Ammy Draft Date

[Ohio GM]

What is so hard to create lists in Statslab people.   

Matt should not have to spend time changing the timing for the lazy.

1st round 6hrs, after 1 hr.  It is not that hard to stay on top of this if it is important to you. If not, just auto draft.

So, if you get my tone, leave it alone. 

[mstreeter06]

Amen brother

[BaseballAddict32]

A few thoughts. If we do move it the only year the draft order is an issue is next year. Beyond that it goes by the previous season standings. Only reason that doesn't work next draft is it doubles up on this year's standings. So if anything we'd need to agre on how to structure next seasons order.

Also if your picks has been going for six hours the commish should auto pick it period regardless. If you are going to be stuck at work set a list. As helpful as Matt is I am sure as a back up you could give him positions of need in case your list gets used up. But if you know how far off your pick is its not that tough to make a list. If you choose not to you get what you get. I might even reduce to four or five hours.

If we do move it Id just suggest records to date next year. Lotteries are too fickle. Worst team needs the most help. Stands to reason.

[yuda]

I don't mind moving it but why do we need a lottery? I'm not a fan of the lottery part and would vote against this for that reason.

[mstreeter06]

If we did move it to the middle of the season, the issue would be how to set the draft order for the 1st moved draft.

For example, if the 2025 Draft was moved from November 2025... we could either skip the 2025 Draft or hold the 2025 Draft in June/July 2025 but what order would we use is the issue.

If the draft does get moved to the middle of the season, the first draft moved would be the only issue but it would likely be worth it for the drafts onward.

[Qdog915]

I was in a league where non playoff teams were in a lottery. That was fun.

I'd be cool moving it as long as we have the order thing hammered out before hand.

[claphamsa]

i think it makes more sense to draft for a set period of time then autoing it, but im sure i have said that 3 times already.

[mstreeter06]

No decision will be made on this for this offseason. I need to think about how to best handle the situation either with improving our current situation or if moved to the middle of the season the best way to do it.

[Chappy]

I like BaseballAddict's suggestion of using "records to date" whenever we move the draft up.

And just so I understand this correctly, we're not ACTUALLY talking about moving the draft date?   Just the pool announcement date, and then using the extra time from the pool announcement to the end of the playoffs to draft in statslab.  Then the draft results are still entered in in November.  Is that correct?

[Chappy]

How about this suggestion for whenever we move the draft forward;

Begin the draft after 81 games, using the standings through the first 81 games of the season. 

Then, run the following year's draft based on the standings of games 82-162 (ignore playoff finish for that one year).

[24Rocks]

How about this suggestion for whenever we move the draft forward;

Begin the draft after 81 games, using the standings through the first 81 games of the season. 

Then, run the following year's draft based on the standings of games 82-162 (ignore playoff finish for that one year).

SO one year slpit season basicly

[Chappy]

Yep.

[mikezone13]

How about just not moving it, it's fine where it is.

Anyone who who is auto'd for one pick is set to full auto until they decide to change it.

I am completely against an 'extra draft' - it throws out the talent balance for future years and there is no 'fair' way to run it.

We also trade draft picks into the future so they quality of the draft can't be manually tampered with.

Just remember, it's not the draft that's broken, it's GMs taking too much time. Come up with solutions to fix the real problem, the real problem isn't when the draft is held.

[Qdog915]

But if we move the draft date, and set it so the pool comes out at the same time as today, we have longer to run the draft in stats lab, resulting in less simming of the last few rounds. Some people do like to control their entire draft. And we don't have to hold up the season.

[Chappy]

Yeah Mike, there's no additional draft.  We're just starting the drafting sooner, so figuring out the draft order the first time we do it is tricky.