Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:14 pm
ANNUAL FREE AGENT DRAFT
1) A non-serpentine free agent draft of at least 10, and up to 15 rounds, will be held each year after the initial draft year, beginning after the MLB World Series ends.
2) Only those players who played at least one MLB game during the season for which the draft is being conducted may be selected.
3) If a player is drafted but then does not receive a card in the set for the coming season, he still remains on a team's roster. There are no replacement picks allowed later.
4) Draft order is determined by the final win/loss records of the previous season: Reverse order, worst-record first, NFL style. All ties will be broken as in the League Setup section, above.
5) Prior to the draft, all owners must drop enough players to bring their rosters to a maximum of 30 players, allowing for 10 draft picks. Owners can drop below 30 players, but must not have fewer than 25 prior to the draft.
6) There is no requirement for a team to drop a player who is not likely to be issued a card in the new year's set. For example, if a star player from 2010 is injured in 2011 but will likely be able to play again in 2012, then that player can remain on a team's roster while using the 2011 card set.
7) Player drops must be announced prior to the beginning of the annual draft.
8) All owners must have a full 40 man roster upon completion of the annual draft.
9) There is no clock for round 1 of each annual free agent draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 2-hour clock, as in the initial draft.
