HVBSA

Babe Ruth Draft Rules

(Approved for 2007 Season)

 

 

1.      Babe Ruth (BR) rules allow for one manager and one coach.  A manager and coach will represent each Team at the draft.  If the manager or coach is not able to attend, he may appoint a representative to act in their place.  If no one is able to attend from the team, a member of the Baseball Committee will be appointed to draft for the team.   

 

·        Manager’s Options:  The child of the team manager will be placed on the parent’s team with the round of his assignment determined by the final player evaluation rating.  These assignments will be made by the Player Agent in conjunction with the BR Coordinator prior to the start of the draft when the team Manager and Coach are identified.   

 

·        Coach’s Options.  Each team is entitled to one coach’s option.  The child of the coach will be placed on the team the parent is coaching with the round of their assignment determined in the same manner used in the assignment of the children of managers.  Where the coach’s option slot has already been filled by the Managers option, the next open slot will be assigned. 

 

2.      Registration will be capped, depending on the number of anticipated registrations at 12 players per team. It is unlikely that we will exceed 8 teams, so once registrations reach the cap (96 in the case of 8 teams) registration will be closed and additional players will be assigned to a waiting list.

 

3.      Two manager’s meetings will be held: the first meeting will be conducted to rate all the players and the second meeting will be to draft the players that are registered. A player that has not registered cannot be drafted.

 

4.      Team draft order will be determined by the strength of each team based on the ratings of the manager and coach options.  The exact position of draft order will be based on the individual situations and will be determined by the Player Agent and the BR Coordinator.

 

5.      A third meeting could be held a week after the draft if needed. During this meeting, any late player sign-ups will be put in the pool of undrafted players. The teams that have drafted during the previous week will be ranked based on their previous draft, in order to determine an order for this "supplemental draft round."

 

The ranking of teams as of the completed draft will be determined by the Babe Ruth coordinator and the player agent and presented to the managers before the supplemental draft. Any discussion or issues will be resolved before the draft begins. The idea is to create parity in the league, giving lower ranked teams the opportunity to draft stronger players that have recently registered.

 

This supplemental draft meeting will also serve the function of "moving players around," based on issues that we have heard in the past ("Johnny does not want to play for that manager, etc.") This process will look to balance rosters and switch individual players that are ranked in kind, as opposed to situations where one team may be losing a stronger player in favor of a weaker one. Any players that come off of the waiting list will be drafted at this meeting as well.

 

It will be critical that any discussion remain confidential, as we would not want any discussions about conflicts to leave the room.

 

6.      Players that become eligible to come off of the waiting list (due to players quitting a team) will be assigned to teams that lose those players. The player agent and the Babe Ruth coordinator will assign these players.