Now i know theres a few Americans on this board so hopefully one of you can explain the draft processes in your various sports.i love baseball/football and basketball but have no idea how the process works,can someone simplify it for me.

I think (for basketball at least) the shittiest teams get the highest picks. And of course you can trade picks for players and such.

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Baseball I believe is based solely on record. The worst team gets the highest pick, et al.

For basketball, there is a draft lottery. Every team that does not make the playoffs receives a certain amount of balls (Think the lottery), with the worst team getting the most amount of balls, thus the best chance for the top pick. These are then drawn like a raffle and then put into order. The playoff teams are then put after the lottery teams in order of their finish.

Football is based solely on record as well. Worst team has the first pick, Super bowl champ has the last pick.

These are all based on first round choices. After that, it is different.

In baseball, the team with the worst record gets the first pick. However, each year, the league that goes first rotates. So, this year, the Diamondbacks have the worst record. If the season ended today, they wouldn't get the first pick because the American League goes first. The team with the worst record in the AL goes first. D-backs would go second. Then the 2nd worst team in the AL. Then the second worst team in the NL. Etc.

Also, there is no trading of draft picks in baseball. However, at the end of the season, Free Agents are pooled into Type A, Type B, and Type C categories. If a team signs a type A Free Agent in the off season, they give up their first round draft pick to the team the Free Agent was previously on. That team also recieves a compensatory pick after all 30 teams get their first pick. If they sign a type B, they give up their second round pick to the previous team, and that team gets a compensatory pick after all 30 teams get their second round picks. And I'm pretty sure (don't quote me), that if a Type C FA is signed, then the previous team just gets a compensatory pick, and the team that signed the FA keeps their draft spot.

A GM like Billy Beane of the Oakland Athletics has made a science out of signing FA in the offseason that don't give up any picks, meanwhile letting his FA's go in order to gain more picks. In 2002, I believe, the A's had 7 first round picks due to FA signings of other teams, as well as 2 compensatory first round picks.

Kind of confusing, but once you get the hang of it, it's fairly simple.

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Thanks for the help guys,though one more thing.If your the best potential up n coming star,surely your not gonna want to be picked and have to play for the worst team.How do they get around that problem?
Cheers

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Originally posted by dishman Thanks for the help guys,though one more thing.If your the best potential up n coming star,surely your not gonna want to be picked and have to play for the worst team.How do they get around that problem? Cheers

Well, in baseball, you're stuck. Sort of...

A lot of players make it known before the draft that they won't sign unless they get XX amount of money. That usually leaves only the big dogs around. This year, Stephen Drew was projected to be the top pick. However, he fell all the way down to the 15th pick because of the money issue. Same thing in 2002. Mark Prior was projected to go #1, but wanted an insane amount of cash. Twins wound up picking Joe Mauer, Cubs get Mark Prior.

Also, this year there was a really good HS pitcher named Brad Meyers. He made it known that if he didn't get a nice signing bonus, he wouldn't sign and he would go back to school. He was projected to go in the first round. He dropped all the way to the 14th round and the Mets picked him. About a week ago, he decided he wouldn't sign and that he's going back to school. He didn't like the Mets offer. I think it was $400,000. He wanted $1 mil plus. So the Mets just lost their 14th round pick.

In football, draft picks can be traded, so it's usually easier. Eli Manning was picked #1 be San Diego. He made a HUGE stink about it and wound up getting traded to the Giants for their first round pick and a lot more.

Hope I helped.

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*can't imagine it feelin' much better...
i wish it would just last forever.
and so, to feel like that?
i'd pay any price just to get that back.*

Last edited by Shamez214 on Aug-27-2004 at 02:43