FAN DRAFT WEEKEND
I've invented a new event for baseball. I think you'll like it.
Imagine a weekend in June. Two day games. Your team accepts a single replacement player from the active roster of another team to play in those two games. It works like this...
Fans cast ballots for the position they would like to see subbed by a visiting player. They then select their top 5 prospects for that position. You might select 1st base as the position. Then, in order, let's say you choose Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, Jason Giambi, Jim Thome, and Travis Hafner.
MLB receives all the ballots and then makes simple calculations.
a) The position to be subbed is determined by the simple plurality for that position. If 1st base gets more votes than any other position, it is the winning position.
b) The player to fill the elected position wins through a simple plurality. If -- out of the universe of voters who selected players for the winning position -- Albert Pujols gets more votes than anyone else, he is the winning 1st baseman.
c) Let's say five cities vote for 1st baseman, and their 1st baseman selection is Albert Pujols. The city with the highest number of individual votes for Albert Pujols, based on a) and b) above, gets Pujols for the weekend.
RULES AND EXCEPTIONS
a) Pitchers are not eligible because of the disruption to their rotation schedules.
b) You may vote for someone on the DL because you believe he will come off the list by game time. If this player is selected by a city and is still on the DL at game time, a member of the host team's bench will replace him.
c) Let's say that Jim Thome is not selected, based on votes, by any team. He becomes a bench member for the White Sox while the visiting 1st baseman plays his position for the weekend. He is eligible to DH in the American League.
a) The winning visitor cannot -- in the 2-game weekend series -- play against his own origin team. A system of alternates must be available based on criteria somebody smarter than me could figure out.
Does this hold up under scrutiny? How would you further refine the rules?
Imagine a weekend in June. Two day games. Your team accepts a single replacement player from the active roster of another team to play in those two games. It works like this...
Fans cast ballots for the position they would like to see subbed by a visiting player. They then select their top 5 prospects for that position. You might select 1st base as the position. Then, in order, let's say you choose Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, Jason Giambi, Jim Thome, and Travis Hafner.
MLB receives all the ballots and then makes simple calculations.
a) The position to be subbed is determined by the simple plurality for that position. If 1st base gets more votes than any other position, it is the winning position.
b) The player to fill the elected position wins through a simple plurality. If -- out of the universe of voters who selected players for the winning position -- Albert Pujols gets more votes than anyone else, he is the winning 1st baseman.
c) Let's say five cities vote for 1st baseman, and their 1st baseman selection is Albert Pujols. The city with the highest number of individual votes for Albert Pujols, based on a) and b) above, gets Pujols for the weekend.
RULES AND EXCEPTIONS
a) Pitchers are not eligible because of the disruption to their rotation schedules.
b) You may vote for someone on the DL because you believe he will come off the list by game time. If this player is selected by a city and is still on the DL at game time, a member of the host team's bench will replace him.
c) Let's say that Jim Thome is not selected, based on votes, by any team. He becomes a bench member for the White Sox while the visiting 1st baseman plays his position for the weekend. He is eligible to DH in the American League.
a) The winning visitor cannot -- in the 2-game weekend series -- play against his own origin team. A system of alternates must be available based on criteria somebody smarter than me could figure out.
Does this hold up under scrutiny? How would you further refine the rules?
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