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As promised (possibly here and elsewhere), here's my new random debut. I'll start with the inaugural draft, which was a labour of love (and some cursing) as I came up with my own draft values for each of the 720 players involved (704 from the default MLB database, and 16 from the Spritze HS DB for OOTP18) based on RL stats and on the player's age and how much value they have left in their RL career after that age. The 16 Spritze guys were judged against all 720 according to the Spritze DB draft values, and ranked that way, and the other rankings were done around them. The draft was done in a best on the draft board regardless of position nature, which meant I had to make myself god of my league and move players around in situations where teams didn't draft any/enough players at a position.

Because of the age/how much value is left in a player's career thing, these may appear out of order to you, but for me they are not. For example with Kaline before A-Rod, Kaline at age 18 has his whole career in front of him, while A-Rod at 25 has already had several magnificent seasons. Remember too, that a modern player's career is incomplete at this moment. The player development system will hit him earlier, and he may become great, stay the same, or fizzle. I saw Clayton Kershaw go from 3 consecutive Walter Johnson Awards (or Cy Young Awards if you prefer) to the bullpen to the free agent pile to out of the game in a very short span. The player development system can be a cruel mistress, and that has to be kept in mind as well when doing these things.

If you'll indulge me, I'll post the first five rounds (it was 45 rounds long, so this is a little over ten percent of the players in my game). I'm using Entire Career for position ratings, so I'll also post all the player's positions as well as the age he will be on July 1st of the 1901 season (i.e. what his age season will be). Anyway, enough of the pre-amble.

Round 1:

1. New York Giants: Honus Wagner, SS/RF, 26
2. Cleveland Blues: Al Kaline, CF/RF, 18
3. Chicago Orphans: Alex Rodriguez, 3B/SS, 25
4. Cincinnati Reds: Nolan Ryan, RHP, 22
5. Philadelphia Athletics: Ed Delahanty, 1B/LF/CF/RF, 20
6. Detroit Tigers: Craig Biggio, C/2B/CF, 24
7. Brooklyn Superbas: Eddie Cicotte, RHP, 21
8. Baltimore Orioles: Minnie Minoso, LF/CF, 23
9. St. Louis Cardinals: Bucky Walters, RHP, 26
10. Boston Americans: Vern Stephens, 3B/SS, 20
11. Pittsburgh Pirates: Johnny Damon, LF/CF/RF, 21
12. Washington Senators: Joe Tinker, SS, 24
13. Milwaukee Brewers: Cupid Childs, 2B, 20
14. Philadelphia Phillies: Dale Murphy, 1B/CF/RF, 20
15. Boston Beaneaters: Eppa Rixey, LHP, 27
16. Chicago White Sox: Jon Lester, LHP, 23

Round 2:

1. Chicago White Sox: Wes Ferrell, RHP, 24
2. Boston Beaneaters: Mark Gubicza, RHP, 22
3. Philadelphia Phillies: Bill Madlock, 2B/3B, 22
4. Milwaukee Brewers: Sam Crawford, CF/RF, 29
5. Washington Senators: David Wells, LHP, 34
6. Pittsburgh Pirates: Mark Langston, LHP, 28
7. Boston Americans: Jim Bottomley, 1B, 23
8. St. Louis Cardinals: Mike Hampton, LHP, 21
9. Baltimore Orioles: Cliff P Lee, LHP, 31
10. Brooklyn Superbas: Madison Bumgarner, LHP, 22
11. Detroit Tigers: Lefty O'Doul, LF, 29
12. Philadelphia Athletics: Steve Garvey, 1B/3B, 24
13. Cincinnati Reds: Mike Hargrove, 1B/LF, 24
14. Chicago Orphans: Will White, RHP, 27
15. Cleveland Blues: Max Carey, LF/CF, 29
16. New York Giants: George Wright, 2B/SS, 24

Round 3:

1. New York Giants: Kid Elberfeld, 3B/SS, 27
2. Cleveland Blues: Dustin Pedroia, 2B, 28
3. Chicago Orphans: Rollie Fingers, RHP, 24
4. Cincinnati Reds: Boog Powell, 1B/LF, 25
5. Philadelphia Athletics: Whitey Kurowski, 3B, 25
6. Detroit Tigers: Alex Fernandez, RHP, 24
7. Brooklyn Superbas: Casey Blake, 1B/3B/RF, 25
8. Baltimore Orioles: Jim Barr, RHP, 25
9. St. Louis Cardinals: George Davis, 3B/SS/CF/RF, 34
10. Boston Americans: Marquis Grissom, CF, 24
11. Pittsburgh Pirates: Chief Zimmer, C, 26
12. Washington Senators: Raul Mondesi, CF/RF, 25
13. Milwaukee Brewers: Preacher Roe, LHP, 32
14. Philadelphia Phillies: Al Orth, RHP, 30
15. Boston Beaneaters: Mike Donlin, LF/CF/RF, 27
16. Chicago White Sox: John Clapp, C/LF, 23

Round 4:

1. Chicago White Sox: Bob Caruthers, RHP, 25
2. Boston Beaneaters: Rick Monday, CF/RF, 25
3. Philadelphia Phillies: Tom York, LF/RF, 24
4. Milwaukee Brewers: Roy White, LF, 30
5. Washington Senators: Hooks Dauss, RHP, 30
6. Pittsburgh Pirates: Rudy May, LHP, 28
7. Boston Americans: Tom Burgmeier, LHP, 27
8. St. Louis Cardinals: Tom Brewer, RHP, 24
9. Baltimore Orioles: Scott T Baker, RHP, 26
10. Brooklyn Superbas: Jamey Carroll, 2B/3B/SS, 28
11. Detroit Tigers: Jerry Denny, 3B, 25
12. Philadelphia Athletics: Muddy Ruel, C, 26
13. Cincinnati Reds: Joe Collins, 1B/RF, 26
14. Chicago Orphans: Ellis Kinder, RHP, 37
15. Cleveland Blues: Tom Gordon, RHP, 31
16. New York Giants: Darren Oliver, LHP, 34

Round 5:

1. New York Giants: Mark Melancon, RHP, 25
2. Cleveland Blues: Jim Clancy, RHP, 25
3. Chicago Orphans: Tim Leary, RHP, 25
4. Cincinnati Reds: Tomo Ohka, RHP, 23
5. Philadelphia Athletics: Mark Whiten, LF/CF/RF, 26
6. Detroit Tigers: Beals Becker, LF/CF/RF, 23
7. Brooklyn Superbas: Jaime Garcia, LHP, 24
8. Baltimore Orioles: Lou Bierbauer, 2B, 23
9. St. Louis Cardinals: Chris Speier, SS, 26
10. Boston Americans: Tommy Byrne, LHP, 24
11. Pittsburgh Pirates: Eric Plunk, RHP, 29
12. Washington Senators: Wayne Causey, 2B/3B/SS, 23
13. Milwaukee Brewers: Robinson Chirinos, C, 29
14. Philadelphia Phillies: Jean Segura, 2B/SS, 24
15. Boston Beaneaters: Don Hurst, 1B, 23
16. Chicago White Sox: Heinie Peitz, C, 29

That's a good start for now. I'll try to keep updating this as I go. Thanks for checking it out.