MLB American League Draft : CHAT

[Nosferatu]

I did text Shane and Milk

 

[Nosferatu]

@Hall you are on the clock...

 

[Hall]

Just got out of school. About to go into movies. Skip for now.

@Ritzarmy

 

[Nosferatu]

@Hall is up for two
@MilkSpiller22 is up for two
@Stakesarehigh is up for one

I did text @CitySushi

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Meh

We know I'm not winning and we know Mookie isn't winning.

This is becoming as boring as the PF


sign me up for tony Phillips, Brandon inge, Bobby higginson, and.....eh......Otis Nixon

Any objections?

Else I will just draft at the end.

 

[Nosferatu]

@Shanemansj13

 

[Nosferatu]

We know I'm not winning and we know Mookie isn't winning.

How do we know that?

 

[Nosferatu]

Ya know I would like the draft to move quicker towards the end but not sure what I can do, some people just think it's okay to make us wait every single time they are OTC. Also when we have drafts where the players drafted at the end aren't well known it slows down because people lose interest in drafting players who aren't superstars...

 

[Stakesarehigh]

How do we know that?

You guys are cool but a month of drafting for a vote that may happen during a nap is kinda just meh

Not digging the vote deal at all.

 

[Mookie]

Meh

We know I'm not winning and we know Mookie isn't winning.

This is becoming as boring as the PF


sign me up for tony Phillips, Brandon inge, Bobby higginson, and.....eh......Otis Nixon

Any objections?

Else I will just draft at the end.

I guess you don't like my squad eh

 

[Nosferatu]

Not digging the vote deal at all.

If you have a better idea I'm all ears...

For me the drafting is the fun part the voting and all the other stuff I don't care about, we pretty much only vote to have some sort of finality for each draft and to get people some hoop cash.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Ya know I would like the draft to move quicker towards the end but not sure what I can do, some people just think it's okay to make us wait every single time they are OTC. Also when we have drafts where the players drafted at the end aren't well known it slows down because people lose interest in drafting players who aren't superstars...

We dont need a bench tbh. That is 5-6 rounds that we could take away

 

[Nosferatu]

We dont need a bench tbh. That is 5-6 rounds that we could take away

We might as well not draft a bullpen either then, bench actually matters to me and in some cases it decides who I vote for.

This is a baseball draft, I thought everyone loved baseball drafts but it seems everyone loves drafting hall of famers and once that's done we might as well stop the draft.

 

[Shanemansj13]

We might as well not draft a bullpen either then, bench actually matters to me and in some cases it decides who I vote for.

This is a baseball draft, I thought everyone loved baseball drafts but it seems everyone loves drafting hall of famers and once that's done we might as well stop the draft.

So bullpen = bench. I dont agree. Just suggesting something that would make this go quicker. The last 5-6 rounds are the slowest. I dont mind waiting at the end, this one is definitely one of the slowest in a long time imo

 

[Nosferatu]

So bullpen = bench. I dont agree. Just suggesting something that would make this go quicker. The last 5-6 rounds are the slowest. I dont mind waiting at the end, this one is definitely one of the slowest in a long time imo

Yep, bullpen is looked at much like bench for most, if you have Mo, Wagner or Hoffman people might take notice otherwise it's meh!

Answer me this, why is this draft slow? Why is any draft slow? I just provided the answer...

 

[Shanemansj13]

Yep, bullpen is looked at much like bench for most, if you have Mo, Wagner or Hoffman people might take notice otherwise it's meh!

Answer me this, why is this draft slow? Why is any draft slow? I just provided the answer...

I barely glance at the bench, the BP I do look at pretty closely. In the end, it’s still #3 on everyone’s list but just about every game you are going to use your BP. Your bench in this series you wont use as much. Just an example. 19 rounds would probably go 4-5 days quicker than 24 rounds. We have done drafts with no bench and things went very smooth...like a baby’s butt

 

[Nosferatu]

I barely glance at the bench, the BP I do look at pretty closely. In the end, it’s still #3 on everyone’s list but just about every game you are going to use your BP. Your bench in this series you wont use as much. Just an example. 19 rounds would probably go 4-5 days quicker than 24 rounds. We have done drafts with no bench and things went very smooth...like a baby’s butt

I guess for me I like finding the guy never drafted before and doing some research to find said player, just sitting here drafting the same players over and over again makes me sleepy! I guess for baseball we will have to stop using bench and if everyone wants to do it now we can eliminate it now and for those that need to draft pen or rotation can do that the rest will wait...

 

[Nosferatu]

I can't text @tducey can someone else please?

 

[femurov]

I said something a few drafts back about how these things are grinding to a halt in the late rounds recently. It has been slowing down a bit compared to when I started here for a while now, but it has really gotten bad over the past few months.

I know personally, I used to make lists and would be keeping tabs on every pick as often as I could, but life has gotten busier for me at work and my home life isn't all that smooth and I just have other things to worry about than who I am going to pick in the 21st round of the AL only mock draft. Life has always been busy, but I could usually throw a name out when I got texted when I was on the clock. Now, especially in these specifically limited drafts, when I get a text and haven't made a pick in a couple of days and I have to look at my team and need a RILB and a RG and a FS, and one has to have played for the Jaguars and one for the Dolphins and one for the Lions, and one of those had to have played in the 70s and 2 in the 80s, I can't always have a pick ready when I get texted.

I get it that it's pretty boring to just do an open draft all the time, and you have to make tweaks to keep it fresh, but we seem to be going through a bit of a drought. I really don't have any sort of solutions to the problem either that hasn't already been brought up. I know we discussed time limits when we get to certain rounds (depending on the sport), and that doesn't sound like a bad idea to start. Couple that with trimming a little off the length of the drafts... maybe 3 bench players and 3 BP guys in MLB, no more than 10 rounds of NBA. I don't think we have much of a bench in football, but maybe we can loosen up on the playing players out of position rules. I'm not saying drafting Michael Vick at WR or anything, but you should be able to have 2 RGs and move one to the left side and stuff like that. I know I've gotten knocked for playing Derrick Thomas as an OLB in a 43 before, even though he did play there one year. I don't know, I'm just throwing things out there. Ultimately, this is your baby, and I am not going to tell you how to raise it and I will probably be around to play with it as much as I can.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

I guess you don't like my squad eh

I was being fecitious. Clearly you know your stuff.

You all do

Historical baseball definitely isn't my forte that much is obvious. Post 1960 moreso