[Lucky]

A couple of people asked me about this so I figured I'd just set it up now and answer questions.

- Noone will be able to add minor leaguer keepers until after the May 5th draft.
- You may promote eligible minor league keepers to the main roster, you may not demote eligible minor league keepers until after the May 5th draft.
- Draft order is random and the draft will continue until all spots are filled.
- Anyone drafted in the main draft and kept until the draft may be demoted in place of a pick provided he's eligible. Free agent pickups must clear waivers.

Japanese players are eligible.

- Any player is eligible provided he is not currently on a major league roster and has not qualified as a ML rookie in the past. MLB defines rookies as anyone who has spent 45 days on a ML roster, had 130 ABs, or pitched 50 innings.
- Any eligible player called up to the majors after 8/31 will not lose his eligibility based on September numbers and will not be removed from mLeague rosters at the end of the season.
- All mLeague Keepers will be available only to the owners who have kept them. If someone else picks them up the commish will correct that.
- If a mLeague Keeper makes the major league roster the owner is not required to promote him to the major league roster.
- A Keeper is free to be dropped and replaced with another player any time during the season, provided the player is eligible.
- A Keeper is free to be traded in any deal provided all roster limits are adhered to.
- mLeague Keepers are frozen during the offseason and no additions may be made between the end of the season and the mLeague Draft. Trades are allowed.
- At the start of each new season any players no longer eligible will be taken off teams (unless made full Keepers) and each May a new draft will be used to fill any open slots.
- If a player is drafted in the main draft and kept on the major league roster until the mL draft he may be demoted once the rosters unlock, provided he qualifies. This demotion must be made in place of one of the owner's scheduled picks. If all picks are made he loses this eligibility and must clear waivers to be demoted.
- If an owner wishes to demote a player added to the major league roster as a free agent he must put him through waivers on the major league roster. Any successful waiver claim may be used to put player on Minor League Keeper roster or major league roster. If player clears waivers owner may demote him.
- If a minor league keeper is called up to MLB and then demoted back down, the fantasy owner may also demote him provided that he meets all mLeague Keeper qualifications. No waivers necessary.
See Minor League Keeper Rosters for details.

Players in red have filled their eligibility and are not eligible to be kept after this season or if dropped.

LuckyLopez	ThePunisher	Mooseheadjack
mLeague Keepers 1. Dexter Fowler (OF - COL) 2. Nick Adenhart (P - LAA) 3. Alcides Escobar (SS - MIL) 4. Madison Bumgarner (P - SF) 5. Kila Kaaihue (1B - KC)	mLeague Keepers 1. Donald Veal (P - CHC) 2. David Purcey (SP - TOR) 3. Yu Darvish (P - JAP) 4. Fautino De Los Santos (P - OAK) 5. Tim Beckham (SS - High School)	mLeague Keepers 1. Jeff Bailey (OF/1B - BOS) 2. Homer Bailey (P - CIN) 3. Garrett Olson (P - BAL) 4. Lance Broadway (P - CHW)
TarheelMike	DevilSoprano	AttitudeAdjuster
mLeague Keepers 1. Matt Wieters (C - BAL) 2. David Price (P - TB) 3. Mat Gamel (MIL- 3B) 4. Chris Tillman (P - BAL) 5.	mLeague Keepers 1. Fernando Martinez (OF - NYM) 2. Wade Davis (SP - TB) 3. Brandon Wood (SS - LAA) 4. James McDonald (SP - LAD) 5. Buster Poser (C - SF)	mLeague Keepers 1. Eric Hurley (P - TEX) 2. Jacob McGee (P - TB) 3. Michel Inoa (P - OAK) 4. Gio Gonzalez (P - OAK) 5.
GoVols	Metallikid	Gimmickman
mLeague Keepers 1. Luke Hochevar (P - KC) 2. Glen Perkins (P - MIN) 3. Mike Moustakas (SS - KC) 4. Carlos Carrasco (P - PHI) 5. Kyle Skipworth (C - FLA)	mLeague Keepers 1. Adam Miller (P - CLE) 2. Alan Horne (P - NYY) 3. Humberto Sanchez (P - NYY) 4. Matt LaPorta (OF - CLE) 5. Austin Jackson (OF - NYY)	mLeague Keepers 1. Rick Porcello (P - DET) 2. Cameron Maybin (OF - DET) 3. 4. 5.
fsolomon75	ArmyofOne	SuperGrover
mLeague Keepers 1. Phil Humber (P - NYM) 2. Jon Niese (SP - NYM) 3. Jeff Niemann (P - TB) 4. Kevin Mulvey (SP - MIN) 5. Luke Hughes (2B - MIN)	mLeague Keepers 1. Scott Elbert (P - LAD) 2. Carlos Gonzalez (OF - ARI) 3. Joel Guzman (IF/OF - TB) 4. Colby Rasmus (OF - STL) 5.	mLeague Keepers 1. Reid Brignac (SS - TB) 2. Andrew McCuthcen (OF - PIT) 3. Travis Snider (1B/OF - TOR) 4. Chase Headley (3B - SD) 5. Trevor Cahill (P - OAK)

Names in a hat.

