From: kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu (Dave Heart Condition Kirsch)
Subject: The 1992 r.s.bb Mock Expansion Draft (Update #3)
Summary: Starts Friday, September 18th 
Organization: Paul Spoljaric mean-and-nasty club
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 03:31:47 GMT

  This is the third of several updates on the 1992 r.s.bb mock expansion
draft, intended to both clarify several points and inform people about the
expansion process. Once again, I'd like to request that interested people
e-mail me at kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu if you'd like to represent a specific
team. So far, I'm pretty sure I have owners to represent all 28 teams
*except* possibly the Twins and White Sox. I can represent and take care of 
those teams myself if need be, but let me know *now* if you're interested in
representing one of those teams. I have about a zillion requests from people
wanting to represent one of the expansion teams; please don't send any more.  

  Here's the owner list I currently have (please correct me if you see any
mistakes or if I've forgotten anyone .. I already zapped a file for the
Giants owner, so if you're out there please e-mail me) I tried to notify
every owner by e-mail; if I forgot you, I'm sorry. Also, if you're on the
list and won't be able to be an owner, let me know NOW. Here goes:  

	Angels		Nelson Lu	claudius@leland.stanford.edu 
	Astros		Dave Bonar	EEBONAR@sn01.sncc.lsu.edu 
	Athletics	Jeff Heilner	jeffh@pisces.sps.mot.com 
	Blue Jays	Dave Kirsch 	kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu
			Anand Sihna	sinhaa@iceberg.eng.mcmaster.ca
	Braves		George Harris	gharris@ccscola.columbiasc.NCR.COM
	Brewers		Natraj Kini	nkini@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com
	Cardinals	Kent Ostby	oz@hpkslx.mayfield.hp.com 
	Cubs		Noel Steere     nss3@midway.uchicago.edu
	Dodgers		Kurt Bose	kbos@carina.unm.edu 
	Expos		Carl Gritter	gritter@cs.purdue.edu 
	Giants		Rich Bremer	rbremer@ucrmath.ucr.edu 
	Indians		Todd Fletcher	tf0y+@andrew.cmu.edu 
	Mariners	Chris Dragich	chrisdr@microsoft.com
	Marlins		Greg Spira	spira@panix.com
			Joe Sosa	jsosa@encore.com
	Mets		Rob Lamoureux	rl24@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
	Orioles		David Nieporent	niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU
	Padres		David Demers	demers@cs.ucsd.edu
	Phillies	Neal Traven	traven@unix.cis.pitt.edu 
	Pirates		Sherri Nichols	snichols@mv.us.adobe.com  
	Rangers		Chris Van Dyke	CPV6332@SIGMA.TAMU.EDU 
	Red Sox		Edward Fischer	tedward@cs.cornell.edu 
	Reds		Myles Sussman	myles@leland.stanford.edu
	Rockies		Gary Huckabay	zuhars@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu 
			Dylan Wilbanks	wilbanks@ucsu.Colorado.EDU
	Royals		Dave Elliott 	dae@cbnews.cb.att.com 
	Tigers		Mike Burger	mmb@lamar.colostate.edu 
	Twins		Lance Smith 	lsmith@cs.umn.edu 
	White Sox	Dave Kirsch	kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu 
	Yankees		Ken MacFarlane	ksm@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

  If you'd like to represent one of the above teams that doesn't have an
owner yet, drop me a line at kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu .. likewise, send me
e-mail if you're not sure if I received something you may have sent. (I'm on
a new system that's *very* flaky, but e-mail seems to have stabilized for
now.) 

    Rules of the draft: 

  The real-life expansion draft will happen Tuesday, November 17th at New
York's Marriott Marquis Hotel. Teams will have to turn in their 'protected'
lists within several days after the World Series are finished (does anyone 
know the exact # of days? I've heard conflicting reports). 

  Each current MLB team will be allowed to protect 15 players within their 
organizations. 10/5 players (players with 10 years MLB service/5 years with 
the same team) and players with no-trade clauses in their contracts *must* 
be protected, unless they waive their rights that allow them to restrict 
their own movement. Each current team's entire organization is susceptible 
to the draft, with two exceptions (1) Players that were signed at age 19 or 
older and have less than three years of professional experience are
implicitly protected and (2) Players signed at age 18 or younger with less
than four years of professional experience are implicitly protected. Players
eligible for free agency do not have to be protected by *any* team unless
they are signed before the expansion draft.  

    Mechanics of the draft: 

  After each current team has submitted their list of 15 protected players, 
the expansion clubs will alternate picks until one player has been selected 
from each of the current 26 teams. (The first pick overall will be determined
by a coin flip.) No more than one player may be selected from any of the 26
teams during any one round. (i.e. if the Marlins picked David Howard from the
Royals' system and the Rockies wanted Terry Shumpert, the Rockies would have
to wait until the next round to draft Shumpert) 

  After each expansion team has drafted 13 players, the first round will 
conclude and the 26 current teams can expand their protected rosters. Each AL
team will be able to add 4 players to their protected list and each NL team
will be able to add 3 players to their protected list. The second round will
commence in the same fashion as the first, until each expansion team has
drafted another 13 players each, for a total of 26 players per expansion team
after two rounds. After the second round, AL teams will once again be able to
protect 4 additional players and NL teams 3 additional players. 

  The third round will work a little bit differently in that once 8 players
have been selected from AL teams, the rosters of the non-expansion AL teams 
will be frozen and only NL players will be eligible for selection from that 
point forward. This will allow the AL and NL to contribute 36 players each 
to the expansion teams (AL - 14+14+8=36 and NL - 12+12+12=36). The expansion
draft will end with the completion of the third round. Each NL team and 8 of
the AL teams will have given up 3 players, while the remaining 6 AL teams
will have given up 2 players each. Each of the expansion teams will have
drafted 36 players. 
 
  As for our mock expansion draft here on r.s.bb, it will happen on or about 
Friday, September 18th. Obviously, it will take a few days to go through the 
mechanics and communicate with everyone, but the 18th is when I've projected 
the draft to start. I suspect this mock draft will also hold a fair amount of
interest for a lot of students that will be returning by early September. 
I'm glad I decided to wait; obviously, trades such as the Cone and Canseco
deals are going to have a significant effect on our draft, as is the Ripken
signing in Baltimore.  
 
  I don't want to get too involved in owners' decisions, but if I see obvious
oversights I won't be afraid to step in and make corrections if I feel
they're warranted. Common sense will be the prevailing rule, and our draft
should somewhat mirror reality. For example, I'll be representing the Jays
along with one other owner. Although I don't necessarily want to, I'll
probably wind up having to protect Manuel "don't call me Mann E' Lee just
because the Jays probably will. However, I probably won't protect Rance
Mulliniks or Jack Morris. The Jays will likely let Rance float as a free 
agent even though he's a 10/5 man. In Morris' case, my rationale is "He's a 
37 year old pitcher with a $5+ million contract .. if you want him for a
young, building expansion team, go ahead." I'm hoping the Jays will do the
same; I wouldn't be surprised if they did that unless they make a 3-for-1 or
4-for-1 deal of prospects for an established star before the expansion draft.

  I'll add more info as I get a chance. If there's anything you guys can  
think of that I should add, by all means drop me a line. 
 
-- 
Dave Hung Like a Jim Acker Slider Kirsch            kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu 
"Blue Jays - break my heart again in '92"    Roberto Hernandez throws peas  
"I believe virtually everything I read, and I think that is what makes me
   MORE of a selective human" - Joe Average, baseball fan and media puppet
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