*1998 BLB Amateur Draft*

[Clay]

The draft will start Tuesday, August 7th at 8a (EST). (However, teams are welcome to start untimed whenever they'd like to)

Please look at the utility to make sure all traded picks are correct. NOTE: The correct order is reflected today in the utility. Draft order in game will be corrected before draft date.

Sandwich Round/Comp Pick policy is effect. I was finally able to figure out how to get a 2nd Sandwich Round in the utility... so it finally WORKS!!!

Round 1
Round 2
Sandwich A (Supplemental Round to Round 2)
Round 3
Sandwich B (Supplemental Round to Round 3)
Round 4

Sandwich Rounds orders are as follows:

SANDWICH ROUND A
1 - LOS ALAMOS
2 - BATAVIA
3 - LOS ANGELES

SANDWICH ROUND B
1 - DENVER
2 - MISSISSIPPI
3 - MISSISSIPPI
4 - DAVENPORT
5 - DAVENPORT
6 - PITTSBURGH
7 - LOS ALAMOS
8 - PAWTUCKET
9 - NEW ORLEANS
10 - NEW ORLEANS
11 - BATAVIA
12 - BALTIMORE

Pick Time Limits:
1st Round and 2nd Round: 4 hours
Remaining Rounds: 2 hours

The draft clock runs between 8am and 10pm ET. The utility will autopick for you if you go over your time. Managers who go over their time limit will be placed on Autopick until they return. Please make use of the preference list to avoid going over the time limit.

Let me know if you have any questions on how to use the utility.

Preference List Usage

- To add players to your Preference List click the check box next to their name and click the 'Add to List' button. You can then move players up and down the list or remove them using the provided buttons.

Team War Room

The Team War Room is available only to logged in users who are currently in control of a team as defined in the league file. From here, teams can review the available players, see what picks they’ve made and when their next ones are due, manage their draft list, configure their auto draft settings, and manually draft players if it is their turn to pick.

To add players to the draft list, click the check box next to their name, then click the Add To List button. You can add multiple players at once, and they are added in the order they appear on the page, not the order clicked. Use the up/down/remove buttons next to the draft list to manage the players once they’re on the list. The view button will take you to the HTML page of the highlighted player in the draft list.

There are three options under user preferences that GM’s should address:

Auto Draft From List: Checking this option tells the draft code to go ahead and pick the top player off your draft list should the draft come around to your pick. If you leave this box unchecked the draft will not auto select from your draft list even if it is your turn to pick.

Auto Draft…: Checking this check box tells the draft code to make an auto selection of your pick. If you have this box and the auto draft from list box checked, the draft code will first check your draft list for the first available player, and then auto your pick only if there are no available players left on your draft list. If this box is checked, but the auto draft from list box is not checked, your draft list will be ignored when the draft auto picks for your team.

…After Round: If you have the auto draft option checked, and entered a draft round number in this field, then the draft will wait until that round has completed before auto picking for your team. For example, a team may wish to make manual picks in their first three draft rounds, but auto pick the remaining 7 rounds of a 10 round draft. In that case, you would click the auto draft check box, and enter 3 in the draft round field. The utility will then auto select for you in rounds 4 and higher. If this field is
left blank and the auto draft box is checked, then all rounds will be auto drafted. If this field contains a number, but the auto draft box is not checked, then no auto picks will be made even after the round specified.
The save button will save both the draft list and the user preferences. You MUST click this button to save changes to your draft list.

If it is your team’s turn to pick in the draft, the “Add To List” button will be replaced by a button used to make a draft pick. In this case, check the box next to the player you wish to draft and click the button.

Remember to click 'Save' after you make any changes to your draft preferences or player preference list.

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Please keep me posted when you officially go to "Full Auto".

