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Proposal # 9 Multiple Nukes to activate farm/reserve list

Richie — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:44:42 +0000

Owners should be allowed multiple nukes ONLY to activate players they own at the end of the draft either reserved or on the farm. Example the draft ends and Flowers is on TRC reserve list and Joe Benson is on our farm……….Benson gets called up both players start playing well so we want to activate them . Under the current rule I’d need an injury, trade or the one nuke. This would allow more control and flexibility of our farm and reserve list. Seeing how we already own those two players we don’t effect priority or any other team. Would just mean two more players hit the waiver wire

Again I’d like this to only cover players owned at the end of the draft, it wouldn’t be for players picked up and reserved during the season.

Thoughts?

2011 WM Proposal #8 Players Lost to NL Compensation

Sot — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:52:36 +0000

To follow along with MLB:

No draft pick compensation will be allowed to any SOT team for a player lost to NL via FA or Traded to NL unless the player was

1. On your keeper List entering the season

2. Drafted onto your 24 (20 farm) roster.

This would eliminate teams from picking up players who may qualify late in the year just to get a draft pick the following year.

This would take effect in 2013.

Thoughts/Comments/Concerns?

2012 Draft Compensation List

Sot — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:36:40 +0000

Here are the minutes from Pat. Post any inaccuracies and/ or corrections that need to be made in the comments.

MLB and MiLB Players lost to NL

WAR (Offense) has replaced VORP

o Compensation rewarded at end of 2^nd rd

§ Higher the WAR, higher the pick if multiple guys qualify

§ Milb, the higher the rank the better the pick

o Top 3 at each IF position and DH

o Top 10 OF

o Top 20 SP

o Top 5 RP

Milb, we will use top 100 from the following:

o Keith Law

o Sickles

o BA

o BP

Name just has to appear on one of these lists
Top 100 is mix of AL and NL
Footnote: Once the new season begins, we will use the upcoming year’s list. For instance, Rizzo and Fuentes would be applied to 2011 lists but they are grandfathered into the voting comp rule of 2010.

Proposal #7 Keeper Eligibility

Sot — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:13:22 +0000

MLB new rule doesn’t allow FA compensation to the team losing a player to FA the following year if that team acquired the player during the season. For example, the Sox add Roy Oswalt in July, he then leaves for FA. The sox wouldn’t be able to get compensation.

I’d like to apply this to SOT. For example, Mike Carp, was picked via FA in 2011. My rule, which would be imposed in 2013, wouldn’t allow DMB to keep Carp on this roster, making him a FA in next years draft.

I haven’t thought this out at all, but wanted to get it down on paper for all to discuss.

Thoughts?

DMB

Proposal #6 25 Man Roster

TillmanUSA — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:54:00 +0000

MLB teams have the choice between how many pitchers or position players they want on their MLB active roster. For instance, there may be times when the Rays carry 11 pitchers and the Sox carry 10, totally a strategy for what suites their needs at the time.

I propose we move to a 25 man roster adding a position for U/P. GM preference on whether to carry a 2nd U spot or a 11th P.

Astros are coming, we have 20 man minor leagues and I doubt we will have SOT expansion. No better time than now to move to a 25 man roster!

Proposal #5: If he’s on the farm he’s on the farm/Bartolo Colon Rule

prospecttube — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:13:40 +0000

The current “Bartolo Colon” rule states: Once a player exceeds MLB rookie status (150AB’s, 50IP, etc), he has to start the following season on an SOT active roster, regardless of his actual MLB placement – big leagues or minors.

I propose we change this rule. We initially added this rule to prevent Colon situations, where an established MLB player signs a minor league contract, rehabs in AAA, then gets called up the MLB level. The league decided that a Colon-type player should have to start on an active SOT roster. I’d like to see us separate the Colon’s, who had more than 6 years of MLB service time, from Kyle Seager, Josh Bell, Fautino De Los Santos, Mike Carp, Kyle Drabek, Zach Stewart, Tyson Ross, Carlos Carrasco, Trayvon Robinson, Sal Perez, etc.

If the MLB team decides to start this type of player on the farm, in my view it’s unfair to require the SOT team to start them on the active roster. This group still falls under the “needs more time in the minors” tag, hence the MLB team is starting them on the farm. I’d suggest we use 3 years of MLB service time as demarcation to separate Colon’s from Drabek’s.

Proposal #4: The JM Is Killing My DraftDay Buzz Rule

prospecttube — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:11:58 +0000

I didn’t think it would come to this, but I’m afraid it has. JM killed the Draft Day buzz with his performance last year, just flat out murdered it. I think we need to initiate a clock on each pick, and I propose we start it at 3 minutes in Rd’s 1-2, then 5 minutes for the remainder of the draft. If you don’t have your pick in, just like in the NFL, you “pass.”

Proposal #3: Players on 60 Day DL

Evil Empire — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:29:37 +0000

Players on a a teams 60 Day DL would not be required to be on your active roster for the draft. Salaries would count as normal, but players would be allowed to be on a reserve list prior to the draft. For every player on the 60 Day DL that a team moves to their reserve list, that team would forfeit one farm player draft slot, so as to prevent player hoarding and keep all teams at the same number of players. For example, if team X were to move two players who are on the 60 Day DL to their reserve list, then team X would have 18 farm slots to fill for that draft.

Proposal #2: Player Options, Two Too Many.

prospecttube — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:31:11 +0000

I propose we reduce the total number of options per player from 3 (current rule) to 1. The 1 option should still provide the flexibility we desired on rookie type players.

Proposal #1: FUCK WINS

prospecttube — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:36:33 +0000

Seriously, Fuck Wins. It’s 2012, how the hell do we still have this as a category? It’s December and we’ve already had 100+ league emails, how many other leagues are paying attention 12 months a year, with 20 farm slots, a 30 page constitution, winter meetings, and 18 year olds getting traded for league MVP’s? None. Remove wins, add Inning’s Pitched. Boom, done. Starting pitchers still keep the value they deserve, and we remove the fluky shit going on with Wins.