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frangipard · 02-20-2015, 09:11 AM

I've mentioned this elsewhere, but I wanted to start a thread to get any ideas people may have.

It's widely expected that in the next year or two, an international amateur draft will be put in place, and the free market in Dominican 16 year olds will come to an end. The Yankees and Red Sox both exceeded the spending limit this past year, and the Dodgers and Phillies are expected to this year, reportedly because they all expect the two-year ban on signings over $300,000 will be irrelevant soon.

Since OOTP doesn't have the ability to create a second draft, what, if anything would you do to try and recreate this? My initial thought is to create a feeder league that produces 16 year olds ... but where do they go? If I feed them into the regular draft, will that affect the talent pool of that draft?

Any other workarounds?

02-20-2015, 09:11 AM	#1
frangipard OOTP Roster Team Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 748	The end of international amateur free agents I've mentioned this elsewhere, but I wanted to start a thread to get any ideas people may have. It's widely expected that in the next year or two, an international amateur draft will be put in place, and the free market in Dominican 16 year olds will come to an end. The Yankees and Red Sox both exceeded the spending limit this past year, and the Dodgers and Phillies are expected to this year, reportedly because they all expect the two-year ban on signings over $300,000 will be irrelevant soon. Since OOTP doesn't have the ability to create a second draft, what, if anything would you do to try and recreate this? My initial thought is to create a feeder league that produces 16 year olds ... but where do they go? If I feed them into the regular draft, will that affect the talent pool of that draft? Any other workarounds?