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9/28- Tigers vs Sox Game 2, 6:00


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Just now, Harold's Leg Lift said:

They shouldn't get rewarded for a season like this.

MLB does need to think about anti-rebuild measures, no doubt.

A draft lottery that prevents teams from getting the top pick or top 3 picks in consecutive years would be a good place to start.

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11 minutes ago, flavum said:

MLB does need to think about anti-rebuild measures, no doubt.

A draft lottery that prevents teams from getting the top pick or top 3 picks in consecutive years would be a good place to start.

I think the NFL and MLB need to start a draft lottery. The big difference is doing 20 teams instead of 14. I think if they want anti-tanking measures the beat way to do it is to lottery every non-playoff pick every year with all odds equally weighted. They have a ping pong ball with a team logo on it and just pull them out in reverse order. It's completely random, so nobody can ever count on getting a top pick, and they can put in other rules such that you can't have a top 3 pick in more than 2 consecutive drafts, and if you meet that criteria and miss the playoffs you automatically get the 10th pick in 14 team lotteries and the 16th in 20 team lotteries. 

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Just now, flavum said:

MLB does need to think about anti-rebuild measures, no doubt.

A draft lottery that prevents teams from getting the top pick or top 3 picks in consecutive years would be a good place to start.

The team with the best record who doesn't make the playoffs gets the first pick and on down.  So this year Cleveland would get the 1st pick and Detroit would get the 20th.  That would put an end to the race to the bottom.

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32 minutes ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

This game barely passes for a major league baseball game.  MLB has to do something to stop the race to the bottom.  It's unwatchable.

Anybody think that what the NBA has done to discourage tanking (i.e. a lottery system) would work (or even be allowed by the Players' Union)?

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7 minutes ago, bubba phillips said:

Anybody think that what the NBA has done to discourage tanking (i.e. a lottery system) would work (or even be allowed by the Players' Union)?

If it's weighted tanking still happens. It has to be an unweighted lottery and it has to be every draft position in order to discourage tanking. 

It's really simple. 20 ping pong balls, 20 logos, do it on live tv so there can be no shenanigans. You can't have a top 5 pick more than 2 consecutive seasons. 

In the NHL and NBA it should be a top 3 pick instead of top 5. 

If you meet the exclusion criteria that season you pick 14th or 20th. If 2 teams meet the criteria you do a coin flip, if 3+ teams miss it's 20-16 based on record. 

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1 minute ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

You don't have to do the ping pong thing.  Just reward teams for trying. 

That will reward teams for trying. There is no inherent benefit for NOT trying. A draft wheel is another option. If there is a draft wheel, picks can never be traded. 

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