New rules for '85: 1. Players drafted with less than 30 AB or 15 IP can have a burnout signee immediately after the draft, rather than game #120 .. *HOWEVER*, you must meet the league minimums for AB/IP for your team before making such burnout signees. IE-If you draft 30 players with less than AB or 15 IP, it isn't going to work. 2. I will be increasing the roster sizes to 32. However, I am also increasing the # of pitchers needed to 12, and the # of starters needed to 6. In addition, the minimum # of innings pitched to 1450 IP. The 12/6/1450 minimums are increases from 10/5/1300, but most people usually draft enough to meet either of these minimums. The reason I am upping this is to help alleviate the problem of people not bothering to upkeep their rosters throughout the season, and they usually let their team burn out so many players that they start losing their "legit-ness". If the upping the # of pitchers helps keep people's pitching staffs decent further into the season, I will probably increase rosters to 35 in 1986 and up the minimums for hitters. Here's the order of the 1985 draft. If anything looks amiss, please let me know. Team W L PCT 1 Traffic 55 107 .340 2 Apaches 59 103 .364 (formerly known as Beercats) 3 Stingers 66 96 .407 4 Phalanx 67 95 .414 5 Riots 89 73 .549 6 Invstgtors 87 75 .537 7 Stingrays 85 77 .525 8 Pineapples 81 81 .500 9 Bulldogs 80 82 .494 10 Lush 79 83 .488 11 Stallions 77 85 .475 (Beat Trout 4-2 in regular season) 12 Trout 77 85 .475 13 Liberty 75 87 .463 (Beat Glorieux 6-2 in regular season) 14 Irish 75 87 .463 (formlerly known as Glorieux) 15 Weavers 71 91 .438 16 Gray's 88 74 .543 17 Mountneers 88 74 .543 (32-18 conf rec compared to Gray's 31-19) 18 ToWiggins 90 72 .556 19 Destinies 92 70 .568 20 Flames 98 64 .605 (formerly known as the Knuckleheads) 21 Mashers 100 62 .617 22 Hurdlers 103 59 .636 TIMETABLE FOR DRAFT: (Everyone drafts until they have 32 players) Sat, Sept 5 - Round 1 Sat, Sept 12 - Rounds 2-3 Wed, Sept 16 - Rounds 4-6 Sat, Sept 19 - Rounds 7-9 Wed, Sept 23 - Rounds 10-12 Sat, Sept 26 - Rounds 13-15 Wed, Sept 30 - Rounds 16-18 Sat, Oct 3 - Rounds 19+ HINTS ON MAKING YOUR DRAFT A SUCCESS: 1. Always try to get your list in at least 24 hours before it is due. I acknowledge all draft lists I receive, so if you don't get a confirmation from me, you need to send it again. There is the occasional e-mail belch or some such. All draft lists are due by 5 PM MST (*in my mailbox, not when you send it!*) on the day indicated. I reserve the right to not have you screw up the draft timetable just because your list didn't get to me when you sent it at 4:55 PM MST the day it was due. Send all draft lists to littaum@unm.edu. If littaum@unm.edu doesn't seem to be working, send it to littaum@pel.unm.edu. These are the only two valid e-mail addresses for me. 2. You must make all names unique on your list. Just typing "Smith" is a no-no, because there may be 3-4 Smiths. Sending non-unique names will force me to pick a "Smith" out of the bunch (and if Bill "Superstar" Smith was previously taken, you may just wind up with Gill "35 AB nobody" Smith). 