Post by Easy Freese on Jan 13, 2019 23:49:46 GMT -5
Hello League,
Welcome back for another season,
I hereby announce that the draft will officially begin on Sunday February 10th at 12:00 PM EST. Begin preparing and making your lists now so you will be ready by then. I will make a post about some of the new draft rules as the draft gets closer but please keep in mind when preparing your lists that this year, International free agents 25 years and older are no longer eligible to be drafted in our rookie draft. This mean that Yusei Kikuchi cannot be drafted and will instead become an FA. Players who have previously been drafted by an MLB team/and or have MLB or minor league experience that went to Japan and are returning to MLB are not subject to this rule. This rule only applies to players who have played exclusively abroad for their entire careers.
I am also announcing that free agency will officially begin on Sunday March 3rd at 12:00 PM EST. Here too I will make another post when it gets closer to that time but for know, mark this date in your calendars.
* Important notice: The deadline to submit your roster re-signings and any potential buyouts will be three days after the completion of the rookie draft. Once the draft is completed, I will repeat this on the Discord group for contract baseball group chat to remind everyone. A rough estimate should be sometime in the second week of February but the specific date will ultimately be dictated by the speed of the draft.
Lastly, I am in the process of working on the survey. Expect to receive the survey in about a week or two. The survey and the results will be completed prior to the draft, though any potential changes will not affect the draft or FA this year so do not worry.
Good luck everyone and may you all begin your preparations. Let me know if you have any questions
Welcome back for another season,
I hereby announce that the draft will officially begin on Sunday February 10th at 12:00 PM EST. Begin preparing and making your lists now so you will be ready by then. I will make a post about some of the new draft rules as the draft gets closer but please keep in mind when preparing your lists that this year, International free agents 25 years and older are no longer eligible to be drafted in our rookie draft. This mean that Yusei Kikuchi cannot be drafted and will instead become an FA. Players who have previously been drafted by an MLB team/and or have MLB or minor league experience that went to Japan and are returning to MLB are not subject to this rule. This rule only applies to players who have played exclusively abroad for their entire careers.
I am also announcing that free agency will officially begin on Sunday March 3rd at 12:00 PM EST. Here too I will make another post when it gets closer to that time but for know, mark this date in your calendars.
* Important notice: The deadline to submit your roster re-signings and any potential buyouts will be three days after the completion of the rookie draft. Once the draft is completed, I will repeat this on the Discord group for contract baseball group chat to remind everyone. A rough estimate should be sometime in the second week of February but the specific date will ultimately be dictated by the speed of the draft.
Lastly, I am in the process of working on the survey. Expect to receive the survey in about a week or two. The survey and the results will be completed prior to the draft, though any potential changes will not affect the draft or FA this year so do not worry.
Good luck everyone and may you all begin your preparations. Let me know if you have any questions