Drop Deadline

I was wondering when the drop date was and when we might expect to see the drops from several other people in the league. It would be nice if we could know all of the drops at least a week before the draft so we can prepare - there are at least 33 more players that have to be dropped by my calculations (Elliot has 9 players to drop alone).

Trade

Zach trades Sabathia and Webb and $50

Kyle trades Scherzer and Morrow

Draft - Snake Draft

I was wondering - will we continue our practice of having a snake draft (in reverse order of finish) to fill out our rosters after everyone has spent all of their draft dollars?

Draft

So, what are we doing for the draft exactly? Lets start with a vote for whether it is a 1 day draft or 1 player per day draft...

comment with your vote (this is a chance for all you connecticut guys to voice your opinion too!)

my last drop

my last drop is Kotchman. That puts my drop list at lewis, wilson, infante, morales, towles and kotchman.

Non Yahoo Players pt 2

By limiting the draft to players who were available at the end of last year we would be severly limiting the rebuilding efforts of teams at the bottom of the league. The structured amount of draft dollars is the best way to get the good, young talent onto the teams that need them, rather than allowing players to be picked up via the fluid and often ambiguous timing of the waiver wire.

Teams who finished in the bottom half of the league should have a significant advantage in acquiring young talent. Players like LaPorta, Wieters, and Gamel (and that's just prospects named Matt!) should all go to the teams that need young talent - not the teams lucky enough to notice their appearance on the waiver wire or fortunate enough to get a trade for the top spot waiver position right before a call up.

Non-Yahoo Players

With the draft coming up, I wanted to know how we will determine who is available? Obviously we will have the "dropped" list and most MLB veterans are already in the Yahoo system - but what about prospects who may or may not be in the Yahoo system at the beginning of the season?

Personally, I think we should use the following rules for allowing a non-Yahoo player to be on a team:
1. The non-Yahoo player can only be picked up in the yearly supplemental draft.
2. The drafting team retains the rights to the player for only one year. If the player is not added to the Yahoo system during that year the player is available to be re-drafted the next year.
3. An empty bench spot must be retained to accomodate for the player.
4. The empty roster spot cannot be used to pick up a player on the DL.
5. The teams finishing in the bottom 5 of the league in the previous year may have an additional non-Yahoo player retained without having to leave a roster spot open (or they can have one and keep their roster spot).

Thoughts?