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Here is the official order (without trades):

1 Indianapolis Clowns 56 -
2 California Kodiaks 61 -
4 Windy City Playboys 65 (70)
3 Washington Bats 65 (83)
5 Denver Bulls 68 (69)
6 Mississippi Storm 68 (84)
7 Philadelphia Freedom 72 -
8 Morgantown Mohawks 73 -
9 Syracuse Slammers 74 -
10 Davenport Brawlers 76 -
11 Pittsburgh Millers 78 -
12 Los Alamos Bandits 82 -
13 Pawtucket Patriots 83 (81)
14 Maine Guides 83 (95)
15 Wilmington Blue Wave 84 -
16 New Orleans Dukes 85 -
17 Los Lunas Javelinas 86 -
18 Batavia Muckdogs 89 -
20 Baltimore Bulldogs 94 (72)
21 Los Angeles Dinos 94 (84)
19 Carolina Tobs 94 (100)
22 Dallas Snappers 98 -
23 Hartford Whalers 103 -
24 Virginia Colonials 113 -

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Here are the Traded Picks that I have on record that have been entered into the utility:

1998 Traded Draft Picks

1st Round
Pittsburgh (from California) 1.2
Syracuse (from Davenport) 1.10
Mississippi (from Pawtucket) 1.13
Pawtucket (from Baltimore) 1.19
Washington (from Los Angeles) 1.20

2nd Round
Wilmington (from Mississippi via Pawtucket) 2.6
Davenport (from Syracuse) 2.9
Washington (from Los Alamos) 2.12
New Orleans (from Pawtucket) 2.13
Maine (from Baltimore) 2.19
Washington (from Los Angeles) 2.20
Denver (from Hartford) 2.23

3rd Round
Pawtucket (from Washington) 3.4
Pittsburgh (from Philadelphia via Los Angeles) 3.7
Morgantown (from Pittsburgh) 3.11
Batavia (from Pawtucket) 3.13
Wilmington (from New Orleans via Pawtucket) 3.16
Maine (from Baltimore) 3.19
Philadelphia (from Los Angeles) 3.20
Mississippi (from Dallas) 3.22

4th Round
Los Angeles (from Philadelphia) 4.7
Baltimore (from Pawtucket) 4.13
California (from Maine) 4.14
Pawtucket (from Los Angeles) 4.20

5th Round
Indianapolis (from Maine) 5.14
Denver (from Hartford) 5.23

6th Round
Baltimore (from Pawtucket) 6.13
Pawtucket (from New Orleans) 6.16

8th Round
Wilmington (from Maine) 8.14

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Round 1
1 1 1 Indianapolis Clowns SP Travis Neal
1 2 2 Pittsburgh Millers SP Shane Carroll
1 3 3 Windy City Playboys SP Javier Gonzalez
1 4 4 Denver Bulls SP Zack Mueller
1 5 5 Washington Bats SP Lorenzo Campos
1 6 6 Mississippi Storm C Abraham Santana
1 7 7 Washington Bats RF Pat Ladd
1 8 8 Morgantown Mohawks 2B Cecil Bertrand
1 9 9 Syracuse Slammers RF Ricky Adame
1 10 10 Syracuse Slammers 3B Ignacio Rodriguez
1 11 11 Pittsburgh Millers SP Robby Dwyer
1 12 12 Los Alamos Bandits SS Orlando Saucedo
1 13 13 Mississippi Storm SP Joey Simpson
1 14 14 Maine Guides SS Roberto Crespin
1 15 15 Wilmington Blue Wave LF Weston Day
1 16 16 New Orleans Dukes CL Zachary Mack
1 17 17 Los Lunas Javelinas SP Tom Willhoite
1 18 18 Batavia Muckdogs SS Geoff Mumme
1 19 19 Pawtucket Patriots 2B Todd Boyce
1 20 20 Wilmington Blue Wave MR Johnny Ott
1 21 21 Carolina Tobs RF David Irizarry
1 22 22 Baltimore Bulldogs SP Wayne Connor
1 23 23 Philadelphia Freedom 3B Tyler DeBenedetti
1 24 24 Virginia Colonials MR Sandy Franco

