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Played only 9 games at 3B in the minors last year. Shouldn’t he be 1B?

Yes, he should (I just fixed him). Thanks. Again, a few of these guys will slip through early on with incorrect positions because our stat provider has them labeled as such. If you see them, please point them out. We combed through, but were inevitably going to miss a couple.

Thanks again, Michael.

Kevin Cron should be 1B only, correct?

mdecav wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:21 am

Kevin Cron should be 1B only, correct?

Correct. 12 games at 1B and 1 game at 3B. He is now eligible at 1B only.

Seth Beer should be 1B, not OF

McBroom should only be OF
Edwin Rios should only be 1B

Thanks Mike. These have all been updated.

Brent Rooker should be OF, not 1B

Instead of doing this piecemeal, I was able to go through the other recommended revisions. Most are minor guys with the exception of Rodgers.

Cristhian Adames - should be 2B, not SS
Jim Adduci - should be OF, not 1B
Christian Arroyo - should be 3B, not 2B/3B
Bobby Bradley - should be U, not 1B
Zack Collins - should be U, not C
Christian Colon - should be 2B, not 2B/3B
Ryan Court - should be 1B, not SS
Thairo Estrada - should be 2B, not 2B/SS
Josh Fuentes - should be 1B, not 1B/3B
Robel Garcia - should be 2B, not 2B/3B
Phil Gosselin - should be OF, not 3B
Alen Hanson - should be 2B, not 2B/OF
Connor Joe - should be 1B, not OF
Corban Joseph - should be 2B, not 1B/2B
Kevin Kramer - should be OF, not 2B/OF
Deven Marrero - should be SS, not 3B
Seth Mejias-Brean - should be 1B, not 3B
Brad Miller - should be 3B, not 1B/2B/3B/OF
Peter O'Brien - should be OF, not 1B/OF
Jace Peterson - should be OF, not 3B/OF
Jose Pirela - should be OF, not 2B/OF
Hanley Ramirez - should be U, not 1B
Brendan Rodgers - should be 2B, not 2B/SS
Jose Rondon - should be 2B, not 2B/SS/3B

mdecav wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:15 am

Instead of doing this piecemeal, I was able to go through the other recommended revisions. Most are minor guys with the exception of Rodgers.

Cristhian Adames - should be 2B, not SS
Jim Adduci - should be OF, not 1B
Christian Arroyo - should be 3B, not 2B/3B
Bobby Bradley - should be U, not 1B
Zack Collins - should be U, not C
Christian Colon - should be 2B, not 2B/3B
Ryan Court - should be 1B, not SS
Thairo Estrada - should be 2B, not 2B/SS
Josh Fuentes - should be 1B, not 1B/3B
Robel Garcia - should be 2B, not 2B/3B
Phil Gosselin - should be OF, not 3B
Alen Hanson - should be 2B, not 2B/OF
Connor Joe - should be 1B, not OF
Corban Joseph - should be 2B, not 1B/2B
Kevin Kramer - should be OF, not 2B/OF
Deven Marrero - should be SS, not 3B
Seth Mejias-Brean - should be 1B, not 3B
Brad Miller - should be 3B, not 1B/2B/3B/OF
Peter O'Brien - should be OF, not 1B/OF
Jace Peterson - should be OF, not 3B/OF
Jose Pirela - should be OF, not 2B/OF
Hanley Ramirez - should be U, not 1B
Brendan Rodgers - should be 2B, not 2B/SS
Jose Rondon - should be 2B, not 2B/SS/3B

Thanks Michael. These have all been updated.

One correction from your list: Connor Joe is OF eligible only, not 1B eligible. He played all five games last year in the majors in LF.

Swihart is OF only

This is a little disappointing. I’m left with one backup catcher after the great purge

These have not been updated for draft boards....

DOUGHBOYS wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:23 am

These have not been updated for draft boards....

If you are in a league that started before Monday, no, those won't be updated immediately. It's like trying to change your team name after the draft has started; the board doesn't update.

However, if you are in a league that starts today or later, these positions will be reflected.

Good deal.

Isaac Paredes is 3B, not SS

Greg Ambrosius wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:37 am

DOUGHBOYS wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:23 am

These have not been updated for draft boards....

