Post by SultansOfSquat (Man) on Feb 17, 2018 23:28:44 GMT -5
We will be reusing the previously established (non-expansion) draft process for 2018 as expected, including use of Yahoo's Keeper Management function, which we started using a few years ago and essentially replaces the silent drops we normally did on this site.
I. Each team is allowed to keep/drop as many (keepable) players as it wants from its 2017 year-end roster by the designated deadline tentatively at 11:59pm PT, 3/2 (Fri).
This process will be handled using Yahoo's Keeper Management function. Please note though that Yahoo's keeper selection function is not aware of our keepability critiera regarding real life FAs, so you will need to exclude such players from your keeper selection -- the Commish Office will also doublecheck and correct any oversights in this respect during processing.
II. To determine draft order/picks, we will use the following sequence of steps:
Step 1 - The sole team w/ the most open roster spots will get to make as many picks as necessary until it is no longer the sole team w/ the most open roster spots, ie. it's tied w/ some other team(s) for most open roster spots. If there is no "sole team" for this, then proceed to step 2.
IOW, if the team w/ the most open roster spots has X number more open spots than the team(s) w/ the next most open spots, then that team will have the first X number of picks in the draft.
Step 2 - At this point, all the teams currently tied for the most open roster spots will participate in one round of drafting w/ their draft picks ordered according to their reversed 2017 standings.
Step 3 - Repeat step 2 until we're done w/ the draft. Note that each time we repeat step 2, there might be more teams added to the new round of drafting due to the way the "most open roster spots" criteria works.
NOTE: To see an example of how this works out, you can check a previous year's player drops and the resulting draft order/picks, eg. the 2012 Draft Process thread (among others).
NOTE 2: Roster moves, eg. trades, that are completed *after* the keeper selection deadline will not impact determination of draft order/picks.
III. The draft order and picks will be set and announced along w/ the comprehensive list of keeper selections (and dropped players) here in this thread a day or two after the keeper selection deadline based on the rules above in item II.
The actual date/time for the live draft has not been set yet, but will likely be some time around the weekend just before the MLB season begins, ie. weekend before 3/29 (Thur).
Due to concerns about some owners possibly not being able to make the live draft, we will start the draft earlier w/ an initial "slow" draft leading into the appointed live draft. The "slow" portion of the draft will be conducted w/out time limit via posts made over here in this forum thread; however, please do try to be prompt w/ your picks (and alert the next drafting team) so we can get as much of the draft completed as possible before the live portion.The Commish Office will update individual rosters for draft picks made during the "slow" draft.
We will unlock the Yahoo player add/drop function shortly before the live draft.
IV. We will conduct the live draft using Yahoo IM conferencing for live communications, so please get YIM access, if you haven't already. Each team will execute its draft picks using the Yahoo league's player add function.
* We will broadcast who's turn is next for each draft pick -- please wait until you've been told it's your turn before picking.
* Each pick will be allowed upto ~3 minutes to be made before the next pick is up. If the ~3 minutes expire before you make your pick, you will still be allowed to make your pick as soon as possible while the next team makes its pick.
* Once you make your pick, please broadcast in YIM conferencing that you have made your pick to help move the draft along smoothly.
* If you cannot make the live draft, please submit a pre-ranked players list to me for proxy picks. If you're unable to provide a pre-ranked list, you may opt to go w/ Yahoo's O-Rank or ranking based on 2015 player points, but please do let us know which -- you may also add a few straightforward, simple instructions to go along w/ the option of such rankings.
* In the event that some draft picks are not used at the live draft for whatever reasons, we will allow a brief grace period of 24 hours for owners of those draft picks to make up their selections before the FA pool is opened for normal add/drops. Those owners can just submit their missing draft selections in the (TBD) Makeup Draft Picks thread on a first-come-first-serve basis -- I will provide a list of the missing picks in that thread at the end of the live draft.
* In the event that team owners are missing from the draft and pre-ranked proxy lists not provided, we will use Yahoo's O-Rank to make temporary proxy picks for them (unless that ranking is obviously a bad choice for this league) and also allow them to make changes to those picks (and only those picks) w/in the 24 hours following the live draft before we open up the FA pool for normal add/drops. Of course, these changes cannot involve players that other owners drafted already.