Round 2
2 1 25 Indianapolis Clowns 3B Ling-lai Pang
2 2 26 California Kodiaks SP Ian Bloodworth
2 3 27 Windy City Playboys SP Shane Scofield
2 4 28 Philadelphia Freedom SS Ed Armstrong
2 5 29 Philadelphia Freedom SP Felipe Vega
2 6 30 Wilmington Blue Wave SP A.J. Fouts
2 7 31 Hartford Whalers MR Marco Perez
2 8 32 Morgantown Mohawks CF Tyler Tibble
2 9 33 Davenport Brawlers 3B Tyler May
2 10 34 Davenport Brawlers RF Bernie Anguiano
2 11 35 Pittsburgh Millers RF Joey Leamy
2 12 36 Washington Bats RF J.R. Lowe
2 13 37 New Orleans Dukes SS Wade Flint
2 14 38 Maine Guides SP Danny Medrano
2 15 39 Wilmington Blue Wave C Travis Rideout
2 16 40 New Orleans Dukes SP Jaime Lundgren
2 17 41 Los Lunas Javelinas C Troy Smalley
2 18 42 Batavia Muckdogs 3B Vic Robbins
2 19 43 Maine Guides SP Tom Schumaker
2 20 44 Denver Bulls 3B Antonio Martinez
2 21 45 Carolina Tobs SP Daniel Alvarez
2 22 46 Baltimore Bulldogs CL Al Needy
2 23 47 Denver Bulls 1B A.J. Hutto
2 24 48 Virginia Colonials LF Colin Cash

Supplemental to Round 2
S.2 1 49 Los Alamos Bandits 1B Ted McGuire
S.2 2 50 Batavia Muckdogs LF Enrique Lomeli
S.2 3 51 Batavia Muckdogs 1B Tom Leonard
S.2 4 52 Los Angeles Dinos MR Edgar Ayala

Round 3
3 1 53 Indianapolis Clowns SP Tommy Carr
3 2 54 California Kodiaks MR Negussu Sadiki
3 3 55 Windy City Playboys CL Wayne Washburn
3 4 56 Pawtucket Patriots 1B Jon Montalbo
3 5 57 Denver Bulls SS Victor Sotomayor
3 6 58 Mississippi Storm CF Tyler Bollinger
3 7 59 Pittsburgh Millers SS Melvin Rios
3 8 60 Morgantown Mohawks 3B Yasumasa Daichi
3 9 61 Syracuse Slammers LF Edgar Castaneda
3 10 62 Davenport Brawlers 2B Troy Egan
3 11 63 Morgantown Mohawks CF Troy Hart
3 12 64 Los Alamos Bandits SP Ian Stewart
3 13 65 Batavia Muckdogs C Ron Fogel
3 14 66 Maine Guides SP Oscar Parra
3 15 67 Baltimore Bulldogs LF Josue Andrade
3 16 68 Wilmington Blue Wave CF Jordan Aguilera
3 17 69 Los Lunas Javelinas MR Alex Gonzalez
3 18 70 Batavia Muckdogs LF Antonio Solano
3 19 71 Maine Guides MR Omar Campos
3 20 72 Washington Bats CL David Saucedo
3 21 73 Carolina Tobs 1B Ron Peabody
3 22 74 Mississippi Storm 3B Benjamin Annett
3 23 75 Hartford Whalers 1B Oscar Torres
3 24 76 Virginia Colonials SP R.J. Ward

Supplemental to Round 3
S.3 1 77 Denver Bulls SP Todd Bratschi
S.3 2 78 Mississippi Storm 2B Dave Olszewski
S.3 3 79 Mississippi Storm LF Motosugu Katsumata
S.3 4 80 Davenport Brawlers CL Takateru Kimura
S.3 5 81 Davenport Brawlers CF Gordie Rocchi
S.3 6 82 Pittsburgh Millers 2B Bill Torres
S.3 7 83 Los Alamos Bandits RF Brendon Lawyer
S.3 8 84 Pawtucket Patriots SP Vinny Macias
S.3 9 85 New Orleans Dukes 2B Tony Sanchez
S.3 10 86 New Orleans Dukes SP Seth McHale
S.3 11 87 Batavia Muckdogs 1B Brendon Rudolph
S.3 12 88 Baltimore Bulldogs RF Etelson Codorniga
S.3 13 89 Hartford Whalers SS Billy Briceno
S.3 14 90 Hartford Whalers CF David Bustamante

