Let's draft 'em all -- all 940 played!

Paging MG, tpierce, willmurr...

Also, see trade opp at 3B

BTW, Terry101, please post the time of your picks from now on. It doesn't matter when picking before 10AM like this time, but it will after that. Thanks![/quote]

Will do.

Thanks Terry for answering my questions. Very helpful as usual. I'd suggest maybe $80 million for the minors and 60 for the instructional (partially so there'll be enough room for the drop penalties if we want to promote/demote guys.). Also, if there's a limit on individual salaries for each league, I'd say 4.5 or so for the minors and 3 for the instructional. (Looking at 1B for example, I can see a scenario where someone could have Fielder, Ike Davis and Carlos Pena as their top 3 1B. I think it makes sense to at least have the option of having them be your 3 starters.). Just my two cents.

Anyway, looks like Tom Pierce gets first crack it. Looking forward to it

And speaking of Dr. P, I think the limits he mentions in this post make sense, too.

This is a brand new concept and we're making up this sh*t at we go. Let's make it a solid annual event!

I think Dr.P had the right idea about league and individual caps

So, Just to be sure, this is what has been proposed:

Majors: 200 mil no individual cap
Minors: 80 mil; 4.5 mil individual cap
Instructional: 60 mil; 3.0 individual cap

Two possible flaws.First one: At the beginning of the season you could stack the instructional league team to be better than the minor league team- even by following these guidelines. And, secondly, during the season moving players at will within divisions (major, minor, etc.) could open up a can of worms. Example: Major team is floundering at mid-point-a manager could move as many under 4.5's as possible to minors, thereby giving up major season to win minors. This could cause bad feelings.

Here is a suggestion to solve the above scenarios.

Beginning of season: Limit the number of high-salaried players in the minors and instructional league. This would prevent stacking the minors or instructional teams., i.e. Minors: no more than three players over 3.5 mil, with a cap of 4.5 for any individual player. Instructional: no more than three over 2 mil with an individual cap of 3.0 mil


During season: Do not allow players to move downward (majors to minors and minors to instructional). So,:
Majors: can accept players from minors or instructional with injuries or if it fits in with the rules
Minors: can move up to majors; can not move down to instructional
Instructional: can move up to minors or majors; can not accept minors or majors players- injuries should be covered by another eligible player on the team, but if not a player could play out of position. Since it is an instructional league- good learning experience for the player.

Just a suggestion to avoid possible controversy later. Thanks

Terry101

I am going to be out for a couple of hours, not work, just out and about (free hold em poker on Mondays).

Instead of me trying to come up with a proxy list for the 3 or 4 positions I may be up for in this time period, can someone text me when I am up? That, would be much easier for me.

My number is 717-414-2186.

If, nobody can text me then, that's fine, I ll just settle with whomever I may be auto drafted. I got really lucky with Arod at 3b.

I'll make the trade to Ghost of Alvarez for Keppinger. Ghost to confirm.

Also I like the changes made by Terry relative to restrictions on players on minors and instructional teams except for the restriction to moving down from one level to another. The limits on numbers of players on teams in those leagues should be sufficient to prevent most abuse of the moves. I would rather see a minimum time on a downward move (perhaps 15- 21 games) to prevent frequent moves only for matchup purposes. I can see a team starting out with a mix of ten pitchers and 15 hitters and then deciding to go with 11/14 - which would necessitate a downward move. Or, possibly carrying 6 OFs to start and then needing to change the mix to better use backups or switching power/OB mix for a long road trip stretch.

Spider

I picked but the catcher time should be 1956. I'm new to this C&P.

Zach cozart anyone?

and who is Austin turner? anyone want him too?

Congrats to all for surviving the first full day of the craziest draft ever. By midnight, over 200 picks had been made and the draft clock had kicked in for all 10 of the primary drafts.

Off we go...

I'll make the trade to Ghost of Alvarez for Keppinger. Ghost to confirm.

Also I like the changes made by Terry relative to restrictions on players on minors and instructional teams except for the restriction to moving down from one level to another. The limits on numbers of players on teams in those leagues should be sufficient to prevent most abuse of the moves. I would rather see a minimum time on a downward move (perhaps 15- 21 games) to prevent frequent moves only for matchup purposes. I can see a team starting out with a mix of ten pitchers and 15 hitters and then deciding to go with 11/14 - which would necessitate a downward move. Or, possibly carrying 6 OFs to start and then needing to change the mix to better use backups or switching power/OB mix for a long road trip stretch.

Spider

confirmed
I also like a minimum stay on moves down; perhaps coming in to play after game 39 so we have some time to sort it all out.