| Date | 2012-07-18 |
| Message | Hmm.... not sure that that makes much sense. Protect him one year, can't sign him the next year? It seems that would put all Maybin players in the same boat. There is something unclear about the language in the constitution... "the player is eligible to be signed only after his second year as a bench player" if Trout had broken out last year, as a Maybin pick, would I have been able to sign him? Was last year his first "bench" year and this is his second? What is a "bench player" and if it is a player that is eligible to accumulate stats, then what isn't a "bench player"? |
| Date | 2012-07-18 |
| Message | In reading the actual ULB constitution it appears to me that Derek will not be able sign Mike Trout at all, he would've only been able to sign him this year only. I'm sure there are other GM's who would agree with me on this. |
| Date | 2012-07-17 |
| Message | there has been some confusion surrounding this.. in 2011 you DRAFTED trout and PROTECTED him for 2012. you can only protect one player each year and you can only protect each player once. you could have drafted another rookie and protected him for 2013, but you can't protect trout twice. trout has to be signed this offseason or you lose him. one thing that conveniently didn't make it into the constitution (my mistake) is: "if signed to a 3 year deal after his protection year, the player’s option year is not available" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jCQ_GD5Jf2ugTh-UQ90eMx8F8l7a-qOYrvKZ2rygxsk/edit so you may be better off signing a protected player to a 2 year deal to keep the option available. |
| Date | 2012-07-17 |
| Message | Dan, can you address the particulars of the Maybin rule regarding signing said players. For example, as I had Trout protected last season into this season and protected again this season, is he on my team next season in his protected draft slot or is he "on my bench" this season and therefore, I must sign him to retain him? Thanks |
| Date | 2012-07-16 |
| Message | i think we'll see some more maybin protects next year with the years sale and trout are having! |
| Date | 2012-07-10 |
| Message | Are we doing the draft here or in the chatroom at the cbs site? |
| Date | 2012-07-10 |
| Message | head over to the live scoring chat for the draft! |
| Date | 2012-07-10 |
| Message | I'm here and ready... anyone here |
| Date | 2012-07-10 |
| Message | I have one of Derek's 2nd round picks from our recent deal. |
| Date | 2012-07-10 |
| Message | just noticed that Harold got the fireworks going.... he's hidden it in the league message board... He has reached under the covers and grabbed Dickey.... |