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Player Drafts
There are two types of player drafts in OOTPB: inaugural drafts and first-year player drafts. Drafting the right players is an essential part of building a winning franchise. Only managers of parent league teams are allowed to draft. If you have chosen to play as the manager of a affiliated team such as a minor league team, you won't have to worry about drafting.
Inaugural Drafts
Inaugural drafts (sometimes called fantasy drafts) are one-time events in a league. In a league with an inaugural draft, all teams begin play with no players on their rosters at any level. At the time of a league's creation, you can define whether or not an inaugural draft will be held in the options page. If no draft is held, the computer will randomly populate all teams' rosters, and play will begin.
If you elect to hold an inaugural draft, and you are managing a team, the inaugural draft will be the first page you see. Read through the rest of this section to understand how to handle the draft. Your head scout also scouts all players in an inaugural draft in advance.
In an inaugural draft, all players are entered into the inaugural draft pool. On January 2 of the first year of your league, all teams will select players until all team rosters have been filled. This includes all affiliated leagues as well as major leagues. The precise number of rounds in an inaugural draft depends on the number of levels in the league.
Note: It is possible to have multiple leagues, some of which have inaugural drafts and some of which do not.
Number of Rounds in the Inaugural Draft
When determining the number of rounds in the inaugural draft, the game first looks at the number of affiliations within the league. For example, if you have the standard five levels of minors, then each major league team has five affiliated teams. The game takes the number of affiliations, plus one for the major league team, and multiplies this by the active roster limit. So, for the example above, you would get:
(5+1) x 25 = 6 x 25 = 150 rounds in the inaugural draft
However, when determining the number of rounds, it actually uses the greatest number of affiliations of any single team in the league. So, let's say your setup has one team that has six minor league teams, while all other teams have five. In that case, the equation would be:
(6+1) x 25 = 7 x 25 = 175 rounds in the inaugural draft
In this case, only the team that has six affiliations would select during those last 25 rounds, since all the other teams would have filled their rosters by the time round 151 was reached.
First-year Player Drafts
First-year player drafts (sometimes called 'amateur' or 'rookie' drafts) are usually annual events in a league. Players, typically between the ages of 16 and 25, go from high school or college into the draft, where they hope to be signed by teams in your league.
At the time of a league's creation, you can define whether or not an first-year player draft will be held in the Options page. You can also define the date the draft will be held and the number of rounds in the draft. Changing the number of rounds will change the number of new players generated for the draft. Even after a league has been created and play has begun, you can still change first-year player draft settings at any time.
Warning! If you are playing a historical league, be careful about when you set your first-year player draft, since this could impact when historical players come into your league.
Note: It is possible to have multiple leagues, some of which have first-year player drafts and some of which do not.
Scouting Drafts
If you have scouts turned on in your game, scouting a first-year player draft class is essential to having a successful draft. By default, you will receive a notification that a list of players in the draft class has been released 30 days prior to the draft.
Once you receive notification that a draft pool has been announced, you can send your scouts to research the draft class. The inaugural draft class is automatically scouted by your head scout prior to the inaugural draft, so there is no need to send anyone to scout the inaugural draft.
Note: Don't delay in sending your scouts to assess the draft class! It takes around 20 days for them to scout the draft, and you receive the draft list only 30 days in advance, by default. If you wait too long, you might find yourself woefully unprepared come draft day.
The Draft Process
On the day of the draft, a new option called Inaugural Draft or First-Year Player Draft will become available in the League menu.
Select Inaugural Draft or First-Year Player Draft from the menu to proceed into the draft.
There are three main pages that comprise the draft process: the Draft Order & Rules page, the Continue Draft page, and the Draft Log. The process goes like this:
1.Note the draft order and rules.
2.Begin the draft.
3.Each team selects players until all rounds have been completed.
After the Draft
After the draft, players are immediately assigned to the organizations that signed them. The players are automatically signed to minor league contracts (if your league has minor leagues), and assigned to the levels that your coaching staff deems most appropriate. If you do not have minor leagues, the players are assigned to your reserve roster.
Note: There are no signing bonuses in OOTPB.
Players in the Draft
Players in the draft have certain characteristics defined by the league. Player names, nationalities, ratings, and potential are all determined by random factors. Most of this can be changed through customizing the game.
Drafts Pools and Multiple Leagues
Although OOTPB encompasses a baseball universe, in many ways leagues are independent of one another. In this vein, draft pools are created specifically for each league. In other words, there is no shared global draft pool. For example, let's say you have a game with two leagues, a U.S. league and a Japan league. If they both have an first-year player draft on the same day, each will still have a completely different pool of players to draft from. The U.S. league cannot draft a player from the Japan league, and so forth.
However, the worldwide free agent pool is shared.
