Rosters and Draft Picks

The official pre-Draft rosters are now posted on NASOMA.org. You can view the html version of them by clicking on the appropriate place on the menu bar across the top, or download a printable excel file by clicking in the appropriate place on the left side of the screen.

The draft picks you can use are based on the picks you own and the number of players you protected. The formula is this:
(30) + (number of reserves you have) + (2 optional picks) - (number of protected players) = number of draft picks you get.

Example... the Fungoes have 4 reserves and protected 20 players. So...
30 + 4 + 2 - 20 = 16 draft picks, the last 2 of which are optional.

Now, the pick numbers of the picks you own, beginning at #142, will have changed. The reason for this is: pick 142, previously the Rhino 9th round pick, is lost to him because his last player (including his optional picks) will be taken prior to pick 142. So then everybody after 142 slides up one. That continues every time a team makes its last selection.

On the roster page, underneath your players, is a list of your draft picks. They are also listed on the Draft Grid. I didn't mark "optional" by your last two picks this year. Just know that your last two picks are the "Tweener Rule" picks. If you use them, you'll need to make cuts to get back to your allowable number of players.

I'm probably doing a crappy job of explaining all this. Sorry.

Some numbers from the final rosters...

There will be 213 draft picks (counting optional selections).

The World Champion Killer Bees retained the fewest players (14), followed by the Nads (16), the Tweeners (17), the Inmates (18), and the DVs (19). The most players were kept by the Rhinos (26), the Warpigs (25), and the FFTs (24).

Of the last 23 scheduled picks in the draft, the Tweeners have 8, the Killer Bees 5, the Nads 5, the Inmates 3, and the DVs 2. Those will be the teams picking at the end of the evening.

The Warpigs make the first optional pick of the Draft at #89, and the Pigs will also be the first team to make their final selection at pick #121. The Rhinos are next, finishing up with pick #129.

Counting optional picks, the Bees have the most draft picks with 20. The Warpigs have the fewest with 8.

There were six uncarded players protected, and half were by the Fungoes. The Warpigs are the only team who cannot draft an uncarded player (barring any trades between now and the Draft).

Call or email me if you have questions or if there is a problem with your roster or draft pick list.