Posted by rmarksduke on 4/27/2026 5:58:00 AM (view original):
I'm sorry. I thought the draft would start right away, I go on vacation on 5/1. I will have to withdraw.

Sorry to hear.
Backchannel from PReeves22 means we are good to draft this weekend regardless.
Still hoping for 3 new owners by Thursday night to avoid anyone having to field a 2nd team. Spread the word!

Hoping we will have 3 more owners by Thursday evening. I plan to draw for draft franchises on Friday morning, and lay it out round by round.
Past experience suggests two a day at the beginning and acceleration near the end, so I am planing the first 12 rounds (13 total picks) over 6 days, and then accelerating to 4/day to finish it off. That means 2/day Saturday (May 2) through Thursday (May 7) and then 4/day on Fri-Sun (May 8-9-10).

I will have a spreadsheet again, and I will save a place on page 1 for chewy's "all picks" list, and hopefully he will keep doing the "who can pick" updates through the threads as well.

For new people, here is a the FD4 draft as an example. https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=548740&TopicsPage=0

My normal job got a lot more intense today than I expected.

I will get everything posted by Sat morning but will make round 1&2 due Sunday so that people don't feel rushed on the all important early rounds.

I suspect many picks will actually happen tomorrow anyway.

The draft page now exists, but please wait to post until I hear from chewy.
https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=549564&TopicsPage=0

I will do a bunch of number generation here.

Initial assignments. 1-9 will be AL, 10-18 will be NL. If team previously taken, will insert a double teamer and move down the list.

There were 18 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. dvorr80
2. mussopini23
3. YOGI256
4. nocomm999
5. pmars2001
6. ff09
7. mbeasley63
8. pmwksw
9. PReeves22
10. Majorxfour
11. mllama54
12. cannotbebeat
13. extrateam
14. ybjsports
15. vilefileman
16. snuffy45
17. nordawg
18. sweetnss355

IP: 146.7.83.233
Timestamp: 2026-05-02 15:32:43 UTC

Here are the primary team assignments. I placed a duplicate owner (chewy, ermo, pick1or2) whenever the random order led to a duplication from a prior league, and made notes. If there are trades before round 1, I will make notes. I will pay for the extra team (my error) unless another owner appears.

Orioles (Bal 1969-2025) dvorr80
Red Sox (Bos 1969-2025) mussopini23
Tigers (Det 1969-2025) YOGI256
Yankees (NY 1969-2025) nocomm999

Indians/Guardians (Cle 1969-2025) pmars2001
Royals (KC 1969-2025) ff09
Twins (Min 1969-2025) mbeasley63
White Sox (Chi 1969-2025) pmwksw

Angels (Cal 69-1996. .Ana 97-17. . .LA 18-25) PReeves22
Athletics (Oak 1969-2025) chewy3344(1)
Brewers/Pilots (Sea 1969. . . .Mil 1970-2025) ermocito(1)
Rangers/Senators (Wash 69-71. . .Tex 72-25) pick1or2(1)

Braves (Atl 1969-2025) Majorxfour
Mets (NY 1969-2025) mllama54
Nationals/Expos (Mon 1969-2004. . . .Wash 2005-2025) cannotbebeat
Phillies (Phi 1969-2025) extrateam (ermocito will pay for this if no one found)

Cardinals (StL 1969-2025) ermocito(2) (ybj and chewy dont fit)
Cubs (Chi 1969-2025) ybjsports
Pirates (Pit 1969-2025) chewy3344(2) (vilefileman doesnt fit)
Reds (Cin 1969-2025) pick1or2(2) (vilefileman doesnt fit)

Astros (Hou 1969-2025) vilefileman
Dodgers (LA 1969-2025) snuffy45
Giants (SF 1969-2025) nordawg
Padres (SD 1969-2025) sweetnss355

Here is your sequence:

14 10 24 7 13 6 23 19 15 18 5 22 8 3 9 11 2 4 12 21 20 1 16 17

Timestamp: 2026-05-02 15:50:04 UTC

That means we will start with column 14 (round 1), column 10 (round 2) etc. I will align the players by their primary team for r1, alphebetize, and then keep them in the same physical position (with a different team) for round 2 and beyond.

Here is an image of my column sort for FD #5. However, we will start with column 11 for round 1. https://imgur.com/a/lkz1KfP

This draft is well underway in a different forum: https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=549564

But if you stumble across this and want to be included in v6 (or in the unfortunate event of a drop mid-draft), please reply! This draft is a lot of fun.