2019 Finals Vote for CAP/DH/Draft Order

Congratulations to the Top 9 in Barnstormers 2019 - they will be joined by the Winners of the 3 semi-final leagues for the 2019 Championship League.

1. labratory 551
2. RiggoDrill 534
3. BDWard 529
4. Goreds54 527
5. The Last Druid 512
6. tmfw30 511
7. Hola 502
8. Hittmens 501
9. mburatti76 493
10. Semi-finals winner with most Wins in their Semi-Final League
11. Semi-finals winner with the next most Wins in their Semi-Final League
12. Semi-finals winner with the fewest Wins in their Semi-Final League

Next up, every player in order from #1 to #9 will be asked to place their vote for Finals Salary Cap and DH/No DH and their live draft position choice. As the overall #1 finisher, labratory will be asked to place his vote in the below format.

For salary cap, I vote for (80 or 100) Million.
If the majority vote for 80 Million, then my choice is (DH or NO DH)
If the majority vote for 100 Million, then my choice is (DH or NO DH)
My draft order choice for the Live Draft is (anything not picked from 1 to 12)

Once a player has POSTED his selection and I see it, it is considered FINAL and cannot be changed.

This year the Live Draft will be held on SOM's live draft app - Due to limitations of the SOM app, we will have to draft all 25 players on the app. It is assumed that drafting a stadium in the app will be possible by then. If not, the Board and I will discuss alternatives. This will be a serpentine (snake) draft with a 3 hour time limit per pick. Any stadium is allowed in the Finals, so long as it is Drafted. The clock will be turned on for 3 hours per pick for the draft.

I am wondering if we should delay the cap and DH votes until the end of the Semi-Finals in case there are rule changes that could affect our preferences.

SOM recently added the platoon PH rule and also added more lineups to give flexibility against extreme pitchers.
Modifications such as new players in the pool, player repricing and a relief pitcher inning cap have been discussed and may show up at some point. Any of these could change the ability to execute a particular strategy.

We may not want to vote for DH/no DH or cap until we know what rules will be in play when the finals starts.

Before making the vote I wanted to hear some thoughts.

I need to contact SOM anyway to get our credits posted for top 57. Maybe I can ask them some of these questions. I also need to check on their progress on being able to draft a stadium in the app.

I'm not opposed to a delay - we do have plenty of time while waiting for the Semi-Finals to play and wrap.

I'll report back if I hear anything.

Tyler, my contact at SOM says none of those things will be changing until AFTER the Championship League starts. They are also still promising the ability to draft a stadium in the app.

So we can go ahead and get started on the cap/dh/draft order selections.

1. labratory 551
2. RiggoDrill 534
3. BDWard 529
4. Goreds54 527
5. The Last Druid 512
6. tmfw30 511
7. Hola 502
8. Hittmens 501
9. mburatti76 493
10. Semi-finals winner with most Wins in their Semi-Final League
11. Semi-finals winner with the next most Wins in their Semi-Final League
12. Semi-finals winner with the fewest Wins in their Semi-Final League

(Run differential if there is a tie for most/fewest wins)

Will the divisions be randomly assigned or based on top 12 seeding?

We will use the randomize feature that scrambles all teams when the 12th team enters the league. The good thing about this that the Finalists have been wanting for a long time is that your division mates WILL BE KNOWN during the Live Draft.

SOM has confirmed that the ability to LIVE DRAFT a STADIUM in any round of the draft (and make the stadium unavailable to others) should be ready by the time this draft is expected to go. (After the semi finals concludes and the remaining three players are known).

Thanks - Moose

so we are waiting for laboratory to choose a draft position and his vote on salary cap ect?

Yes and everyone else ahead of you.

Labratory will take first pick in the draft

For salary cap, $80 million
If $80 million, pitcher hits
If $100 million, pitcher hits

1. labratory 551 labratory - 80 Mil (80-NO DH 100-NO DH) 1st Pick
2. RiggoDrill 534
3. BDWard 529
4. Goreds54 527
5. The Last Druid 512
6. tmfw30 511
7. Hola 502
8. Hittmens 501
9. mburatti76 493
10. Semi-finals winner with most Wins in their Semi-Final League*
11. Semi-finals winner with the next most Wins in their Semi-Final League*
12. Semi-finals winner with the fewest Wins in their Semi-Final League*

(* Run differential if there is a tie for most/fewest wins)