Posted by schwarze on 5/26/2022 12:32:00 PM (view original):
No. Must be from a franchise not selected.

From the rules in the classified.

What about the 25th Player?
The 25th round will contain all 60 bonus players (pitchers and hitters). The draft order is the same as the other rounds (lowest cumulative salary drafts first). Each owner will only be able to draft from the 6 franchises they did not select during the 24-round draft. So you won't be able to draft 2016 Kershaw (he is a bonus pitcher) if you already used your Dodgers pick. At the end of this round, every owner should have 25 different franchises represented on their roster.

thanks

	ROUND 14
Pick	Owner________	Player__________	Franchise___	Salary_______	New Salary____	Pos
1	ronthegenius	2000 Ben Molina	Angels	3,579,638	81,488,318	C
2	calhoop	2006 Francisco Liriano	Twins	4,549,222	84,891,725	RP1
3	beauchamp	2006 Mike Redmond	Twins	1,899,042	83,905,510	C2
4	pedrocerrano	2003 John Smoltz	Braves	3,145,449	85,364,212	RP4
5	alice	2020 Brad Keller	Royals	5,483,586	88,088,047	RP1
6	bigsteve12	2020 Chris Martin	Braves	2,912,383	85,980,745	RP6
7	fatguyrd	2018 Edwin Diaz	Mariners	3,527,271	86,796,253	RP2
8	barracuda3	2001 Joel Pineiro	Mariners	3,392,423	86,862,828	RP1
9	footballmm11	2006 Marlon Anderson	Dodgers	1,838,784	87,643,246	Bench4
10	dilligafdbp	2001 John Olerud	Mariners	5,385,202	91,337,530	1B
11	bheid408	2014 Joe Smith	Angels	3,204,998	89,209,236	RP3
12	schwarze	2008 Mark Teixeira	Angels	3,509,298	89,821,933	Bench2
13	redcped	2008 C.C. Sabathia2	Brewers	4,896,303	92,099,509	RP1
14	NebHusker	2020 Mitch Moreland	Red Sox	3,027,865	90,629,540	Bench3
15	ff09	2017 Andrew Miller	Indians	3,173,401	91,242,894	RP5
16	mpitt76	2017 Felipe Rivero	Pirates	3,369,709	92,905,141	RP2
17	rmarksduke	2007 J.J. Putz	Mariners	3,967,927	95,667,713	RP3
18	Chisock	2007 Erik Bedard	Orioles	5,781,765	98,361,314	SP5
19	nocomm999	2012 Kris Medlen	Braves	5,469,432	98,316,710	RP1
20	njbigwig	2006 Jermaine Dye	White Sox	5,944,943	100,528,001	OF3
21	mllama54	2013 Joe Nathan	Rangers	3,052,343	99,110,060	RP3
22	midknight	2021 Josh Hader	Brewers	3,026,186	101,302,014	RP5
23	zephyr1949	2003 Rafael Soriano	Mariners	2,917,415	104,185,141	RP6
24	thejuice6	2021 Ranger Suarez	Phillies	4,080,557	109,908,488	RP1

SP2 Gerrit Cole Pirates $6,205,416

Beauchamp has a Twin, everyone else a OF3; so

2002 Torii Hunter

Twins

OF3

6,242,897

Posted by ronthegenius on 5/26/2022 1:01:00 PM (view original):
SP2 Gerrit Cole Pirates $6,205,416

Well, nuts...

2003 Barry Zito

Athletics

SP2

6,603,549

Can skip ahead, as White Sox have been taken by others.

2021 Luis Robert Bench2 White Sox

2016 Aroldis Chapman1

Cubs

RP4

2,931,959

total = $87,823,684

via proxy, pedrocerrano selects 2004 Brad Lidge, Astros RP3

Posted by beauchamp on 5/26/2022 1:54:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ronthegenius on 5/26/2022 1:01:00 PM (view original):
SP2 Gerrit Cole Pirates $6,205,416

Well, nuts...

2003 Barry Zito

Athletics

SP2

6,603,549

Thank you. I would say this draft has gone poorly but that would imply I actually had a plan. In any event, I have regretted a lot of my picks and have seen countless players I was hoping would last another round or two get snapped up by smarter owners.
That brings us to this round where I debated fiercely whether to take Cole now or focus on a couple of other wants/needs. Only three us needed a SP2 and you were the only other one eligible to take a Pirate so I was tempted to let him slide hoping you wouldn't grab him.
Your post indicates I made a rare correct decision and makes me feel a little better.
But, on how I ended up in the sorry position of needing 2015 Cole to be a big part of my rotation.....that's another story.

When I took Cliff Lee many rounds ago (round 9), I was looking at Cole as a fallback option. In retrospect, I would have rather taken a different player and grabbed Cole this late.

Here's the thing about this draft. When deciding between two players, if the guy I did NOT take goes right after I pick, I regret my decision. If the guy I did NOT take is still available on my next pick, then I think I maybe overrated his importance, and will thus wait another round on him, until eventually he gets taken right after I take a different player, at which case I regret waiting that one more round.

In a nutshell, this draft causes lots of regret.

2012 Grant Balfour

Athletics

RP4

3,144,445

If it makes anyone feel any better, I can honestly say I have not gotten the guy I was targeting in any round, including Round 1. Maybe that should make me feel good since others valued those players as much or more than I, however I don't feel like I am having any success when I end up drafting my 2nd, 3rd or 4th choice for each round.

Posted by ronthegenius on 5/26/2022 2:33:00 PM (view original):

Posted by beauchamp on 5/26/2022 1:54:00 PM (view original):

Posted by ronthegenius on 5/26/2022 1:01:00 PM (view original):
SP2 Gerrit Cole Pirates $6,205,416

Well, nuts...

2003 Barry Zito

Athletics

SP2

6,603,549

Thank you. I would say this draft has gone poorly but that would imply I actually had a plan. In any event, I have regretted a lot of my picks and have seen countless players I was hoping would last another round or two get snapped up by smarter owners.
That brings us to this round where I debated fiercely whether to take Cole now or focus on a couple of other wants/needs. Only three us needed a SP2 and you were the only other one eligible to take a Pirate so I was tempted to let him slide hoping you wouldn't grab him.
Your post indicates I made a rare correct decision and makes me feel a little better.
But, on how I ended up in the sorry position of needing 2015 Cole to be a big part of my rotation.....that's another story.

At least everyone can enjoy all the walks he's going to give up when they visit, hopefully not many hits also. But who needs too many hits when he walks 3 and some bomber sneaks one out.

What's fascinating about this stage of the draft is how vastly different each of our remaining player lists is. We've each filled all but a handful of the columns, and in those we haven't picked yet we've scratched out all the franchises we've used plus all the guys selected already.

In essence we each only have maybe one-sixth or one-seventh of the original player pool available, and what's kind of nice right now is you get to see pick after pick of guys you couldn't have taken anyway. So the chances of having your top choices taken now are much, much lower. For instance, I've got 2 guys in mind this round and exactly one owner can pick either of them ahead of me. Pretty unlikely both do, right? Right?