Round 4
4 1 91 Indianapolis Clowns SP C.J. Lerew
4 2 92 California Kodiaks MR Ethan Green
4 3 93 Windy City Playboys MR Dave Porter
4 4 94 Washington Bats C Robby Bell
4 5 95 Denver Bulls RF Pat Johnson
4 6 96 Mississippi Storm CL Ray Ruiz
4 7 97 Los Angeles Dinos MR Sal Marmolejo
4 8 98 Morgantown Mohawks RF Wayne Miles
4 9 99 Syracuse Slammers 2B Travis Thompson
4 10 100 Davenport Brawlers CF Dave Birch
4 11 101 Pittsburgh Millers 1B Travis Brazee
4 12 102 Los Alamos Bandits 1B Seth Lyda
4 13 103 Baltimore Bulldogs 3B Emanuel de la Cruz
4 14 104 California Kodiaks 1B Jamie McDonald
4 15 105 Wilmington Blue Wave CF Alvin Alvarez
4 16 106 New Orleans Dukes 1B Fernando Flores
4 17 107 Los Lunas Javelinas SS Oscar Garcia
4 18 108 Batavia Muckdogs MR Alex Castro
4 19 109 Baltimore Bulldogs LF Hector Martinez
4 20 110 Pawtucket Patriots SP Lorenzo Guzman
4 21 111 Carolina Tobs MR William McIlwee
4 22 112 Dallas Snappers 1B Pat Bruno
4 23 113 Hartford Whalers CF Chris Valenzuela
4 24 114 Virginia Colonials RF Ron Pearsall

Round 5
5 1 115 Indianapolis Clowns RF Bob Matos
5 2 116 California Kodiaks MR Troy McFadden
5 3 117 Windy City Playboys RF Travis Putman
5 4 118 Washington Bats SP Dave Richardson
5 5 119 Denver Bulls SS Chris Martir
5 6 120 Mississippi Storm RF Daijiro Sonoda
5 7 121 Washington Bats SP Alex Seidel
5 8 122 Morgantown Mohawks 1B Donny Elliott
5 9 123 Syracuse Slammers MR Edgar Correa
5 10 124 Davenport Brawlers RF T.J. Korody
5 11 125 Pittsburgh Millers RF D.J. Reilly
5 12 126 Los Alamos Bandits C Kunio Hara
5 13 127 Pawtucket Patriots SP Alex Rovira
5 14 128 Indianapolis Clowns RF Melvin Acevedo
5 15 129 Wilmington Blue Wave SP Mike Lowe
5 16 130 New Orleans Dukes CF Alonzo Juarez
5 17 131 Los Lunas Javelinas SS Rob Sanchez
5 18 132 Batavia Muckdogs MR Ignacio Torres
5 19 133 Baltimore Bulldogs SP Pat McIntyre
5 20 134 Los Angeles Dinos 1B Ron Mallon
5 21 135 Carolina Tobs 2B Micah Diefenthaler
5 22 136 Dallas Snappers CL J.D. Sagar
5 23 137 Denver Bulls 2B Shane Miller
5 24 138 Virginia Colonials MR Roberto Santos

