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Post by Brewers GM (Sam/COMMISSIONER) on Aug 5, 2011 16:25:00 GMT -5
The 2011-2012 Off-season in Dugout Dynasty will be big. We will be removing 6 teams permanently from the league to make the league a 24- team league. There has already been 3 teams removed (Pirates, Athletics, and Astros), with two of them being from the NL Central. What I would like to do is make each division have 4 teams. Knowing that the NL Central has 6 teams, and the AL West has 4 teams, every team in the AL West will stay. The Athletics are in the AL West and to make it a 4-team division, we will find a replacement owner for the A's. I will take the least active team from each division (AL East, AL Central, NL East, NL West) and remove them. With the AL West, I will keep the team but find new owners. With the NL Central, we need to make it a 4-team division. The Pirates and Astros have quit, so it helps us. The AL West and NL Central are set for next year.
For the schedule in the offseason, I will give you a preview. I do not have the dates, they will be announced later. This is the order they will be in, and they also could be changed. Here's how I think it will be:
1) Figure out six teams 2) (For me) Fix boards and other stuff 3) Find replacements for other inactive teams staying in league 4) Once have all active owners, have a dispersal draft 5) A period of time for teams to resign all their free agents 6) Have players file for free agency 7) Roster Management time 8) (For me) Start Fantrax league) 9) (A few weeks before the season) Start 2012 Ametuer Draft
I think I have included all the dates. If I have forgotten any, please comment. This order could be changed, but this is the most likely. Once I have the dates for them, I will let everyone know and post them on the calendar.
I will probably update this post a lot, and I will put everything I add in italics, so you know. Please feel free to comment to this post.
Thanks, Sam
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Post by Yankees GM (Donald) on Aug 5, 2011 22:07:37 GMT -5
If we have to why not realign the divisions, eliminate the A's, move the Twins to the West and move the Rays to the Central.
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Post by Brewers GM (Sam/COMMISSIONER) on Aug 5, 2011 22:32:07 GMT -5
If we have to why not realign the divisions, eliminate the A's, move the Twins to the West and move the Rays to the Central. I like having the divisions aligned like the MLB. I think it would be easier to find an owner for the A's. We could do this as a last resort
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Post by Mets GM (Chris) on Aug 5, 2011 23:15:47 GMT -5
Sam: I say the 4 teams not returning we should put there MLB players into free agents .... Only have a draft for there minor league system , and if a team don't want anyone then they can put pass when it's there turn to draft.... The only reason why I say put them into free agents is because the teams really didn't do a good job of keeping there contracts ...
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Post by Brewers GM (Sam/COMMISSIONER) on Aug 5, 2011 23:22:13 GMT -5
Sam: I say the 4 teams not returning we should put there MLB players into free agents .... Only have a draft for there minor league system , and if a team don't want anyone then they can put pass when it's there turn to draft.... The only reason why I say put them into free agents is because the teams really didn't do a good job of keeping there contracts ... Well, that would mean only teams on constantly get the players, and some teams could win most of the players. I think a draft is fair because everyone gets the same amounts of players, and it balances out the teams, then come the free agents. We will have the MLB and MiLB in seperate drafts for sure. For the contracts, we can just start fresh and give them the contracts they have in the MLB.
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Post by Cardinals GM (Travis) on Aug 9, 2011 11:23:25 GMT -5
Sam: I say the 4 teams not returning we should put there MLB players into free agents .... Only have a draft for there minor league system , and if a team don't want anyone then they can put pass when it's there turn to draft.... The only reason why I say put them into free agents is because the teams really didn't do a good job of keeping there contracts ... Well, that would mean only teams on constantly get the players, and some teams could win most of the players. I think a draft is fair because everyone gets the same amounts of players, and it balances out the teams, then come the free agents. We will have the MLB and MiLB in seperate drafts for sure. For the contracts, we can just start fresh and give them the contracts they have in the MLB. While you're right that we'd all be getting a fair share of players, we already have full rosters as it is... and it's not the case that every player on a team is desirable. Whoever gets the top couple players from each team will benefit and the other teams will not be getting such a nice package. I think we need to rework the entire process for absorbing these dead-end franchises.
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Post by Yankees GM (Donald) on Aug 9, 2011 18:02:17 GMT -5
I disagree. Why should a team like the Rockies or Royals be allowed to get a Evan Longoria or player like that when other teams can use it and would make it more competitive. It should be listed like we do the college draft and if a certain team chooses to pass, on their pick they can with no reprecussions. Can do say a 3 round thing and after the remaining players are Free Agents.
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Post by Mets GM (Chris) on Aug 9, 2011 18:20:45 GMT -5
I have to say Yankees I like that ... After 3 rounds then the rest of players are free agents..and just like I said if u don't want to pick then pass on ur pick
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Post by Brewers GM (Sam/COMMISSIONER) on Aug 9, 2011 18:45:17 GMT -5
Its seems that missing your pick= tough luck is the top choice. What if you miss your pick, then you get two picks the next round? This way, no inactive(ish) team will be hurt in the future for the next owner? How does this sound?
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Post by Cardinals GM (Travis) on Aug 9, 2011 18:58:26 GMT -5
I don't know how you guys got on the subject of missed pick from my post.
My point is that you wouldn't want to miss your pick. There ARE guys like Evan Longoria available... but only about 2 or 3 players per team being absorbed.
However, the slim number of superstars greatly changes the strength of the draft towards those teams that get to pick first.
On another note, do we just keep their salaries if they are under contract?
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Post by Mets GM (Chris) on Aug 9, 2011 19:47:07 GMT -5
No we should use there MLB salary and years to be fair
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Post by Yankees GM (Donald) on Aug 9, 2011 20:27:17 GMT -5
What im saying is rank it by records. If for example i am the last pick and i dont want to pick someone, i dont have to; that way you arent forced to pick shitty players if you dont want them.
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Post by Yankees GM (Donald) on Aug 9, 2011 20:32:09 GMT -5
Well, that would mean only teams on constantly get the players, and some teams could win most of the players. I think a draft is fair because everyone gets the same amounts of players, and it balances out the teams, then come the free agents. We will have the MLB and MiLB in seperate drafts for sure. For the contracts, we can just start fresh and give them the contracts they have in the MLB. While you're right that we'd all be getting a fair share of players, we already have full rosters as it is... and it's not the case that every player on a team is desirable. Whoever gets the top couple players from each team will benefit and the other teams will not be getting such a nice package. I think we need to rework the entire process for absorbing these dead-end franchises. Thats the point. That is the general definition of a draft. Let the worst teams get first shot at the best players. Why add the icing on the cake for a team that wins the WS by letting them get a star from a dead franchise?
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Post by Blue Jays GM (Steve) on Aug 10, 2011 6:24:37 GMT -5
Yankees is making all the right points here, in my opinion...... as for a draft, definitely, the weaker teams get the better players thats how it works ( Longoria should be headed to a weak team ).... 3 rounds sounds about right because there wont be much left after that ( maybe sooner in some opinions...... and if you dont want to pick you shouldnt have to, why add salary if you are not interested in anyone left on the board
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Post by Royals GM (Zack) on Aug 10, 2011 9:34:12 GMT -5
I think we should have a 3game round combine mlb and milbdraft. Star players aren't going to be available by the time the draft gets to teams like myself and the rockies. We could draft depth players or we could decide to start plucking top prospects to rebuilt a weak farm system (at least mine is)
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