Here is the new draft order, with the Balk in the first spot. For the Rule 5 and Free Agent draft, we only use the 10 EFL teams. For the Rookie, we use computers for the listed MLB teams. 10 MLB teams are not represented here because we want to draft in the same 30 team environment MLB teams enjoy.
By the way, the D.C. Balk logo is the featured photo on this post. If he manages like he designs logos, we’re in trouble.
| D.C. Balk | 1 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 2 |
| Portland Rosebuds | 3 |
| Atlanta Braves | 4 |
| Colorado Rockies | 5 |
| Oakland A’s | 6 |
| Kaline Drive | 7 |
| Miami Marlins | 8 |
| Detroit Tigers | 9 |
| Seattle Mariners | 10 |
| Canberra Kangaroos | 11 |
| Boston Red Sox | 12 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 13 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 14 |
| Cleveland Indians | 15 |
| Cottage Cheese | 16 |
| Minnesota Twins | 17 |
| San Francisco Giants | 18 |
| Peshastin Pears | 19 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 20 |
| New York Yankees | 21 |
| Texas Rangers | 22 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 23 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 24 |
| Flint Hill Tornadoes | 25 |
| Kansas City Royals | 26 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 |
| Old Detroit Wolverines | 28 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 29 |
| Haviland Dragons | 30 |
The Drive, Cheese, and Pears each slipped on notch in the draft order.
I use a formula to compute how to translate our 40 teams to a 30-team draft. The first pick and the last calculate out to exactly a whole number. All the others calculate to some decimal value between whole numbers. All the EFL teams except one got the decimal value closest to their new draft position. Since we were changing from a 39-team league to a 40-team league, some teams who used to have decimal values less than 0.5 more than a whole number, ended up with decimal values over 0.5 more — so closer to the higher number.
The one exception is the Wolverines. They rounded up to 29. But since we can’t have two 29th picks, they got to move up to the 28th pick.
So, take heart, Rosebuds. Unless the Balk are smarter than the computer, you should have the options as you did before, since you’re still drafting 3rd.
I certainly *hope* that the Balk are smarter than the computer. The last thing we want is a smart computer in the rookie draft.
The first round is going to be brutal – a lot of players came up early and thus generated lots of at-bats/innings pitched, which is the single most influential stat in the managers.