Round 6
6 1 139 Indianapolis Clowns 3B Wade Thompson
6 2 140 California Kodiaks SP Dave Bate
6 3 141 Windy City Playboys CF David Montelongo
6 4 142 Washington Bats SP R.J. Williams
6 5 143 Denver Bulls SP Edwin Parra
6 6 144 Mississippi Storm CL Pat Dohn
6 7 145 Philadelphia Freedom CL J.P. Scott
6 8 146 Morgantown Mohawks RF Omar Santos
6 9 147 Syracuse Slammers CF Jimmy Ritz
6 10 148 Davenport Brawlers CL Heita Sakai
6 11 149 Pittsburgh Millers LF Travis Jones
6 12 150 Los Alamos Bandits 1B A.J. Thomas
6 13 151 Baltimore Bulldogs C Dave Meave
6 14 152 Maine Guides 3B Antonio Rodriguez
6 15 153 Wilmington Blue Wave SP Yuzuru Noguchi
6 16 154 Pawtucket Patriots SS Tanner Solum
6 17 155 Los Lunas Javelinas CL B.J. Paxton
6 18 156 Batavia Muckdogs 1B Robert Alfaro
6 19 157 Baltimore Bulldogs 1B J.J. Stanley
6 20 158 Los Angeles Dinos LF Javier Almonte
6 21 159 Carolina Tobs SP Jimmy Roberts
6 22 160 Dallas Snappers CF Ron Pickens
6 23 161 Hartford Whalers CF Warren Moyse
6 24 162 Virginia Colonials SP Tristan Knott

Round 7
7 1 163 Indianapolis Clowns SP Seth Ellena
7 2 164 California Kodiaks SP Jimmy Fletcher
7 3 165 Windy City Playboys LF J.D. Prince
7 4 166 Washington Bats SS Terry Bowlin
7 5 167 Denver Bulls SP Wen Guo
7 6 168 Mississippi Storm 3B Travis Robbins
7 7 169 Philadelphia Freedom LF Jan Teague
7 8 170 Morgantown Mohawks 2B Shane Holman
7 9 171 Syracuse Slammers 2B Alex Maes
7 10 172 Davenport Brawlers 3B Tommy Hansen
7 11 173 Pittsburgh Millers LF Jamie Register
7 12 174 Los Alamos Bandits MR Tyler Hanes
7 13 175 Pawtucket Patriots CF Tony Sosa
7 14 176 Maine Guides SS Terry McIntyre
7 15 177 Wilmington Blue Wave MR Oscar Gonzales
7 16 178 New Orleans Dukes MR Edgar Duran
7 17 179 Los Lunas Javelinas CF Dave Fitzherbert
7 18 180 Batavia Muckdogs SP Joey Krozel
7 19 181 Baltimore Bulldogs SS Zack Thompson
7 20 182 Los Angeles Dinos MR Tom Massey
7 21 183 Carolina Tobs RF Terry Davis
7 22 184 Dallas Snappers MR Ted Stonge
7 23 185 Hartford Whalers MR Edouard Lopez
7 24 186 Virginia Colonials 1B R.J. Orlando

Round 8
8 1 187 Indianapolis Clowns MR Hideki Ishimoto
8 2 188 California Kodiaks LF Cris Candido
8 3 189 Windy City Playboys RF Dave Young
8 4 190 Washington Bats RF Tom Larew
8 5 191 Denver Bulls SP Ernie Nelson
8 6 192 Mississippi Storm SP T.J. Silverman
8 7 193 Philadelphia Freedom 3B Ron Roger
8 8 194 Morgantown Mohawks LF Enrique Diaz
8 9 195 Syracuse Slammers MR Hector Nevarez
8 10 196 Davenport Brawlers 1B Tyler Farmer
8 11 197 Pittsburgh Millers MR Ruben Reyes
8 12 198 Los Alamos Bandits 1B Jonathan Sanchez
8 13 199 Pawtucket Patriots 2B Pat Raleigh
8 14 200 Wilmington Blue Wave CF T.J. Keener
8 15 201 Wilmington Blue Wave MR Ian Rhodes
8 16 202 New Orleans Dukes CF Joey Grahl
8 17 203 Los Lunas Javelinas C Dave Gallardo
8 18 204 Batavia Muckdogs LF Étienne Guérard
8 19 205 Baltimore Bulldogs MR Joey Mierkowicz
8 20 206 Los Angeles Dinos RF Tom Boyum
8 21 207 Carolina Tobs 1B Arthur Dupuis
8 22 208 Dallas Snappers MR Erik Ernst
8 23 209 Hartford Whalers 1B Brendan Black
8 24 210 Virginia Colonials RF Tony Perez

