The Official 2018 Amateur Draft Thread
Jul 25, 2018 9:33:36 GMT -5
Post by Brian (Blue Jays GM) on Jul 25, 2018 9:33:36 GMT -5
The Amateur Draft will begin in this thread on Saturday, August 4th, 2018 at 12:00 pm ET.
GMs may draft any player who was taken in the MLB draft (with the exception of those selected in previous eligible drafts who are currently owned on rosters). You may draft an amateur draft player who did not sign a contract in real life in the hopes that he'll be drafted again in the future.
GMs may also select players who have not yet completed a year of service time and who do not appear on any roster at that time, provided they are not international free agents who were 24 or older on January 1. (Note: Years of service time are not earned until the season ends so if a player has played enough to earn their first year of service time during the 2018 season, they are still eligible for this draft. In other words, any player who would be a first year player this year is eligible, except older IFAs).
*** NEW FOR 2018*** The time per pick will be 12 hours for the first round, 6 hours for rounds Comp A - 6, and 4 hours for rounds 7 & 8. We are testing the impact of a shorter pick clock in the later rounds. If successful, we may choose to further shorten pick times next season.
If a team misses a pick, the next team may pick immediately. The GM who missed the pick will have an additional 12 hours (round 1), 18 hours (rounds Comp A - 6), or 20 hours (rounds 7 & 8) to make up the pick, giving him 24 hours total to pick. However, since the next team can pick as soon as the first 12, 6, or 4 hours have passed, the player pool will likely have lost a few players by then. If after 24 hours, the GM still has not selected a player, that team will automatically be awarded the highest remaining selected player from the MLB draft who signed a contract with his team.
We have instated a 4.0 million cap exception so that teams that are up against the cap can add up to 8 prospects via the draft, provided they get back under the cap in the off-season (the cap will increase to $145 million in the off-season, but remember, you may also need to pay your other players more as they advance to an additional year of control). The roster limit will remain at 80 players.
If you know your pick is coming up in the draft and you know you won't be around to make your pick, you are welcome to PM a list of preferred players to any commissioner so we can expedite the selection process in your absence. It's not required that you leave a list so don't feel obligated to do so if you want to make your own picks, but if you don't mind not announcing your own selections and you know who you want, it would certainly be appreciated if you could help us keep the draft moving by allowing a commissioner to announce your selections in your absence.
Nick (Orioles GM) and Micah (White Sox GM) will continue to assist as draft officers to help with draft procedures. The last 2 years, both of them really stepped up during the draft and helped answer questions, announce who was on the clock, kept things moving smoothly, etc, and we want to continue to recognize that effort by asking them to do so in an official capacity. So if you want to PM a pick to a commissioner, feel free to PM it to Nick or Micah as well.
If a GM completely misses two of his picks in a row (and by completely miss, we mean miss the entire 24 hour period and have to be auto-picked for. If you miss the 12- 6- or 8- hour period but you make it back in time to make your pick before the autopick, you're fine), that GM will be considered "absent" and will lose his exclusive 6 hour picking window for subsequent picks until he personally inform us that he has returned. Instead of having a 12-, 6-, or 4- hour exclusive window to pick and the remainder of the 24 hours to make it up, he will have 0 hours to pick and 24 hours to make it up.
Immediately following the completion of our amateur draft will be a period during which you may roster up to four players from your corresponding Major League club. None of these four players may have completed a year of service time yet, and none may appear on another team's roster.
For more complete draft instructions, please see the draft procedures thread at pro-gm.proboards.com/thread/9
We will be tracking all picks in the Draft Order thread. Please check this thread frequently to see if the player you want to select has been picked already and also to keep track of when your picks are coming up.
pro-gm.proboards.com/thread/6244/2018-draft-order-results
It's also a good idea to keep tabs on who the most recent "autopick" was. If you know who the last autopick was, then you know anybody drafted before that player IRL is no longer available. You can find the real life draft results here: www.mlb.com/draft/tracker
If you have any questions please contact Me, Brian (Blue Jays GM), Smitty (Mets GM), Tucker (Padres GM), Jon (Astros GM), Max (Tigers GM), Nick (Orioles GM), or Micah (White Sox GM)
GMs may draft any player who was taken in the MLB draft (with the exception of those selected in previous eligible drafts who are currently owned on rosters). You may draft an amateur draft player who did not sign a contract in real life in the hopes that he'll be drafted again in the future.
