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Annual Spring Free Agent drafts:
1) A non-serpentine free agent draft of no more than 180 picks, will be held each year shortly after TSN/SOM cards are released. Draft order is determined by cumulative win/loss records from the previous year, worst to first, NFL style. Ties are broken as follows: Playoff teams from previous season will be seeded lower than non- playoff team; next, total wins from season 2, lower win total will be seeded lower; next lower win total from seaon 1, lower win total wil be seeded lower; next, coin flip.
2) All owners must drop enough players to bring their roster to 25 active players. Once that is done, owners may then promote prospects adding to their active roster and thus subtracting from their draft picks.
3) Player drops must be announce prior to the beginning of the Free Agent draft.
4) All owners must have a full 40 man roster upon completion of the annual Spring Free Agent draft.
5) There is no clock for Round 1 of each Annual Free Agent draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 3 hour clock. Back to back picks results from trades do not result in a 6 hour clock. I f one owner holds 2 picks back to back the total time for both picks is 3 hours.
6) PROSPECT PROMOTIONS AND DROPS MUST BE DONE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE FREE AGENT DRAFT After
6a) DROPPING UP TO 15 REGULAR ROSTER PLAYERS BRINGING THE ACTIVE ROSTER TO 25
6b) AFTER ALL EXPIRING PROSPECTS HAVE BEEN EITHER PROMOTED OR DROPPED; AND
6c) AFTER ALL NON-EXPIRING PROSPECTS HAVE BEEN PROMOTED, DROPPED OR UNCHANGED;
7)NO MANAGER MAY HAVE MORE THAN 10 (TEN) PROSPECTS ON THEIR ROSTER AFTER ALL DROPS AND PROMOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THE FREE AGENT DRAFT BEGINS
8) Eligiblity for Spring Free Agent drafts after the initial draft are as follows: any player that has played in the MLB for any length of time is eligible for the draft regardless of whether or not they have a card in the TSN game.
9) You cannot trade draft choices that you do not own. This means that if you trade a 9th round draft pick, you must release as many players as necessary to insure that you will have a 9th round pick. For example, you have a 40 man roster, and make your 10 cuts, this allows for your trade and you will make your last pick in round 11.
10) It is possible that a manager may have to forfeit picks in the draft in the event that by his cuts, he may picks left however due to acquiring extra picks in early rounds his roster is full. Eg. A manger, through trades, has acquired 2 extra picks in the 1st round, 1 extra pick in the 2nd and 1 extra pick in the 4th and 1 in the 7th, giving him 13 picks in the first 8 rounds. He has also traded away his 9th and 10th round picks. Assuming he only cuts 10 ( which he needs to do to not only get down to 30, but to be able to trade his 9th and 10th round picks), he would be done drafting in Round 6 and forfeit his two 7th and one 8th round picks. He also forfeits the right to trade those picks once it is discovered his roster would be full after round 6. In order to not forfeit those picks, he'd have to make 3 additional cuts.
1) A non-serpentine free agent draft of no more than 180 picks, will be held each year shortly after TSN/SOM cards are released. Draft order is determined by cumulative win/loss records from the previous year, worst to first, NFL style. Ties are broken as follows: Playoff teams from previous season will be seeded lower than non- playoff team; next, total wins from season 2, lower win total will be seeded lower; next lower win total from seaon 1, lower win total wil be seeded lower; next, coin flip.
2) All owners must drop enough players to bring their roster to 25 active players. Once that is done, owners may then promote prospects adding to their active roster and thus subtracting from their draft picks.
3) Player drops must be announce prior to the beginning of the Free Agent draft.
4) All owners must have a full 40 man roster upon completion of the annual Spring Free Agent draft.
5) There is no clock for Round 1 of each Annual Free Agent draft. All subsequent rounds will operate with a 3 hour clock. Back to back picks results from trades do not result in a 6 hour clock. I f one owner holds 2 picks back to back the total time for both picks is 3 hours.
6) PROSPECT PROMOTIONS AND DROPS MUST BE DONE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE FREE AGENT DRAFT After
6a) DROPPING UP TO 15 REGULAR ROSTER PLAYERS BRINGING THE ACTIVE ROSTER TO 25
6b) AFTER ALL EXPIRING PROSPECTS HAVE BEEN EITHER PROMOTED OR DROPPED; AND
6c) AFTER ALL NON-EXPIRING PROSPECTS HAVE BEEN PROMOTED, DROPPED OR UNCHANGED;
7)NO MANAGER MAY HAVE MORE THAN 10 (TEN) PROSPECTS ON THEIR ROSTER AFTER ALL DROPS AND PROMOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THE FREE AGENT DRAFT BEGINS
8) Eligiblity for Spring Free Agent drafts after the initial draft are as follows: any player that has played in the MLB for any length of time is eligible for the draft regardless of whether or not they have a card in the TSN game.
9) You cannot trade draft choices that you do not own. This means that if you trade a 9th round draft pick, you must release as many players as necessary to insure that you will have a 9th round pick. For example, you have a 40 man roster, and make your 10 cuts, this allows for your trade and you will make your last pick in round 11.
10) It is possible that a manager may have to forfeit picks in the draft in the event that by his cuts, he may picks left however due to acquiring extra picks in early rounds his roster is full. Eg. A manger, through trades, has acquired 2 extra picks in the 1st round, 1 extra pick in the 2nd and 1 extra pick in the 4th and 1 in the 7th, giving him 13 picks in the first 8 rounds. He has also traded away his 9th and 10th round picks. Assuming he only cuts 10 ( which he needs to do to not only get down to 30, but to be able to trade his 9th and 10th round picks), he would be done drafting in Round 6 and forfeit his two 7th and one 8th round picks. He also forfeits the right to trade those picks once it is discovered his roster would be full after round 6. In order to not forfeit those picks, he'd have to make 3 additional cuts.
Last edited by keyzick on Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:00 am, edited 12 times in total.
