Golden era 5 round player draft- Drafts complete!

I selected the Atlanta Braves -Foggyone up

Link to player set

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

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.

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?

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.

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!

Keep in mind, also, that you do have a choice in the 5 round player draft. You can either

(a) pick one of your core players (presumably one who was also carded to a competing franchise, so that you - and not the other franchise - will own his rights throughout this league). Or

(b) pick a player who is not carded to ANY of the 24 franchises picked in the franchise draft. Please note that there are 26 available franchises in this card set, including Toronto and Seattle, but not Arizona or Colorado. So, for our example, if we assume that neither Toronto nor Seattle were picked as part of the 24 franchises for the league (just for example), then the players who are carded to Toronto and Seattle in this set would also be available (to you, and to any other managers) in the 5 round player draft.

Whether you pick in (a) or (b), that player will be owned by you throughout this league, and will be considered a core player for you (even the "free agent" in (b), even if he wasn't carded to your team, but was from one of the 2 non-picked franchises).

Keep in mind, though, that if you pick from one of the "free agent" franchise player pools in the 5 round draft, you are foregoing an opportunity to "lock up" one of your potential core players, who might be carded to another franchise in the league as well. If you pass up the opportunity to select a core player in the 5 round draft, then you could conceivably lose out on getting that player in the autodraft, if the opposing manager (to whose team the player is also carded) beats you out in the autodraft for that player, in rounds 6-15 of the autodraft!

Once you "own" a player - by any means whatever - you can use any card that he has in this 1968-1995 special player set. Be careful not to drop him without simultaneously adding his other card - otherwise you could lose the player by accident. Once lost by a drop (and an add by another player), you simply no longer own that player any more.

Core players include any players that you "own" that either have a card for your team, or were picked in the 5 round player draft (i.e. from one of the 2 franchises not picked in the franchise draft). The 5 round player draft is the only way that you can cause a player to become a core player for you, that was not ever carded to your franchise (see (b) above).

Thanks for this ballpark list, Marc. I just thought I'd copy and paste it as well, so that people that have trouble scrolling through it (hello iPhone users, me anyway) can see it without having to scroll too much:

NAME YEAR TEAM Div SI L SI R HR L HR R ratio off impact
Memorial S 70 BAL AL_E 17 5 12 12 lefty 0,344
Memorial S 78 BAL AL_E 4 4 4 4 neutral 0,315
Fenway Par 71 BOS AL_E 13 19 9 17 BIG R 0,352
Fenway Par 78 BOS AL_E 17 14 9 15 righty 0,349
Municipal 78 Cle AL_E 4 4 3 5 righty 0,315
Tiger Stad 78 Det AL_E 10 7 19 16 lefty 0,358
Tiger Stad 75 Det AL_E 13 10 16 13 lefty 0,352
County Sta 78 Mil AL_E 15 15 10 10 neutral 0,343
Yankee Sta 78 NYY AL_E 1 1 15 8 BIG L 0,334
Yankee Sta 71 NYY AL_E 8 2 12 1 BIG L 0,323
Exhibition 78 Tor AL_E 11 11 9 9 neutral 0,336
Anaheim St 78 Cal AL_W 12 12 9 9 neutral 0,337
Anaheim St 77 Cal AL_W 6 6 2 12 BIG R 0,326
Comiskey P 78 CHW AL_W 12 12 7 7 neutral 0,331
Royals Stad 80 KCR AL_W 17 20 3 3 righty 0,326
Royals Stad 78 KCR AL_W 14 14 3 3 neutral 0,322
Metropolit 71 Min AL_W 8 14 3 12 BIG R 0,332
Metropolit 78 Min AL_W 1 1 6 5 lefty 0,317
Oakland Co 78 Oak AL_W 4 4 9 9 neutral 0,329
Kingdome 78 Sea AL_W 5 5 17 17 neutral 0,353
Arlington Bal 78 Tex AL_W 7 7 5 5 neutral 0,321
Wrigley Fie 78 CHC NL_E 18 18 18 18 neutral 0,368
Jarry Park 71 Mon NL_E 7 7 19 10 BIG L 0,348
Olympic Sta 94 Mon NL_E 14 8 9 6 lefty 0,332
Olympic Sta 78 Mon NL_E 3 3 5 5 neutral 0,317
Shea Stadi 71 NYM NL_E 3 3 19 4 BIG L 0,335
Shea Stadi 78 NYM NL_E 4 4 7 7 neutral 0,324
Veterans St 78 Phi NL_E 6 6 15 15 neutral 0,348
Veterans St 75 Phi NL_E 10 10 10 10 neutral 0,338
Three Rive 78 Pit NL_E 14 14 12 12 neutral 0,347
Busch Stad 78 STL NL_E 10 10 4 4 neutral 0,321
Fulton Cnt 78 Atl NL-W 13 13 20 20 neutral 0,369
Riverfront 78 Cin NL-W 9 9 11 11 neutral 0,340
Astrodome 78 Hou NL-W 3 3 2 2 neutral 0,309
Astrodome 71 Hou NL-W 1 10 1 1 righty 0,308
Dodger Sta 78 LAD NL-W 9 9 12 12 neutral 0,343
Jack Murph 78 SDP NL-W 7 7 4 4 neutral 0,318
Candlestic 78 SFG NL-W 0 0 5 5 neutral 0,314

but you are missing that you only need 15 from your franchise. That means you can have 10 guys that are carded to other players' franchises.(not just the 2 unclaimed ones) Thus, this is not a true franchise league in that you only get one franchise. It's just that you get first crack at getting your 15 core guys before people can put guys exclusive to your franchise on their AD card in picks 16-25.

so, even the thin franchises can be fine. For example, Cleveland can find 15 guys out of their 30+ to get their core group, then their last 10 guys (or anyone's last 10 guys) can come from ANY franchise. That's why they got at picks 16-25 on your AD card... thus if you want a guy that is franchised to you, you have to either a.) also pick him in the 5-rd draft (if a multi-carded guy) or b.) put him in your 6-15 spots on your AD card. Cuz after spot 15, EVERYONE IS FREE GAME.

geoff, make sure I've communicated that correctly, please.

This is correct.

One mild concern I have, that I'd like to share:

While I still think there is a decent free agent pool, I realize that the player salaries in the player pools are a bit thin at three positions, I think:

-shortstop
-second base
-catcher

There are a good number of excellent fielders and some good hitters at these positions , but there are only a few at these positions that are both good hitters and good fielders . So the competition for good players at these positions may be significant, and some franchises might have to "make do" with some players, and/or use some cheaper platoons.

Just a heads up.