I. Each team is allowed to keep/drop as many (keepable) players as it wants from its 2017 year-end roster by the designated deadline tentatively at 11:59pm PT, 3/2 (Fri).
This process will be handled using Yahoo's Keeper Management function. Please note though that Yahoo's keeper selection function is not aware of our keepability critiera regarding real life FAs, so you will need to exclude such players from your keeper selection -- the Commish Office will also doublecheck and correct any oversights in this respect during processing.
II. To determine draft order/picks, we will use the following sequence of steps:
Step 1 - The sole team w/ the most open roster spots will get to make as many picks as necessary until it is no longer the sole team w/ the most open roster spots, ie. it's tied w/ some other team(s) for most open roster spots. If there is no "sole team" for this, then proceed to step 2.
IOW, if the team w/ the most open roster spots has X number more open spots than the team(s) w/ the next most open spots, then that team will have the first X number of picks in the draft.
Step 2 - At this point, all the teams currently tied for the most open roster spots will participate in one round of drafting w/ their draft picks ordered according to their reversed 2017 standings.
Step 3 - Repeat step 2 until we're done w/ the draft. Note that each time we repeat step 2, there might be more teams added to the new round of drafting due to the way the "most open roster spots" criteria works.
NOTE: To see an example of how this works out, you can check a previous year's player drops and the resulting draft order/picks, eg. the 2012 Draft Process thread (among others).
NOTE 2: Roster moves, eg. trades, that are completed *after* the keeper selection deadline will not impact determination of draft order/picks.
III. The draft order and picks will be set and announced along w/ the comprehensive list of keeper selections (and dropped players) here in this thread a day or two after the keeper selection deadline based on the rules above in item II.
The actual date/time for the live draft has not been set yet, but will likely be some time around the weekend just before the MLB season begins, ie. weekend before 3/29 (Thur).
Due to concerns about some owners possibly not being able to make the live draft, we will start the draft earlier w/ an initial "slow" draft leading into the appointed live draft. The "slow" portion of the draft will be conducted w/out time limit via posts made over here in this forum thread; however, please do try to be prompt w/ your picks (and alert the next drafting team) so we can get as much of the draft completed as possible before the live portion.
We will unlock the Yahoo player add/drop function shortly before the live draft.
IV. We will conduct the live draft using Yahoo IM conferencing for live communications, so please get YIM access, if you haven't already. Each team will execute its draft picks using the Yahoo league's player add function.
* We will broadcast who's turn is next for each draft pick -- please wait until you've been told it's your turn before picking.
* Each pick will be allowed upto ~3 minutes to be made before the next pick is up. If the ~3 minutes expire before you make your pick, you will still be allowed to make your pick as soon as possible while the next team makes its pick.
* Once you make your pick, please broadcast in YIM conferencing that you have made your pick to help move the draft along smoothly.
* If you cannot make the live draft, please submit a pre-ranked players list to me for proxy picks. If you're unable to provide a pre-ranked list, you may opt to go w/ Yahoo's O-Rank or ranking based on 2015 player points, but please do let us know which -- you may also add a few straightforward, simple instructions to go along w/ the option of such rankings.
* In the event that some draft picks are not used at the live draft for whatever reasons, we will allow a brief grace period of 24 hours for owners of those draft picks to make up their selections before the FA pool is opened for normal add/drops. Those owners can just submit their missing draft selections in the (TBD) Makeup Draft Picks thread on a first-come-first-serve basis -- I will provide a list of the missing picks in that thread at the end of the live draft.
* In the event that team owners are missing from the draft and pre-ranked proxy lists not provided, we will use Yahoo's O-Rank to make temporary proxy picks for them (unless that ranking is obviously a bad choice for this league) and also allow them to make changes to those picks (and only those picks) w/in the 24 hours following the live draft before we open up the FA pool for normal add/drops. Of course, these changes cannot involve players that other owners drafted already.