Baseball League Pre-Season

Liriano to the Yankees? I wouldnt like that very much.

At least I know they won't ask for Jesus Montero.

I don't think they'd give up too much for him though.

Yea...you're right. It makes sense. How many rookies are there really?

 last season was a rare exception with so many Rookies making an impact on their teams...  there was Stanton, Castro, Heyward, Posey, Austin Jackson, Feliz, Carlos Santana, Gaby Sanchez, Neil walker, Jose Tabata and Strasburg. Im probably forgetting a few but those guys made a significant impact on their teams and i highly doubt we'll see another year where that many do so well at a young age unless todays athletes are just flat out better at younger ages..

How many AB's qualify a guy and make that his Rookie season ?? 200 ?

and how many IP's does a Pitcher have to register for that to be his Rookie season?? 

hellickson pitched over 36 inn but im not sure if he's considered a Rookie/Prospect or last year was his rookie year. same with Dominic Brown, he only had 62 AB's.  and what about Chapman, 15 games but only 13 innings..

help me out here sparky or Manram..   (we'r usually the only ones in here)  

130 at bats or less.

50 or less innings.

less than 45 days on the active roster. Being called up in September doesn't count.

I'm not sure if I asked this before but a little help is needed.

Lets say I draft Montero, but he isn't called up until September and isn't eligable for the ROY...could I still sign him as my 4 year rookie...or MUST he be eligable for ROY THIS YEAR?

sparky:  i know u couldnt use him as your "Prospect Contract" cause whatever player u assign to that has to be eligable for the ROY award.   

what about Franchise Tag for him..  that can be assigned to a player drafted by you in the final 9 picks of the draft, or an undrafted free agent or a trade but he must of been eligable for the team that traded him to you..

i think i have a grasp on these contracts...

The first part is what I was questioning. Just making sure about all of the things. It's only 10 days away.

I've been researching constantly but it's so hard to predict how others will draft. Then you got to change everything you've been thinking on the fly...and it's near impossible to have everything figured out by the time the 90 seconds begins.

There's a STUD outfielder...but OF is pretty deep...do I go for the All-Star 1st baseman even though he's the 5th best 1st baseman on the board...or do I go for a SECOND outfielder as my 2nd pick?

It's rough. I have no plan going into this draft...but I'm hoping to come up with one. It's easier to figure out what NOT to do as opposed to what I should do.

Is our deadline to give out our contracts Opening Day...or is it shortly after the draft?

opening day

i hear ya sparky...  i'v been making a list of my top 15 guys at each position and i'll see what each of you select and what positions are going faster then others and make my picks on the fly..  90 seconds goes fast when ur undecided on that SP or filling an infield position..    1 thing i really like is that i get B2B picks everytime i select after Rd.1    i can see what positions are thinning out and snag 2 players to fill 2 needs in a row.. i hate the wait in between my selections but having 2 picks in a row is nice. 

Yea...I remember that. But I, personally, much rather do it in a live draft than take a week to complete my team.

It's killing me now to figure out how the draft will go in 1 night...imagine how much you'll be thinking about it on a day to day basis.

How fitting...

Sparky10191 v --phillyfan--......Week 1

26 hours and counting till i mop the floor with you scrubs

    see you ladies tomorrow night..

ManRam: how early does Yahoo let you launch the Draft window so i can make sure i dont have them problems an hour or two before we draft..   are we able to get on an hr before its draft time?