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Rules and stuff
The farm draft will officially start on Thursday, July 16th at 9am. We can pick off the clock before then, and I would encourage you to do so.
As of now, the official number of picks is set. If you trade a pick you must get one back. You are still welcome to trade picks but please follow this rule so nobody ends up with >7 players... but of course, if you trade one of your current farm players for a pick then you don't need a pick back.
[For those who don't remember, or are still confused... picks are assigned before trades are processed. I look at your roster, you have 3 farm guys, so you get 4 picks. If you traded one of those 4 picks and didn't get one back, you get a supplemental pick at the END of the draft. The only rule is that you must own a pick to trade it, so if you traded a 3rd round pick, you can only keep 4 players.]
For round 1, we will use a 6-hour timeout rule... but it won't go into effect until we're on the clock. (So if Conn picks right now then Jeff still has until 3pm on Thursday.) For rounds 2-6, we'll use a 4-hour timeout. The clock will run from 9am-9pm EST.
I will set a deadline of August 3rd for the draft to be completed. Any picks not made by then are forfeit.
To be eligible for the farm draft, a player must be:
-ROY eligible (ignoring service time, so <130 AB or <50 IP)
-Property of a major league team (2014 draftees count, but if they don't sign by the deadline of July 15, then you lose them)
-Not already owned by a PONY team (duh)
-Not in the major leagues*
*As of July 13th, 2015 at 9am EST all eligible players are frozen. If they're in the minors as of now, they're eligible. If they're in the majors, they're not. If they are down now, and they're called up tomorrow, they're still eligible. If they are up now and sent down tomorrow, they are still not eligible. Note, for the purposes of this draft, a player picked in the 2015 MLB amateur draft is considered property of his team even if he hasn't signed yet. [That means there are some J2/Cuban signees who haven't signed yet. They are NOT eligible. Not even if they sign in the next couple days. That includes Eddy Julio Martinez.]
This also means that no roster shenanigans are allowed. Anyone on a PONY roster as of July 13th at 8am is not eligible. I can't cut Kevin Gausman right before my 4th round pick and then pick him in the draft.
Relevant Pick Trades
Griswold's trade 2nd round farm pick 2015 for Axford and Junk Dogz 2015 3rd round farm pick 2015
Tasmanian Devils trade Ben Zobrist, Daniel Murphy, and Taz 2016 6th round reserve pick to Lildogs 2 for Micah Johnson, Lildogs 2015 first round minor league pick, and Lildogs 2016 3rd round reserve pick.
Red Wave trade their 1st round farm pick in 2015 to Junk Dogz for Yordano Ventura and their first round farm pick in 2015
Griswold's trade Gris 3rd round farm pick 2015 and Navarro to Court St for Sal Perez and Court St 1st round farm pick 2015
Rules and stuff
The farm draft will officially start on Thursday, July 16th at 9am. We can pick off the clock before then, and I would encourage you to do so.
As of now, the official number of picks is set. If you trade a pick you must get one back. You are still welcome to trade picks but please follow this rule so nobody ends up with >7 players... but of course, if you trade one of your current farm players for a pick then you don't need a pick back.
[For those who don't remember, or are still confused... picks are assigned before trades are processed. I look at your roster, you have 3 farm guys, so you get 4 picks. If you traded one of those 4 picks and didn't get one back, you get a supplemental pick at the END of the draft. The only rule is that you must own a pick to trade it, so if you traded a 3rd round pick, you can only keep 4 players.]
For round 1, we will use a 6-hour timeout rule... but it won't go into effect until we're on the clock. (So if Conn picks right now then Jeff still has until 3pm on Thursday.) For rounds 2-6, we'll use a 4-hour timeout. The clock will run from 9am-9pm EST.
I will set a deadline of August 3rd for the draft to be completed. Any picks not made by then are forfeit.
To be eligible for the farm draft, a player must be:
-ROY eligible (ignoring service time, so <130 AB or <50 IP)
-Property of a major league team (2014 draftees count, but if they don't sign by the deadline of July 15, then you lose them)
-Not already owned by a PONY team (duh)
-Not in the major leagues*
*As of July 13th, 2015 at 9am EST all eligible players are frozen. If they're in the minors as of now, they're eligible. If they're in the majors, they're not. If they are down now, and they're called up tomorrow, they're still eligible. If they are up now and sent down tomorrow, they are still not eligible. Note, for the purposes of this draft, a player picked in the 2015 MLB amateur draft is considered property of his team even if he hasn't signed yet. [That means there are some J2/Cuban signees who haven't signed yet. They are NOT eligible. Not even if they sign in the next couple days. That includes Eddy Julio Martinez.]
This also means that no roster shenanigans are allowed. Anyone on a PONY roster as of July 13th at 8am is not eligible. I can't cut Kevin Gausman right before my 4th round pick and then pick him in the draft.
Relevant Pick Trades
Griswold's trade 2nd round farm pick 2015 for Axford and Junk Dogz 2015 3rd round farm pick 2015
Tasmanian Devils trade Ben Zobrist, Daniel Murphy, and Taz 2016 6th round reserve pick to Lildogs 2 for Micah Johnson, Lildogs 2015 first round minor league pick, and Lildogs 2016 3rd round reserve pick.
Red Wave trade their 1st round farm pick in 2015 to Junk Dogz for Yordano Ventura and their first round farm pick in 2015
Griswold's trade Gris 3rd round farm pick 2015 and Navarro to Court St for Sal Perez and Court St 1st round farm pick 2015
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