[quote:0da6efd0e4="voovits"]I'm a fan of the current way the auto draft works. It adds an additional layer of strategy to the game. It's one of my favorite aspects of this game.
Who you try to draft and where you put them on your card are critical. You know you're taking a risk when you put the popular players on your card.
It's all about combining the risk of the popular players along with the relative safety of the less popular players.
I have had my fair share of bad drafts, but I've had plenty of good ones. I have had what I thought were bad drafts lead to good teams and what I thought were good drafts lead to bad teams. No matter how many guys I miss, there is always someone out there who I could pick up in preseason that I am happy with using on my team.
On that note, I have been a fan of YountFans option 2 for a long time, and I think that would only enhance the strategy and the fun of the autodraft.[/quote:0da6efd0e4]
I would have to disagree about the adding strategy part for this reason...if 3 players list the same guy as their #1 card then you are only dealing with the luck of who drafts 1st. Say Stargell is #1 for 3 teams and those teams draft 1,2,3 in the random order of the draft...rather than compensate them with at least a viable option among players not even listed by any team, say Yas, Reggie, or Clemente in this case...those 2 teams are left with Hisle and Watson as the leftovers. If teams draft stars and there are stars available, just at a higher price, then why not compensate with that?
I also don't get the whole not drafting stars thing...I don't see how you win year in year out without 1-3 star players unless you just hope to get lucky and hit top flight cards of lesser player...I understand that F Howard can have seasons like Stargell but year for year you'll never get the consistency from Howard that Stargell gets you. I've had Stargell's worst card hit 45HRs and drive in 113...in a million years you won't get that from a guy of 6mil or less' worst card