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There are two types of player drafts in OOTPB: inaugural drafts and first-year player drafts. Drafting the right players is an essential part of building a winning franchise. Only managers of parent league teams are allowed to draft. If you have chosen to play as the manager of a affiliated team such as a minor league team, you won't have to worry about drafting.
Inaugural Drafts
Inaugural drafts (sometimes called fantasy drafts) are one-time events in a league. In a league with an inaugural draft, all teams begin play with no players on their rosters at any level. At the time of a league's creation, you can define whether or not an inaugural draft will be held in the options page. If no draft is held, the computer will randomly populate all teams' rosters, and play will begin.
If you elect to hold an inaugural draft, and you are managing a team, the inaugural draft will be the first page you see. Read through the rest of this section to understand how to handle the draft. Your head scout also scouts all players in an inaugural draft in advance.
In an inaugural draft, all players are entered into the inaugural draft pool. On January 2 of the first year of your league, all teams will select players until all team rosters have been filled. This includes all affiliated leagues as well as major leagues. The precise number of rounds in an inaugural draft depends on the number of levels in the league.
Note: It is possible to have multiple leagues, some of which have inaugural drafts and some of which do not.
Number of Rounds in the Inaugural Draft
When determining the number of rounds in the inaugural draft, the game first looks at the number of affiliations within the league. For example, if you have the standard five levels of minors, then each major league team has five affiliated teams. The game takes the number of affiliations, plus one for the major league team, and multiplies this by the active roster limit. So, for the example above, you would get:
(5+1) x 25 = 6 x 25 = 150 rounds in the inaugural draft
However, when determining the number of rounds, it actually uses the greatest number of affiliations of any single team in the league. So, let's say your setup has one team that has six minor league teams, while all other teams have five. In that case, the equation would be:
(6+1) x 25 = 7 x 25 = 175 rounds in the inaugural draft
In this case, only the team that has six affiliations would select during those last 25 rounds, since all the other teams would have filled their rosters by the time round 151 was reached.
First-year Player Drafts
First-year player drafts (sometimes called 'amateur' or 'rookie' drafts) are usually annual events in a league. Players, typically between the ages of 16 and 25, go from high school or college into the draft, where they hope to be signed by teams in your league.
At the time of a league's creation, you can define whether or not an first-year player draft will be held in the Options page. You can also define the date the draft will be held and the number of rounds in the draft. Changing the number of rounds will change the number of new players generated for the draft. Even after a league has been created and play has begun, you can still change first-year player draft settings at any time.
Warning! If you are playing a historical league, be careful about when you set your first-year player draft, since this could impact when historical players come into your league.
Note: It is possible to have multiple leagues, some of which have first-year player drafts and some of which do not.
Scouting Drafts
If you have scouts turned on in your game, scouting a first-year player draft class is essential to having a successful draft. By default, you will receive a notification that a list of players in the draft class has been released 30 days prior to the draft.
Once you receive notification that a draft pool has been announced, you can send your scouts to research the draft class. The inaugural draft class is automatically scouted by your head scout prior to the inaugural draft, so there is no need to send anyone to scout the inaugural draft.
Note: Don't delay in sending your scouts to assess the draft class! It takes around 20 days for them to scout the draft, and you receive the draft list only 30 days in advance, by default. If you wait too long, you might find yourself woefully unprepared come draft day.
The Draft Process
On the day of the draft, a new option called Inaugural Draft or First-Year Player Draft will become available in the League menu.
Select Inaugural Draft or First-Year Player Draft from the menu to proceed into the draft.
There are three main pages that comprise the draft process: the Draft Order & Rules page, the Continue Draft page, and the Draft Log. The process goes like this:
1.Note the draft order and rules.
2.Begin the draft.
3.Each team selects players until all rounds have been completed.
After the Draft
After the draft, players are immediately assigned to the organizations that signed them. The players are automatically signed to minor league contracts (if your league has minor leagues), and assigned to the levels that your coaching staff deems most appropriate. If you do not have minor leagues, the players are assigned to your reserve roster.
Note: There are no signing bonuses in OOTPB.
Players in the Draft
Players in the draft have certain characteristics defined by the league. Player names, nationalities, ratings, and potential are all determined by random factors. Most of this can be changed through customizing the game.
Drafts Pools and Multiple Leagues
Although OOTPB encompasses a baseball universe, in many ways leagues are independent of one another. In this vein, draft pools are created specifically for each league. In other words, there is no shared global draft pool. For example, let's say you have a game with two leagues, a U.S. league and a Japan league. If they both have an first-year player draft on the same day, each will still have a completely different pool of players to draft from. The U.S. league cannot draft a player from the Japan league, and so forth.
However, the worldwide free agent pool is shared.
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