Golden era 5 round player draft- Drafts complete!

One more very important rule -

In any given round of the 5 round player draft, no team can "lose" more than 2 of the players carded to their franchise in the card set.

So, for example, if in round 1 of the player draft, the Cubs pick Andre Dawson, and the Dodgers pick Mike Marshall, (both players carded to the Expos as well as the other clubs), then NO MORE PLAYERS CARDED TO THE EXPOS CAN BE DRAFTED BY ANY OTHER TEAM IN THE REMAINDER OF ROUND 1.

This does impact on the player pool available for teams at the remainder of that round.

This rule resets after each round. So, if Gary Carter had not been taken by the Expos with their round 1 pick, in round 2 (with the serpentine draft order), the Mets could take Gary Carter (early in round 2). But the Mets would not have been able to take Carter late in round 1, due to this rule.

Furthermore, no team can "lose" more than 7 players carded to their franchise during the 5 round draft. That means that if the Expos had 2 players carded to their team , taken by other teams, in each of rounds 1 through 3, and then one more carded Expo taken by another team in round 4, then no more players carded to the Expos could be taken for the remainder of the 5 round draft.

Finally, if any team loses 7 players carded to their team during the 5 round draft, then they can make 1 additional pick in a supplemental round. All of the same rules for the 5 round draft apply to the supplemental round. The player taken in the supplemental round will be considered a core player for the team making the supplemental pick (even if that player is taken from one of the 2 unused franchises). That supplemental round pick must be placed in the 6th slot in the autodraft player rankings.

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).

If you feel that you have all of the multi-carded players drafted in the 5 round draft (the ones that matter to you anyway), you can use one of the 5 round draft picks (presumably the 5th round) to just draft a player who is carded only to your team. You would do this, for example, if you were already confident in the top 15 players for your first 15 autodraft selections (i.e. your 5 round player draft picks plus 10 more picks in rounds 6-15 that are carded to your team). You might do this if you didn't want to "bump" one of your top 15 picks, by taking a lower value or lower importance player in round 5 of the player draft.

With the "2-player limit", it could become strategic to draft certain players in order to block our divisional rivals. For example, as the GM of the Boston Red Sox, I might pick a multiteam player that shares a card with the Angels if, by doing so, the Angels reach the 2-player limit and thereby prevent the Yankees from drafting Reggie Jackson.

Since we already determined that divisions would follow real life divisions, I have an idea of whom my rivals will be, but it would be cool if Divisions are fully determined early on.

With chiW and Texas out, I guess that one team of the AL East should move to the West.

Should be Milwaukee

agree Milwaukee played in East and West in the 70s

just guessing but......

NL EAST
Cubs
Cardinals
Pirates
Phillies
Mets
Expos

NL WEST
Reds
Dodgers
Astros
Braves
Giants
Padres

AL EAST
Yankees
Red Sox
Orioles
Blue Jays
Indians
Tigers

AL WEST
A's
Twins
Mariners
Angels
Brewers


Those were the divisions for the most part when there were 4 back in the 70s
Royals

^^ concur - Milwaukee will play out of the AL West in order to balance the divisions.

I picked Greg Maddox

nice job on round 1 guys. hope i didn't jinx it....still 2 picks to go