Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:15 pm
As of the moment, 10 teams are loaded. Astros will load this evening. Dodgers will load after the cutoff Friday, or early Saturday, so I think the Frenzy will run at 11 PM Eastern SATURDAY NIGHT. At that point, free agent browsing within the league will be reflective of only protected franchise players and actual free agents. We will conduct our UFA draft beginning SUNDAY MORNING. Two rounds per day, on the clock. I will lay it out in this thread.
Remember, as you draft players on the discussion board, also go into your team in the league and add them to your roster, dropping franchise players as necessary to make room for them.
WILL THERE BE INTRIGUE?
Under the rules of the league, any trades which occur in time for Strat to update the player cards by THE FRIDAY before our season starts COULD impact ownership of UFA's. The most impactful possible UFA trade is undoubtedly Manny Machado. The rumors are swirling! But there's also talk about Jacob DeGrom, Brad Hand, and even my very own Kirby Yates.
Recapping the rule (applies before each season starts): If a FA gets traded in real life and Strat updates his card to reflect the new team by the Friday before our season starts, ownership may be affected. If the player gets traded to another non-league franchise, there's no impact. But if he gets traded to a league franchise, he goes immediately to that franchise, and no compensation is provided to the team losing him. Trades which occur after the Friday deadline have no impact on our league for the duration of each of our seasons.
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ggyuppie on Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.