Follow The Platinum Draft TONIGHT

[Tom Kessenich]

The Platinum league draft will be broadcast LIVE on Sirius Radio tonight but you can also follow all the picks with the link below. Enjoy the fun and find out if all the FAAB money spent on Mike Trout will be worth the investment. The draft will begin at 6 pm PT.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

[TheReckoner]

Good luck to everyone involved. I can't imagine the high you get plopping 20,000 Grand down. Enjoy the moment!!

[Tom Kessenich]

Here was the draft order with the FAAB amounts spent on each spot:

NFBC PLATINUM LEAGUE
Bellagio, Las Vegas
Saturday, March 28, 6 p.m. PT
1. Bill Phipps, New York City 630
2. Nic Cassavetes, Los Angeles, California 500
3. Peter Berall, Montreal, Quebec 120
4. Donn Johnson, Atlanta Georgia 170
5. Joseph Martens, Bloomington, Illinois 180
6. James Stanard, Edwards, Colorado 180
7. Steve Jupinka/Dustin Wagner, Waldwick, New Jersey 180
8. KJ Duke, San Diego, California 190
9. Ken Norred, Ashland, Alabama 60
10. Glenn Lowy, Farmingville, New York 30
11. Jim Ferrari, San Diego, California 50
12. john lemke, Brooklyn, New York 30
13. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama 20
14. Bob Particelli, Berwyn, Pennsylvania 10
15. David DiDonato, Smithfield, Rhode Island 1

[knuckleheads]

Here was the draft order with the FAAB amounts spent on each spot:

NFBC PLATINUM LEAGUE
Bellagio, Las Vegas
Saturday, March 28, 6 p.m. PT
1. Bill Phipps, New York City 630
2. Nic Cassavetes, Los Angeles, California 500
3. Peter Berall, Montreal, Quebec 120
4. Donn Johnson, Atlanta Georgia 170
5. Joseph Martens, Bloomington, Illinois 180
6. James Stanard, Edwards, Colorado 180
7. Steve Jupinka/Dustin Wagner, Waldwick, New Jersey 180
8. KJ Duke, San Diego, California 190
9. Ken Norred, Ashland, Alabama 60
10. Glenn Lowy, Farmingville, New York 30
11. Jim Ferrari, San Diego, California 50
12. john lemke, Brooklyn, New York 30
13. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama 20
14. Bob Particelli, Berwyn, Pennsylvania 10
15. David DiDonato, Smithfield, Rhode Island 1

Fascinating.

[Bronx Yankees]

Here was the draft order with the FAAB amounts spent on each spot:

NFBC PLATINUM LEAGUE
Bellagio, Las Vegas
Saturday, March 28, 6 p.m. PT
1. Bill Phipps, New York City 630
2. Nic Cassavetes, Los Angeles, California 500
3. Peter Berall, Montreal, Quebec 120
4. Donn Johnson, Atlanta Georgia 170
5. Joseph Martens, Bloomington, Illinois 180
6. James Stanard, Edwards, Colorado 180
7. Steve Jupinka/Dustin Wagner, Waldwick, New Jersey 180
8. KJ Duke, San Diego, California 190
9. Ken Norred, Ashland, Alabama 60
10. Glenn Lowy, Farmingville, New York 30
11. Jim Ferrari, San Diego, California 50
12. john lemke, Brooklyn, New York 30
13. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama 20
14. Bob Particelli, Berwyn, Pennsylvania 10
15. David DiDonato, Smithfield, Rhode Island 1

Really interesting. The top couple of spots went for way more than I anticipated. Without giving much thought to this, I would have expected the cost of the slots to go straight from highest to lowest. Would not have expected Slot 3 to go for less than Slots 4-8. Also interesting how Slots 4-8 went for about the same amount and then the cost went down very sharply. Very curious to hear what the participants thought about this process.

Mike

[Baseball Furies]

Why can't we see rounds 21-30 on this grid?

[knuckleheads]

Why can't we see rounds 21-30 on this grid?

I would imagine the participants are reluctant to reveal their "sleepers."

[Greg Ambrosius]

Why can't we see rounds 21-30 on this grid?

The show ended before we got to the last 10 rounds and the SiriusXM guys will enter them this morning. Sorry about that. Look for all 30 rounds today.

Obviously going forward we will have our new online draft board viewable for everyone, but at least this worked for last night. From what I heard of the broadcast, it sounded very interesting and entertaining...just like the Platinum Draft itself.

[Le Grand Orange]

IMO, it was the best draft broadcast of the season. I thought Liss and DVR stayed on point and offered insightful analysis on the overall strategies and specific picks. My only criticism is that it ended before the draft was over...

[Greg Ambrosius]

Okay, remaining FAAB has been updated on your team pages now for the Platinum League. Good luck all. Some of you seem to have more FAAB left than others!!!

I can't tell you how much we all enjoyed that Platinum Draft Slot Bidding night. That was very cool. We will make that part of the Platinum League in the rules going forward. No doubt about it. And we will pick that Friday night in future years as the date and time for future Platinum Draft Slot Bidding. Plan accordingly.

We can talk about doing this for the Diamond League as well, which would make sense. Maybe we do that at the Thursday Night Viewing Party. Just a thought. That's something we will consider for this league as well in 2016 and we look for your feedback there.

Good luck all. Let the Games Begin!!