GG BY THE NUMBERS DRAFT

DRAFT ORDER IS SET.

1 ggyuppie - 8 -
2 thetallguy747
3 dmorgan90275
4 jabuending
5 patrickmac
6 rynecrazy
7 samh0711
8 drtripleb
9 rjnewman
10 kaviksdad
11 drlanglo
12 bmilner
13 bmilner
14 drlanglo
15 kaviksdad
16 rjnewman
17 drtripleb
18 samh0711
19 rynecrazy
20 patrickmac
21 jabuending
22 dmorgan90275
23 thetallguy747
24 ggyuppie
25 bmilner
26 drlanglo
27 kaviksdad
28 rjnewman
29 drtripleb
30 samh0711
31 rynecrazy
32 patrickmac
33 jabuending
34 dmorgan90275
35 thetallguy747
36 ggyuppie

Also, there's no additional eligibility after the auto draft. This means you have to pick your numbers carefully, to account for conflicts (there are MANY) and to make sure you can fill all the roles on your team.

I want to make sure I understand this aspect of the rules. If a player is eligible for my team because of uniform number but I do not put him on my autodraft card, can I still put him on my roster later (assuming he's available)?

Kevin,
Of course....say you get 1,2,& 3. You auto draft and get 20 players with those uni numbers. You may add up to 8 more players with uni numbers 1, 2, &3, but no other numbers, no NeL players and no players that never had a number.

And you have to cover all 8 positions, have at least 2 catchers, 3 rp, 5 sp, etc.

I'll have my pick posted here later this afternoon.

In the meantime, I've noticed some discrepancies on the baseball-reference site that could possibly lead to problems after the auto-draft. For instance, if you sort by all players who wore the number 6, Rogers Hornsby is included. But if you click on Hornsby's player page, it says he wore uniform #'s 4, 9, 11, and 16. Did he wear #6 as a manager? I can't find any way to check what uniform numbers former players wore when they went on to become a manager. Which raises the question as to whether the qualifier for our league is uniform numbers worn only as players, or does it also include numbers worn as managers.

Although I forget which player, there was another guy listed as having worn a certain number and when I clicked on his individual player page there were no uniform numbers listed for him at all.

In all, I've run into a handful of such discrepancies while doing my research.

Anyway, I thought I should bring this up so that we are not trying to resolve such issues after the auto-draft.

I'll have my pick posted here later this afternoon.

In the meantime, I've noticed some discrepancies on the baseball-reference site that could possibly lead to problems after the auto-draft. For instance, if you sort by all players who wore the number 6, Rogers Hornsby is included. But if you click on Hornsby's player page, it says he wore uniform #'s 4, 9, 11, and 16. Did he wear #6 as a manager? I can't find any way to check what uniform numbers former players wore when they went on to become a manager. Which raises the question as to whether the qualifier for our league is uniform numbers worn only as players, or does it also include numbers worn as managers.

Although I forget which player, there was another guy listed as having worn a certain number and when I clicked on his individual player page there were no uniform numbers listed for him at all.

In all, I've run into a handful of such discrepancies while doing my research.

Anyway, I thought I should bring this up so that we are not trying to resolve such issues after the auto-draft.

Thanks, Kevin! Let’s handle it this way...if you search a uniform number on B-R and a player appears on the list, he’s eligible for that number. Also, if a player has a number listed on his player page, he’s eligible for that number.

You’re probably right about the managing aspect, and given that we’re dealing with literally thousands of data points, it’s not hard to imagine that there may be a few errors.

Glenn, thanks for the clarification. Now I can go ahead and make my pick:

DRAFT ORDER IS SET.

1 ggyuppie - 8 -
2 thetallguy747 - 3 -
3 dmorgan90275
4 jabuending
5 patrickmac
6 rynecrazy
7 samh0711
8 drtripleb
9 rjnewman
10 kaviksdad
11 drlanglo
12 bmilner
13 bmilner
14 drlanglo
15 kaviksdad
16 rjnewman
17 drtripleb
18 samh0711
19 rynecrazy
20 patrickmac
21 jabuending
22 dmorgan90275
23 thetallguy747
24 ggyuppie
25 bmilner
26 drlanglo
27 kaviksdad
28 rjnewman
29 drtripleb
30 samh0711
31 rynecrazy
32 patrickmac
33 jabuending
34 dmorgan90275
35 thetallguy747
36 ggyuppie

Glenn, thanks for the clarification. Now I can go ahead and make my pick:

DRAFT ORDER IS SET.

1 ggyuppie - 8 -
2 thetallguy747 - 3 -
3 dmorgan90275 -24-
4 jabuending
5 patrickmac
6 rynecrazy
7 samh0711
8 drtripleb
9 rjnewman
10 kaviksdad
11 drlanglo
12 bmilner
13 bmilner
14 drlanglo
15 kaviksdad
16 rjnewman
17 drtripleb
18 samh0711
19 rynecrazy
20 patrickmac
21 jabuending
22 dmorgan90275
23 thetallguy747
24 ggyuppie
25 bmilner
26 drlanglo
27 kaviksdad
28 rjnewman
29 drtripleb
30 samh0711
31 rynecrazy
32 patrickmac
33 jabuending
34 dmorgan90275
35 thetallguy747
36 ggyuppie

I shortened this to take up less space

DRAFT ORDER IS SET.

1 ggyuppie - 8 -
2 thetallguy747 - 3 -
3 dmorgan90275 -24-
4 jabuending -25-
5 patrickmac
6 rynecrazy
7 samh0711
8 drtripleb
9 rjnewman
10 kaviksdad
11 drlanglo
12 bmilner

DRAFT ORDER IS SET.

1 ggyuppie - 8 -
2 thetallguy747 - 3 -
3 dmorgan90275 -24-
4 jabuending -25-
5 patrickmac - 5 -
6 rynecrazy
7 samh0711
8 drtripleb
9 rjnewman
10 kaviksdad
11 drlanglo
12 bmilner

DRAFT ORDER IS SET.

1 ggyuppie - 8 -
2 thetallguy747 - 3 -
3 dmorgan90275 -24-
4 jabuending -25-
5 patrickmac - 5 -
6 rynecrazy -27-
7 samh0711
8 drtripleb
9 rjnewman
10 kaviksdad
11 drlanglo
12 bmilner