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ayaghmour2 · 08-23-2021, 01:30 AM

Turns out I was wrong, we had two more rounds of the human draft! Big news was also announced with a new system for the draft. It's a bit complicated, but there will be three sections. The first two will take place in January, the last in June. The January draft has two parts, an open and regional section. The open section will be two rounds and before the mock draft. This is done to limit some of the mock drafts information, and we will be drafting before their final year of stats. The regional portion then is a single round, where teams have priority based on location. These picks cannot be traded, however, the picks from the first two rounds can. All these players will remain in the pool until the June portion draft. In May, the pool will be published, so all players will generate stats and the new one year players will be created to fill the pool. The remaining rounds (4-25) will happen as they did this year and I think there will be ten more rounds of human picks. I like this much better then the lottery, and I am actually really excited for the regional round as it gives me (and the Chiefs) a very good chance to land top talent from Chicago. In a little sadder news, there is now a firing mechanism in place for poor performance, and if this was in place from the beginning, I actually would have been one of the only three firings. Basically you just have to not finish 7th or 8th three years in a row, occasionally finish 5thor better, and not make your owner angry at the end of the season. Firings cannot happen until 1940 at the earliest, but I know I will do anything I can to avoid firing. Like I've said before, if my owner wants to fire me, he'll have to carry me out kicking and screaming. And he better have some help!

11th Round, 172nd Overall: RHP Rube Finegan
School: Lane State
1938: 3-7, 104.1 IP, 6.81 ERA, 2.07 WHIP, 96 BB, 54 K
Career: 11-17, 289 IP, 5.45 ERA, 1.79 WHIP, 200 BB, 170 K

I won't lie, the stats aren't very promising at all. Rube Finegan was terrible as a senior, and it was clear that the great competition at Lane State was a bit too much for him. It's a little shocking, considering as a freshman he was a respectable 5-1 with a 4.12 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 48 walks, and 65 strikeouts across 94 innings. He never replicated those numbers, and while not an intriguing prospect yet, there is a lot I do like about him. He has a great makeup, full of energy and quick a learner and he does have four big league quality pitches. His fastball isn't that fast, sitting in the 84-86 range, but he has a reliable forkball and his slider and change are decent secondary offerings. The more speed he adds on his fastball, the better the other pitches will become, but of course, there is no guarantee that he'll ever throw faster. His biggest issue is he likes to nibble, aiming for the corners instead of attacking hitters, and if we can knock that bad habit, we could be able to extract some untapped potential. There are very low expectations for Finegan, and he'll probably just pitch out of the pen this season, but he could be a good organizational player.

12th Round, 188th Overall: C Charlie Hawkins
School: CC Los Angeles
1938: .274/.362/.378, 314 PA, 11 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 45 RBI, 5 SB
Career: .279/.367/.367 811 PA, 32 2B, 3B, 9 HR, 106 RBI, 11 SB

I debated between a college and high school catcher for my actual final human pick, and eventually settled on the 21-year-old Charlie Hawkins. The big pull was the potential pop, five homers this year, more then his first two seasons combined. Even better, Hawkins was a teammate of our 4th Round selection Ed Wilkinson. I will let Hawkins start at the same level as Wilkinson so they can keep up that connection. I'm hoping Hawkins keep the power up, but one thing for certain is he will draw walks. He walked 30 or more times in each season, with a career best 38 this season. He is a bit of a free swinger, and will chase a few pitches, but he should be able to keep the strikeouts down reasonably well. As mentioned before, our catching depth isn't that great, and while Skidmore should rank in the top 200 once we get our players on Tuesday, Gidge Sumpter (314th) is the only other catcher of ours currently in the top 500.

08-23-2021, 01:30 AM	#579
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,034	1938 Draft: Round 11-12 Turns out I was wrong, we had two more rounds of the human draft! Big news was also announced with a new system for the draft. It's a bit complicated, but there will be three sections. The first two will take place in January, the last in June. The January draft has two parts, an open and regional section. The open section will be two rounds and before the mock draft. This is done to limit some of the mock drafts information, and we will be drafting before their final year of stats. The regional portion then is a single round, where teams have priority based on location. These picks cannot be traded, however, the picks from the first two rounds can. All these players will remain in the pool until the June portion draft. In May, the pool will be published, so all players will generate stats and the new one year players will be created to fill the pool. The remaining rounds (4-25) will happen as they did this year and I think there will be ten more rounds of human picks. I like this much better then the lottery, and I am actually really excited for the regional round as it gives me (and the Chiefs) a very good chance to land top talent from Chicago. In a little sadder news, there is now a firing mechanism in place for poor performance, and if this was in place from the beginning, I actually would have been one of the only three firings. Basically you just have to not finish 7th or 8th three years in a row, occasionally finish 5thor better, and not make your owner angry at the end of the season. Firings cannot happen until 1940 at the earliest, but I know I will do anything I can to avoid firing. Like I've said before, if my owner wants to fire me, he'll have to carry me out kicking and screaming. And he better have some help! 11th Round, 172nd Overall: RHP Rube Finegan School: Lane State 1938: 3-7, 104.1 IP, 6.81 ERA, 2.07 WHIP, 96 BB, 54 K Career: 11-17, 289 IP, 5.45 ERA, 1.79 WHIP, 200 BB, 170 K I won't lie, the stats aren't very promising at all. Rube Finegan was terrible as a senior, and it was clear that the great competition at Lane State was a bit too much for him. It's a little shocking, considering as a freshman he was a respectable 5-1 with a 4.12 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 48 walks, and 65 strikeouts across 94 innings. He never replicated those numbers, and while not an intriguing prospect yet, there is a lot I do like about him. He has a great makeup, full of energy and quick a learner and he does have four big league quality pitches. His fastball isn't that fast, sitting in the 84-86 range, but he has a reliable forkball and his slider and change are decent secondary offerings. The more speed he adds on his fastball, the better the other pitches will become, but of course, there is no guarantee that he'll ever throw faster. His biggest issue is he likes to nibble, aiming for the corners instead of attacking hitters, and if we can knock that bad habit, we could be able to extract some untapped potential. There are very low expectations for Finegan, and he'll probably just pitch out of the pen this season, but he could be a good organizational player. 12th Round, 188th Overall: C Charlie Hawkins School: CC Los Angeles 1938: .274/.362/.378, 314 PA, 11 2B, 3B, 5 HR, 45 RBI, 5 SB Career: .279/.367/.367 811 PA, 32 2B, 3B, 9 HR, 106 RBI, 11 SB I debated between a college and high school catcher for my actual final human pick, and eventually settled on the 21-year-old Charlie Hawkins. The big pull was the potential pop, five homers this year, more then his first two seasons combined. Even better, Hawkins was a teammate of our 4th Round selection Ed Wilkinson. I will let Hawkins start at the same level as Wilkinson so they can keep up that connection. I'm hoping Hawkins keep the power up, but one thing for certain is he will draw walks. He walked 30 or more times in each season, with a career best 38 this season. He is a bit of a free swinger, and will chase a few pitches, but he should be able to keep the strikeouts down reasonably well. As mentioned before, our catching depth isn't that great, and while Skidmore should rank in the top 200 once we get our players on Tuesday, Gidge Sumpter (314th) is the only other catcher of ours currently in the top 500. Last edited by ayaghmour2; 08-23-2021 at 03:31 PM.