If the league wants parity

[Former Angels GM (Mike C.)]

A suggestion that increases Parity.


Rosters drop to 45(or 40), 25 active, 10 reserve, 10 (or 5) instead of 3 rounds of draft

The draft is ALLWAYS fun, increase it. You don't have to draft a few rounds if you want to keep more reserve carryovers. Gives owners more options.

frees up 150 to 300 more players in FA for rebuilding teams or any teams who bid on them.

Don't care if it passes or not, already proven I don't care for rule changes very much, even my own suggestions.

Comments good or bad, don't be shy.

[Nationals GM (Preston - Old)]

No to decreasing roster sizes.

I’m not opposed to extending the draft. If we decide on it, I would recommend doing one more round for now, and if it works, try another the following year. I do think a lot of good prospects that don’t get picked tend to get immediately gobbled up by the most active teams.

[Former Angels GM (Mike C.)]

Oct 22, 2017 19:07:20 GMT -8 Nationals GM (Preston - Old) said:

No to decreasing roster sizes.

I’m not opposed to extending the draft. If we decide on it, I would recommend doing one more round for now, and if it works, try another the following year. I do think a lot of good prospects that don’t get picked tend to get immediately gobbled up by the most active teams.

Are you suggesting to increase roster size as the draft rounds increase or decreasing the reserves per every round added?


and very true

[Nationals GM (Preston - Old)]

I actually don't mind the idea of increasing roster sizes, but I don't think it's necessary. Like I mentioned, a lot of teams use their current roster spaces to sign guys, so drafted guys would just fit in those spaces.

[Former Angels GM (Mike C.)]

no on increasing roster sizes, 1500 players is more than enough, 50 per team is plenty. The more active teams would just get more of the studs and incoming teams would have even less to rebuild with.

[Rangers GM (Victor)]

I think the draft if fine with the way it is. Especially since we lose draft picks when signing RFAs. It lets those that lost picks a chance to sign undrafted prospects in UFA. There are always slew of players that are over looked and people are able to sign them during the year in free agency. The only thing I wish we would have is a DL. A lot of times we all lose players for the year and they sit on our rosters taking up space and hinders that team even more. One, hes not playing and two, he's taking up a roster spot of signing a replacement. I dont want to have a temporary 10day DL that takes a lot of time to track for the league, but more for the season ending type. Where if the player is put on the DL, they are no longer eligible to be used the rest of the year but at least you get your roster spot back to sign a replacement.

[Nationals GM (Preston - Old)]

Oct 25, 2017 7:59:14 GMT -8 Rangers GM (Victor) said:

I think the draft if fine with the way it is. Especially since we lose draft picks when signing RFAs. It lets those that lost picks a chance to sign undrafted prospects in UFA. There are always slew of players that are over looked and people are able to sign them during the year in free agency. The only thing I wish we would have is a DL. A lot of times we all lose players for the year and they sit on our rosters taking up space and hinders that team even more. One, hes not playing and two, he's taking up a roster spot of signing a replacement. I dont want to have a temporary 10day DL that takes a lot of time to track for the league, but more for the season ending type. Where if the player is put on the DL, they are no longer eligible to be used the rest of the year but at least you get your roster spot back to sign a replacement.

My casual league with friends doesn't do a DL spot with far smaller rosters. We have 50 player rosters, just part of the challenge, in my opinion. Release a prospect if you're at the roster limit and need to sign a stop-gap.