Arena The Baseball Draft Four - (Literally) Out of the Park

Is there an option to sell keepers for more picks still?

 

I assume we can trade players in the off-season for other teams to keep in exchange for other players for us to keep, IntyBucks, or future draft considerations?

 

yeah, i made a few offseason deals like that last season, but kate is referring to this:

 

Keeper years:

Ty Cobb, 1911
Cal Ripken, 1991
Bryce Harper, 2015

And with our apparent excess riches, we will be adding a fourth keeper, because I felt terrible abandoning him to the horrible fate of possibly playing for a playoff team:

Lefty Grove, 1930

Amazing.

 

No strong preference on the divisions. Of the options presented, #1 I guess. But I'd also be down for geographic. The West Coast is the best of all the Coasts.

Our AAA affiliate is The Sudden Valley Cornballers out in the Arizona desert.

Keeper years:

Ven Griffey Jr. - 1997
Corey Kluber - 2014
Randy Johnson - 1995
Charlie Bender - 1907

And assuming customs ballparks are staying (which looks to be the case), the San Francisco Six Demon Bags of Chinatown would like to unveil their brand new home. Partnering with David Lo Pan and the Wing Kong Exchange, we have purchased, retrofitted, modernized and completely transformed Alcatraz Island into a state of the art baseball diamond.



(I have no photoshop skills, so I'll do my best to paint a good mental image.)

We've done our best to preserve and incorporate some of the historical buildings, but of course some of it had to go. The outfield takes up most of what used to be the parade grounds on the Southern end of the island. The outfield is perfectly symmetrical in its dimensions.

335' down each line
377' in the gaps
405' to straightaway center

Outfield walls are 9' high from one end to the other.

There is also very little foul ground, modeled as close as possible to modern day Dodger Stadium.

There is only four rows of bleachers and the bullpens out there. Not even a big screen. Egg Shen and Lo Pan have combined their efforts to use magic (the darkest magic) to give us a really cool "big screen" that appears out past dead center when it needs to, and then disappears when not needed, allowing the fans to soak in the stunning panoramic view of the city of San Francisco and the Bay Bridge.

The vast majority of the seating is behind home plate and the infield. Think... Hollywood Bowl seating.



Only way more seats, and they go up at much sharper upward angle. The nosebleeds sit about 300 feet above the playing field. Max capacity is 42,000 fans.

The overall park aesthetic is inspired by Lo Pan's ceremonial chamber.



Lots and lots of neon, lots of torches. Wind, fire! All that kind of thing!

Welcome to Three Storms Field!

The Rock... has become a baseball field?! - John Patrick Mason

 

So...if you have Hank Aaron, does that mean I can't get Hank Aaron? Cause I was planning on Hank Aaron.

 

Unfortunately yes. Each player can only appear once on one team, regardless of year, except for the Babe Ruth rule (two Babes allowed: one pitcher, one outfielder). So keepers are off-limits for you and me.

 

Tommie Aaron is still available.

Amazing.

 

*Looks him up*

No

 

This is correct, but expansion teams can make trades. Just make sure that if you trade for a player, you retain enough capital (either in Intybucks or draft slots) to acquire the necessary keeper slot(s).

 

FODEUSS Winter Meetings, Final Day



Previously Completed Business

Player Specific Strategies
Designated Hitter
Competitive Balance Initiative
Keeper Slots
IntyBucks

In the Parking Lot:

Structure on International Slots (Pending OOTP 23 release)
Playoff Format (Pending expansion) - See Below

New Decisions:

Stadium Guidelines will remain as they were last season. Historical parks are fine; custom stadiums allowed as long as they meet MLB guidelines; some exceptions allowed if you're doing a simple modification on a historical stadium (e.g. - you want Fenway, but you want the Green Monster along the entire outfield)

Division structure will be decided via a live draw akin to UEFA/FIFA draws alongside the draft lottery. The two World Series teams will be guaranteed to be placed in opposite divisions, but everything else will be randomly drawn. We'll do the draft lottery and division draw once we finalize expansion, which won't be until the new thread is launched.

We will play this season in the year 2019 keeping in status quo with last season. I thought about advancing to 2020, but, like, seriously, **** 2020.


Keeper Declarations

Just a reminder, you can add/remove/change keepers up until the point where I announce that the first pick of the draft is on the clock in the new thread. That includes buying/selling keeper slots for draft capital.

As of now, I need years from @Point Given, @heels1785, and @mnjedi and keepers from @DarthTunick, @a star war, @dp4m, and @LloydChristmas

Playoff Structure

Here's my thoughts, let me know if any issues

If we end up at 14 teams, add two Wild Cards and use a "best-of-three" Wild Card format advancing to play the division winners. (6/14 teams make the playoffs)
If we end at at 16 team, add four Wild Card teams. First round would be a "best-of-five" series, LCS a "best-of-seven", and World Series a "best-of-seven" (8/16 teams make the playoffs)

 

Keepers: I may have one pending trade discussions.

Playoffs: Not a fan of best-of-three. Prefer best-of-five. Otherwise, sounds good to me.

 

can we get a deadline on these keeper declarations? i'd hate to lose my mind thinking about the draft before it even starts, and if dp is negotiating trades for everyone on his team who he isn't even keeping we could be here for years.

 

Almost everyone.

 

My hopeful timeline is new thread next week, expansion deadline next Thursday, with the draft lottery happening next weekend, and the draft starting good and proper Monday, January 31st. So, Keeper moratorium would be something like 6:00 am on the 31st.

 

thinking about the playoffs, i think i prefer the 6 team option whether we expand to 14 or 16 teams, but i'm fine with the wild card format being best-of-five as @jcgoble3 suggested. i just think 8 teams is a bit too many, and i don't like that in an 8 team scenario the division winners wouldn't be rewarded.

 

honestly I can't believe we're not gonna switch up the era for a game that takes an entire year to play.

 

i would love if we could do like late 80's/early 90's since that was when my baseball obsession was at its peak, but i understand that not everyone feels the same.

 

Thinking about it more, I actually wouldn't mind getting away from three true outcome baseball as long as it's not a year that wildly favors either pitching or hitting.

 

we're gonna need a big time machine.

 

@DarthIntegral Yeah, I'm out. You know I respect the hell out of you, and have had tremendous fun with these in the past, but it's simply too much to follow, etc, with how long this goes, how detailed it is; only so much I can "handle" around here, etc. Hope the next version goes well for everybody.

 

Tunes - understandable and much love to you, brother. Stick around the peanut gallery at least!