Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

Reminder:
*****Inaugural draft is 4 rounds (serpentine)
*****future prospect drafts will be 3 rounds (by record)
*****Farm system is limited to 8 spots at any given time
*****Prospects must be promoted by carded season in which they lose rookie status
*****Prospects can remain in farm system until they lose rookie status
*****If a prospect is promoted before gaining rookie status they cannot be demoted back to the Farm system
*****to be eligible for the inaugural prospect draft; player must have no previous MLB experience prior to 8/20/17; all players drafted with experience after 8/20/17 will remain in farm system until cards for the 2018 MLB season are released.


1. Peterdouglas38
2. TPierceRSN
3. dharmabums
4. ehlekev
5. JMP1
6. theghostofrogermaris
7. smokey
8. HK Mossy
9. fowldawg
10. nmilstein
11. Terry101
12. bigmahon

13. bigmahon
14. Terry101
15. nmilstein
16. fowldawg
17. HK Mossy
18. smokey
19. theghostofrogermaris
20. JMP1
21. ehlekev
22. dharmabums
23. TPierceRSN
24. Peterdouglas38

Is this a different league from the FOWL Keeper league we just finished drafting? Where I had the #12 pick.

sorry, same draft. I forgot we had a switch of owners from the original sign-up. The order is edited to reflect that now.

Just to be clear. A player like JP Crawford, who didn't debut until September but will have 2017 card, cannot be used in a game next season ?

correct

NMILSTEIN wrote:Just to be clear. A player like JP Crawford, who didn't debut until September but will have 2017 card, cannot be used in a game next season ?

The answer from fowldawg was "correct," but I understand someone like Crawford could be drafted as a prospect, then if he does have a card, why wouldn't he just be promoted and play in next year's set?

Here is my thinking:

We started the draft on 8/20; the purpose of the draft was to create a 40-man pool from which you would pick your rosters. Any player who appeared after 8/20 was ineligible for this draft so an unfair advantage was not created by a stud becoming available in the 35th round of the draft.

Players appearing after this date were eligible for prospect draft only. My thinking behind keeping all of these players ineligible for the upcoming carded season is to keep things equitable and to keep the draft about their prospective talent, not a one-year unleashed card.

If we want these players to be eligible, I am willing to listen to your thoughts... however, at minimum a 40-man pick will need to be dropped.

OK I understand your reasoning and am in agreement- thanks for the clarification

And it’s any player who hasn’t played in an MLB game before 8/20? Signed to a team or not?

Correct, anyone in the world without a MLB appearance prior to 8/20 is eligible.