3. You need to send in enough names to cover your draft position, and preferably more (in case you miss the next set of rounds). If you run out of names, then you risk having me picking a player for you. 4. For most of the sets of rounds, we will be doing 2-4 rounds at once. Generally, you won't want to draft 4 600 AB first basemen in a row, so you might specify some instructions on drafting. One example is, "Don't draft more than 1 player at each position". When specifying position-specific drafting, you *must* put the position next to each and every single player. Such as, Tony Armas-CF/OF, Julio Cruz-2B, or Rick Aguilera-SP. The draft tends to be a very hectic process, and the more streamlined you can make it, the better. Other people have drafted specific positions for each round (IE-"For round seven, draft from this list of 2B, for round 8, draft from this list of 3B, for round 9 & 10, draft 2 relievers from this list). Others have just listed a bunch of players and asked to draft the first available player without regard to position. These have been the 3 best methods that I have seen over the years, but there are probably some others. The main goal is to make your draft list as streamlined as possible, and as easy for me to read as possible. 5. Any instructions you provide *MUST* be at the top of your message. Having 3 pages worth of names and then instructions at the bottom is no good. 6. In the later rounds, please check to make sure your players have not been already drafted. This is most critical for the first several players on your list. 7. Just for info purposes, all players drafted in 1985 have a value of $1 after the 1986 season. 8. Be sure you are on pace for making the necessary AB/IP/player minimums for your team. If you draft nothing but 30 AB/15 IP players, your team will be in a world of hurt when the draft is over (since you'd have to cut all of those players to sign the needed AB/IP to make minimums). If you are even 1 AB or 1 IP below a minimum, you'll have to cut players on your team to sign the necessary players to make minimums. ****************************************************************************** Jose Canseco and Ted Higuera were tied for the most #1 choices with 8 each, with Roger McDowell, Carney Lansford, Keith Moreland, and Willie Randolph given 1 each. We had 1 team with no pick, and 1 team who didn't submit a pick. 1ST ROUND DRAFT ORDER Team Pick 1 Traffic Jose Canseco 2 Apaches Ted Higuera 3 Stingers Vince Coleman 4 Phalanx Todd Worrell 5 Riots Carney Lansford 6 Invstgtors Keith Moreland 7 Stingrays Willie Randolph 8 Pineapples Terry Pendleton 9 Bulldogs Mike Greenwell 10 Lush Larry Sheets 11 Stallions Roger McDowell 12 Trout Dennis Martinez 13 Liberty Rick Sutcliffe 14 Irish Lee Smith 15 Weavers Juan Samuel 16 Gray's Ted Simmons 17 Mountneers Lenny Dykstra 18 Gray's (from ToWiggins) Ozzie Guillen 19 Destinies Rick Mahler 20 Flames Tim Burke 21 Mashers Kirk McCaskill 22 Hurdlers Tom Brunansky 2ND ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Fred Lynn 2 Apaches Willie Wilson 3 Stingers Rick Aguilera 4 Phalanx Mike Heath 5 Riots Shawon Dunston 6 Invstgtors Floyd Youmans 7 Stingrays Larry Parrish 8 Pineapples Steve Ontiveros 9 Bulldogs David Palmer 10 Lush Don Slaught 11 Stallions Greg Gagne 12 Trout Leon