Gold Points 2018

[Ben (Rays GM)]

In order to ensure teams are not explicitly rewarded for tanking, we use a system called Gold Points system to determine draft order. Here's how it works:

Once you're mathematically eliminated from contention, you start accumulating gold points, and draft order is determined by a ranking of most points earned. You earn points in the following ways:

1) You automatically earn one gold point each week of the regular season starting with the week you are eliminated, as long as you make an effort to field the best lineup you can with what you have available to you that week (in other words, don't leave your three OF spots open while three active OF sit on your bench). You earn your first Gold Point the week you are eliminated.

2) You earn one point for every category that you win after being eliminated (not including the week of elimination). If you win a week 7-5, you get 7 points. If you lose 10-2, you get 2 points.

The team with the most points at the end of the regular season drafts first, followed by the team with the second most, etc. Ties are broken by looking at record (lower record picks first). If still tied, we'll look at the previous year's record and keep going back until the tie is broken.

I will update this thread each week with the number of eliminated teams and the number of Gold Points they've earned.

Eliminated Teams:
Team name (Week of Elimination) - Total Gold Points ... (record if tied) ... (2017 record if still tied)

1. Texas Rangers (14) - 37
2. Pittsburgh Pirates (17) - 34
3. Boston Red Sox (15) - 32
4. San Francisco Giants (16) - 28
5. Oakland Athletics (15) - 27
6. New York Yankees (16) - 26
7. Kansas City Royals (15) - 24 ... (1-18-2)
8. Chicago White Sox (17) - 24 ... (6-12-3)
9. Cincinnati Reds (18) - 22
10. San Diego Padres (15) - 20 ... (1-19-1)
11. Milwaukee Brewers (17) - 20 ... (6-14-1)
12. St Louis Cardinals (15) - 18
13. Detroit Tigers (18) - 12
14. New York Mets (20) - 5
15. Miami Marlins (20) - 3
16. Atlanta Braves (21) - 1 ... (10-10-1)
17. Minnesota Twins (21) - 1 ... (10-8-3) ... (0-21-0)
18. Houston Astros (21) - 1 ... (11-9-1) ... (6-14-1)
19. Cleveland Indians (playoffs) - 0 ... (12-8-1) ... (9-11-1)
20. Philadelphia Phillies (playoffs) - 0 ... (12-8-1) ... (16-4-1)
21. Seattle Mariners (playoffs) - 0 ... (15-5-1) ... (12-8-1)
22. Colorado Rockies (playoffs) - 0 ... (15-5-1) ... (18-3-0)
23. Tampa Bay Rays (playoffs) - 0 ... (15-4-2)
24. Los Angeles Dodgers (playoffs) - 0 ... (16-5-1) ... (5-13-3)
25. Arizona Diamondbacks (playoffs) - 0 ... (16-5-1) ... (8-12-1)
26. Los Angeles Angels (playoffs) - 0 ... (15-3-3) ... (16-5-0)
27. Toronto Blue Jays (playoffs) - 0 ... (16-5-1) ... (17-3-1)
28. Washington Nationals (playoffs) - 0 ... (17-4-0) ... (6-15-0)
29. Baltimore Orioles (playoffs) - 0 ... (16-3-2) ... (15-5-1)
30. Chicago Cubs (playoffs) - 0 ... (18-2-1)

[Ben (Rays GM)]

Week 14:
Rangers eliminated, +1 GP

Week 15:
Rangers score 2, +3 GP
Athletics eliminated, +1 GP
Red Sox eliminated, +1 GP
Royals eliminated, +1 GP
Padres eliminated, +1 GP
Cardinals eliminated, +1 GP

[Ben (Rays GM)]

Week 16:
Red Sox score 4, +5 GP
Royals score 4, +5 GP
Athletics score 3, +4 GP
Cardinals score 3, +4 GP
Padres score 2, +3 GP
Rangers score 1, +2 GP
Yankees eliminated, +1 GP
Giants eliminated, +1 GP

[Ben (Rays GM)]

Week 17:
Rangers score 8, +9 GP
Yankees score 7, +8 GP
Royals score 5, +6 GP
Athletics score 5, +6 GP
Cardinals score 1, +2 GP
Padres score 0, +1 GP
Red Sox score 0, +1 GP
Giants score 0, +1 GP
White Sox eliminated, +1 GP
Pirates eliminated, +1 GP
Brewers eliminated, +1 GP

[Ben (Rays GM)]

Week 18:
Yankees score 9, +10 GP
Red Sox score 6, +7 GP
Pirates score 6, +7 GP
Brewers score 6, +7 GP
Athletics score 4, +5 GP
Rangers score 3, +4 GP
Padres score 2, +3 GP
Giants score 2, +3 GP
Royals score 1, +2 GP
Cardinals score 1, +2 GP
White Sox score 0, +1 GP
Tigers eliminated, +1 GP
Reds eliminated, +1 GP

[Brian (Blue Jays GM)]

Week 19:
Reds score 9, +10 GP
Pirates score 7, +8 GP
Giants score 7, +8 GP
Royals score 5, +6 GP
White Sox score 5, +6 GP
Tigers score 5, +6 GP
Red Sox score 4, +5 GP
Rangers score 3, +4 GP
Padres score 3, +4 GP
Yankees score 2, +3 GP
Athletics score 2, +3 GP
Brewers score 1, +2 GP
Cardinals score 1, +2 GP

[Ben (Rays GM)]

Week 20:

Pirates score 7, +8 GP
Brewers score 7, +8 GP
Red Sox score 5, +6 GP
White Sox score 5, +6 GP
Reds score 4, +5 GP
Cardinals score 4, +5 GP
Athletics score 4, +5 GP
Rangers score 3, +4 GP
Padres score 3, +4 GP
Giants score 2, +3 GP
Yankees score 2, +3 GP
Tigers score 1, +2 GP
Royals score 0, +1 GP
Marlins eliminated, +1 GP
Mets eliminated, +1 GP

[Ben (Rays GM)]

Week 21:

Giants score 11, +12 GP
Rangers score 10, +11 GP
Pirates score 9, +10 GP
White Sox score 9, +10 GP
Red Sox score 6, +7 GP
Reds score 5, +6 GP
Padres score 3, +4 GP
Mets score 3, +4 GP
Tigers score 2, +3 GP
Royals score 2, +3 GP
Athletics score 2, +3 GP
Cardinals score 1, +2 GP
Marlins score 1, +2 GP
Brewers score 1, +2 GP
Yankees score 0, +1 GP
Twins eliminated, +1 GP
Braves eliminated, +1 GP
Astros eliminated, +1 GP