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

Posted by Jtpsops on 11/13/2024 12:26:00 PM (view original):
Pitching is overrated. Right?

I hope so...

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.

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.

2020 Zac Britton Yankees

Round 18

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.

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.

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.

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...

Round 19 - Red Sox
Rich Hill 2015

Holy Sh!t - I got the Yankees!

Round Nineteen:

1971 Bobby Murcer

Round 19, Padres
Need some backup PAs at 1B and 3B
2012 Chase Headley

Round 19 Giants

2017 Buster Posey

Round 19:

2018 Justin Verlander (Astros)