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Post by archrivals on Dec 1, 2008 20:20:49 GMT -6
Since the vote on player pool expansion is almost over, its time to turn our attention to dates to decide on minor league/prospect signings. With the cards due to be getting shipped this week, supposedly, I was thinking something like January 11th, for the cutoff date to sign minors and/or prospects. This would give everyone time to get their cards and take a look.....thoughts?
Also, we need to start thinking about draft day.........
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Post by happytimefunboy on Dec 1, 2008 21:45:10 GMT -6
The one problem with that (I Think) is we won't know who is on the official rosters yet... that's not released till February. (Or we base it on the February rosters correct?) As for draft day pick any weekend day... Sat or Sunday and we all have to take a sick day to make it... Did we find out what program we are using and if it will allow us to remove players teams etc? What was the results of the vote?
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Post by BLB Tejanos on Dec 5, 2008 12:02:49 GMT -6
The one problem with that (I Think) is we won't know who is on the official rosters yet... that's not released till February. (Or we base it on the February rosters correct?) As for draft day pick any weekend day... Sat or Sunday and we all have to take a sick day to make it... Did we find out what program we are using and if it will allow us to remove players teams etc? What was the results of the vote? I think one part we affect, the other we do not. Meaning, when we decide which minor leaguers/prospects we're keeping/cutting, that'll set the initial draft list. What roster moves that MLB teams make between then and whichever date we set to "freeze" the rosters will then alter it, but with only 4 teams outside the player pool, it won't have much of an impact, as 90% of the free agents in MLB sign with their respective teams in Nov-Jan. I was really hoping the cards would be out sooner, so we could have a date to determine when to protect/cut minor leaguers/prospects sooner - say like, by NOW. But alas, the cards aren't here, and even only the people that ordered them quickest probably won't have them until Christmas. Still, that begs the question - do you really need to SEE the cards for certain minor leaguers/prospects (that got a card) to determine if you're going to keep them or not? I don't mean that facetiously, I am just curious. My reasoning for keeping a minor leaguer for his option year at $10 would be simply because a particular minor leaguer plays a particular position that I'd need to fill a role with. Would it make too much of a difference to me if he were a C instead of a C+ range for me to determine whether I'd keep him or not? Not likely. But see, here's the catch 22: Say I need to fill a certain position, say SS. Say I've got a minor leaguer who sits on the bubble for me whether I'll keep him or not. Well, there's two things I'd want to know in order to determine if I'd want to keep him or not: 1) His #'s (stats and his card info) 2) What else would be available via the draft The problem is, you really can't have both pieces of information; it's one or the other. Because if we don't set a date to determine when teams MUST either protect or cut their minor leaguers, or even a date for when guys will cut carded salary guys they want to get rid of, then you don't have much of a draft list, and therefore don't know who to compare the guy you MIGHT protect to. Follow my meaning? So, I think you just need to determine whether to cut or protect a minor leaguer on the simple premise of what his stats tell you; then take the risk of whether or not what you're looking for will be in the draft. It's like laying all your cards down at the poker table at the same time, and everyone sees what the other's hand is. I'd like to see the deadline date for cutting or protecting minor leaguers and carded prospects come sooner than later for that very reason - it helps build the draft list much earlier, which in turn also helps trading because then everyone knows what's in the draft - thus making it easier to see if the kind of player you're looking for is likely available via the draft (at a reasonable dollar amount) vs. going to have to go get it in trade. The trade market's been slow so far this offseason for the simple reason that we're all still holding our cards too close to the vest, so to speak.
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Post by happytimefunboy on Dec 6, 2008 1:04:03 GMT -6
No matter what the draft list cannot even be started till February. I do see your point in determining our rosters a little before that.
I say we should have our final rosters done by Feb 1rst. Gives us lots of time to do draft prep after that date and will let us know who is available for the draft on the same day as our MLB teams final 40 man rosters.
Just my 2cents.
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