Durham 13 Liberty Spike Owen 14 Irish Devon White 15 Weavers Joe Niekro 16 Gray's Gary Ward 17 Mountneers Matt Young 18 ToWiggins Charlie Hudson 19 Destinies Ernie Riles 20 Flames Andres Galarraga 21 Mashers Paul O'Neill 22 Hurdlers Cecil Guante 3RD ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Ozzie Virgil 2 Apaches Dennis Lamp 3 Stingers Scott Fletcher 4 Phalanx John Candelaria 5 Riots Terry Kennedy 6 Invstgtors Storm Davis 7 Stingrays Joe Cowley 8 Pineapples Ivan Calderon 9 Bulldogs Oddibe McDowell 10 Lush Lonnie Smith 11 Stallions Eddie Milner 12 Trout Dwayne Murphy 13 Liberty Neal Heaton 14 Trout (from Irish) Brian Fisher 15 Weavers Gorman Thomas 16 Traffic (from Gray's) Ben Oglivie 17 Mountneers Jose Guzman 18 ToWiggins Moose Haas 19 Destinies Jerry Mumphrey 20 Flames Marty Barrett 21 Mashers Bobby Grich 22 Hurdlers Nat Snell 4TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Tony Armas 2 Apaches Glenn Wilson 3 Stingers Dave Concepcion 4 Phalanx Joe Orsulak 5 Riots Chris Codiroli 6 Invstgtors Jim Gantner 7 Stingrays Mariano Duncan 8 Pineapples Darren Daulton 9 Bulldogs Tom Brookens 10 Lush Rafael Santana 11 Stallions Bob Dernier 12 Trout Jerry Royster 13 Liberty Scott McGregor 14 Bulldogs (from Irish) Ken Tekulve 15 Weavers Tim Hulett 16 Gray's Mike Easler 17 Mountneers Mike Flanagan 18 ToWiggins Terry Forster 19 Destinies Jim DeShaies 20 Flames Ken Landreaux 21 Mashers Gary Matthews 22 Hurdlers Steve Garvey 5TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Vida Blue 2 Apaches Gene Nelson 3 Stingers Dave Schmidt 4 Phalanx Jim Acker 5 Riots Ken Schrom 6 Trout (from Invstgtors) Tony Perez 7 Stingrays Darnell Coles 8 Pineapples Donnie Hill 9 Bulldogs Darrell Porter 10 Investigators (from Lush) Ken Phelps 11 Stallions Paul Householder 12 Trout Bob Brenly 13 Liberty Juan Agosto 14 Irish Randy Myers 15 Weavers Cliff Johnson 16 Gray's Ron Romanick 17 Mountneers Don Robinson 18 ToWiggins Ray Fontenot 19 Destinies Buddy Bell 20 Flames Tim Birtsas 21 Mashers Tom Hume 22 Hurdlers Enos Cabell 6TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Tony Phillips 2 Apaches Alan Wiggins 3 Stingers Don Aase 4 Phalanx Terry Puhl 5 Traffic (from Riots) Steve Henderson 6 Invstgtors Ron Robinson 7 Stingrays Pat Clements 8 Pineapples Tom Waddell 9 Trout (from Bulldogs) Lance McCullers 10 Lush Mickey Mahler 11 Stallions Sam Khalifa 12 Trout Rich Dotson 13 Liberty Mike Fitzgerald 14 Irish Harold Reynolds 15 Weavers Hal McRae 16 Gray's Bill Swift 17 Mountneers Tim Leary 18 ToWiggins Dan Gladden 19 Destinies Dan Spillner 20 Flames Jose Uribe 21 Mashers Mel Hall 22 Hurdlers Luis Aguayo 7TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Bill Schroeder 2 Apaches Bruce Sutter 3 Stingers Terry Harper 4 Phalanx Barbaro Garbey 5 Riots Candy Maldonado 6 Invstgtors Curt Young 7 Stingrays Steve Carlton 8 Pineapples Jim Sundberg 9 Bulldogs Bob Gibson 10 Lush Mike LaCoss 11 Stallions Alex Trevino 12 Stingrays (from Trout) Gene Garber 13 Liberty Sid Bream 14 Irish Matt Nokes 15 Weavers Danny Heep 16 Gray's RJ Reynolds 17 Mountneers Jeff Robinson 18 ToWiggins Terry Leach 19 Destinies Gary Roenicke 20 Flames Bill Krueger 21 Mashers Mickey Tettleton 22 Stingrays (from Hurdlers) Edwin