Golden era 5 round player draft- Drafts complete!

I propose to start the franchise draft on Tuesday (no clock). I will do the randomization on the draft order later today. (or if anyone wants to make a suggestion or help with the randomization, please post here).

Later today (or over the weekend) I will provide a detailed example of the franchise draft, the 5 round player draft, the autodraft, and the waiver draft, using a mock team ( I think I will use the Montreal Expos to illustrate - I believe they are a good example, with some players having multiple cards for multiple teams).

Hopefully we can use the weekend to do some questions and answers, hopefully to clear up areas of confusion. I think I will also provide a short crash course on the ATG player set, for gamers that have only played 200X so far.

Here is the draft order for the franchise draft, determined by random numbers for each of the 24 managers (picking in order from highest random number to lowest random number):

1 carlerik
2 Mr Baseball World
3 MarcPelletier
4 Spider 67
5 Paul_Long71
6 Rube (MikeGilbert)
7 buzz082308
8 ycbill
9 Keyzick
10 FALCON29
11 Rosie2167
12 GBrookes
13 Palerydr2.0
14 Crimson Fan
15 RobertLatorre
16 Dinsdale
17 andycummings
18 ctstough
19 Musial6
20 rolandzeut
21 ScumbyJr
22 FoggyOne
23 YountFan
24 davesodu

Keep in mind that the order reverses for round 1 of the 5 round player draft, and is serpentine for each of the 5 rounds of the player draft. So davesodu will pick first in the 5 round player draft.

all right. excited for this league. I'll be researching tonight for that big 5th pick in the franchise draft!!!

Here is the draft order for the franchise draft, determined by random numbers for each of the 24 managers (picking in order from highest random number to lowest random number):

1 carlerik
2 Mr Baseball World
3 MarcPelletier
4 Spider 67
5 Paul_Long71
6 Rube (MikeGilbert)
7 buzz082308
8 ycbill
9 Keyzick
10 FALCON29
11 Rosie2167
12 GBrookes
13 Palerydr2.0
14 Crimson Fan
15 RobertLatorre
16 Dinsdale
17 andycummings
18 ctstough
19 Musial6
20 rolandzeut
21 ScumbyJr
22 FoggyOne
23 YountFan
24 davesodu

Keep in mind that the order reverses for round 1 of the 5 round player draft, and is serpentine for each of the 5 rounds of the player draft. So davesodu will pick first in the 5 round player draft.

As Paul suggested, I'd like everyone to just reply to say that you're checking in (mainly because it took a few weeks for sign ups). You don't need to copy and paste the list. I'll keep track, and PM the managers. Just send a quick short post to say "IN". Thanks

all right. excited for this league. I'll be researching tonight for that big 5th pick in the franchise draft!!!

Remember - if you send me an email at gbrookes@popebrookes.ca, I'll send you an email with the excel file for the league. I've already sorted it 4 ways - by team, by salary, by name, and by year (although the by year is probably not important).

Re ballparks - remember that you MUST pick a ballpark that was used by your franchise between 1968 and 1995. That might influence your franchise or roster choices.

The most recent shuffle I see is dated 8/23, maybe there's a slight delay in posting?

It's there. It's called ATG8, 1968-1995

Link to set:
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/pl ... rowse/3818

Here's the player set!

A note relating to ballparks -

Once you have picked your franchise (in the 1 round franchise draft - random order selection to be done), you must select a ballpark from that real life franchise from the period 1968-1995. Ballparks from other franchises cannot be selected, and ballparks from before 1968 or after 1995 cannot be selected.

^^^ You can also see ballparks on the second tab on the linked URL. Please be careful to disregard any ballparks that are before 1968 and after 1995.

I am looking forward to the draft.

ATG crash course :
-all game rules the same as 200X.
-the big wrinkle is that many players (about 1/3) have multiple card years, and some played for different teams in those different card years. However, the game system only allows one manager to "own" Barry Bonds - including any and all cards for that player.

So, for example, if you go to the linked file (above), you can click on the first player on the list, Barry Bonds. When you click, you'll see his card for 1993- the highest salary cost for any player in the card set. In 1993, Barry Bonds played for San Francisco. The card you're looking at at this point is that 1993 card for SF.

But, you can also see, in the middle of this screen/window, below the heading MLB stats, it also says "other hitting cards for this player in ATG 8 1968-1995". And below that, it shows his statistics for 1992, and that he played for Pittsburgh in 1992. It also shows his salary for his 1992 card, which is different than his salary for the 1993 card. (Keep in mind we are playing in a $100 million cap league).

