Drafting: Overview
A draft is an organized process in which teams select players
from a free agent pool. Before we get into the details of setting
up and running a draft, we remind you that you can also sign free
agents to a team roster using the commands in the Roster / manager profile
window. That's the best way to move a few free agents onto team
rosters. But if you want to have every team in a league or
organization take turns drafting free agents, setting up and
running a draft is the way to go.
DMB offers a wide variety of options when conducting a draft.
You can:
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draft new rosters from scratch or start with partially complete
rosters (such as a group of players carried over from a previous
season)
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set the order in which the teams will make their picks, choosing
whether the draft order stays the same in every round or reverses
in every other round
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browse lists of free agent batters and pitchers, sort those
lists on any statistic or rating, and filter those lists based on
batting and throwing hand, position, playing time, etc.
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add supplemental draft picks for one or more teams in any round,
or delete any draft pick (to punish teams for breaking league
rules, for example)
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trade draft picks
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reverse a draft pick that was made in error
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ask the computer general manager to make one or more picks
automatically
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save a draft in progress and resume it later
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generate a report showing all of the picks that have been made
in a draft.
The following topics explain the process of creating and running
a draft:
Draft preparation
Creating a draft
Draft Window
Setting the Draft Order
Adding, Deleting and Trading Picks
Making Manual Picks
Computer Drafting
Drafting and Manager Profiles
Resuming a Draft
Deleting a Draft
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