I thought of an idea to make keepers a little more interesting and dangerous. If you have seen the Christmas episode of the Office, you'll remember that each employee bought a Secret Santa gift for another employee (except Kevin who got himself and did not tell anyone). However, Michael had a trick up his sleeve - he started a Bad Santa game. In "Bad Santa," each employee has a turn to keep their gift or take someone else's. In any event, it led to hilarity.
Now, I am not going to advocate that particular procedure, but I think we can apply the spirit of Bad Santa to fantasy baseball. I suggest that there be two tiers of keepers, let's call them Type A and Type B. Type A keepers are untouchable. Type B keepers can be grabbed from another player under some circumstances. I haven't decided what those circumstances should be. They probably should be when the second player is willing to pay more for the player than the first player is willing to pay. A procedure could be sometime in the month preceding the draft, kind of parallel to the minor league draft, each player participates in a silent auction for Type B keepers. This is done through an e-mail to commissioner (or designated agent, since it's probably a good idea to separate responsibilities for the minor league draft and the "Bad Santa" draft). These e-mails will remain unopened until the end of the bidding period. At the end, the commissioner will distribute the highest bid e-mail to the person with the keeper, and that person will have a couple of days to decide whether to match it. If not, then that player will give up the keeper. That is the basic idea.
Details beyond that which need to be decided include amount of Type A and Type B keepers, and number of bids.
Does anyone like this idea?
1.29.2008
1.23.2008
Outline of Important Proposals Thus Far
As I mentioned in my e-mail, over the coming weeks we will be voting on certain rule changes. To make things a little easier, I will outline here the two important proposals thus far. You can look below for more information - everything thus far has been inserted into the latest version of the Constitution. Please comment here.
-Add Minor Leagues, minor league draft, and associated changes, including the addition of a bench slot and ability to tag an additional keeper known as a franchise player.
-Change inflation to 20% of player cost (from $3).
-Add Minor Leagues, minor league draft, and associated changes, including the addition of a bench slot and ability to tag an additional keeper known as a franchise player.
-Change inflation to 20% of player cost (from $3).
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