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On the old site, we used to have a thread that contained a lot of info for beginners. i'll copy paste what I can from the other threads here, and maybe we can keep this updated. as we go along.
VD 1 will be a Letter (last name) draft, using Additive Scoring.
This means that everyone will have to draft 24 players (hitters and pitchers), and they can only draft 1 player per letter of the alphabet. Once you have picked that letter, all other players from that letter will be off limits. So for instance, if I pick Barry Bonds in the first round, I can't pick another player whose last name starts with B: Lou Brock, Jeff Bagwell, Vida Blue, Charlie Buffington etc
Letter Rankings:
BCMSW: an abundance of players at these letters.
DGHR: reasonably strong
AFJKLPT: care needs to be taken with these letters
ENVO: these letters are weak
QUIZY: very weak (usually we pick 3 players from QUIZY, other times all 5 must be selected)
ERA Eligibility:
Due to the uneven stats that are provided in certain era of baseball (Deadball Era, Modern "Juicing" Era), we put restrictions on the number of players that can be selected from these periods:
Dead-Ball hitter is any hitter who played at all in 1898 or any season prior to 1898.
Dead-Ball pitcher is any pitcher who pitched at all in 1913 or any season preceding 1913.
Contemporary hitter is a hitter who played at all in 1999 or any season after 1999.
Contemporary pitcher is a pitcher who played at all in 1999 or any season after 1999.
IP Minimum:
In order to prevent extreme punting strategies on the pitching side, each team must total a minimum of 15,000 innings pitched (I think this was the number! ... I have 17 and 18,000 in my mind also).
Some general rules:
No discussing or making direct reference to undrafted players. You can make indirect comments regarding a position or a roster slot, but no direct mentioning of undrafted players.
There is a 12 hour clock during weekdays, and the clock is suspended over the weekend. If you know you will be away, it is preferable if you can forward a pick (or choice of picks) so the draft can move on in your absence.
If you miss a pick and time out, you will be skipped until you return. Later in the draft this rule is suspended, and all picks must be made before the draft can proceed. This is to prevent some teams getting an unfair advantage.
The John Montgomery Ward Rule
I think (!!!) a player can be selected as a hitter or a pitcher where they are eligible for both. There are a few cases (e.g. Ward, Ruth) where a player is draft eligible as both a hitter and a pitcher. For example, John Ward the Hitter and John Ward the pitcher are viewed as separate players. I don't remember why we decided this, but we did.
Positions
Everyone must draft all of the following positions:
C
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
MI
CI
OF
OF
OF
OF
OF
UTIL
Px9
Scoring
We will use the standard additive roto scoring, where all the scores from each category are added up to provide a final total ... in this case it will be a 20x20 Additive draft. Other times we use multiplicative scoring ... in this format be multiply rather than add the scoring categories together.
VD 1 will be a Letter (last name) draft, using Additive Scoring.
This means that everyone will have to draft 24 players (hitters and pitchers), and they can only draft 1 player per letter of the alphabet. Once you have picked that letter, all other players from that letter will be off limits. So for instance, if I pick Barry Bonds in the first round, I can't pick another player whose last name starts with B: Lou Brock, Jeff Bagwell, Vida Blue, Charlie Buffington etc
Letter Rankings:
BCMSW: an abundance of players at these letters.
DGHR: reasonably strong
AFJKLPT: care needs to be taken with these letters
ENVO: these letters are weak
QUIZY: very weak (usually we pick 3 players from QUIZY, other times all 5 must be selected)
ERA Eligibility:
Due to the uneven stats that are provided in certain era of baseball (Deadball Era, Modern "Juicing" Era), we put restrictions on the number of players that can be selected from these periods:
Dead-Ball hitter is any hitter who played at all in 1898 or any season prior to 1898.
Dead-Ball pitcher is any pitcher who pitched at all in 1913 or any season preceding 1913.
Contemporary hitter is a hitter who played at all in 1999 or any season after 1999.
Contemporary pitcher is a pitcher who played at all in 1999 or any season after 1999.
IP Minimum:
In order to prevent extreme punting strategies on the pitching side, each team must total a minimum of 15,000 innings pitched (I think this was the number! ... I have 17 and 18,000 in my mind also).
Some general rules:
No discussing or making direct reference to undrafted players. You can make indirect comments regarding a position or a roster slot, but no direct mentioning of undrafted players.
There is a 12 hour clock during weekdays, and the clock is suspended over the weekend. If you know you will be away, it is preferable if you can forward a pick (or choice of picks) so the draft can move on in your absence.
If you miss a pick and time out, you will be skipped until you return. Later in the draft this rule is suspended, and all picks must be made before the draft can proceed. This is to prevent some teams getting an unfair advantage.
The John Montgomery Ward Rule
I think (!!!) a player can be selected as a hitter or a pitcher where they are eligible for both. There are a few cases (e.g. Ward, Ruth) where a player is draft eligible as both a hitter and a pitcher. For example, John Ward the Hitter and John Ward the pitcher are viewed as separate players. I don't remember why we decided this, but we did.
Positions
Everyone must draft all of the following positions:
C
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
MI
CI
OF
OF
OF
OF
OF
UTIL
Px9
Scoring
We will use the standard additive roto scoring, where all the scores from each category are added up to provide a final total ... in this case it will be a 20x20 Additive draft. Other times we use multiplicative scoring ... in this format be multiply rather than add the scoring categories together.
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