Post by New York Mets on May 28, 2023 12:33:37 GMT -6
Now that the official 2023 ZiPS projections have been released, when should we start our 2023 DMB Player Draft? Should it be live or should we schedule time slots for picks--like the Amateur Draft?
The DMB Player Draft is essentially an organized mechanism (that ensures equitable distribution by going in the draft order) to allow teams to add players with projections before the start of the season. Selecting a player in the DMB Player Draft is the same thing as signing the player so we'll utilize their current MLB experience at the time of the selection--the same as it would be during the season. Refer to the Pay Scales section below from the Rulebook.
The players who are eligible are the free agents who are active (not playing overseas or retired) with a projection in the database. You'll want to search those players to see who is active and playing for a MLB franchise either in the majors or minors. Teams who are at the roster limit of 50 are allowed to select a player, but they need to get back to the limit within 48 hours of their selection. We don't have the Week 1 injuries in the database yet so we won't add the Disabled List until after the draft. In a typical offseason, the DMB Player Draft would have been completed much earlier when the injuries wouldn't have been known, which is why we'll increase the potential roster capacity before we open the Signing Players forum--after the DMB Player Draft and before Week 1. Trading of this year's draft slots or selections in the DMB Player Draft is allowed.
The DMB Player Draft is essentially an organized mechanism (that ensures equitable distribution by going in the draft order) to allow teams to add players with projections before the start of the season. Selecting a player in the DMB Player Draft is the same thing as signing the player so we'll utilize their current MLB experience at the time of the selection--the same as it would be during the season. Refer to the Pay Scales section below from the Rulebook.
C. Pay Scales
At the end of every season, players who reach the minimum MLB rookie requirements of 130 at-bats and 50 innings pitched will change pay scales and move to a [.5/1/A1/A2/A3] contract. The [A1/A2/A3] contract years indicate stages of arbitration. Teams will have until a designated deadline to release these players before those contracts become official.
During the season, a team who signs a player who has already exceeded those minimum experience requirements (as of that exact time of the signing) will be on a [0/.5/A1] contract.
At the end of every season, players who reach the minimum MLB rookie requirements of 130 at-bats and 50 innings pitched will change pay scales and move to a [.5/1/A1/A2/A3] contract. The [A1/A2/A3] contract years indicate stages of arbitration. Teams will have until a designated deadline to release these players before those contracts become official.
During the season, a team who signs a player who has already exceeded those minimum experience requirements (as of that exact time of the signing) will be on a [0/.5/A1] contract.
The players who are eligible are the free agents who are active (not playing overseas or retired) with a projection in the database. You'll want to search those players to see who is active and playing for a MLB franchise either in the majors or minors. Teams who are at the roster limit of 50 are allowed to select a player, but they need to get back to the limit within 48 hours of their selection. We don't have the Week 1 injuries in the database yet so we won't add the Disabled List until after the draft. In a typical offseason, the DMB Player Draft would have been completed much earlier when the injuries wouldn't have been known, which is why we'll increase the potential roster capacity before we open the Signing Players forum--after the DMB Player Draft and before Week 1. Trading of this year's draft slots or selections in the DMB Player Draft is allowed.
