Post by Bubs on Feb 15, 2024 8:43:24 GMT -5
This is the base order for this year's First Year Player Draft (which is a non-serpentine draft, so every round is the same order):
14th - Aliens Are Here (formerly Bam!)
15th - Points Above Replacement
16th - Durham Bulls
- In the off-season all players signed to minor league contracts may be dropped free of contract penalties. Players signed to MLB contracts will be assessed at the standard penalties in the usual fashion.
- The draft will last as long as it has to - until each team has completed its picks, filled its minor league slots or decided to pass (once the minimum of 10 minor league slots has been fulfilled).
- The draft will begin on Wednesday, 21st February, which allows for any last-minute pre-draft trades to be finalized (though unofficially, drafting will be opened the day before, once all updates are complete & a league email has been sent out).
Draft rules
- If a pick is missed, or an ineligible pick is made, the draft moves on and the team can make up their pick at any time thereafter from the players that remain.
- The draft will continue as long as people have picks to make and spaces to place them. If you finish your draft either because your minors are full, or because there's no players left that you like, please post this in the draft in lieu of your selection or email a commissioner. That way, subsequent picks can be skipped.
- You may drop a player in order to select another player, though this will incur the standard drop penalty (unless the player has a 'Min' contract, which is a free drop during the off-season).
- After the draft, there will be a period for any roster moves - drops and promotions - before we start the MLB Auction.
1st - Sidd Finch All Stars
2nd - Lucroooooy Jennnnnkins
3rd - Lowered Expectations
4th - Reading Rainbows
5th - Chicago Dancing Bears
6th - Niagara Authority (formerly ABBOTT)
7th - Rancho Cucamonga Cracker Killers (formerly Brisket)
8th - Sunstroke Serenaders
9th - Bleacher Bums
10th - BALCO BALLERS (formerly MGD)
11th - JAX Lucky Cats
12th - Bubs Burazazu Besuboru
13th - Nappy Dugout14th - Aliens Are Here (formerly Bam!)
15th - Points Above Replacement
16th - Durham Bulls
- In the off-season all players signed to minor league contracts may be dropped free of contract penalties. Players signed to MLB contracts will be assessed at the standard penalties in the usual fashion.
- The draft will last as long as it has to - until each team has completed its picks, filled its minor league slots or decided to pass (once the minimum of 10 minor league slots has been fulfilled).
- The draft will begin on Wednesday, 21st February, which allows for any last-minute pre-draft trades to be finalized (though unofficially, drafting will be opened the day before, once all updates are complete & a league email has been sent out).
Draft rules
- Please list your selection using the following format: "Player Name, Position, Team"
- Draft clock starts at 8am CT on Wednesday, 21st February
- There's an 8 hour clock per pick, with the clock sleeping overnight between midnight and 8am CT- If a pick is missed, or an ineligible pick is made, the draft moves on and the team can make up their pick at any time thereafter from the players that remain.
- Any player who is signed to an MLB team as of the night before the draft starts (for 2024, this is Tuesday, 20th February @ 11:59pm CT) and is under our minors limits of 130AB/50IP can be selected. This includes the January J2 signings, but does not include players posted from overseas (eg Japan/Korea) who have signed major league deals, or players who have posted but not yet signed a deal. SO NO Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shota Imanaga, or Jung Hoo Lee, as they will be made available as part of the MLB Auction (the next off-season event).
- When you've made your pick, please message the next in line/post on GroupMe who is next on the clock. It just helps things to move along at a reasonable pace.
- You may only make picks for the spaces you have in your minor league system (max 20) and under your cap space (each minor leaguer has a salary of $500k). If you want your pick to be placed in your major leagues and immediately start their contract, please post as part of either that selection, a future FYPD pick, or via email to a commissioner.- The draft will continue as long as people have picks to make and spaces to place them. If you finish your draft either because your minors are full, or because there's no players left that you like, please post this in the draft in lieu of your selection or email a commissioner. That way, subsequent picks can be skipped.
- You may drop a player in order to select another player, though this will incur the standard drop penalty (unless the player has a 'Min' contract, which is a free drop during the off-season).
- After the draft, there will be a period for any roster moves - drops and promotions - before we start the MLB Auction.