Tiebreaker Topic

jesse1
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How is a tiebreaker decided for the amateur draft and rule 5 draft for teams who finish with identical records the previous season?
7/19/2010 11:16 AM
tecwrg
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I would imagine that it would be the same as it is for playoffs:

Tiebreakers - A tiebreaker system is used if two or more teams tie for a playoff berth. Head-to-head record is used first, then division record, then run differential, then last season's record and finally a coin flip.

7/19/2010 11:22 AM
iain
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Actually, they're not the same.

Close, but not identical.
7/19/2010 11:36 AM
tecwrg
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It might be helpful if you could tell the OPer what's different, since you seem to know.

7/19/2010 11:38 AM
iain
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I don't, but teams aren't always in the same order for drafting as they were the previous year for the WW or in WC rankings.
7/19/2010 12:09 PM
bluegreyjay
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The tie-breaker for draft position is run differential when two teams have the same W-L record.  I learned this the hard way, lost the wildcard to my inner-division rival because I lost head-to-head, and then the next season picked lower (worse) because I had the better run diff.  Infuriating.
7/19/2010 3:30 PM
tecwrg
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Was this confirmed by ADMIN?  Or is this just a guess based on your observation?
7/19/2010 3:46 PM
bluegreyjay
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This was explained to me by admin in response to my ticket requesting illumination of the issue.
7/19/2010 3:55 PM
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