You can see that the words "1992 Pit" are blue, and are a "hot link". When you click on the hot link, the screen now displays his 1992 card, with the "other card" listing as 1993! To change back to viewing 1993, click on the hot link that says "1993 SF", and you're back where you started, looking at his 1993 card again.

When you look for players or cards in the free agent list/player browser, you will see each card for each player listed separately. To do adds and drops, you must do it from the team screen/free agent screen, just the way you would do it in 200X strat. The unique aspect of ATG is that you can swap different card years for a player, back and forth, for your team, like a free agent transaction, by dropping the player while simultaneously doing an "add" for that player from the free agent screen. (Don't do the drop and add as separate transactions, or else you could lose the player to an eagle-eyed opponent. Do it as one transaction - both the add and the drop - so that you can't lose the player once you own him).

In every other respect that I can think of , ATG8 works exactly the same as 200X strat (i.e. the 2014 card set and game engine).

Any questions on the ATG game?

My example for our draft - assuming I got the Montreal Expos in the franchise draft, to use as an example:

Potential Core players for Montreal - batters:

Alou, Moises 1994 MON-exp R lf-1(-3)e5 / rf-2e5
Bailey, Bob 1971 MON-exp R 3b-4e19 / lf-4(+1)e6 / 1b-4e28 (also carded to Boston)
Bell, Juan 1994 MON-exp R 2b-3e8 / 3b-4e37 / ss-4e88
Benavides, Freddie 1994 MON-exp R 2b-4e17 / 1b-4e25 / 3b-4e37 / ss-3e48
Bernazard, Tony 1980 MON-exp S 2b-3e23 / ss-4e49
Berry, Sean 1994 MON-exp R 3b-4e31 / 1b-4e15
Carter, Gary 1982 MON-exp R c-1(-3)e2,T-7(pb-2) (also carded to New York Mets)
Carter, Gary 1980 MON-exp R c-1(-4)e3,T-4(pb-2)
Cordero, Wil 1994 MON-exp R ss-4e34 / lf-3(0)e16 / 1b-5e13
Cromartie, Warren 1980 MON-exp L 1b-4e17 / lf-3(-1)e9
Cromartie, Warren 1982 MON-exp L rf-4(0)e9 / 1b-3e11 / lf-4e9 / cf-4e9
Dawson, Andre 1980 MON-exp R cf-1(-2)e7 (also carded to Chicago Cubs)
Dawson, Andre 1982 MON-exp R cf-1(-2)e10
Fletcher, Darrin 1994 MON-exp L c-3(+2)e3,T-4(pb-0)
Floyd, Cliff 1994 MON-exp L 1b-3e13 / lf-4(+2)e9 / rf-4e9
Foli, Tim 1974 MON-exp R ss-2e26 / 3b-4e22 (also carded to California and Pittsburgh)
Frazier, Lou 1994 MON-exp S lf-3(+2)e3 / cf-4e3 / 1b-4e25 / 2b-4e71
Galarraga, Andres 1988 MON-exp R 1b-1e16
Galarraga, Andres 1989 MON-exp R 1b-1e14
Grissom, Marquis 1992 MON-exp R cf-1(-2)e8
Grissom, Marquis 1994 MON-exp R cf-1(-2)e8
Lansing, Mike 1994 MON-exp R 2b-2e11 / ss-3e28 / 3b-4e21
Law, Vance 1986 MON-exp R 2b-3e6 / 1b-3e17 / 3b-3e10 / rf-4(+2)e16
Leflore, Ron 1980 MON-exp R lf-4(+3)e15 (also carded to Detroit)
Macha, Ken 1980 MON-exp R 3b-4e36 / 1b-4e28 / c-4(+2)e16,T-20(pb-2) / rf-4(0)e17
Milligan, Randy 1994 MON-exp R 1b-4e16 / lf-4(+3)e22
Office, Rowland 1980 MON-exp L lf-2(-1)e4 / cf-2e4 / rf-2e4
Oliver, Al 1982 MON-exp L 1b-4e20 (also carded to Toronto and Pittsburgh)
Parrish, Larry 1980 MON-exp R 3b-2e23
Raines, Tim 1986 MON-exp S lf-1(+1)e7
Raines, Tim 1983 MON-exp S lf-2(0)e4 / cf-3e4 / 2b-4e32
Scott, Rodney 1979 MON-exp S 2b-2e20 / ss-3e36
Scott, Rodney 1980 MON-exp S 2b-2e18 / ss-3e49
Speier, Chris 1980 MON-exp R ss-3e30 / 3b-3e36 (also carded to San Francisco)
Tamargo, John 1980 MON-exp S c-4(+2)e16,T-20(pb-2)
Valentine, Ellis 1980 MON-exp R rf-2(-5)e10
Valentine, Ellis 1979 MON-exp R rf-2(-5)e6
Walker, Larry 1994 MON-exp L rf-2(-4)e5 / cf-3e5 / 1b-4e22
Walker, Larry 1992 MON-exp L rf-1(-5)e2
Wallach, Tim 1990 MON-exp R 3b-1e21
Wallach, Tim 1985 MON-exp R 3b-1e19
Wallach, Tim 1983 MON-exp R 3b-4e20
Webster, Lenny 1994 MON-exp R c-3(+1)e1,T-2(pb-1)
White, Jerry 1980 MON-exp S lf-2(+2)e17 / rf-2e17 / cf-3e17
White, Rondell 1994 MON-exp R lf-2(+2)e15 / cf-3e15

