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Rule 5 draft question

Last post 09-16-2008, 9:56 AM by Emrysx. 6 replies.
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  •  09-15-2008, 9:59 PM 5190

    Rule 5 draft question

    nmind, figured it out..


    South Beach Sunburn GM
  •  09-16-2008, 6:00 AM 5191 in reply to 5190

    Re: Rule 5 draft question

    How do I look at the draft list?
    Chessie Ironhorse
  •  09-16-2008, 6:13 AM 5192 in reply to 5191

    Re: Rule 5 draft question

    Go to your Manager Homepage. Under the "Transactions" section select the "Review the Draft Pool" and that will show all the Rule 5 players available.

    Vienna Buzz
  •  09-16-2008, 6:20 AM 5193 in reply to 5192

    Re: Rule 5 draft question

    In my game, the menu that has the scores and schedule, etc, had two options at the top: Rule 5 Draft and Rule 5 Draft Pool.
  •  09-16-2008, 6:22 AM 5194 in reply to 5193

    Re: Rule 5 draft question

    wierd, it didn't get my latest update to the post...

    seems like there's at least 1 guy in the Rule 5 list that's actually on an active roster!  St. Louis Storm first baseman.  I can't remember his name right now, but i saw him last night. No idea if that's an isolated case, but he was the only one I saw.

    Tempus


    South Beach Sunburn GM
  •  09-16-2008, 9:44 AM 5195 in reply to 5194

    Re: Rule 5 draft question

    Never noticed it there, but it is under the "BBL" dropdown menu first 2 items in the list are Rule 5 draft and Rule 5 Draft pool. The Pool link goes to the same page as the one I mentioned.

    I just looked at the Rule 5 pool (great working from home full-time! Such freedom! ;P) and it appears the STL 1B Alfonso Breton is listed. No idea why since he is on the major league roster which means he's on the 40-man roster which should have automatically protected him. That is very strange.

    Paging through the 11 page listing of the Rule 5 pool found some other MLers:

    1) SP James Blea, Texas
    2) MR Michael Bashir, Texas
    3) SP Robert Weaver, Texas
    4) SP Donavan Kyle, Texas

    Investigating it, I found the following:

    For 1B Alfonso Breton: Somehow he is on the ML 25-man roster but he is NOT on the 40-man roster. WTF? How is that even possible? You can't be on the 25-man roster w/o being added to the 40-man roster, so has to be a bug somewhere.

    For the Texas foursome: All those players have been DFA'd (still have 1 day left before clearing and demotion)  so they are not longer on the 25/40 man rosters for Texas anymore. I guess the Rule 5 listing just shows them as MLers until the waiver period is completed.

    So, I guess only the Breton one is a real stumper.

    Vienna Buzz
  •  09-16-2008, 9:56 AM 5196 in reply to 5195

    Re: Rule 5 draft question

    Ahhh, I can explain Breton. I had to edit him back onto St. Louis, since there's been a little roster cleanup after the conversion. Some extension offers disappeared, as well as some releases that were in progress.

    I guess just editing players and adding them to a team doesn't necessarily fix their Rule 5 eligibility or put them on the 40 man roster.

    So yes, Breton is off the table.
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