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Matt, regarding the expansion draft this isa how I set it up:
Season Rounds Protected Players
1876 16 10
1882 16 11
1892 17 11
1961 28 14
1962 28 14
1969 28 14
1977 30 15
1993 35 16
1998 35 17
I take the number of players total in the league and divide it by the total number of teams that will be in the league after expansion, and this gives me the number of rounds. This way the expansion teams have the same number of players in their organization as the rest of the teams.
I set the protect total low so that teams can protect their starting lineup, rotation, and a couple of relievers. This way any good players they have on the bench can get a starting role on the expansion teams.
I do not do any auto-protect either.
The computer will sometimes tend to protect younger players while letting some of their starting players go unprotected. The expansion teams are pretty good at grabbing those players though. I think it is a matter of the computer trying to protect too much of their future players rather than their current starters. I could see them protecting their top 1 or 2 prospects but they should be protecting their starting players.
My intent was for those expansion teams to be respectable and not necessarily end up in last place, but they are able to grab plenty of unprotected talent.
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