale. 2020 and 2021 picks exist, have been traded (though not many in the case of 2021 picks) and have to be used before the start of the 2021 season because of the way Fantrax works. I also think more owners would prefer the weak 2021 draft than to wait 18 months between drafts. I’m just really not bothered at all by the weak second draft. In the DDL thread TCA suggested expanding to 26-man rosters for 2021, and doing it via the NPD. I think that’s a good idea.

Votes are 9-1 in favour

Yeah, the January draft would be shallow. Mostly international signees, and late season pop up guys. I don’t see this as a problem.

I'm not sure what you mean.

Goddammit I'm dumb

7-1 in favour so far. This is going to pass easily.

So the DDL is on the verge of turning the league into a true dynasty: no more pre-season cut-downs. I've been wanting the DDL and BORED to do this for years. The rationale for doing it: - The cut down was designed to promote parity at a time when most of us weren't familiar with these kinds of leagues. It turns out that the cut down isn't necessary for redistributing talent. The LoD, for example, is a 30-team league with no cut down and has no problem with talent being concentrated among a few teams. - Our current cutdown rules are cumbersome and annoying (32 keepers of which 18-22 can be MLB players). Given that the waiver draft isn't necessary to accomplish parity or expedite rebuilds, I think this adds a needless layer of complexity to the league. - The waiver draft is a disaster. Outside of 2-3 high profile international signees, the draft is mostly flat, with <10 keeper worthy players typically selected inn a given year. - It reduces the administrative burden of tracking waiver draft picks on a spreadsheet. I'm proposing that we just eliminate what IMO is little more than a needless hassle. The changes would mirror those likely to pass in the DDL: - No more MLB cutdown deadline and no more waiver draft. You'd keep your 25 man MLB roster + 12-man farm + DL players forever. - There is no offseason inactivity. You can continue to add/drop players from the waiver wire year-round. - We'd have a single New Player Draft Sometime between January and March every year. The changes would take effect before the 2021 season. Our 2020 MiLB picks would be used in July for out last mid-season draft. Our 2021 picks would be used in January/February 2021 and every subsequent draft would take place then. I'm going to open up a poll.

Right, those need to be addressed.

I've asked for clarification on what issues might pop up if the draft is left open, but this should probable weigh heavily on people's stance on the proposed rule change.

I don't know if I'd touch those, based on the conversation going on the DDL.

Sorry about this.

And by 'someone' I mean it was almost certainly me.

Sorry folks, but you own pick 1-3, not 1-1. Somebody f***ed up the draft order in Fantrax.

You going to update the constitution in Fantrax with your rules?

I agree with everything you've drafted. The purpose of the 48-hour waiver period is to put teams on equal footing when it comes to adding players post-draft. Everyone is going to have red-flag players, and we don't want teams owners who happen to be around when the last pick is made to have first dibs on the remaining players. I don't think it should be abolished.

Everyone has one or two waiver draft success stories, but overall it doesn’t move the needle at all on league parity. The cut down is annoying and doesn’t serve its intended purpose.

I also like the idea of end-of-roster players carrying a bit of trade value.

I’ve wanted this for years but haven’t said anything. The intent was to redistribute talent, but nothing of much value hits the waiver draft anyway. LoD has had no issues with talent being too concentrated. Successful rebuilds happen, and it’s a 30-team league.

I’ve been wondering this too. I’ll ask Fantrax.

Current chopping block: Robinson Chirinos J.P. Crawford Hunter Pence Jose Urena Zack Britton Amir Garrett Rafael Montero

Kind of. Boxy and I swapped all our MiLB and waiver picks.

I haven't found a better way of restoring pick order than doing it manually like you're suggesting. In LoD and BORED I periodically save the pick order at Other -> Draft Picks in case this happens.

Edgar is actually a very good comp. If Votto finishes up strong he should finish with more HR, R, RBI, H, and SB, and a very comparable career wRC+ and fWAR. He's also played about three times as many games in the field as Edgar did in his career. Votto has 6 AS games and Edgar has 7 Votto has an MVP, and Edgar has his two batting titles Neither is likely to win a WS and both are likely to spend their entire career with the same team. They have very similar cases if Votto can finish his career with a few strong seasons.

I wonder if Shatkins is looking through the FA reliever scraps. There are still a few guys I'd give a cheap MLB deal to: Hirano, Hunter, Jeffress, Kintzler, McHugh, Phelps, Strop, and Vizcaino are all interesting to at least some degree. It would only take a Pannone DFA to make room.