Pitchers:

Bahnsen, Stan 1980 MON-exp R R3 (also carded to Chicago White Sox)
D'Acquisto, John 1980 MON-exp R R3
Fassero, Jeff 1994 MON-exp L S7
Fryman, Woodie 1980 MON-exp L R3
Fryman, Woodie 1976 MON-exp L S7*
Gullickson, Bill 1980 MON-exp R S8/R3 (also carded to Cincinnati)
Gullickson, Bill 1985 MON-exp R S7
Henry, Butch 1994 MON-exp L S6/R3
Heredia, Gil 1994 MON-exp R S6/R3
Hill, Ken 1994 MON-exp R S7*
Hill, Ken 1992 MON-exp R S7*
Lea, Charlie 1980 MON-exp R S6
Lee, Bill F. 1980 MON-exp L S6/R4 (also carded to Boston)
Marshall, Mike 1972 MON-exp R R4 (also carded to LA Dodgers, Texas and Minnesota)
Martinez, Pedro 1994 MON-exp R S6*/R3
McGaffigan, Andy 1988 MON-exp R R2
Murray, Dale 1974 MON-exp R R4
Palmer, David 1980 MON-exp R S7/R4
Raymond, Claude 1970 MON-exp R R3
Reardon, Jeff 1985 MON-exp R R3
Reardon, Jeff 1982 MON-exp R R3
Renko, Steve 1970 MON-exp R S6* (also carded to California)
Rogers, Steve 1976 MON-exp R S7*
Rogers, Steve 1980 MON-exp R S8*
Rojas, Mel 1994 MON-exp R R2
Rueter, Kirk 1994 MON-exp L S5
Sanderson, Scott 1980 MON-exp R S7* (also carded to Chicago Cubs)
Scott, Tim 1994 MON-exp R R2
Shaw, Jeff 1994 MON-exp R R3
Smith, Bryn 1984 MON-exp R S7
Sosa, Elias 1980 MON-exp R R2 (also carded to LA Dodgers)
Stoneman, Bill 1969 MON-exp R S6*
Wetteland, John 1994 MON-exp R R2

You can get to your team's "carded" players quickly and easily on the player set browser. Go to the player search drop down menu, and at the bottom of that window, search by team. Select your own franchise's team by scrolling through the list of teams, and clicking on your team.

Please note that the Expos have 33 batters available, and 27 pitchers available, as potential core players (i.e. that would count toward their minimum of 15 core players, under our league rules). But beware -some of those players may have other card years that might be carded to other teams, in addition to those shown above! The easiest way to quickly determine whether or not this is the case, is to go into the player browser, and simply click on the hot link for the player's name. That will bring up the player card. Please see my instructions for ATG above as to how to see the other card years that are available for that specific player. You can do this instantly by looking at the player's card on screen! You could also use the spreadsheet, but viewing the card is quick and more reliable.

For players that have more than one team that they have cards for in this player set, you may need to compete with other managers to get that player - either in the 5 round player draft, or (if he isn't picked in the 5 round player draft) in the autodraft. So it's critically important for you - for your particular franchise - to identify which players from your franchise played for other teams, and to do your best to get them in the 5 round draft (best) or the autodraft (riskier). That is assuming, of course, that they are important to you for your plans for your franchise!