From: kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu (Dave Hung Like a Jim Acker Slider Kirsch)
Subject: 1992 r.s.bb Mock Expansion Draft
Organization: Dominican Deities - Juan Guzman levitation branch
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:38:33 GMT

  This is the first 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 the following teams:
Angels, Blue Jays, Dodgers, Indians, Mets, Padres, Pirates, Red Sox, Royals 
and Tigers. I have about a zillion requests from people wanting to represent
one of the expansion teams; please don't send any more.  
 
  I'm still looking for owners for any team not listed above, although I may
already have an option for some of those teams. If I'm not able to find
knowledgeable owners for a few teams, I'll probably represent them myself
since I follow the minor leagues closely and have a good feel IMHO for most 
teams' farm systems.  

  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.) 

  General guidelines: 

  Each team in both the AL and NL will be able to protect 15 players
initially. 10/5 men (10 years in majors/5 with same team) *must* be protected
unless it's fairly obvious that a given player will be dumped before then. 
(For example, Tim Wallach may well be cut loose by the Expos, so I won't
force the Expos owner to protect him.) Likewise, players with no-trade
clauses must be protected by their team. Basically, if a player has 'veto
power' over what the team may do with him, the team must protect him. 

  After the first round of selections, AL owners will be able to protect 4
additional players and NL owners will be able to protect 3 more. The same
will hold true after the second round of selections. The third round will be
different in that once 8 AL players are gone, only NL players may be selected
from that point forward. (Therefore, 14+14+8=36 players contributed by the AL
and 12+12+12=36 players from the NL.) This is the same method that will be
used during the expansion draft in November. In theory, AL teams will lose
their 16th, 21st and (possibly) 26th best players, while NL teams will lose
their 16th, 20th, and 24th best players.  
 
  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 tomorrow and 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 Kirsch                                                Jeff Kent for ROY 
kirsch@epx.cis.umn.edu                        "Blue Jays all the way in '92"  
"Try new Fortenberry wine coolers, with a biting bitter taste" - Noel Steere
Slanguage dictionary: maynard - "to insult with disdain and contempt"