2021 Players Championship Finals Discussion

I clinched last night so checking in.

Guess I am going to have to go read the rules for the Finals, never thought I would get this far. I made the semi's last year, but this is my first finals.

Same 3 round draft as Semis with a stadium at the end?

QUESTION: Can someone tell me overall timing?? Will the draft start this week after the regular season ends, or do we need to wait till after the post season ends??

I clinched last night so checking in.

Guess I am going to have to go read the rules for the Finals, never thought I would get this far. I made the semi's last year, but this is my first finals.

Same 3 round draft as Semis with a stadium at the end?

QUESTION: Can someone tell me overall timing?? Will the draft start this week after the regular season ends, or do we need to wait till after the post season ends??

I think it's a 7 round draft including a stadium pick. Also looks like we have to wait for all finals to end as I believe all semi final wins (including playoffs) go towards our totals for Finals rankings.

Agreed that we have to wait for the playoffs in the semis to finish to count the points toward the overall standings to determine draft order, but I see no mention of a 7 round manual draft. It's 3 plus a stadium like we did in the semi-finals as far as I see.

Standings going into the semi-final playoffs:

1. moodysix 394+97=491
2. jsanders3rd 399+85=484
3. Jeepdriver 371+88=459
4. DHowser 363+95=458
5. bob711 365+91=456
6. waynick 362+92=454
7. ScumbyJr 356+98=454
8. Juiced JC 367+86=453
9. Lochinvars 362+91=453
10. hendrix08 368+82=450
11. GoDucks 363+86=449
12. DERRICKSANSON 364+82=446

I hate the idea of live drafting. It’s not how the game is done. But glad to be here. Looking forward to it.

It is a 3-round player plus ballpark like the Seimis


Champions League
The 12 Semi-Finals playoffs qualifiers in a single 12-team league
Start Date Early February
Salary Cap: $80,000,000 (standard)
DH Rule: Yes (standard)
Free Agent Drop Penalty: 5/10/20

There will be an three round live draft for the Tour Championship, same as the SemiFinals, to be done on the forum boards. The draft will NOT be serpentine for the finals - i.e., the draft order will be repeated in each round. These "seeding" rules for the draft order provide an incentive and a reward for the managers who finish with the highest scores in Events I-V.

Reference is made to the slight change in the point system, adding points accumulated in the semi-finals round to the manager's points total from the qualifying rounds. This will effect the final overall standings, impacting the order of picks in the live draft for the Champions League.

Checking in and will be ready to go after Semis playoffs are finished.

Standings going into the semi-final playoffs:

1. moodysix 394+97=491
2. jsanders3rd 399+85=484
3. Jeepdriver 371+88=459
4. DHowser 363+95=458
5. bob711 365+91=456
6. waynick 362+92=454
7. ScumbyJr 356+98=454
8. Juiced JC 367+86=453
9. Lochinvars 362+91=453
10. hendrix08 368+82=450
11. GoDucks 363+86=449
12. DERRICKSANSON 364+82=446

Really nice group here. To me it shows why this tourney does not and should not have byes into the finals.

Playoffs
There will be an eight pick live draft for the Tour Championship, consisting of seven players and a ballpark, to be done on the forums. The draft will NOT be serpentine for the finals - i.e., the draft order will be repeated in each round. These "seeding" rules for the draft order provide an incentive and a reward for the managers who finish with the highest scores in Events 1-5.

Reference is made to the slight change in the point system, adding points accumulated in the semi-finals round to the manager's points total from the qualifying rounds. This will effect the final overall standings, impacting the order of picks in the live draft for the Champions League.



This is what I'm seeing in the rules. Am I missing something?

It's okay, DHowser. We've been down this road in other posts. It's been a little bit confusing of a year as the published rules for this year's tournament never made it to the tourney homepage.

On May 19, 2021, Mr. Baseball World published this year's rules here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=649874

As much as I'd also like to believe our finals round would again be a full 8-round non-serpentine draft like it was last year, it's just three rounds this year. As you know, the semifinals this year were a new and unique non-serpentine three round draft with a 3rd player (and ballpark choice option) in round 3. The same holds for this year's finals. You'll see that here, too, where this year's rules say in part:

Playoffs

Semi-Finals
Top 36 Managers play in three leagues of 12
(All 12 playoff qualifiers advance to Tour Champions League)
Start Date: Around November 15
Salary Cap: $80,000,000 (standard)
DH Rule: Yes (standard)
Free Agent Drop Penalty: 5/10/20

There will be a three round non-serpentine draft. Round 3 will be a player and also a unique ballpark to be done on the forum boards. Players will have the option in Round 3 to defer their ballpark pick if anyone feels there is an advantage to picking last so in essence the top seed could be last to select a ballpark, 2nd could be last or just before(depending on whether top seed waited etc The draft order will be the order of finish in tour points. Since each semi-finalist will have already used five different ballparks in Events I-V, they may not re-use those ballparks in the semi-finals. So, if a manager is picking 12th for the live ballpark draft in the semi-finals, he will have to choose from one of the 14 remaining ballparks (30 minus 5, minus 11 ballparks already drafted in that semi-final event).

Champions League
The 12 Semi-Finals playoffs qualifiers in a single 12-team league
Start Date Early February
Salary Cap: $80,000,000 (standard)
DH Rule: Yes (standard)
Free Agent Drop Penalty: 5/10/20

There will be an three round live draft for the Tour Championship, same as the SemiFinals, to be done on the forum boards. The draft will NOT be serpentine for the finals - i.e., the draft order will be repeated in each round. These "seeding" rules for the draft order provide an incentive and a reward for the managers who finish with the highest scores in Events I-V.

Reference is made to the slight change in the point system, adding points accumulated in the semi-finals round to the manager's points total from the qualifying rounds. This will effect the final overall standings, impacting the order of picks in the live draft for the Champions League.

Hope that helps.