Historical Legue Annual Draft Short on players

[mpbarnet]

Hey All,

I am doing a historical league, starting in 1984. So far, the 84 and 85 draft, didn't have enough players to make it through 5 rounds.

Is there a setting I can change for it to generate enough players to make it through the rounds, and have enough players to fill the minors and have a future?

[Bluenoser]

In your league setup, rules tab. You can set the number of rounds of your draft and how many rounds worth of players are generated.

[The Game]

Originally Posted by mpbarnet

Hey All,

I am doing a historical league, starting in 1984. So far, the 84 and 85 draft, didn't have enough players to make it through 5 rounds.

Is there a setting I can change for it to generate enough players to make it through the rounds, and have enough players to fill the minors and have a future?

In 1984 were all 132 players drafted?
1984 Major League Baseball New Debuts - Baseball-Reference.com
5 times 26 teams would be 130 players.

[mpbarnet]

Not totally sure if they all were drafted.

After my last pick was made in either the 4th or 5th round, the draft instantly ended.

There are usually a lot of free agents with 4-5 star ratings that are all rookie free agents. But, they all have salary demands of around $400,000 and would take up a 40 man spot.

[mpbarnet]

In the league menu, under rules, there IS an option that allows me to select the number of rounds, but nothing that specifies the number of players to generate. I think since it is historical, that something somewhere is preventing players from being generated that were never big leaguers.

[The Game]

Originally Posted by mpbarnet

Not totally sure if they all were drafted.

After my last pick was made in either the 4th or 5th round, the draft instantly ended.

There are usually a lot of free agents with 4-5 star ratings that are all rookie free agents. But, they all have salary demands of around $400,000 and would take up a 40 man spot.

If your last pick was the 5th round then all 132 players should have been drafted. Go thru the list from the link and see if any of them went undrafted.