off-season FA auction

[Deleted]

this one is wholly non-important, just something different.

as we have done in the past is to construct a list of players, A -> Z and bid in alpha order. from adrian gonzalez to joey votto to ryan braun and of course there's always yovanni to end the auction. what i propose as a 'perk' for the last place finisher is to let them decide WHERE to start the auction. instead of a-to-z, he may decide to start the auction with joey votto. then it would go j-to-z, a-to-i.

just a thought.

[ex-Pittsburgh Pirates]

Yeah...I'm open to some kind of creativity when it comes to the bid order. How about we take turns nominating players?

[Deleted]

i wouldnt necessarily mind nominating players as such. us ORIGINAL old-farts remember the auction that created the league was that way. but now i dont know of fair that would be to everyone.
current auction you assume and agree to any disadvantage you may incur by overspending $$$ during the prior season(s).
going to 'nominating' next year might tip the balance one way or the other. have to think about it.

[Deleted]

I'm up for something but not "nominating". I could see a lot of big name players going early and then interest would slow down. How about if we jump to the next letter, b then c, etc?

I really don't mind the current system as the players change. Yovanni shouldn't be there this year

[ex-Pittsburgh Pirates]

I could put the alphabet into a draft pick randomizer...same way we pick the tie-breaker category. Does that work for you?

[Deleted]

Maybe keep it alphabetical, but instead of going through all the A's, Let the 1st A go off the board, then go to the first B.. And so on through the alphabet and go back in reverse order like the draft goes.

[Minnesota Twins]

I like the nominating idea because it adds another strategic element, but if not that then I say randomize the alphabet and go from there as usual.

[torontobluejays]

How about each owner nominate a top ten and then rank those receiving votes. After all the nominated players are done, we go back to the alphabetical order auction.

[rangers]

I like nominating the most, I think, but I am also fine with the current method or anything else really

[Deleted]

I don't like the nominating, can lead to a lack of interest after the big names have been taken. I like the alphabetical way, could change it up by drawing the order out of a hat or something like that.

[rangers]

May 18, 2012 23:01:13 GMT -5 @ruffing70 said:

I don't like the nominating, can lead to a lack of interest after the big names have been taken. I like the alphabetical way, could change it up by drawing the order out of a hat or something like that.

Doesn't the lack of interest reward those teams who are paying attention? Isn't that a good thing?

[Deleted]

I have been rewarded by others lack of interest in my players. They cut them, I sign them and cross my fingers that they can recover.