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Post by Motor City Kitties on Jul 20, 2017 6:55:41 GMT -5
I would like to propose a rule which would allow unlimited (or very large) minor leage rosters as of the start of the MLFYP draft. Rosters then would need to be trimmed at of the start of FA the following season. I would keep the 40 man active roster, but allow the Minors to hold all of the new draft picks.
Reasoning is: We have a very large draft, and personally, I would like to be able to wait until the end of the season when I have expiring contracts and I have a better idea of what minor league cuts I should make. This rule change would keep everyone involved in the draft longer I think. I see that many owners just skip the later rounds. This may not only be because of roster space, but in some cases it plays a part.
I dont know if its possible to manage something like that on Fantrax.
Just a suggestion, does anyone have any strong opinions either way 
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 14:12:59 GMT -5
Don't you still own the rights to the guys you drafted even if you don't have space on your Fantrax minors roster? If that's not the case I have a lot of trimming to do and I'm not just talking about my pubes!
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Post by Motor City Kitties on Jul 22, 2017 12:10:29 GMT -5
I am of the understanding that you must have available roster spots for everyone you draft - if not before the draft then shortly thereafter, whenever the Commish or someone else starts adding draftees to your roster. Maybe I'm wrong ?
We have 35 rounds plus comp picks in the FYPD alone. So in theory you are dropping at least 25 guys every season just to make room for new players. Seems like there is no reward for doing some research and uncovering a guy late in the draft.
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Post by Greenville Drive on Jul 24, 2017 7:31:58 GMT -5
The 250 man roster limit was put in place to help the teams that had been neglected due to turnover or poor owners, to have a chance to add players that were not out of the league, because good drafting owners would have to make a couple real choices each year on who to drop. For every one Jacob Faria that might have got exposed to waivers, there are 200 turds that have been cut that don't make a shit.
Part of a solution is I think we should cut the FYPD down to 20 rounds and allow you trade any/all of your picks. This would make the MLFAD potentially better in the mid to late rounds. I also would not be opposed to making that draft shorter to 10 rounds.
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Post by Motor City Kitties on Jul 24, 2017 13:54:37 GMT -5
Shrinking the draft is a good idea. I dont think we should be punishing good drafters and making them cut guys in order to prop up poorly run franchises. Better to have undrafted guys who are available as FAs so that everyone has a chance at them.
With regards to roster size, am I correct in understanding you should only draft players if you have room for them on the 250 ? Can we have a rule that says all drafted players must have a place by Jan 1 (or some other date after the season) ? I would really like to be able to remove expiring contracts and back-fill those spots with drafted players instead of cutting prospects.
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Post by Glenside Gladiators on Jul 24, 2017 14:41:02 GMT -5
I am fine with the draft being less rounds. I would think 20 to 25 (plus all the comp picks) is just about right.
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Post by Glenside Gladiators on Jul 24, 2017 14:41:37 GMT -5
I also like this idea:
With regards to roster size, am I correct in understanding you should only draft players if you have room for them on the 250 ? Can we have a rule that says all drafted players must have a place by Jan 1 (or some other date after the season) ? I would really like to be able to remove expiring contracts and back-fill those spots with drafted players instead of cutting prospects.
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Post by Boulder Ball Busters on Jul 24, 2017 15:01:38 GMT -5
20 rounds
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Post by Toronto Northmen on Aug 10, 2017 10:42:06 GMT -5
my thoughts have always been that if the drafts are as deep as they are, which is great by the way that the roster limit is not high enough. I think the roster limit with should be changed to 300 or preferalbly 300 minor leaguers, not the current 210. We currently have the option to bring in 50 players per year in the two drafts. MLB gives teams 6 years to develop prospects before they become minor league free agents. Theoretically with only 210 spots we are only allowing 3-4 years for them to develop.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 12:23:40 GMT -5
Expanding rosters would be the exact wrong way to go for the health of the league. We have too few owners who are active in drafts right now and the league is way too top heavy. Look at the standings. The top three teams are more than 100 wins ahead of the rest of the pack. At least part of the reason is the activity level
In round ten of the current FYPD which is still early in the draft we have used maybe ten of the 23 available picks. That isn't because of roster limits as much as it is a general lack of participation top to bottom. While we have some active owners here we are not a particularly active league overall. Allowing those owners who already have an advantage to keep even more players is not going to improve the league. If there are teams right now with 210 legitimate prospects the league will never have any sort of true competitiveness.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 12:33:15 GMT -5
I would be in favor of slightly more flexibility on meeting the current limit. Something like having to be at 210 minors on Jan 15th and then again on July 31st. That gives plenty of the current season to see the progress of the guys who were on the fence at the Jan deadline and cut down to add FYPD guys.
If we did that we would be able to clear the expiring contracts for the Jan deadline and then clear guys whose performance in the current season makes them not worth keeping for the July mark.
Bottom line though is that we need more activity from more owners more of the time.
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