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Round 18 Franchise Player
1 schwarze Dodgers Max Scherzer 2021
2 pmars2001 Athletics
3 mensu1954 Cardinals Andy Rincon 1981
4 thejuice6 Reds Ed Bailey 1956
5 Jtpsops Twins/Senators Michael Ryan 2003
6 grayfoxx Blue Jays George Bel 1987
7 ff09 Expos/Nats Howie Kendrick 2019
8 3dayrotation Tigers Miguel Cabrera 2012
9 slim senior Red Sox Jonathan Papelbon 2007
10 jbar8888 Padres Fernando Tatis Jr. 2019
11 Dougdawgs Astros/Colts Octavio Dotel 2002
12 trumbull Giants Robb Nen 1998
13 nocomm999 Braves John Smoltz 2003
14 calhoop Indians/Guards Victor Martinez 2007
15 mllama54 Yankees
16 bheid408 Cubs Neifi Perez 2004
11/13/2024 12:28 PM
Posted by Jtpsops on 11/13/2024 12:26:00 PM (view original):
Pitching is overrated. Right?
I hope so...
11/13/2024 12:33 PM

I'm really enjoying this draft and this theme - good job BHEID!

If/When we do this theme again, I'd like to offer a suggestion for the next go-around. Pooh-Pooh it if you like...either way, I'm in for the next iteration.

Since there seemed to be enough interest to take it to 24 teams, we could do twelve National League teams and twelve American League teams. N.L. would only be drafting from the twelve N.L. teams chosen and the A.L. etc. etc.

The year range is at the commish's discretion but I kinda like the 70-year span that he did this time, regardless of what year it begins or ends.


11/13/2024 12:44 PM
RD 18: A's
2019 Marcus Semien
11/13/2024 12:50 PM
I definitely think you have to eliminate dead ball pitchers and some of the early-20th century studs given the random nature of the theme.

I like the idea of going 16 again and blacklisting the 4 keeper players from franchises already used.

Either way, some fun possibilities. I'm in for another round.
11/13/2024 12:51 PM
2020 Zac Britton Yankees

Round 18
11/13/2024 1:02 PM
I would be up for another round as well, although I would prefer no blacklist. I do like the $13M cap to remove the ultra-studs.

Since people are throwing out suggestions...

If doing a 24-team league (regardless if it's 12 AL / 12 NL or any 24 franchises), I would suggest the following change.

1. Each team would take only two players from his franchise, one hitter and one pitcher.
2. Then hold a 23-round draft similar to what is currently being done, except...
(a) create the "franchise distribution grid" in advance so that each person would draft one player from each of the other 23 franchises. Call these schedules 1, 2, 3... 23. (You'd have to set this up in advance to guarantee nobody would have more than one player per franchise).
(b) the exact order of selection would still be random... at the beginning of each round, you would draw a random number between 1 and 23.

This will mitigate some of the luck due to randomness. Getting 3-4 players from the Yankees or Dodgers is not the same as getting 3-4 players from the Twins or Padres. Also, with 24 franchises (instead of 16), the difference between the "best" and "worst" franchises is even greater, making it even more important to balance things out.
11/13/2024 1:17 PM (edited)
I feel it would lead to more strategy if we eliminate clones completely.
We already have 6 Pujols and 6 Kershaws - there are enough other guys that we could be using.
11/13/2024 1:18 PM
Posted by grayfoxx on 11/13/2024 1:18:00 PM (view original):
I feel it would lead to more strategy if we eliminate clones completely.
We already have 6 Pujols and 6 Kershaws - there are enough other guys that we could be using.
We could even consider allowing clones, provided they’re from different franchises. Lots of ways to keep things fresh.
11/13/2024 1:35 PM (edited)
i like the random draws and the fact that we can all draft at the same time (not waiting for any one person before my turn)...

only allowing one version of a player would make decisions harder and significantly weaken overall rosters. i would want to see how things go before talking about that kind of change...

11/13/2024 1:36 PM
Round 19 - Red Sox
Rich Hill 2015
11/13/2024 1:52 PM

Holy Sh!t - I got the Yankees!

Round Nineteen:

1971 Bobby Murcer


11/13/2024 1:57 PM
Round 19, Padres
Need some backup PAs at 1B and 3B
2012 Chase Headley
11/13/2024 1:58 PM
Round 19 Giants

2017 Buster Posey
11/13/2024 1:59 PM
Round 19:

2018 Justin Verlander (Astros)
11/13/2024 2:03 PM
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