If you are in a league that started before Monday, no, those won't be updated immediately. It's like trying to change your team name after the draft has started; the board doesn't update.

However, if you are in a league that starts today or later, these positions will be reflected.

These positions are not being reflected. Our league started yesterday.
Mountcastle listed as 3B on the Draft Board among others.

The draft board colors are separate from the draft room position eligibility in some cases (they are not linked if we make manual switches to original positions). We'll try to correct them as fast as we can, but always just use NFBC position eligibility rules as a fail-safe when drafting.

And again, if you question someone's position eligibility in the draft room, please let one of us know. We have to change some of them manually...they get sent to us from our stat provider (everything done by Player ID), and they don't necessarily adhere to NFBC eligibility rules.

No, the process isn't 100% perfect this early in the year...here are elig rules again for perusal:

The NFBC will use the following position eligibility rules in 2020:

a) Players who played at least 20 games at any position in 2019 will qualify at that position for the entire 2020 NFBC season. Players who play 10 games at a new position in 2020 will be eligible at that position after they have played there for the 10th time during the 2020 MLB regular season. Any player who missed all of the previous season to injury or retirement will qualify at the position he last was eligible for in the majors.

b) If a player did not appear in 20 games at any position, he qualifies at the one position he played most frequently the prior season in the majors. Designated Hitter is considered a position for these purposes (pinch-hitting is not). A player who only qualifies as a DH may only be assigned to the UT position. If a player's most games played at a position is less than 20 and tied among more than one position, the NFBC commissioner will assign eligibility at one position only.

c) Those players who only pinch-hit in the majors in 2019 will be position eligible according to their minor-league games played status in 2019. They would qualify at the position they played the most games in the minors.

d) Players who played all of 2019 in the minor leagues will be awarded position eligibility for the 2020 NFBC season based on the most games played at all levels in the minors for the previous year. SportsHub Games Network, Inc. will determine that one eligible position before Draft Day and that will determine that player's status for 2020 once he is called up to the majors. Those players who only pinch-hit or DH in the minors will only be UT-eligible.

They can't be linked?
The purpose of the coloring on a Draft Board is to be correct and informative.
Not a big ask.

If they COULD be linked, they WOULD be linked. C'mon, Dan, this isn't on purpose. I'm not going to sit here and explain all the back-end processes. Neither of us has the time for it. We'll try to update as best we can (I'm working with IT for a better solution) ,but you'll have to deal with a few colors being off for the time being.

Darik B wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:40 am

If they COULD be linked, they WOULD be linked. C'mon, Dan, this isn't on purpose. I'm not going to sit here and explain all the back-end processes. Neither of us has the time for it. We'll try to update as best we can (I'm working with IT for a better solution) ,but you'll have to deal with a few colors being off for the time being.

Darik, I know it's not wrong on purpose.
At the same time, if having any information on the site, it should be the correct information.
What it should be, is right on purpose.

Instead of defending mediocrity as is the case of these Draft Boards. The NFBC should be striving to make things the BEST.
Greg bragged that IT programmers were fantasy players themselves. That they thought like us. Do they?
I know this is relatively a minor issue. I know that.
But, it still represents the site as a whole.
It's something EVERY drafter looks at.

I was going to ask early in the season if multi-positional players could have different colors on the Draft Board.
Instead of their dominant position.
For instance, Gleyber Torres would be half 2B/half SS.
Jeff McNeil, three colors.
David Fletcher, four colors.
But, what is the use?

Really?

DOUGHBOYS wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:57 am

Instead of defending mediocrity as is the case of these Draft Boards.

Darik B wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:04 am

Really?

DOUGHBOYS wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:57 am

Instead of defending mediocrity as is the case of these Draft Boards.

Yes, If we can't trust the Draft Boards to be right, it makes them mediocre at best.

Pretty sure I was not "defending" anything, and said I was working with IT for a better solution. Will that be done in 5 minutes? No, it won't. Will the improvements be made? Yes, they will. Enjoy the remainder of your weekend.

Darik B wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:11 am

Enjoy the remainder of your weekend.

You do the same, Darik.