2013 Winter Meetings

[mstreeter06]

We will hold our Winter Meetings here. We will discuss any rule changes, improvements, or anything else that needs to be addressed before the 2014 season...

[mstreeter06]

Expansion?
   2015? 2016? 2017? 2018? Wait for now?

Enable DH?
   No? Yes-both leagues? Yes-1 league?

Active Roster and Expanded Roster Size?
   No change? Increase, if so how much?

Enable Interleague Play?
   Never? Next year? 2017 (AFBL's 5th year)?

Number games in ML season?
   No change? Add/subtract?

Enable International and/or Independent League FAs?
   Never? Enable in 2015? Enable in the future?

Any other changes, thoughts, or suggestions?

[yuda]

I'd be hesitant to expand until there have at least been a few seasons with no team turnover.

DH: fine. It should be in the PL.

No change.

Never (or rarely -- 5th year is too soon)

I've always liked 154 games but whatever. I'd stick with 162 for record keeping now.

Not clear how int'l/indy league FAs would work in a non-financials league.

[mikezone13]

Expansion?
   None at the moment - ensure a good core of active GMs before expending

Enable DH?
   I'm going to say no, even though it would help with my two 1Bs

Active Roster and Expanded Roster Size?
   Keep as is

Enable Interleague Play?
   An interesting one... I'd quite like to see a 3 game series (or 2 3 game series) against each team in the other league each year, however this would breakup the even number of games against teams in my own league.

Number games in ML season?
   Keep as is, especially in the formative years of the league

Enable International and/or Independent League FAs?
   As yuda said, not sure how this would work in a non-financial league, wouldn't it just be like claiming free agents? Unless you implemented an Int FA "draft" with a lottery for position.

[Chappy]

I think everything is fine as is.

I'd reserve expansion for when you have a waitlist that dictates it.

[DCHepler25]

I agree with everything Chappy said above.

[JKGuy16]

I would say no to expansion until we get a couple seasons in where we don't lose anybody.

I'm indifferent on the DH, prefer no but wouldn't be completely opposed to adding it.

Roster size is perfectly fine.

I'd like to play everyone in the AFBL each season. 

162 is a standard, no reason to deviate from that.

It seems to have been a very successful 2013 season.  Hopefully everyone can be competitive in the 2014 season.

[yuda]

The only reason I'd go to 154 is it would give us a balanced schedule (154 / 7 = 22). W a 162-game season every team plays one opponent one extra time.

(Obviously 161 would also be a balanced schedule in terms of number of times playing each team, but you'd have an odd number of games against everybody, so season series would be unbalanced with regards to home field.)

[yuda]

(Also MLB played 154 for a long time. Their primary concern before divisions was a balanced schedule.)

[mukerka]

I'd like to play everyone in the AFBL each season.

i agree, the other things doesnt matter to me

[mstreeter06]

I'm manually entering in the season awards currently and will upload a new file/reports that run us to November 15th in the game which will take us to our Amateur Draft. I'll allow more owners to input about when it will work best (if possible) next week for our live portion of the ammy draft.


I think next year, I'm going to separate the OF defense award vote for each OF spot so we don't have CFers winning a BDA for a position they technically didn't play .

[NorseKaiser]

I agree with the general consensus above, with the following differences:

DH- I would prefer DH as well, but it doesn't really matter too much to me.

Interleague- I think it would be fun to have a couple of interleague matchups each year.

International- I like the idea if there's a way to incorporate it into a draft.

[Ohio GM]

I would like to see the DH at some point.

No real changes for the other questions  needed yet as I see it.

[mstreeter06]

File/reports are up leading up to our ammy draft. Congrats to our award winners!

FL
Most Valuable Hitter: RF Ignacio Garlez (Arizona)
Most Valuable Pitcher: SP Ned Haas (Oregon)
Reliever Of The Year: RP Tony Jackson (Texas)

Best Defender Award...
P: Chris McCarthy (Arizona)
C: Mike Brown (California)
1B: Randy Murphy (Indiana)
2B: Charles Rutgers (Arizona)
3B: Bob Stagg (Iowa)
SS: Tommy Parker (Indiana)
OF: Cristo De La Garza (Arizona)
OF: Jeff Cummings (Oregon)
OF: Jean-Pierre Pham (Colorado)


PL
Most Valuable Hitter: C Jimmy Marshall (Kentucky)
Most Valuable Pitcher: SP Jorge Sepulveda (New Jersey) unanimous
Reliever Of The Year: RP Daryl Clark (North Carolina)

Best Defender Award...
P: Esteban Osorid (New York)
C: Dan Swain (New Jersey)
1B: Joe Hunter (New Jersey)
2B: Don White (Massachusetts)
3B: Jesus Gutierrez (Kentucky)
SS: Ben Crossin (New York)
OF: Joe Sloan (New York)
OF: Randy Chandler (Kentucky)
OF: Martik Geboyan (New Jersey)


General Manager Of The Year: Aitor Alonso (Texas) 102-60 record

[yuda]

I think next year, I'm going to separate the OF defense award vote for each OF spot so we don't have CFers winning a BDA for a position they technically didn't play .

I'm not sure I'd even vote on defensive awards. Unlike hitting and pitching, I actually trust the game more to evaluate defense.