Expansion Discussion Thread

[Troyaof]

Virginia will be the final Expansion Team instead of Georgia. This will also not change our realignment and new division setups.

Everyone welcome Steve Waugh (Steve Wunda here on the forum) as our newest and final Expansion owner!

awww, a new minor league team! They can play in my Rookie ball stadium!

Oh snap 

And a new rivalry is born!

[claphamsa]

Virginia will be the final Expansion Team instead of Georgia. This will also not change our realignment and new division setups.

Everyone welcome Steve Waugh (Steve Wunda here on the forum) as our newest and final Expansion owner!

awww, a new minor league team! They can play in my Rookie ball stadium!

Oh snap 

And a new rivalry is born!

I have no rivals! I am imortal

[mstreeter06]

Expansion Draft Protection Lists due on MONDAY, January 6th!

[mstreeter06]

We now have our 4 expansion franchise logos decided. See them in this post in the beginning of this thread... http://www.afblbaseball.com/forum/index.php/topic,327.msg2634.html#msg2634

[mstreeter06]

I'm working on getting the final protection lists done for each franchise and then will be getting a spreadsheet ready of all available players for the upcoming expansion draft. Stay tuned.

The top post for each team will be the final list for players that are protected either in the 20-man list or auto-protected from '15 & '16 draft classes along with players that haven't turned 21 on 1/1/2017 plus with 10 or fewer ML ABs.

[claphamsa]

start the expansion draft now!!!``

[Troyaof]

start the expansion draft now!!!``

This! If all rosters are final, lets get it going and then you can start adjusting after the playoffs!

[mstreeter06]

start the expansion draft now!!!``

This! If all rosters are final, lets get it going and then you can start adjusting after the playoffs!

Patience guys. I'm working on a spreadsheet with available players. Plus we had water pipes bust in our townhouse late afternoon yesterday so I've been dealing with that.

[mikezone13]

Matt, I assume you'll sim in-game until the players have retired at the end of 2016, just in case anyone retiring is on the protection lists this will give everyone a chance to add replacement players to their protected lists.

[mstreeter06]

Matt, I assume you'll sim in-game until the players have retired at the end of 2016, just in case anyone retiring is on the protection lists this will give everyone a chance to add replacement players to their protected lists.

Yeah that's another reason. I probably should pause on my spreadsheet since player ratings and such will be slightly different once we rollover to 2017.

This will be a long offseason but it'll be worth it in the long run as we continue to grow as a league. I assure you guys that we'll move as briskly as possible while giving everyone enough time to make adjustments and their selections. Thanks again to everyone for making this an awesome league!

[LT]

For expansion drafters when will we know the draft order and how is that going to be determined?

[mstreeter06]

For expansion drafters when will we know the draft order and how is that going to be determined?

This is next on my list along with getting the available players spreadsheet finished.

I'll likely use an actual coin flip or online randomizer to determine the draft order. The draft will go in a serpentine order as well.

The expansion team FA Draft will use the opposite draft order for that draft.

[LT]

great!

[mstreeter06]

I haven't seen or heard from Matthew Katz who is scheduled to be leading the expansion Nevada Dons franchise. I have an email sent to him this morning. If I don't hear from him by tomorrow afternoon, we'll have to QUICKLY fill his spot.

Stay tuned!

[Troyaof]

Is tomorrow afternoon the start of the Exp draft. Time enough for Frank to get the draft built in Statslab and such I am assuming?