Resolving Contested Draft Picks

We resolve in order of the count of teams selecting a player - starting with the ones picked most often.

Carlos Santana – was selected by 11 Teams

With no players taken yet, we go all the way down to tiebreaker #5 and Smallville gets him based the highest listed draft rank.

Chris Sale was listed by 10 teams

Longfellow gets him based on draft rank.

Five different players were selected by 9 teams.  In that situation we resolve in descending order of salary.

We start with Drew Storen (Salary 464)

Hot gets him by giving him their #1 rank.

Craig Kimbrel (200)

The #1 rank puts him on DeGroot

The next 3 players all have the same salary, and in that case we award in order of position in baseball scoring (all OF = 7, DH = 8)

Ardolis Chapman (100, P)

Among the teams with all their salary cap remaining, Elias gave him the highest rank and gets him.

When the positions are the same, we go in alphabetical order.

Domonic Brown (100, OF, "B")

Twomey gets him with the highest rank.

Desmond Jennings (100, OF, "J")

Goes to Ocean City Maryland (rank)

Three players were picked by 8 teams.

We start with Madison Bumgarner (Salary 959)

2 teams have the full cap available and gave him the same rank...Toronto gets him via random draw.

Freddie Freeman (100, 1B)

Quinn gets him based on rank.

Mike Moustakas (100, 3B)

Vandalay (draft rank)

Three players were picked by 7 teams....

We start off with Mike Stanton (Salary 789)

For the teams with the full salary cap left, Omaha gets him with the #1 draft rank.

Kyle Drabek (100, P, "D")

Horvitz (draft rank)

Jordan Walden (100, P, "W")

Of the teams picking him, only Phlegm has their full salary cap remaining