Since thejuice6 is busy, I will go ahead and open this thread so we can get started with the top 16 picks...

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Round Two: We’re making a few adjustments to the beginning of this round. Here’s what we’re going to do:

The owners of the top sixteen draft picks have been determined. They are:

(01) SCHWARZE
(02) JTPSOPS
(03) PEDROCERRANO
(04) REDCPED
(05) SCHWARZE
(06) REDCPED
(07) PEDROCERRANO
(08) SCHWARZE
(09) REDCPED
(10) KSTOBER
(11) DARNY10
(12) REDCPED
(13) MARKEKING
(14) SCHWARZE
(15) REDCPED
(16) CALHOOP

A draft will be set up for them to pick which side (A.L. or N.L.) of which league (1 through 8) they want to be in. Also, there's no requirement that one of each of the sixteen has to go in it's own league. In other words, if someone take the first pick in the N.L. of League Eight, one of the other first 15 owners might decide that pick two in the N.L. of League Eight is better for them instead of pick one in one of the other leagues.

Once the first sixteen owners have decided which league they want in, I’ll set up the draft boards for each of the drafts and we’ll complete each league’s draft in the original 1-12, 12-1 draft order. There will actually be two drafts per league (A.L. and N.L.). The first draft is where everyone will pick (in the 1-12, 12-1 order) which position in their draft they want. Once we have the draft orders, the second draft (also in 1-12, 12-1 order) will be where you pick your combo’s.

I would imagine most people, when it’s their turn to pick, will pick the highest draft spot available to them in whatever league/draft they’re in but maybe not all will. One may determine that a league that's available has four or five equivalent pitching staffs and you don't care which of the five you get - so you may want to pick 5th in that draft which would move you up for a (supposedly) better pick for your hitting combo. Since the drafting of the second picks is going in reverse order, this could determine quite a bit as far as strategy.

TOP 16 DRAFT
(01) SCHWARZE - League 4 AL (Pick #1)
(02) JTPSOPS - League 1 AL (Pick #1)
(03) PEDROCERRANO - League 1 NL (Pick #4)
(04) REDCPED - League 6 NL (Pick #1)
(05) SCHWARZE - League 7 AL (Pick #3)
(06) REDCPED - League 7 NL (Pick #4)
(07) PEDROCERRANO - League 8 NL (Pick #3)
(08) SCHWARZE - League 8 NL (Pick #1)
(09) REDCPED - League #3 NL (Pick #1)
(10) KSTOBER - League #7 AL (Pick #2)
(11) DARNY10 - League #2 NL (Pick #4)
(12) REDCPED - League #4 NL (Pick #1)
(13) MARKEKING - League #2 AL (Pick #1)
(14) SCHWARZE - League #5 AL (Pick #1)
(15) REDCPED - League #8 AL (Pick #6)
(16) CALHOOP - League #8 AL (Pick 1)

League Mapping
League 1 NL (2006-2020) - pedrocerrano (Pick #4)
League 1 AL (2006-2020) - Jtpsops (Pick #1)
League 2 NL (1991-2005) - darny10 (Pick #4)
League 2 AL (1991-2005) - markeking (Pick #1)
League 3 NL (1976-1990) - redcped (Pick #1)
League 3 AL (1976-1990)
League 4 NL (1961-1975) - redcped (Pick #1)
League 4 AL (1961-1975) - schwarze (Pick #1)
League 5 NL (1946-1960)
League 5 AL (1946-1960) - schwarze (Pick #1)
League 6 NL (1931-1945) - redcped (Pick #1)
League 6 AL (1931-1945)
League 7 NL (1916-1930) - redcped (Pick #4)
League 7 AL (1916-1930) - schwarze (Pick #3), kstober (Pick #2)
League 8 NL (1901-1915) - pedrocerrano (Pick #3), schwarze (Pick #1)
League 8 AL (1901-1915) - redcped (Pick #6), calhoop (Pick #1)

To start things off, I know there are probably more strategic choices than this one, but I will make the boring pick of Pick #1 in League 4 AL

I might not be ready to start picking until the weekend. I’ve scouted 3 leagues so far, but Yom Kippur starts tonight and I won’t be back on until late Thursday after that. Apologies in advance.

Quick question: Should it just be 12 owners per draft instead of 16? If there are only 15 hitting/pitching pairs per league, that wouldn't leave enough for each team. Is that just a typo or am I missing something?

Also, I'm assuming Federal League players are ineligible as FA?

Yes, I'm sure he got 16 and 12 interchanged. I fixed it.

Federal League players have never been eligible in this. We're using teams/players specifically from the American League and National League.

I will likely need a couple more hours

Posted by schwarze on 9/15/2021 2:49:00 PM (view original):
Yes, I'm sure he got 16 and 12 interchanged. I fixed it.

Federal League players have never been eligible in this. We're using teams/players specifically from the American League and National League.

Yeah, that was my bad on the 16/12 fiasco.

Alright. I don't have a lot of confidence in this, but I won't hold things up any longer.

League 1 AL, Pick #1

I think this round is going to be a very long time in filling

I’ve scouted all the pitching thus far, but hitting takes more time. The picking of draft positions adds to the degree of difficulty in picking leagues now. I have to consider things like whether the xth best option is acceptable as opposed to just worrying about how tolerable the 12th best option is.

I've only managed to research 5 of the 16 drafts so far but don't want to hold this up any longer.

I'll take Lg 1 NL Pick #4

What's the over/under for getting these 16 picks done this weekend?