New Division Alignment Options

[Mainge]

cannot have teams from opposite leagues facing each other in the playoffs.

until the world series, obviously
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the choices are four total teams in the playoffs or 8 total teams in the playoffs

I vote 8 then. It's a lot but probably best for overall league interest.

[pdub858]

yup

[Party]

NOT PORTLAND!

[DColts]

Portland's blood are on your hands!!!!!!!!

[PitchingWinsGames]

NOT PORTLAND!

  Spoiler:

your manager is still in the system

[PitchingWinsGames]

Alright folks, unless there're no objections, Im formally removing Portland and Honlulu, I'll leave their managers in the game, should they decide to come back down the road or whatnot.

Before that, Im going to set up the expansion draft for starting tomorrow, majors then minors, same as before. Send in lists, cannot stress this enough, or I'll BPA for you. Umm... Pick as soon as you can, I'd like this to be expeditious, good luck to everyone and have fun.

[AdamRavs]

draft order?

[PitchingWinsGames]

Based on wins and division placement:

BOS 58
MIA 59
SFW 72
KCM 75
CHI 77
PHI 77
SDW 77
MIL 80
SAS 80
NYN 81
ANC 82
CLE 85
SIN 91
ATL 91
EDM 92
COL 94
PIT 96
SEA 117
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Additional rule reminder:

ML draft = anybody with ML experience, don't care if it's a 5 star player or a bench bat, whatever

MiLB draft = 0 days of experience

[nny]

Suggestion: Either do minor and major at same time, or don't do same draft order each time. Cleveland got overstocked with talent last year because they got so many picks like that. It rewards teams for being bad rather than trying to help the teams in the middle of the pack

If you're still going to keep separate drafts, I suggest something like

#9
#10
#8
#11
#7
#12
#6
#13
#5
#14
#4
#15
#3
#16
#2
#17
#1
#18

Probably do that for the ML phase, since that helps the middle teams get better talent now, while the worst teams don't (they need talent later anyway) nor do the good teams (who don't get good talent now or prospects)

[PitchingWinsGames]

*revises*

and I'll keep the minors as-is

[Bobbob1313]

I'm getting screwed.

[nny]

You could also do something like break teams in groups of 3

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That'll better support the lower teams and hurt the higher teams more
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Or, since 8 playoff teams, just focus on not supporting those and do something like

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[AdamRavs]

I agree with helping the middle teams.. The minors in looking at both teams there isn't a TON of top tier prospects on these teams.. Combining the two might make sense.. Teams who are rebuilding or wanna add depth have a choice then.

[Blackout Pact]

I agree. Especially due to the $75 salary cap, some teams may not be able to afford some of the MLB players but instead want to focus on rebuilding.

[PitchingWinsGames]

Alright well, someone post what this:

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Proposal is, and I'll switch it to that