Laika

Probably March 2022. The NPD will always be in the spring. I like doing it after prospect list season but before there is a significant amount of spring training data so the first day of March feel like the sweet spot. So yeah, drafting someone who doesn't sign is a non-issue now.

Also, this Draft Room is great.

The top end of this draft is actually fine. Most of these guys are at least fringe top 100 types or possible 2022 top 100 prospects.

Hmmm might go Eichel with those stats.

In a 12 team keep 7 league you are always going to want to consolidate lesser pieces into elite keeper pieces so I think Hamilton and Atkinson are irrelevant if you are not competing. But I am actually not sure if Eichel is better than Barkov. Barkov has been a point per game guy for a few years now and Eichel is on s***** team and has been a +/- liability. It might depend on the specific league stats.

So the Draft Room does plop the player onto your MLB roster. Everyone should immediately demote their dude after making the pick, assuming you want them in the minors. If they don't have a green flag and you want them demoted a commissioner can do it.

Yeah this is going to be much more efficient than a traditional spreadsheet/email draft.

That would be fine too, as long as Fantrax doesn't let someone make a pick that would take them over max roster size

We will commissioner fix any roster pickle that come about by chance and was not the fault of the owner. Force a drop for you, or whatever.

It looks like add/drops are frozen on Fantrax during the draft.

Note that you can create a queue in the draft room and auto-pick. I would highly recommend doing that, especially if you can't log in around the clock.

And we are off. I've upped the max roster to 27 during the draft only, in case the system makes you draft players directly to your MLB roster before you demote them

Hello. There are no cuts anymore. Full dynasty league with 26 man rosters and 14 man farms. You just need to have enough space before the draft for every pick you plan on using.

Have to think that he just hasn't been offered a guaranteed deal and he's holding out for one.

Tough to pull the trigger on this one but my farm is still in okay shape. Bieber is pretty insane and he's so young. If two of the prospects turn into stars I might regret this but I think the likeliest scenario has Dominguez not living up to the hype and only one of Vaughn or Lux becoming a consistent fantasy star.

Late on basically all of his swings at fastballs today. First game though and the guy has like barely played pro baseball. Meaningless. I thought his body looked good though. Not obviously rigid or too big for the infield. They clearly plan on having him play shortstop this year

I'm sure they'll give him a chance but ideally the team has enough pitching that guys like Murray can be used more optimally. See the Dodgers and how they deploy guys like Stripling. Or they can just do things the old school way and win less games if that's your preference?

Love the idea of Joey Murray as an opener or multi inning reliever. If he came into a game after a groundball/sinker pitcher the hitters would just be f***ed.

Draft room being a bit of a s*** show or nah?

Perused the rosters for potential problems. An illegal roster will prevent you from being able to draft! If there was an issue like an ineligible player on your IL but you had open MLB roster space I just made the fix for you. Commissioners will make certain drops for people during the draft if their roster changes (say a player loses a red flag during the draft) but commissioners will not fix rosters that an owner did not make clean before the draft begins. *You are responsible for your own rosters and my notes below may be incorrect - check yourself* DDL Pre-Draft Roster Check: Greenwood: Clean roster, 6 open MiLB spots + a few open MLB spots Mike's Bikes: Clean roster, 3 open MiLB spots + one open MLB spot Real Baseball Guys: 3 open MiLB spots + one open MLB spot Julio Teheran not eligible for minors and must be promoted or cut Ten Cent Beer Night: 3 open MiLB spots + a few open MLB spots; I moved two non red flag players off your IL! wOBA the Hutt: 2 open MiLB spots; Eric Lauer needs to be promoted or cut (insert clever name): Clean roster, 3 open MiLB spots, one open MLB spot Abom: Clean roster, 3 open MiLB and one open MLB Seniors Circuit: Clean roster, 4 open MiLB and one open MLB Speedy: 7 open MiLB spots; Chatwood needs to come of IL or be cut Five Year Plan: Clean roster, 4 open MiLB and 2 open MLB Burrito Boyz: 3 open MiLB; I moved Burch Smith off your IL 54's: 2 open MiLB spots right now and one open MLB; Pivetta and Richards are both not eligible for the minors anymore and must be promoted or cut Taijuan On!: Clean, 2 open MiLB spots EZe: 2 open MiLB; I moved Diaz and Montas off your IL! True Cards: Clean, five open MiLB 25 year olds welcome: 6 open MiLB; I think you're clean. If Cano being on the IL creates an unexpected problem we can do a commissioner drop for you during the draft No Soup for Yu: 4 open MiLB I think you're clean. If Chapman being on the IL creates an unexpected problem we can do a commissioner drop for you during the draft Beach Cowboys: Clean, 3 open MiLB and one open MLB WAR Pigs: Clean, 2 open MiLB

It's weird how quickly he went from the best D man in the league by far to like, the fortieth best

Uhhhh Shane Bieber vs let's say Torkelson + Austin Martin + Zac Veen. Which side? Assume BBDL stats

Really if they are going to simulcast they should do it the other way. Retire Buck, literally kill Tabler. Have Shulman and Wagner call a radio game and broadcast it over the video feed. Voila.

I'm almost certain it will suck but I'll be happy if im wrong. Calling a game on tv is very different than a radio call. They don't try to describe the game on TV, nor should they. You might even listen to the game on radio for like half an hour now before the score is mentioned - there's no score bug on the radio. I think it will suck and I love Shulman. Ben Wagner was decent though. Wilner sucks ass.

Canada is a country full of cottages, campsites, and commutes. Even in 2020+ so many baseball fans have times when they want to follow a game but all they have access to is radio. Anyone who says this is just part of the changing media landscape is out of touch. For years I could pull up the MLB at bat app on my phone and listen to the ballgame radio feed while I was outside or on the treadmill. Rogers' cheap radio decision will ruin my smartphone app experience! This is just a horrible decision, plain and simple, and I hope they reverse course at least before 2022.