2017 Fantasy Draft

vegas83 · 03-31-2017, 09:37 AM

This may have been asked and I apologize if it has. I am looking to do a season with real MLB Team and MLB Players (Only) but draft the players from scratch.
I started a new custom game then create fictional league with an inaugural draft but when I start the draft all I get is a bunch of players I never heard of.
How do I get just current MLB players in the draft pool?

Thanks for your help,
Vegas83

Painmantle · 03-31-2017, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by vegas83

This may have been asked and I apologize if it has. I am looking to do a season with real MLB Team and MLB Players (Only) but draft the players from scratch.
I started a new custom game then create fictional league with an inaugural draft but when I start the draft all I get is a bunch of players I never heard of.
How do I get just current MLB players in the draft pool?

Thanks for your help,
Vegas83

Just start a new standard game, and while in comish mode go to game /settings / league settings . Schedule fantasy draft. That will dump all the players into the draft pool and off you go

Note: better make some popcorn cause it is a 270 round draft

also if you want to start a few years back just create an Historical league of any year

vegas83 · 03-31-2017, 10:21 AM

Thank you so much for the quick tutorial,
There are still 11,000 players available, how can I use just MLB players no minor league players? Can I reduce the amount of rounds?

Thanks,

Vegas83

Painmantle · 03-31-2017, 02:02 PM

your best bet for that without going through alot of complicated stuff is to just create a Historical league in 2016, tell it not to use historical minors , do not check any of the minor league boxes when setting up and all teams will start with their 2016 ML roster and a reserve roster with 20ish players on it reducing the draft pool down to just over 1,300 players and a default inaugural draft of 27 rounds. The your first draft will be 2017 rookie class.

The process for releasing players into a fantasy draft from my previous post is the same

chriskelly · 03-31-2017, 03:43 PM

I think he wants to keep the current minor leagues as is, and then do a 25 round draft where only the major leaguers are eligible. Then, you would have today's major league players on new teams, but the existing minor league rosters as is.

I don't know of an easy way to do that. I think you would be stuck with either a huge draft, including minor leagues or starting up in some way so that all you are left with is 25 players in your system.

Painmantle · 03-31-2017, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by chriskelly

I think he wants to keep the current minor leagues as is, and then do a 25 round draft where only the major leaguers are eligible. Then, you would have today's major league players on new teams, but the existing minor league rosters as is.

I don't know of an easy way to do that. I think you would be stuck with either a huge draft, including minor leagues or starting up in some way so that all you are left with is 25 players in your system.

No easy way at all that I can think of.

the the easiest way of the hardest ways is probably to start a standard game, go to each team home screen, make sure it is set to all players and active roster and release all the players. Then after releasing all players schedule a free agent draft, then assign new fictional financials to teams via game /game settings / league settings / financial functions (Reason for this is all teams will have player expenses well into the future because of releasing players)

then set the FA draft to 25 players to fill active rosters

03-31-2017, 09:37 AM	#1
vegas83 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 8	2017 Fantasy Draft This may have been asked and I apologize if it has. I am looking to do a season with real MLB Team and MLB Players (Only) but draft the players from scratch. I started a new custom game then create fictional league with an inaugural draft but when I start the draft all I get is a bunch of players I never heard of. How do I get just current MLB players in the draft pool? Thanks for your help, Vegas83

03-31-2017, 02:02 PM	#4
Painmantle Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greenfield ,IN Posts: 3,053	your best bet for that without going through alot of complicated stuff is to just create a Historical league in 2016, tell it not to use historical minors , do not check any of the minor league boxes when setting up and all teams will start with their 2016 ML roster and a reserve roster with 20ish players on it reducing the draft pool down to just over 1,300 players and a default inaugural draft of 27 rounds. The your first draft will be 2017 rookie class. The process for releasing players into a fantasy draft from my previous post is the same __________________ “As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.” -Babe Ruth “Ruth made a grave mistake when he gave up pitching. Working once a week, he might have lasted a long time and become a great star.”-Tris Speaker My Dynasties The Beantown Bambino

03-31-2017, 10:21 AM	#3
vegas83 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 8	Thank you so much for the quick tutorial, There are still 11,000 players available, how can I use just MLB players no minor league players? Can I reduce the amount of rounds? Thanks, Vegas83

03-31-2017, 03:43 PM	#5
chriskelly All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 753	I think he wants to keep the current minor leagues as is, and then do a 25 round draft where only the major leaguers are eligible. Then, you would have today's major league players on new teams, but the existing minor league rosters as is. I don't know of an easy way to do that. I think you would be stuck with either a huge draft, including minor leagues or starting up in some way so that all you are left with is 25 players in your system.