THE SYSTEM - MINORS/MAJORS FULL - replacement needed

[BC Manager]

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BC, you're a mad man. I really think, though, that you have to run at least 2 seasons in each decade or the keeper concept kind of fades. Otherwise, the vast majority of guys will drop off after year one. I'm not suggesting 5 years in each decade, but at least two. Interesting concept.[/quote:ed49889b21]

What do others think about this? Is anyone against more years in each decade? How many years would be ideal?

[wesleyeugeneclark]

I think 3 seasons would be a nice number.

[YountFan]

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BC, you're a mad man. I really think, though, that you have to run at least 2 seasons in each decade or the keeper concept kind of fades. Otherwise, the vast majority of guys will drop off after year one. I'm not suggesting 5 years in each decade, but at least two. Interesting concept.[/quote:726381559c]

What do others think about this? Is anyone against more years in each decade? How many years would be ideal?[/quote:726381559c]
I think 3 per decade would be good. With one there is little need for waivers except for cross-decade players.

Could the decade be split to x-73, 74-76, 77-79, 80-83, 84-86, 86-89, 90-93, 93-96, 97-99? Players who first card is in range are rookies, players who last card is over range are retired? This allows for a rookie draft and player loss.

[Hakmusic]

I like YF's suggestion, to get some player movement going. and it helps lead from one decade to the next.

[BC Manager]

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Could the decade be split to x-73, 74-76, 77-79, 80-83, 84-86, 86-89, 90-93, 93-96, 97-99? Players who first card is in range are rookies, players who last card is over range are retired? This allows for a rookie draft and player loss.[/quote:8adef5e241]

No - there wouldn't be enough players for everyone to have 2 teams. Will need to use all the players in the set each season.

Others weigh in: 1, 2 or 3 years per decade (or more)?

[BC Manager]

Although, we could set it up with the year eligibility (70-73, 74-76, 77-79....) so that a player without eligibility in those years must play in the minors. It would be like having prospects on the farm team who will play for the big league team, next season.

I like this idea. Disadvantages:

- in year 1, people's minor league team may be better than their big league team
- restricts player options - perhaps the waiver rules would need to be loosened
- complicates the league more.

What do others think of this?

Does anyone have a spreadsheet with card years, for the 70s?

[BC Manager]

Ok, I've built on the idea above. Major league eligibility can be based on the card years, as above - players will be eligible for 1 to 3 of the seasons in a decade (of which there are 3). We would draft as follows:

FIRST DRAFT

Draft of season 1 and season 2 eligible players. Players drafted not eligible for season 1, can only play on the minor league team for season 1. Players not eligible for either season 1 or 2 will be minor league free agents, only able to play on minor league teams and FA's for that league if not on a roster.

SEASON 2 DRAFT

Draft of players only eligible for season 3. These players can only play on a minor league team for season 2. Players who are only eligible for season 1 become minor league free agents.

SEASON 3 DRAFT

Draft of 80s players eligible for season 1 of the 80s, but not 70s available. These players, of course, can't be used until we move on to the 80s. 70s players no longer eligible for season 3 in the 70s become minor league free agents.

80s SEASON 1 DRAFT

Draft of 80s players eligible for season 2 of the 80s. Again, these players must play in the minors during season 1 of the 80s.


If we did this we would create 3 categories of players for each season:

Major League eligible - Their card range (first to last) is within the year range of the season (e.g. 70-73 for Season 1). These players are eligible to play in the majors or minors for that season.

Minor League Prospects - Not Major League eligible until the next season. Can only play on an organization's minor league team.

Minor league free agents - Not Major League eligible this year or next. Free agents available to anyone's minor league team. Cannot be reserved for the following season, as they become minor league free agents at the beginning of the next year (or become Prospects).

What do you think? I like it, but am I making this too complicated now?

[Jablowmi]

wow, i think it's too complicated. why not just say, draft of major and minor leagues in the 70s. keepers for 3 years, then move on to the 80s. if there's some overlap, you can choose to keep them (or not) and the remainder of the roster will be filled by the draft. presumably, if you protected 3, you'd start drafting in the 4th round, and so on.

[SCOTTELLINGWORTH]

Would be interested and I would choose MN, but what is a pick-3 draft?

[wesleyeugeneclark]

That is super complicated. I like Jablowmi's idea. I would maybe suggest some sort of cap as to how many players you can take from the 70s to the 80s. Maybe 5 at the max?