Draft Chat (610 views)

[stephen]

Hi all,

So the keepers are decided and it's time for another 4-6 weeks of exciting fantasy baseball drafting!

The draft will officially start on Wednesday 25th at midnight GMT (7PM ET) but, as with previous years, owners can get started earlier if they so wish. The clock won’t start til Wednesday though.

The rules are the same as last year, with a 12 hour time limit for each pick. The different time zones are nicely bunched together in the draft order so hopefully it should be a relatively speedy draft. A few notes:

• Any owner who doesn’t make their pick within the time limit will be given the highest-ranked available player according to the ESPN rankings.
• If you know you’re not going to be around to make your pick when your turn comes around please send a list of your picks to someone who can make your pick on your behalf.
• Please also make sure you email or PM the next owner once you’ve made your pick. Also be aware that you shouldn’t rely solely on emails/PMs to tell you when it’s your turn. It’s probably a good idea to check your PM notification settings (Profile > Edit Profile > Notifications) to make sure they’re right.
• If a player you want to draft isn’t in the ESPN system yet, you can still draft them but you'll have to wait til they’re in the system before you can add them to your roster.

I’ll be updating the draft spreadsheet as well as the Draft Results thread as we go, and feel free to use this thread to discuss the draft and such like.

Happy drafting!

[chris]

Is it just me or is anyone else having this awesome feeling of joy running through the body when we're rolling with the first picks of the draft

[matthew]

Joy, but also restlessness. Remind me not to finish 1st this season - it's too long to wait for my pick to come round!

[chris]

After how many clicks of "Refresh" per minute to see if a new pick has been made is my habit seen as unhealthy?

[matthew]

Oh I think we're allowed at least fifteen per min before it becomes pathological.

[chris]

Feb 22, 2015 18:27:50 GMT matthew said:

Oh I think we're allowed at least fifteen per min before it becomes pathological.

Sounds good man, I can live with that

[MotownLowdown]

I asked the doctor to remove my 'F5' button.

[matthew]

Feb 22, 2015 18:32:55 GMT MotownLowdown said:

I asked the doctor to remove my 'F5' button.

Not from your body I hope

That would be taking things too far

[Will]

This is my first time doing a Roto league, normally done Head to Head points and just straight points, and never ever keepers, which makes peoples different strategies very interesting. Also, never had a 5 man out field, how on earth are the hitters supposed to find the gaps with that in front of them??

[matthew]

5 outfielders, an extra couple of infielders; I think you've put your finger on why offense is in decline around the Majors.


This is my third season in this league but prior to that I'd only done the casual type of fantasy sports where everyone can pick Mike Trout if they want to, just have to stay within a set budget. I think the average age of my keepers this year testifies to the fact that I've still not really got my head round the idea of planning for 2016, 2017 etc.

[Will]

Likewise my early draft suggests I'm in it for the now. I have conducted only one draft like this before, which was for Fantasy County Cricket, took about 2 weeks but was even harder as had no projections or any status updates on any of the players. After that we just all met up at a pub and sorted it in 2 hours. When I do my 90 second draft in a months times I probably won't be able to cope with the pace!

[darthchris]

Does he know he's up?

[tratpat]

Sorry guys. My pharmacy school has had 6 snow days out of a possible 7 school days. They gave us double exams today to make up.

[matthew]

No worries, buddy. The last few rounds have been motoring along at such a pace that a little hiatus is no problem.

[darthchris]

Going to bed myself now. Laters all.