Gulf League

[MEAT]

at best, id say change him out after all 16 live rounds and before the autodraft, but it's up to skipper and the rest. I know b.k. has expressed sentiment not to allow draft changes due to merely not liking the pick. I think most of us would like a mulligan to throw back. :?

[Ducapa]

I can live with that....any chance PJ will be picking tonite?
Hey Meat I am sending you a PM in a second.

[TomSiebert]

Who says you don't have to put him on your autodraft? I don't like that idea. You gotta drop him like everybody else has got to drop somebody in order to make waiver moves.

Why should you get a free pick, essentially? I think you gotta pick him and then drop him. Commish?

I doubt we'll hear from Paul tonight. I think we're stalled until tomorrow morn.

tws

[Ducapa]

I didn't realize it was a free pick since I was dropping my 4th round pick. Well, whatever the commish says...I'm off for tonite.

[timothyseankelly]

Sitting Next to BK in the draft is killing me... On 3 sep. occasions he has taken my proxy pick right before me, including Petco.

Considering his lineup, I am so glad I'm not in his division.

[Al Hogg]

People put in proxies based on the available player pool and the current needs of other teams. Let's say I've put in proxies based on the assumption that the player after me needs a shortstop. I hold off picking a first baseman, however, because I know he's got one and I can likely wait until the next round without my choice being taken. All of a sudden, the other team is allowed to drop its first baseman and picks up my preferred shortstop ahead of me. And maybe I had three shortstops in my proxy knowing that there were two other teams ahead of me that needed shortstops, and indeed both those teams picked the other two of my proxied shortstops. Then the draft screeches to a halt because my picks are gone and I am oblivious to it because I was sure I had put in enough proxies.

People also make picks based on the players other teams have already chosen. I know, for example, that a team in my division has picked Randy Johnson and that has had some influence on who I have picked for my team, the stadiums I am thinking about, etc. If teams are allowed to drop players several rounds later, that messes up those strategies and opens the door to all sorts of drafting games. ("Hmmm, I'll take a hard lefty here, see if I can get my division rivals to load up on righty batters, then I'll switch him out for a hard righty...")

When this has come up in the past in this set of leagues, the ruling has been to put the player in question in your autodraft and then drop him in the waiver wire.

Or trade the player. Anybody: If you want Gomes, send Ducapa a PM, find out who he wants instead, pick that player and make the trade.

[Al Hogg]

By primary position...

Larue,J c-4(-2)e2,T-7(pb-1) rf-5(+2)e16 4.36
Johnson,N* 1b-2e7 6.04
Iguchi,T 2b-2e18 4.64
Ramirez,A 3b-4e23 4.23
Peralta,J ss-4e22 4.59
Crisp,C+ lf-2(+2)e6 cf-3e6 4.68
DeJesus,D* cf-2(+1)e6 4.58
Francoeur,J rf-2(-3)e12 6.05

Duke,Z* S(7) 6.46
Wise,M R(2) C(0) 6.72

Note again: Helling shows up on Penngray's site as a starter, but TSN took away his starter rating for the online game. (His card shows this when you click on it.)

[john duff]

I'll try this again:

What are the rules?

Salary Cap?

DH?

[Ducapa]

I have a proposal for you, check PM.
Okay, meat it is my picka nd will wait a bi for your response. I am off theboards for a while so email me at ducap@pffcu.org with your response. Please nobody else use this email, it is work and just a one time email frm meat.

Thanks :)

[TomSiebert]

Hiya, Pope....I think they were posted elsewhere by Elko Al, but things scroll by sooooo quickly....

DH

$100MM Salary Cap

16 round draft with UNIQUE STADIUM

Those are the most important, I think. I'm sure I'm missing something, but it mostly pertained to the draft, I believe.

tws