Correa 8TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Ron Kittle 2 Apaches Ed Whitson 3 Stingers Darryl Motley 4 Phalanx Tom Foley 5 Riots Bo Diaz 6 Invstgtors Gary Redus 7 Stingrays Jeff Dedmon 8 Pineapples Lee Mazzelli 9 Stingers (from Bulldogs) Ed Vande Berg 10 Lush Steve Farr 11 Stallions Jeff Heathcock 12 Trout Neil Allen 13 Bulldogs (from Liberty) Carmelo Castillo 14 Trout (from Irish) Reid Nichols 15 Weavers Rod Carew 16 Gray's Ray Burris 17 Mountneers Charlie Kerfeld 18 ToWiggins Jay Baller 19 Destinies Dan Pasqua 20 Flames Kurt Kepshire 21 Mashers Thad Bosley 22 Hurdlers Glen Hoffman 9TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Rob Murphy 2 Apaches Bill Dawley 3 Stingers Joe Price 4 Phalanx Wayne Krenchicki 5 Riots Billy Hatcher 6 Invstgtors Karl Best 7 Stingrays Wayne Gross 8 Pineapples Al Cowens 9 Bulldogs Jamie Easterly 10 Lush Keith Atherton 11 Stallions Rick Langford 12 Trout Ron Cey 13 Liberty Mike Mason 14 Irish Mike Morgan 15 Weavers Steve Crawford 16 Gray's Urbano Lugo 17 Mountneers Bill Laskey 18 ToWiggins Randy St. Claire 19 Destinies Ron Washington 20 Flames Dave Collins 21 Mashers Roy Jackson 22 Hurdlers Randy Ready 10TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Frank Williams 2 Apaches Lee Tunnell 3 Stingers Pete Rose 4 Phalanx Larry Herndon 5 Riots Curtis Wilkerson 6 Invstgtors Jim Morrison 7 Stingrays Chris Speier 8 Pineapples Andy Robertson 9 Bulldogs Andre Thornton 10 Lush Jeff Barkley 11 Stallions Joe Beckwith 12 Irish (from Trout) Kelly Gruber 13 Liberty Steve Lyons 14 Irish Jim Slaton 15 Weavers Rudy Law 16 Gray's Terry Francona 17 Mountneers Charlie Moore 18 ToWiggins Bill Russell 19 Flames (from Destinies) Dan Driessen 20 Flames Ray Knight 21 Mashers John Shelby 22 Hurdlers Bruce Bochy 11TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Randy Bush 2 Apaches Bob Kearney 3 Stingers Steve Buechele 4 Phalanx Milt Thompson 5 Riots Jeffrey Leonard 6 Invstgtors Pasqual Perez 7 Stingrays Alan Bannister 8 Pineapples Tom Filer 9 Bulldogs Gene Petralli 10 Lush Bob Long 11 Stallions Bruce Kison 12 Trout Steve Davis 13 Liberty Joe Davis 14 Irish Larry McWilliams 15 Weavers Frank Pastore 16 Gray's Alan Knicely 17 Mountneers Pete Vuckovich 18 ToWiggins Tom Paciorek 19 Destinies Jim Dwyer 20 Flames Tito Landrum 21 Mashers Cecil Fielder 22 Hurdlers Glen Brummer 12TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Calvin Shiraldi 2 Apaches Dickie Thon 3 Stingers Jaime Cocanower 4 Phalanx Dave Von Ohlen 5 Riots Chuck Cary 6 Invstgtors John Grubb 7 Stingrays Joel Skinner 8 Pineapples Frank Eufemia 9 Bulldogs Chris Welch 10 Lush Reggie Patterson 11 Stallions Bob Woodward 12 Trout Ron Roenicke 13 Liberty Roger Mason 14 Irish Butch Wynegar 15 Weavers Steve Mura 16 Gray's Brad Wellman 17 Mountneers Len Barker 18 ToWiggins Jerry Reed 19 Destinies Vern Ruhle 20 Flames Luis Salazar 21 Mashers Dion James 22 Hurdlers Bill Scherrer 13TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Darrell Miller 2 Apaches Mike Hargrove 3 Stingers Mike LaValliere 4 Phalanx Dick Ruthven 5 Riots Rickey Adams 6 Invstgtors Jeff Burroughs 7 Stingrays Steve Lombardozzi 8 Pineapples Otis Nixon 9 Bulldogs Ed Romero 10 Lush Brad Komminsk 11 Stallions