slainte is out. PrimtetimeTW is in.

Once the 16th player has been selected, there will be a 24-hour window in which people can change their mind on their player selection. If somebody does change their player, this re-sets the 24-hour period.

Posted by cholatse on 11/1/2023 1:42:00 AM (view original):
I want in - OF Dale Murphy

Which season?

Posted by pedrocerrano on 11/1/2023 3:17:00 AM (view original):
I'm in - C Carlton Fisk

Which season?

I'm going to switch to - P Alan Embree 1997

I'll go 1999 Mark Guthrie

I sent a follow-up site-mail to alice and barracuda3. Neither has opened the original site-mail I sent yesterday.

barracuda3 is out. BeAllEndAll moves up.

waitlist please

I feel like this particular draft is going to be a very not-so-fun experience.

alice has not replied (or even opened) his site-mail, so I'm opening this up. grayfoxx moves up. Starting waitlist.

1984 - C Tony Pena

Guys, I've spent a lot of time thinking about this theme and I think something needs to change.

I don't want people to be in a situation where it's impossible to draft enough innings or plate appearances. I would assume everybody will use at least 4 of their 9 "teammate" slots for starting pitching. Of the 9 hitters nominated, there are only 3 players that have enough full-time seasons to go around (Rollins, Murphy, Cabrera). That leaves each team one full-time player short (assuming each person uses 4 spots for SP and 5 spots for starting lineup positions). This doesn't even factor in using teammate relievers.

I don't want to have to start the nomination process over, so this solution hopefully causes the least amount of inconvenience. Two changes.

1. I am changing the player nomination rule from 7 pitchers to 6 pitchers. Since we are at 6, the last nomination must be a hitter.
2. There will be no DH in use in this league.

These two changes adds another potential starting batter to our list of options, while also removing the need for 9 starting batters. This should alleviate any issues with PAs and IPs.

If you want to change your nominated player, feel free to do so.

Not a fan of no DH. I think it was a good way to balance things out, in that those who ended up with some lower-quality pitching could use remaining cap space to add another stud hitter to their lineup. I think this will just lead to more wasted salary on people's benches. Especially if we're now drafting a 10th hitter.

Jtpsops, I hear what you are saying, but you must not have fully reviewed the player pool yet.

Salary cap will not be an issue in this theme. In past 16x16 themes, roughly half of the $120 million cap is used on nominated players (and half on teammates). I anticipate that the nominated players salary will be below $50 million in this theme, leaving over $70 million to use on 9 teammates. There aren't that many $8 million teammates available.

Once the draft is underway, you will quickly realize why this change needed to be made.