• and just to verify what you guys are saying, we can draft minor leaguers, but they will affect your current salary during the auction draft and your 40 man roster. that is what i've gathered from the site and you helpful gents...

  Little Pine Tar on my bat II on February 15, 2011 12:43 PM

• i'm fine either way. to be honest, weekday nights are best for me. not that i'm a weekend partier, but those are the two days of the week i enjoy spending time with the wifey. but if the weekend is what works, i'm totally down.

  Little Pine Tar on my bat II on February 15, 2011 12:42 PM

• Is there anyway we can schedule like a Saturday just to have the full draft? It could start at like 7:00 a.m. PST/10:00 a.m. EST and we could get it all done in one fell swoop.

  Big Papi memories on February 15, 2011 12:31 PM

• I also may have some conflicts on Tuesday/Wednesday, depending on the time. Got some sports teams for work that I play on.

  Citi Slickers on February 15, 2011 12:28 PM

• I believe you draft between 23 and 40 people to your roster (subject to the salary cap) and then during the season you are required to have a 23 man active roster with the other 17 spots open for reserves (including minor leaguers)

  Citi Slickers on February 15, 2011 12:27 PM

• actually i can use my comp on wednesday nights so only tuesday nights are a big problem for me

  Royal(s) Mess on February 15, 2011 12:03 PM

• I think running through a few players each night is a great idea--but we need to be sure that everyone is available or someone would miss bidding. I think sending out an email to notify everyone 24 hours in advance should work. I can post before as well.

  The Naturals ⚾ on February 15, 2011 12:00 PM

• Tuesday and Wednesday nights I mean

  Royal(s) Mess on February 15, 2011 11:55 AM

• also wanted to say hello to everyone and really looking forward to getting into a deep, active league. i'm fine with drafting it all in the morning on a weekend or a few hours on weeknights. However, I'm working on my MBA and have class Tuesday and Wed

  Royal(s) Mess on February 15, 2011 11:55 AM

• I believe you draft between 23 and 40 people to your roster (subject to the salary cap) and then during the season you are required to have a 23 man active roster with the other 17 spots open for reserves (including minor leaguers)

  Citi Slickers on February 15, 2011 11:53 AM

• btw, i wanted to say hello to everyone, and i look forward to getting to know all of you as the season approaches. since we all have our love of fangraphs as common ground, i think this should be a great community...

  Little Pine Tar on my bat II on February 15, 2011 11:40 AM

• we seem to be dealing with a 40-man roster and nothing else, no minors, or prospect roster if you will, so i guess that answers my question.

  Little Pine Tar on my bat II on February 15, 2011 11:39 AM

• right, i guess what i was asking is what prevents bryce harper's name being put out before albert pujos'. not that i don't want that, but i wanted to be clear on the fact if there are two separate drafts. but i guess you're right.

  Little Pine Tar on my bat II on February 15, 2011 11:38 AM

• I think anyone with a fangraphs page can be nominated, i.e. anyone who has played a game at the professional level

  Lowe Expectations on February 15, 2011 11:16 AM

• couple hours a night sounds awesome. i'm curious, what are the specs for minor leaguers? are they auctioned out at the same time?

  Little Pine Tar on my bat II on February 15, 2011 10:57 AM

• So if you can pause it, we could just set up a couple of hours a night and bang it out over the course of a week or 2

  Lowe Expectations on February 15, 2011 10:22 AM

• So we can start the auction now, but it has a set timing for events. There are 30 seconds to nominate, and then it appears 15 seconds for another bid (I'm guessing this resets after each bid).

  The Naturals ⚾ on February 15, 2011 10:17 AM

• what happens when you nominate someone?

  Lowe Expectations on February 15, 2011 10:13 AM

• Ok, it immediately started a thirty second countdown to nominate a player. But it does appear to let me pause at will.

  The Naturals ⚾ on February 15, 2011 10:11 AM

• Could we start it earlier than that? I think this thing could go pretty long. Like noon eastern maybe?

  Lowe Expectations on February 15, 2011 10:10 AM

• Sure, I'll start it right now, and see what happens. If we can just do an auction that lasts for a few days, it might work out better.

  The Naturals ⚾ on February 15, 2011 10:10 AM

• Ok, since it seems we're pretty spread out (guessing from team names), how does the weekend sound? Saturday or Sunday, noon Pacific?

  The Naturals ⚾ on February 15, 2011 10:09 AM

• Yeah that's not clear. Can you see what happens when you start it up?

  Lowe Expectations on February 15, 2011 10:07 AM

• Yeah it seems like you can just join the auction whenever, so we can just decide on whatever time works for people and do it.

  Citi Slickers on February 15, 2011 10:04 AM

• So do I just hit "start auction" and we go? Or do we all have to be there? The support page makes it seem that we all have to be present.

  The Naturals ⚾ on February 15, 2011 9:58 AM

• 2-day blind auction is what you do for free agents during the season. I believe the auction draft format is already set.

  Citi Slickers on February 15, 2011 9:47 AM

• So I guess the Message Board is up? Any ideas on the draft date and format? My 2.5 cents would be on a normal auction. A 2-day blind auction seems too compressed.

  Little Pine Tar on my bat II on February 15, 2011 8:41 AM

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