Draft pick trading / 60 day rules

[Colby]

I to agree that Draft Pick trading may be a good thing and the 60 Day Rule is a necessary rule.

~MTK

Once again; this is why we have other leagues.  I think the push to change rules needs to come to a close.  At this point, we should be looking at how to improve processes (such as hiring GMs).

[Mr.TradeKing]

I to agree that Draft Pick trading may be a good thing and the 60 Day Rule is a necessary rule.

~MTK

[Paul S.]

I am in favor of draft pick trading because it makes the league more interesting.  It does help in making trades and can be used as a way of improving rebuilding teams.  The 60 day rule is a good one.

[papps]

I would also be in favor of draft picks being traded.  I understand that we want to mirror real life MLB as much as possible but in the world of fantasy sports we have to keep managers interested and want to keep playing in a free league.  There always has to be a rebuilding process where a manager feels like they will have a chance in the future. 

[Canada8999]

How is trading Chone Figgins multiple times during a year (to the same team too!) realistic but signing and trading players within the first 60 day not realistic?

I agree that it's not realistic.  The fact that we have so much turnover via trade is really not realistic at all - look around the league and see how many teams you can find that even somewhat resemble their MLB counterparts, it's not even been two full seasons yet but I don't expect there to be many (Braun is the only holdover from my team).  Personally, I think the 60-day rule is good and I would go the other direction from what you're saying and try to reduce turnover somehow (maybe give incentives to keep players longer-term like a re-sign discount for a player held 3+ years), being more consistent with our realism rather than drop the idea completely.  That's me and I'd probably be outnumbered since many love the idea of high-turnover, so I probably won't push it.

I was indifferent on the draft pick trading when we made the current rule, and agree with you that while it's realistic, it's not as fun and allowing picks to be traded can help small market teams better re-tool via the draft.  It also helps facilitate trades in general, since small differences in value can be made up for with picks.  That said, now that we've made the change and I've become more accustom to it, I am ok with the current rule and think the strategy of accumulating picks via RFA's is fun since that what Billy Beane does (and we just changed the RFA rules to better facilitate this), but if there's a huge push to get rid of it I won't be that upset.

[h4cheng]

How is trading Chone Figgins multiple times during a year (to the same team too!) realistic but signing and trading players within the first 60 day not realistic?

I am glad to see many feel the same on the trading draft picks issue though.

[bravesfan4]

Good point - we always have to add the ability to turn a franchise around quickly with that of having fun and being realistic.

Which is why trading picks might be a good idea. The 60 day rule is a good idea. 

[Colby]

So, why is it OK to trade a player multiples time during the year? And, why is it OK to sign/drop prospects without penalties? We got to draw the line on realism somewhere...

Good point - we always have to add the ability to turn a franchise around quickly with that of having fun and being realistic.

[h4cheng]

The other side of this is that MLB teams don't sign players and turn around and trade them - players wouldn't sign with a team they thought might immediately trade them, they sign somewhere they want to play at least the remainder of the season if not long-term.

So, why is it OK to trade a player multiples time during the year? And, why is it OK to sign/drop prospects without penalties? We got to draw the line on realism somewhere...

[Canada8999]

I don't get it. The 60 day rule makes sense if the bidding window is 5 minutes and teams constantly miss players they want to sign. Teams have 72 hours to decide whether they want to sign a player or not.

The other side of this is that MLB teams don't sign players and turn around and trade them - players wouldn't sign with a team they thought might immediately trade them, they sign somewhere they want to play at least the remainder of the season if not long-term.