Round 9
9 1 211 Indianapolis Clowns 3B Ruben Zamudio
9 2 212 California Kodiaks LF Aguinaldo Pablo
9 3 213 Windy City Playboys C Javy Moreno
9 4 214 Washington Bats SS Tyler Little
9 5 215 Denver Bulls LF Hiroto Horikawa
9 6 216 Mississippi Storm CL Jamie Kearney
9 7 217 Philadelphia Freedom MR Pat Caster
9 8 218 Morgantown Mohawks RF Carson Carroll
9 9 219 Syracuse Slammers MR Jaime Crook
9 10 220 Davenport Brawlers MR Jimmy Slaughter
9 11 221 Pittsburgh Millers MR Ed Akers
9 12 222 Los Alamos Bandits RF Dusty Parisi
9 13 223 Pawtucket Patriots SP Victor Perez
9 14 224 Maine Guides MR William Flax
9 15 225 Wilmington Blue Wave MR J.P. Rademaker
9 16 226 New Orleans Dukes LF Dave Smolinski
9 17 227 Los Lunas Javelinas MR Joey Gill
9 18 228 Batavia Muckdogs 3B Pat Pleis
9 19 229 Baltimore Bulldogs MR Dave Flarity
9 20 230 Los Angeles Dinos SS Ron Barber
9 21 231 Carolina Tobs C Jimmy Lucas
9 22 232 Dallas Snappers CF Jimmy Hickman
9 23 233 Hartford Whalers C Armando Esparza
9 24 234 Virginia Colonials MR Marco Macias


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[Pat]

Draft can start now... let's do this thing!!!

[tomr1962]

Lets go before the frigging work week starts

[Ryan]

Had my brothers bachelor party yesterday/last night, but we'll get underway here shortly.

[tomr1962]

So hungover we could see the next Justin Linseman pick

[Ryan]

I wouldn't put it past me.

[Ryan]

Alright, I'm loaded and ready to roll. Since the utility doesn't load until Tuesday, we posting here to start?

[Jake]

Do it.

[Clay]

Alright, I'm loaded and ready to roll. Since the utility doesn't load until Tuesday, we posting here to start?

If you want to make it official... feel free and I'll put it in the utility. Basically borrowing from the OSFL and the untimed drafting.

[Ryan]

If you want to make it official... feel free and I'll put it in the utility. Basically borrowing from the OSFL and the untimed drafting.

SP Travis Neal.

This is the safest/biggest bang for a first overall pick I saw. In fact, it was down to Neal and one other starter, either of which I would've felt safe with.

Either way, I feel really good about Neal. Top of the rotation guy, that will hopefully team with Bryant in a couple seasons atop our rotation.

[Clay]

Pick is in.

Draft is on.

Clock should not fire anyone's time up until Tuesday, so the next team can keep going as they see fit.

[Ryan]

Thanks Clay.

[tomr1962]

wanna trade him

[Pat]

I had Neal #3.

[liquidcrash]

I like Neal, he was in the mix for guys that I thought might go #1. He's got great stuff and should be above average with the movement and control. I'm a bit concerned with the 4 injuries he racked up in his first seasons in college, but he's not listed as fragile, so maybe just bad luck. There's a couple of pitchers that I think might turn out to be better than him, but Neal is the most advanced of that group.

On a different note, I'm pretty underwhelmed by this class as a whole. I don't see the top-end hitting talent that we've had in the past. There's a couple guys there that I like, but most of the top guys seem to have some big flaws or red flags.

Also, I could be talked into moving up from #21 if someone is thinking about trading down. I could give up a BLB pitcher or we could work something out involving picks or prospects. Send me a PM if you're interested.