GMs may also select players who have not yet completed a year of service time and who do not appear on any roster at that time, provided they are not international free agents who were 24 or older on January 1. (Note: Years of service time are not earned until the season ends so if a player has played enough to earn their first year of service time during the 2018 season, they are still eligible for this draft. In other words, any player who would be a first year player this year is eligible, except older IFAs).
*** NEW FOR 2018*** The time per pick will be 12 hours for the first round, 6 hours for rounds Comp A - 6, and 4 hours for rounds 7 & 8. We are testing the impact of a shorter pick clock in the later rounds. If successful, we may choose to further shorten pick times next season.
If a team misses a pick, the next team may pick immediately. The GM who missed the pick will have an additional 12 hours (round 1), 18 hours (rounds Comp A - 6), or 20 hours (rounds 7 & 8) to make up the pick, giving him 24 hours total to pick. However, since the next team can pick as soon as the first 12, 6, or 4 hours have passed, the player pool will likely have lost a few players by then. If after 24 hours, the GM still has not selected a player, that team will automatically be awarded the highest remaining selected player from the MLB draft who signed a contract with his team.
We have instated a 4.0 million cap exception so that teams that are up against the cap can add up to 8 prospects via the draft, provided they get back under the cap in the off-season (the cap will increase to $145 million in the off-season, but remember, you may also need to pay your other players more as they advance to an additional year of control). The roster limit will remain at 80 players.
If you know your pick is coming up in the draft and you know you won't be around to make your pick, you are welcome to PM a list of preferred players to any commissioner so we can expedite the selection process in your absence. It's not required that you leave a list so don't feel obligated to do so if you want to make your own picks, but if you don't mind not announcing your own selections and you know who you want, it would certainly be appreciated if you could help us keep the draft moving by allowing a commissioner to announce your selections in your absence.
Nick (Orioles GM) and Micah (White Sox GM) will continue to assist as draft officers to help with draft procedures. The last 2 years, both of them really stepped up during the draft and helped answer questions, announce who was on the clock, kept things moving smoothly, etc, and we want to continue to recognize that effort by asking them to do so in an official capacity. So if you want to PM a pick to a commissioner, feel free to PM it to Nick or Micah as well.
If a GM completely misses two of his picks in a row (and by completely miss, we mean miss the entire 24 hour period and have to be auto-picked for. If you miss the 12- 6- or 8- hour period but you make it back in time to make your pick before the autopick, you're fine), that GM will be considered "absent" and will lose his exclusive 6 hour picking window for subsequent picks until he personally inform us that he has returned. Instead of having a 12-, 6-, or 4- hour exclusive window to pick and the remainder of the 24 hours to make it up, he will have 0 hours to pick and 24 hours to make it up.
Immediately following the completion of our amateur draft will be a period during which you may roster up to four players from your corresponding Major League club. None of these four players may have completed a year of service time yet, and none may appear on another team's roster.
For more complete draft instructions, please see the draft procedures thread at pro-gm.proboards.com/thread/9
We will be tracking all picks in the Draft Order thread. Please check this thread frequently to see if the player you want to select has been picked already and also to keep track of when your picks are coming up.
pro-gm.proboards.com/thread/6244/2018-draft-order-results
It's also a good idea to keep tabs on who the most recent "autopick" was. If you know who the last autopick was, then you know anybody drafted before that player IRL is no longer available. You can find the real life draft results here: www.mlb.com/draft/tracker
If you have any questions please contact Me, Brian (Blue Jays GM), Smitty (Mets GM), Tucker (Padres GM), Jon (Astros GM), Max (Tigers GM), Nick (Orioles GM), or Micah (White Sox GM)
