DOUBLE FRANCHISE - Draft Concluded - Time to Start

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It's too late now but what we could have done was to add a keeper per league to our franchise players. So by the 4th league you would have 2 franchise players and 3 keepers.

I would second this. We have time to decide and ultimately should be agreed on by the group.

That's gonna be a nightmare for the comissioner and the rest of us to know who all of the keepers are....how about a compromise....for 2nd, 3rd and 4th leagues...how about the 2 FRANCHISE PLAYERS (salaries MUST stay same), however, you get 1 BONUS keeper and the salary of the BONUS keeper may change from league to league and can be dropped and/or traded....that way we don't go into the 4th league trying to police the 5 keepers for each team....remember, I'm already nervous that someone is gonna forget and draft Mariano Rivera or Eck or Wagner as it is...can you imagine the frustration when people forget that 11x5=55...55 players can not be listed on that last draft card....this way each owner would have to remember that 11x3 =33...33 players can not be listed on any of the subsequent draft cards....sound better?

It does for me in terms of peace of mind that we don't have owners drafting each others players...remember this is not a LIVE DRAFT....all of these cool ideas will be IDEAL once Strat institutes the LIVE DRAFT....can only hope it happens around Christmas....I already sent my request to Santa at the North Pole for this one.

I've set up the new private league....as you finish your draft, feel free create your team and join the league

League Name: Simmons? Really?.......... Password: Shibe

Don't forget this will be a $105 CAP with DH..........don't forget to use the CORRECT stadium you've drafted.....don't forget to list your 2 FRANCHISE players, correct year as drafted as your #24 and #25 picks on your draft card....you CAN NOT draft a cheaper version of the player and swap out after waivers....please take note.

...there's a chance that we could draft tonight if we fill it before the 11pm eastern deadline.

btw - thomas you may be confused, you ONLY need 1 Braves hitter...when you took Maddux I assumed you were gonna take Aaron on the comeback since the other Braves pitchers are JUNK... I thought your pick was brilliant...when I saw I had the 11th pick I decided then and there Maddux + Aaron were mine....and then you took Maddux

Posting again in case someone missed it...

BTW - thomas due to the confusion and you thinking you could build around Duffy, I'm giving you the option to do a one time MULLIGAN on your stadium if you want to pick another stadium...you need to let us know ASAP if you wish to do so.

5 owners have already joined up in the private league....come on into the waters you 7 other stragglers

How about I do like Cassidy suggested and take the 1908 Wagner

1999 Wagner, by league rules, I don't think the 2004 Philadelphia card is available to me.

So, are we getting 1 additional keeper? Same player every season, but the salary can change?

#1 - SIMMONS - 1930 - SHIBE '50................cassidy GT
#2 - MADDUX - 1995 - BRAVES '48...............ThomasMoore....MULLIGAN ON STADIUM????
#3 - BONDS - 2001 - POLO '11................... N Texas Widowmakers
#4 - HORNSBY - 1922 -SPORTSMAN '20..........xuandemackay
#5 - BAGWELL 1994 - MINUTE MAID............ djmacb
#6 - RUTH 1920 - YANKEE STADIUM '56......... mrharryc
#7 - FOXX - 1932 - SHIBE '41......................McConvey
#8 - MUSIAL - 1948 - SPORTSMAN'S PARK '41... Musial6
#9 - MCCOVEY - 1969 - POLO GROUNDS '41......FB
10 - SPEAKER - 1920 - LEAGUE PARK '11..........Kunkel
11 - MANTLE - 1956 - YANKEE '48................. nomadbrad
12 - MAYS - 1954 - POLO 1911 - ALREADY GONE - Joey will have to pick a new one when he comes back....JoeyC
13 - MATHEWSON - 1909............................JoeyC
14 - RIVERA - 1996...................................nomadbrad
15 - TIANT 1968......................................kunkel40
16 - LINCECUM - 2009................................FB
17 - GIBSON - 1968...................................Musial6
18 - ECKERSLEY - 1990...............................McConvey
19 GUIDRY - 1978.................................... mrharryc
20 - WAGNER - 1999.................................djmacb
21 - SHULTZ - 1964 ..................................xuandemackay
22 - TAYLOR 1908 ................................... N Texas Widowmakers
23 - AARON - 1969....................................ThomasMoore
24 - BENDER - 1910...................................CassidyGT

How about I do like Cassidy suggested and take the 1908 Wagner

1999 Wagner, by league rules, I don't think the 2004 Philadelphia card is available to me.

So, are we getting 1 additional keeper? Same player every season, but the salary can change?

My compromise would be starting at the end of the FIRST SEASON everyone would get 1 BONUS keeper they would need to announce to entire league and maybe Rick (North Texas) would be kind enough to publish the list...here's what would be different about the bonus keeper over the franchise guys they could be different from league to league....

Here's example, I'll use my team for example:

I draft Kiner for DH in first league
I protect him for 2nd league
but since 3rd league is NO DH I protect Walter Johnson instead who I pick up in the 2nd draft and release Kiner
4th league is lower cap and I don't have money for Walter so I protect Murray instead.

Something like that scenario...since the list is published each owner would be responsible for each draft to know the 22 franchise + 11 Bonus keepers on the other rosters and not list them on the draft card

So essence on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th draft cards we would list our 2 franchise guys + 1 Bonus keeper #23, #24 and #25 on the draft card.....ALSO the bonus keeper could also shift in salary and be traded to another team....but yes, if you wanted to keep the same bonus keeper for all leagues that would be fine too....it would be more flexible than the 2 FRANCHISE KEEPERS we just drafted.

I apologize for the ballpark snafu - revise to Polo Grounds 1924, and I have never been called a "weasel" (Christy Mathewson selection) before...lol.

JoeyC

Also, sorry but don't have the time to prepare for the draft till tomorrow (Sunday) morning first thing.

JoeyC

Live draft is for a full 25 player draft that lasts about two to three hours depending on the time limit between picks. You might be thinking of the Diamond Dope site, which I hate to use. Keeping up with keepers should be no problem. I've already made a list by position on who you cant take. Look at all those blank spaces. I could do it again if we were to add additional keepers. We need to make a decision by majority rule on any future keepers for league 2, 3 and 4 before the current draft is run. Or we can just play under the current rules when we started this.