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While I agree people tuned out in the 5th round and probably should've turned on auto draft, we crushed the first four rounds.

Phillies wrote:While I agree people tuned out in the 5th round and probably should've turned on auto draft, we crushed the first four rounds.

Debatable.

Can you imagine if we did this like a FF draft? All in 1 day? 2 mins per pick?

I wonder how different the drafts would be with that kind of pressure.

Seeing how we have nothing to do and no one is really trading, I'm fine with how long this takes. People taking 24 hours sucks but what are you gonna do?

Seemed like we only had a few reaally long time slots. But, the last bit has dragged some. But I agree with Nick...what's the rush?

yeah, I mean, people get 24 hours for a reason. If you want to take 23h 45m, go for it. Sucks in the first few rounds, though. It's not like the ZiPS disc will be out any time soon anyway.

By comparison, 2015 draft ended on 2/2.
2014 draft also ended on 2/2.

Those drafts started 1/1, so we've definitely crushed the pace from the last couple years.

I wasn't here, but those drafts also had more picks right? So 31 days vs. 22 and counting with fewer picks in total?

Mets wrote:I'm done drafting - but WTF?

Why does it take 16-24hrs to make 5th round picks?

Because when I checked in yesterday afternoon I was still 3-4 picks away...went out drinking with friends after work...wake up this morning and find I have been on the clock for 16 hours

Angels wrote:

Mets wrote:I'm done drafting - but WTF?

Why does it take 16-24hrs to make 5th round picks?

Because when I checked in yesterday afternoon I was still 3-4 picks away...went out drinking with friends after work...wake up this morning and find I have been on the clock for 16 hours

Wait...you have friends?

Royals wrote:I wasn't here, but those drafts also had more picks right? So 31 days vs. 22 and counting with fewer picks in total?

Yeah, but those extra picks went by relatively quickly. Talking about an extra 5-10 picks per draft.

Tigers wrote:

Angels wrote:

Mets wrote:I'm done drafting - but WTF?

Why does it take 16-24hrs to make 5th round picks?

Because when I checked in yesterday afternoon I was still 3-4 picks away...went out drinking with friends after work...wake up this morning and find I have been on the clock for 16 hours

Wait...you have friends?

Yes, just because I am dick to you doesn't mean other people don't appreciate my humor

Oh, there's no rush.. I was just thinking what it would be like if we did this more of a timed draft with minutes between picks, how differently it would go.

BTW JP, Love the Burnes pick - especially this late in the draft. Well done.

RedSox wrote:... Quite a few teams still have cuts to make.

We are doing better ... only two teams have more then 50 players: Astros - 51, Braves - 52 ...

This is also the point in time where Bren takes 24 hours on a pick and gets skipped. I could have called the Stephen one. They both do that every year at around this point.

Nationals wrote:This is also the point in time where Bren takes 24 hours on a pick and gets skipped. I could have called the Stephen one. They both do that every year at around this point.

Say what...Hudson took me an hour last year...Varga was 8 the year before but I didn't go on the clock until that morning and I am on the West Coast. The only thing you can blame me for is bugging out the system with apostrophized names

Nationals wrote:This is also the point in time where Bren takes 24 hours on a pick and gets skipped. I could have called the Stephen one. They both do that every year at around this point.

To be fair I was expecting that from Bren's previous pick and he picked quickly.

WhiteSox wrote:

RedSox wrote:... Quite a few teams still have cuts to make.

We are doing better ... only two teams have more then 50 players: Astros - 51, Braves - 52 ...

It was more than that a couple days ago

Rangers wrote:

Nationals wrote:This is also the point in time where Bren takes 24 hours on a pick and gets skipped. I could have called the Stephen one. They both do that every year at around this point.

To be fair I was expecting that from Bren's previous pick and he picked quickly.

Never mind, yeah, that's what this one is.

I think Bren simply hasnt been near a computer and cant draft from his phone. I hear that's a popular excuse...

Been at a conference in New Orleans. So, yeah, I had other stuff on my mind.

If only someone invented something that allowed you to organize your picks in the order you want if you're going to be indisposed...

Nationals wrote:If only someone invented something that allowed you to organize your picks in the order you want if you're going to be indisposed...

...yeah - and even better, if there was a way to have your picks made automatically when you slot comes up based on this organizer tool.

Akil 16-Baddoo
Matthias 16-Dietz
AJ 16-Puckett

Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.

25 dudes I had no interest in just went, and you fucks empty the cupboard right before I pick. Argh.

Good stuff Vacek!

Nationals wrote:If only someone invented something that allowed you to organize your picks in the order you want if you're going to be indisposed...

Thanks for the reminder. Next year I'll make sure I get all my picks done right on time, at 23h 59m.

Is the draft over? Twins were on this morning to sign and drop a player. Didn't draft even though they've been on the clock for 14 hours, really 38 hours, since the M's 2nd straight skip.