2008 Minor League Draft
May 5th, 2008

Round 1
--- AttitudeAdjuster Missed 24 Hour Clock. Delayed to #2
1. Yu Darvish (P - JAP) - ThePunisher
2. Brett Anderson (P - OAK) - AttitudeAdjuster Delayed from 1st pick.
--- ArmyofOne Missed 24 Hour Clock. Delayed until ASAP.
3. Jordan Schafer (OF - ATL) - TarheelMike
4. Kevin Mulvey (SP - NYM) - fsolomon75
5. Chris Volstad (P - FLA) - DevilSoprano [from LuckyLopez]
--- Metallikid
--- GoVols Missed 24 Hour Clock. Delayed until #9.
6. Matt LaPorta (OF - MIL) - LuckyLopez [from DevilSoprano]
--- Demoted: Rick Porcello (P - DET) - Gimmickman
--- Mooseheadjack Waived 24 Hour Clock. Delayed until #14.
7. Travis Snider (1B/OF - TOR) - SuperGrover

Round 2
8. Chase Headley (3B - SD) - SuperGrover
--- Mooseheadjack Waived 24 Hour Clock. Delayed until #15.
9. Mike Moustakas (SS - KC) - GoVols Delayed from 6th pick.
10. Fautino De Los Santos (P - OAK) - ThePunisher [from Gimmickman]
11. Ross Detwiler (P - WAS) - LuckyLopez [from DevilSoprano]
12. Carlos Carrasco (P - PHI) - GoVols
13. Luke Hughes (2B - MIN) - fsolomon75 [from Metallikid]
--- LuckyLopez
--- fsolomon75
14. J.A. Haap (P - PHI) - Mooseheadjack Delayed from 7th pick.
15. Lance Broadway (P - CHW) - Mooseheadjack Delayed from 9th pick.
16. Chris Tillman (P - BAL) - TarheelMike
--- ArmyofOne
--- ThePunisher Missed 24 Hour Clock. Delayed until ASAP.
--- Demoted: Gio Gonzalez (P - OAK) - AttitudeAdjuster

Round 3
--- AttitudeAdjuster
--- ThePunisher
--- ArmyofOne
--- TarheelMike
--- fsolomon75
--- LuckyLopez
--- fsolomon75 [from Metallikid]
--- GoVols Missed 24 Hour Clock. Delayed until ASAP.
17. Justin Masterson (P - BOS) - DevilSoprano
34. Gimmickman
35. Mooseheadjack
36. SuperGrover

Round 4
37. SuperGrover
38. Mooseheadjack
39. Gimmickman
40. DevilSoprano
41. GoVols
42. fsolomon75 [from Metallikid]
43. LuckyLopez
44. fsolomon75
45. TarheelMike
46. ArmyofOne
47. ThePunisher
48. AttitudeAdjuster

Round 5
49. AttitudeAdjuster
50. ThePunisher
51. ArmyofOne
52. TarheelMike
53. fsolomon75
54. DevilSoprano [from LuckyLopez]
55. fsolomon75 [from Metallikid]
56. GoVols
57. DevilSoprano
58. Gimmickman
59. Mooseheadjack
60. SuperGrover


Waiver Order
1 - SuperGrover
2 - Mooseheadjack
3 - Gimmickman
4 - DevilSoprano
5 - GoVols
6 - Metallikid
7 - LuckyLopez
8 - fsolomon75
9 - TarheelMike
10 - ArmyofOne
11 - ThePunisher
12 - AttitudeAdjuster

[The Jewish Cunthead]

This is a stupid question - if all 5 roster spots are filled and I'm not promoting anyone, what exactly am I drafting? Do the rosters expand with each passing year?

[Lucky]

Nope. They just float away the same as extra picks in the big draft do.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Huh... then I'm gonna finish this draft A LOT quicker than the major league one.

[Lucky]

By my count its only a 12 pick draft at this stage. Could be more by the time we start. Kennedy, Wood, Longoria, Bruce, Maybin, Ellsbury, Buchholz, Duncan, Hochever, & Slowey all seem decent bets (or locks) to break camp with the big club. More could make it. I'm sure more spots will open up as the season goes.

[Attitude Adjuster]

What if I want to drop a guy in my Minor League Keeper collection that did not make the big club? My example is undergoing Tommy John surgery. I don't want to use a Keeper slot on him. Can I drop him and pick someone else up during the draft? If so, when do I announce I'm dropping the first player?

[Lucky]

Yeah, you can dump someone whenever. You just have to dump him before you pick comes up. Rosters are frozen for additions and demotions. But you can promote and cut at will.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

One more quick question. Ian Kennedy will most likely make the big club. Do I have to promote him on Opening Day or can I wait until his rookie eligibility has been reached and then make the decision to promote or release him?

