Alright, so I thought I'd sum up the "Winter Meetings" discussion, and put things to a vote.
1. New draft order
a) Each team gets a number of pingpong balls equal to its finish.
b) The winning team cannot get the #1 draft selection
I don't have the exact odds for each pick, because that would take a bit more work/thinking than simple probability.
2. Expansion
I think the general consensus was to add one team this year, if possible. But we should put it to an official vote.
Also, how should the expansion draft be conducted?
a) Any unkept player may be drafted.
b) 1 player from each team may be drafted.
3. Expansion draft position
And, if we do add a team, we'd need to figure out where to put them in the draft. I don't think that has been discussed at all.
I guess we should just "vote" in the comments section of this, unless someone really would like it to be anonymous.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Winter Meetings 2009
While the real execs got to live in up in Vegas, we are going to have to make due with this crappy blog. I thought we could get some discussion going regarding any rule changes/expansions for 2009 on the blog instead of having to sift through old emails.
Issue #1: Expansion
There has been some discussion for adding more teams to the league. I am definitely in favor as a 6 team league is a bit limiting. We expanded the rosters last year to compensate for only having 6 teams and I think it worked out pretty well. Without doing any sort of calculations based on position scarcity, I feel like we could add one more team with the current roster configuration. If we added 2 teams, I think we would have to eliminate a pitcher spot.
The next question would be how to add keepers to the team(s). It could be as simple as letting them have their pick anyone remaining after the original teams select their keepers.
Issue #2: Draft Order
Last year I think we took the bottom 3 teams and assigned them draft picks 1-3 and then took the top 3 teams and assigned them spots 4-6. I think this gives too much incentive to try to punt your season as you will at least be guaranteed a top 3 pick. It probably isn't fair to change the rules for this season, but we should for next year I think.
If anyone has any other issues to discuss, let's try to keep everything on this blog for easy access.
Issue #1: Expansion
There has been some discussion for adding more teams to the league. I am definitely in favor as a 6 team league is a bit limiting. We expanded the rosters last year to compensate for only having 6 teams and I think it worked out pretty well. Without doing any sort of calculations based on position scarcity, I feel like we could add one more team with the current roster configuration. If we added 2 teams, I think we would have to eliminate a pitcher spot.
The next question would be how to add keepers to the team(s). It could be as simple as letting them have their pick anyone remaining after the original teams select their keepers.
Issue #2: Draft Order
Last year I think we took the bottom 3 teams and assigned them draft picks 1-3 and then took the top 3 teams and assigned them spots 4-6. I think this gives too much incentive to try to punt your season as you will at least be guaranteed a top 3 pick. It probably isn't fair to change the rules for this season, but we should for next year I think.
If anyone has any other issues to discuss, let's try to keep everything on this blog for easy access.
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