Post by New York Yankees GM (LM) on Sept 21, 2016 11:40:09 GMT -4
The league will begin with each team owner selecting a franchise of their choice.
The franchise is for naming purposes only, you do not receive any players from that team. All players must be drafted.
Once the teams are selected the divisions will be divided on the most logical geographical purpose, if required.
The draft order will be determined by a random draft generator website, the site to be used will be determined closer to the time of the draft.
Teams will have 24 hours to make their pick, if they are not available please provide a player draft order to allow the LM to conduct your pick if necessary.
The team owners select a player and receive that player and their real life salary.
Players not selected in the draft will become free agents and teams may then bid freely on them. This will allow all players to be used whilst removing horrible contracts.
There will be corresponding prospect draft which runs alongside the major league draft, in which only prospects can be selected in this draft.
Please note only MLB signed prospects may be drafted, for example high school, college and international prospects cannot be drafted. This is so that the yearly prospect draft has talent for teams to draft.
A player shall be considered a prospect unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues.
Prospects cannot be selected in the Major League player draft.
The master roster will be updated as the draft goes on to keep track until ESPN fantasy baseball is launched next spring to run the league.
The MLB draft will run for 15-18 rounds to create the core of each roster. The remaining MLB players will be released to the FA pool deleting their real life contracts and can then be bid on in free agency.
The franchise is for naming purposes only, you do not receive any players from that team. All players must be drafted.
Once the teams are selected the divisions will be divided on the most logical geographical purpose, if required.
The draft order will be determined by a random draft generator website, the site to be used will be determined closer to the time of the draft.
Teams will have 24 hours to make their pick, if they are not available please provide a player draft order to allow the LM to conduct your pick if necessary.
The team owners select a player and receive that player and their real life salary.
Players not selected in the draft will become free agents and teams may then bid freely on them. This will allow all players to be used whilst removing horrible contracts.
There will be corresponding prospect draft which runs alongside the major league draft, in which only prospects can be selected in this draft.
Please note only MLB signed prospects may be drafted, for example high school, college and international prospects cannot be drafted. This is so that the yearly prospect draft has talent for teams to draft.
A player shall be considered a prospect unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues.
Prospects cannot be selected in the Major League player draft.
The master roster will be updated as the draft goes on to keep track until ESPN fantasy baseball is launched next spring to run the league.
The MLB draft will run for 15-18 rounds to create the core of each roster. The remaining MLB players will be released to the FA pool deleting their real life contracts and can then be bid on in free agency.