Rob Picciolo 12 Trout Gene Walter 13 Liberty Nelson Simmons 14 Irish Burt Hooton 15 Weavers Luis DeLeon 16 Gray's Bill Latham 17 Mountneers Manny Trillo 18 ToWiggins Fritzie Connally 19 Destinies Dave Wehrmeister 20 Flames Juan Berenguer 21 Mashers Jack Howell 22 Hurdlers Joe Johnson 14TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Mike Bielecki 2 Apaches Brian Little 3 Stingers Alejandro Pena 4 Phalanx Dave Rozema 5 Riots Aurelio Lopez 6 Invstgtors Dave Meier 7 Stingrays Dwayne Henry 8 Pineapples Dale Berra 9 Bulldogs Larry Sorensen 10 Lush Dave Shipanoff 11 Stallions Billy Sample 12 Trout Alejandro Sanchez 13 Liberty Tim Stoddard 14 Irish Frank Wills 15 Weavers Steve Lake 16 Gray's Jim Pankovitz 17 Mountneers George Wright 18 ToWiggins Rick Miller 19 Destinies Dennis Burtt 20 Flames Brian Harper 21 Mashers Mark Funkerburk 22 Hurdlers Dave Rucker 15TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Matt Williams 2 Apaches Jim Winn 3 Stingers Darryl Boston 4 Phalanx Dave Anderson 5 Riots David Green 6 Invstgtors Scott Bradley 7 Stingrays Rusty Staub 8 Pineapples Gary Woods 9 Bulldogs Frank DiPino 10 Lush UL Washington 11 Stallions Bill Stein 12 Trout Craig Gerber 13 Liberty John Stupor 14 Irish Curt Wardle 15 Weavers Mike Fischlin 16 Gray's Max Venable 17 Mountneers Onix Conception 18 ToWiggins Gerry Davis 19 Destinies Kurt Bevacqua 20 Flames Bill Wegman 21 Mashers Mark Huismann 22 Hurdlers Mario Ramirez 16TH ROUND Team Pick 1 Traffic Lar Owen 2 Apaches Dick Noles 3 Stingers Larry Bowa 4 Phalanx Dave Valle 5 Riots Rich Dauer 6 Invstgtors Tippy Martinez 7 Stingrays Rex Hudler 8 Pineapples Mike Jones 9 Bulldogs Bob Bailor 10 Lush Tommy John 11 Stallions Bob Melvin 12 Trout Der Thomas 13 Liberty 14 Irish John Schulze 15 Weavers 16 Gray's Junior Ortiz 17 Mountneers Rich Thompson 18 ToWiggins Tom Gorman 19 Destinies John Russell 20 Flames Pat Sheridan 21 Mashers Tom Nieto 22 Hurdlers Mike Jeffcoat 17TH ROUND Team Pick 2 Apaches Doug Corbet 3 Stingers 4 Phalanx Pat Perry 5 Riots Peter Ladd 6 Invstgtors George Hendrick 8 Pineapples Tim Conroy 9 Bulldogs John Cangelosi 10 Lush Rick Cerone 11 Stallions Bar Bonnell 13 Liberty 14 Irish Mike Trujillo 15 Weavers 16 Gray's Jeff Stone 17 Mountneers George Frazier 18 ToWiggins Jeff Sellers 19 Destinies Paul Mirabella 20 Flames Sal Butera 21 Mashers Ivan Dejesus 22 Hurdlers Jamie Quirk 18TH ROUND Team Pick 2 Apaches Jason Thompson 3 Stingers 5 Riots Steve Engel 8 Pineapples Bruce Berenyi 9 Bulldogs Rollie Fingers 10 Lush Rob Wilfong 11 Stallions Jerry Hairston 13 Liberty 14 Irish Steve McCatty 15 Weavers 16 Gray's Henry Cotto 17 Mountneers Warren Brusstar 18 ToWiggins Ron Mussellman 19 Destinies Mike Gallego 20 Flames Manny Lee 22 Hurdlers Ruf Linares FINAL ROUNDS Team Pick 2 Apaches Dave Sax Buck Martinez 5 Riots Gerald Perry 9 Bulldogs Jorge Orta Ron Meredith 11 Stallions Bobby Moore Jack Lazorko 14 Irish Doug Sisk Ron Mathis Marvell Wynne Herm Winningham 16 Gray's Mark Portugal 17 Mountneers Jim Beattie Bryan Clark Luis Leal Rick Lysander Chris Bando Domingo Ramos 18 ToWiggins Greg Gross Larry Owen Chuck Porter 19 Destinies Terry Whitfield 20 Flames Joe Boever John Cerutti 22 Hurdlers Marty Bystrom Ben Ayala Sexto Lezcano