Golden Era NL West is loading! And then the autodraft!

Sorry for belaboring the point but this isn't sinking in for me. Why wouldn't those mulit-carded guys just revert to being single carded like all the other single carded guys?

A few more examples and I'll drop it if no one else sees my point.
For my club, the Dodgers. If Milwaukee hadn't been chosen I go from competing with the Brewers for Sutton to losing him in the first 3-7 picks. And if the Angels hadn't been selected Singer and Messersmith were up for grabs.

If the Giants weren't chosen but the Pirates were Barry would've been taken with the #1 pick in the 5 round draft and the Pirates would've been like...WHAT!

Lastly what about Rico Carty and Reggie? If the Angels and Indians go unpicked are those guys available in the 5 round draft too since they are a part of a FA franchise?

IMO all the above penalize the franchises chosen when I would think those guys were part of the reason those franchises were selected.

Ok whew, done

Sorry for belaboring the point but this isn't sinking in for me. Why wouldn't those mulit-carded guys just revert to being single carded like all the other single carded guys?

A few more examples and I'll drop it if no one else sees my point.
For my club, the Dodgers. If Milwaukee hadn't been chosen I go from competing with the Brewers for Sutton to losing him in the first 3-7 picks. And if the Angels hadn't been selected Singer and Messersmith were up for grabs.

If the Giants weren't chosen but the Pirates were Barry would've been taken with the #1 pick in the 5 round draft and the Pirates would've been like...WHAT!

Lastly what about Rico Carty and Reggie? If the Angels and Indians go unpicked are those guys available in the 5 round draft too since they are a part of a FA franchise?

IMO all the above penalize the franchises chosen when I would think those guys were part of the reason those franchises were selected.

Ok whew, done

I have to agree. I thought that the only Free Agents in these 5 rounds are players who were ONLY carded to the 2 teams not chosen. For example, because the Rangers weren't drafted, the Cubs went from competing with 1 team for Fergie Jenkins to competing with 23 teams. I don't see how that's just or how it makes any sense.

IMO all the above penalize the franchises chosen when I would think those guys were part of the reason those franchises were selected.


I think people knew that going in.

1. carlerik - Baltimore Orioles
2 Mr Baseball World - Cincinnati Reds
3 MarcPelletier - Boston Red Sox
4 Spider 67 - New York Mets
5 Paul_Long71 - Oakland A's
6 Rube (MikeGilbert) - Houston Astros
7 buzz082308 - Kansas City Royals
8 ycbill - Milwaukee Brewers
9 Keyzick - Pittsburgh Pirates
10 FALCON29 - Montreal Expos
11 Rosie2167 - Los Angeles Dodgers
12 GBrookes - Toronto Blue Jays
13 Palerydr2.0 - Seattle Mariners
14 Crimson Fan -Detroit Tigers
15 RobertLatorre - St. Louis Cardinals
16 Dinsdale - NY Yankees
17 andycummings - San Francisco Giants
18 ctstough- Minnesota Twins
19 pwootten (replacing Musial6) - Chicago Cubs
20 rolandzeut - SD Padres
21 ScumbyJr - (proxy) - Atlanta Braves
22 FoggyOne - California Angels
23 YountFan - Philadelphia Phillies
24 davesodu - Cleveland Indians

2.1 davesodu - Luis Taint
2.2 YountFan - Dick Allen

These are the things I had to think about when picking a franchise, which is why I picked the Twins.

Now, Blyleven (Rangers/Twins) is open to being picked by any team in the first five rounds.


I'm fine with that.

Because the reverse is also true- all those players on the Rangers/White Sox are available to be picked by .....


This guy.

Isn't Sam McDowell a Cleveland possession?

uhh......how is Sam McDowell anything but property of the Indians?

23 YountFan - Philadelphia Phillies
24 davesodu - Cleveland Indians

2.1 davesodu - Luis Taint
2.2 YountFan - Sam McDowell

How can McDowell be picked as a free Agent when he's only carded to Cleveland who were selected?

23 YountFan - Philadelphia Phillies
24 davesodu - Cleveland Indians

2.1 davesodu - Luis Taint
2.2 YountFan - Sam McDowell

How can McDowell be picked as a free Agent when he's only carded to Cleveland who were selected?

Changed to Dick Allen, I was not paying attention to the last pick. Sorry for the error.

Rosie,
Falcon,

I see your point, but I feel that the current rule gives a small edge to the franchises being picked later in the draft, since they have the first access to the best multiteam players of teams not drafted. So I think it's better the current way.