[Lucky]

You can leave him in the minors all season if you'd like or you can add now as Pun did with Morales (although you have no open roster spots). That's the advantage here. You can sit on Kennedy until you need him or trust him, or leave him there all season. But when you promote you won't be able to demote him (a) until the Yanks do and (b) if he's reached 45 days or 50 IP by then (minus September).

[Grover]

Can other teams place their DL eligible players on the DL? I have Shawn Hill, who is on the 15 day DL, but when I go to put him in a DL slot, that option isn't available to me.

Anyone else having issues like that?

[Pun]

If the team has not officially placed him on the DL, you can't do it yet.

[Grover]

Yahoo has him listed as DL15.

The Nats official site has them placing him on the DL on the 21st.

washington.nationals.mlb.com/team/injuries.jsp?c_id=was

EDIT: I got it figured out. I was looking for a DL option on the pull down menu on the main roster page. Didn't realize we have a "Manage DL" link that is separate from that.

[Lucky]

Just a reminder, guys. Season starts 6 AM tomorrow.

[DevSop]

Promoted Evan Longoria.

[Army Dice Clay]

Demoted Kevin Slowey. Word.

[Lucky]

You can't. For one, Slowey's not in the minors in real life. For two, you can't demote anyone until the draft.

[Army Dice Clay]

Well then, I'm just kidding. I guess he's fair game. I accept my fate.

[Lucky]

Hey, guess who hasn't been paying attention? Its May 1st, Draft is on May 5th. It will run just like the big draft. 24 hours for you to pick, next guy picks up there. If you miss a clock you'll be skipped. You will pick as many times as necessary to fill your 5 minor league ranks. Once all 5 spots are filled any other picks you have will just be skipped when we come to them unless you have opened up a roster spot or traded the pick.

If you have a player on your ESPN roster now you can demote in place of one of your picks. But you can only do that IF:
A) He is in the minors that day.
B) He was drafted by you and never dropped.
C) He still meets rookie eligibility.

Once the draft is done you can add and drop minor leaguers at your own leisure as long as they fit the eligibility requirements. Any minor leaguer dropped will sit on waivers for 2 days, with a wire we keep here. Should he clear you can add him when you want.

Here is the minor leaguer rosters as best as I can tell. If there's a problem or if I have someone on this roster you have called up let me know.

Here's the 1st round lineup for the draft. Rest of the draft can be found in the first post in this thread.

2008 Minor League Draft
May 5th, 2008

Round 1
1. AttitudeAdjuster
2. ThePunisher
3. ArmyofOne
4. TarheelMike
5. fsolomon75
6. DevilSoprano [from LuckyLopez]
7. Metallikid
8. GoVols
9. LuckyLopez [from DevilSoprano]
10. Gimmickman
11. Mooseheadjack
12. SuperGrover



May 5th, 12 AM EST AA goes on the clock.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Can I drop MIL guys to make room for my draft picks?

[Lucky]

Yes. You can drop anyone you want at any time. You just can't add a replacement to fill your ranks until you have a pick or the draft has ended. So if you have dead weight on your roster feel free to cut it.

Note that some guys who are currently on minor league rosters would not be eligible anymore. So if you someone realize you may be losing his MiL eligibility. Vols seems especially good at hoarding major leaguers on his MiL roster.

Before it comes up, while dropping a minor leaguer puts him on minor league rosters, once he is dropped he is free to add to your major league roster. Of course if you add him to your major league roster you won't be able to drop him back down without him clearing waivers (and being eligible of course).

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Great...

1. Dropping Shelley Duncan (OF - NYY)
2. Dropping James Hoey (P - BAL)

[GoVols]

I'm a little confused...if we have someone on our mL roster that has passed the eligbility limits before the draft, then we can't keep them? What the hell is going on?

[Lucky]

Everyone on your MINOR LEAGUE roster right now can be kept, regardless of eligibility. Eligibility only comes into question when you (a) are adding someone to your minor league roster, (b) are "demoting" someone from your major league roster to your minor leaguer, or (c) at the end of the season when we're working out keepers.

So Ellsbury's fine. You essentially snuck him in by having him on your roster at the end of last season. Since he was still eligible at the start of this season he wasn't taken off your roster, and if you see fit you could leave him on your minor leaguer roster until the end of the season. But if you ever promoted him he'd then be subject to the same eligibility requirements as everyone else.

Clear? Sorry if my past comments were unclear. I've had a busy week and haven't had much time to sit down, and it just occurred to me that the damn draft is Monday so I wanted to answer any questions before the weekend, or at least try. But even as I was typing that stuff I knew it was rushed and unclear but I didn't have the clear headedness or time to make it simpler.

If you have any questions ask them here, PM me, text me, and I'll even try and keep my AIM on. AA's the only one who really NEEDS to know what's going on Monday thanks to the 24 hour clock, so hopefully we'll all be clear on this by the time we pick.

[Jack Quinn]

dropping Virgil Vasquez and Matt Maloney

[Attitude Adjuster]

Dropping Thomas Diamond.