VII) DRAFTS
A) Pre-Season Draft
1) The pre-season draft will be at a time determined by the Commissioner, after checking with a majority of the league members.
2) The draft will consist of 20 rounds.
(a) Each Franchise will be given 1 pick in each round, which they can trade at their discretion.
3) There are no minimum or maximum number of draft picks that can be owned by a Franchise.
4) Draft Order
(a) The Draft Lottery is designed to determine the Draft Order for the first three picks in the first round. The process incorporates the five worst teams from each league.
(b) The number of teams involved in the lottery is 10
(c) The random balls will be distributed throughout 1-100 for the lottery.
(d) The 4 worst teams in each league (based on W-L records) will be in the lottery and receive the number of balls as indicated below.
(1) 1st worst AL Team – 25 balls 1st worst NL Team – 25 balls
(2) 2nd worst AL Team- 13 balls 2nd worst NL Team – 13 balls
(3) 3rd worst AL Team – 8 balls 3rd worst NL Team – 8 balls
(4) 4th worst AL Team – 4 balls 4th worst NL Team – 4 balls
(e) In case of ties based on W-L records, the team with a better home record would receive more lottery balls
(f) Draft order of the non-lottery winners (picks 4-10) will be in reverse order of the team’s record from the previous season.
(g) Draft order for the 11-14 picks will be in reverse order of the team’s record from the previous season.
(h) The ten playoff teams will draft in the last ten positions based on the following criteria, regardless of record.
(i) 24th – World Series Winner
(ii) 23rd – World Series Loser
(iii) 22nd – LCS Loser with better record
(iv) 21st – LCS Loser with worst record
(v) 20th – Division Series loser with best record
(vi) 19th – Division Series loser with 2nd best record
(vii) 18th – Division Series loser with 3rd best record
(viii) 17th – Division series loser with worst record
(ix) 16th – Wild Card series loser with best record
(x) 15th – Wild Card series loser with worst record
(i) The order for ties will be determined by the teams’ HOME record for the previous season – with the team with the better HOME record drafting first.
(j) The Commissioner will post the Draft Order prior to Draft Day. This includes information on all traded draft picks as available at the time of the draft
(k) ONLY un-owned CARDED players currently on the current MWWL ‘disk’ will be eligible for drafting.
(l) All teams draft until they meet the 40 player threshold, then they stop.
(i) Teams are not permitted to draft past 40 players and if they do, the last player(s) drafted will be immediately waived once discovered.
B) Dispersal Draft
1) If a Dispersal Draft is needed, all Carded and Non-Carded Players, as well as all draft picks, belonging to the franchises involved, will be placed in the Dispersal Draft Pool.
2) The order of selection will be determined randomly by the Commissioner’s Office.
3) The draft order will snake through the rounds (example- Team 1, Team 2 then Team 3 will pick in Round One, then in Round 2 the order will reverse with Team 3, Team 2, and then Team 1 picking).
4) The draft will continue until all players and draft picks have been selected.
5) Dispersal Draft picks are eligible to be traded during the Dispersal Draft ONLY and ONLY to Dispersal Draft Owners, but the trade has to be in equal pick/player exchanges (i.e. 1 for 1; 2 for 2, etc…).