Posted by kujhawker on 7/7/2025 3:28:00 PM (view original):
Chicago Cubs - Wrigley Field

If not available (6 teams in each league), I will take NY Yankees - Yankee Stadium

Questions: Must seasons run consecutively beginning in 1946.? Can I draft a player with five or more years active on a 1, 2,3 or 4 year contract? In season two and later can I draft players with less than five years active knowing that I will need to replace them with a waiver in later years? My understanding is that "Replacements" are drafted for one year only regardless of their actual active years (My original drafted player has only 2 years left, I will need to draft a new "replacement" in each subsequent year?

Posted by benfc on 7/8/2025 11:58:00 AM (view original):
Questions: Must seasons run consecutively beginning in 1946.? Can I draft a player with five or more years active on a 1, 2,3 or 4 year contract? In season two and later can I draft players with less than five years active knowing that I will need to replace them with a waiver in later years? My understanding is that "Replacements" are drafted for one year only regardless of their actual active years (My original drafted player has only 2 years left, I will need to draft a new "replacement" in each subsequent year?

Must seasons run consecutively beginning in 1946.?
I'm not exactly sure what you are asking - but this is a progressive, so YES the seasons will progress starting in 46.

Can I draft a player with five or more years active on a 1, 2,3 or 4 year contract?
YES - definitely - It does not matter how many seasons a player has PAST the end of our WIS them of five year contracts -
The guy will reenter our free agent pool at the end of his theme contract - so hopefully he will have many seasons left to be a part of our theme.


In season two and later can I draft players with less than five years active knowing that I will need to replace them with a waiver in later years?
YES - players who have productivity left, but with fewer real life seasons than our five season contract can be drafted.
When those guys are drafted is a big part of your strategic thinking as a GM.
examples:
Joe DiMaggio retires in 1951
I assume he will be a first round pick in our initial draft; that would make him a free agent before his last season of 1950.
I would bet that someone takes a chance on him for two seasons with the understanding that they will need waiver picks for his next 3 missing seasons.
(I think DiMaggio was still hitting homeruns after he retired, and Marilyn Monroe was doing the catching.)

My understanding is that "Replacements" are drafted for one year only regardless of their actual active years (My original drafted player has only 2 years left, I will need to draft a new "replacement" in each subsequent year?
YES - it doesnt matter how many season a player has after his contract is up....

Posted by cmcafeeky on 7/8/2025 6:09:00 PM (view original):

Posted by benfc on 7/8/2025 11:58:00 AM (view original):
Questions: Must seasons run consecutively beginning in 1946.? Can I draft a player with five or more years active on a 1, 2,3 or 4 year contract? In season two and later can I draft players with less than five years active knowing that I will need to replace them with a waiver in later years? My understanding is that "Replacements" are drafted for one year only regardless of their actual active years (My original drafted player has only 2 years left, I will need to draft a new "replacement" in each subsequent year?

Must seasons run consecutively beginning in 1946.?
I'm not exactly sure what you are asking - but this is a progressive, so YES the seasons will progress starting in 46.

Can I draft a player with five or more years active on a 1, 2,3 or 4 year contract?
YES - definitely - It does not matter how many seasons a player has PAST the end of our WIS them of five year contracts -
The guy will reenter our free agent pool at the end of his theme contract - so hopefully he will have many seasons left to be a part of our theme.


In season two and later can I draft players with less than five years active knowing that I will need to replace them with a waiver in later years?
YES - players who have productivity left, but with fewer real life seasons than our five season contract can be drafted.
When those guys are drafted is a big part of your strategic thinking as a GM.
examples:
Joe DiMaggio retires in 1951
I assume he will be a first round pick in our initial draft; that would make him a free agent before his last season of 1950.
I would bet that someone takes a chance on him for two seasons with the understanding that they will need waiver picks for his next 3 missing seasons.
(I think DiMaggio was still hitting homeruns after he retired, and Marilyn Monroe was doing the catching.)

My understanding is that "Replacements" are drafted for one year only regardless of their actual active years (My original drafted player has only 2 years left, I will need to draft a new "replacement" in each subsequent year?
YES - it doesnt matter how many season a player has after his contract is up....

Thanks. I figured the years were sequential but just checking. Everything good ready to draft. It should be an interesting league.

spots left , i'll take a run if not yet full.

cmcafeeky
7/11/2025 8:53:00 PM
Subject:
FIVE YEAR CONTRACT LEAGUE (5yC) - Clock and 3 hour rule
Message:
I have posted THEME Draft thread for our INITIAL DRAFT – 1946
In ‘THEME LEAGUE’ segment of Baseball Sim Forum

DRAFT MAY BEGIN

DRAFT CLOCK:
I have assigned a draft clock – with our first date / time that gets clock ticking:
TUE. 7/15
9:00 AM

That should give us plenty of cushion to get ahead of the clock, before slow picks finally will need to be skipped.

ONCE we go so slow that we get to the clock, then as soon as your time arrives – you can SKIP all before you who have yet to pick. The draft regains its momentum as soon as the clock enables the slow pick to be passed over.

ALSO –
THREE HOUR RULE

We will also utilize the THREE HOUR RULE –

ONCE TUESDAY at 9 AM arrives, regardless of how far ahead we might be in the draft,
IF an owner has taken more than three hours – and still has not made a pick,
The next guy waiting can pick.


Once the next guy up has skipped the slow pick owner, then the draft can unfold as usual, and the three hour rule begin ticking again.


This probably wont need to be utilized, as it seems most drafts get to the clock and that serves as a prompt to hurry along slower picks.

The three hours ticking stops at 9PM and resumes at 8 AM (as needed)