[USML Announce] League update

Richard E. Robbins RERobbins at iTinker.net
Sat Feb 21 17:37:16 EST 2004


Do we really want to say that any player on the 40 man roster is eligible on
the auction draft?
 
It seems odd to me to say that players with USML rookie status will be
slotted down but that any man on a 40 man roster is eligible in the auction.
 
What about extending your proposed freeze roster and slotting rule to extend
to draft eligibility, i.e., if a player is USML rookie eligible then that
player is simply not available in the auction draft.
 
One rule subjects many more players to the draft than we would normally have
in the draft and the alternative excludes more.  I don't yet have a view as
to which seems more reasonable to me.
 
What do the rest of you think?
 
-- Rich 

SpringKerb at aol.com wrote:

 
 
Gentlemen:
 
I've talked to a few people in the league about temporary rules for the
early draft--slotting, draft eligibility, etc.  If anyone else has any
comments or ideas, please post them.
 
Here's my proposal.  It's an amalgam of what I had in mind originally and
some comments from Rich and Jim.  The intent is to keep it clear, simple and
fair, while remaining more or less in line with the normal rules.
 
Freeze Rosters and Slotting:  Players who currently have USML rookie status
will be treated as rookie-eligibles for freeze list and slotting purposes,
regardless of expected Major League status.  This means they may be retained
as "plus three" players on Roster Freeze Day and will be "slotted down" to
the reserve rosters for the auction draft.  All non-rookies retained on
freeze lists will be "slotted up" for the auction draft, regardless of
expected Major League status.
 
Eligibility for Auction Draft.  All players on American League 40-man
rosters on Draft Day will be eligible for the auction draft, regardless of
expected Major League status.   Any player not on an American League 40-man
roster on Draft Day will not be eligible for the auction draft, regardless
of expected Major League status; provided, however, that any non-rookie who
is under contract with any American League organization may be added to the
pool of players eligible for the auction draft.  Any owner that wishes to do
so should identify each such player at the time freeze lists are submitted.
Any player who is purchased in the auction draft will begin the season with
Year One contract status, even if the player is not on a USML team's active
roster on Opening Day.
 
Eligibility for Rotation Draft.  No changes from the normal rules.
 
Preseason Transactions.  Transactions may be made in the usual manner,
during the week prior to Opening Day.
 
Mark
 
 

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