AL Player Lists Explanation

We have listed almost every player that is on an American League team's 40-man winter roster, along with a few top prospects, and a few players who have been invited to spring training with an AL club, as of January 17th, 2007. The first number at the start of the line is each player's Scoresheet player number. Next is the side he bats from (hitters), or throws from (for pitchers). Following that is the player's age as of Opening Day. The last categories represent the Scoresheet fielding range (described below) and the player's team.

All of these players WILL be eligible for drafting in Scoresheet Baseball American Leagues for all of 2007, even if they're traded to the NL in the majors. If you draft a player, you WILL KEEP him even if he is traded to the NL. We will just use his NL statistics, (pitcher stats are modified by the differences between the two leagues). Conversely, we won't let you draft anyone who's listed on our NL player lists. The reason for this rule is fairness. For example, if Albert Pujols is traded to the Yankees in mid-March and we allowed him be drafted in the AL starting with his signing date, then the owner who is drafting first in the third stage would be picking up a star player in the 25th round, which is obviously not right. If you are unsure if a player is on the NL list, go ahead and rank him anyway - if he is eligible in the AL you may get him; if he is not eligible we'll just skip right over him.

You ARE allowed to draft any player that is not listed yet on either league's Scoresheet draft list, as long as he is signed by (or drafted by) an AL team or an AL owned minor league team. If you list such a player you must include his full name, current team affiliation, and position, for him to be added to our draft eligible lists. *NOTE: We sometimes include a few players on our lists that are unsigned as of when we make these lists. We include those players if we felt they were 'too good' to be left in limbo, and we assigned them a definite league based on where they ended the previous season. There were 3 unsigned players as of January 17th this year that we deemed 'too good' to be left off lists­Roger Clemens, JD Drew and Barry Bonds. All three ended last season playing in the NL, so they have all three been included on this year's NL list. That means that Clemens, Drew and Bonds are considered Scoresheet National Leaguers for all of 2007, and so they are NOT eligible in Scoresheet American Leagues that follow our drafting rules, even if they end up signing with an AL club. And all three ARE eligible to be drafted in Scoresheet National Leagues that follow our normal drafting rules in 2007. (Leagues doing their own drafts can change eligibility rules if they want, but leagues that draft thru us DO have to follow our drafting rules exactly.)

We've listed most players at their primary position from last season; in general we have not tried to guess where he might move to this year. However, for players who qualify at more than one position we have tried to list them at the position we believe most Scoresheet owners will feel they are the most valuable. When judging a player's worth at a position we look at his fielding range there, and how strong that position is overall. The position listed only matters for our roster balancing draft procedures. Once the season starts, you may play a player at some other positions. However, only qualified catchers can play catcher in Scoresheet. Also, only players who qualify at any one of either 2B, SS or 3B can be used at any of those 3 positions. Please do read the following discussion of fielding statistics for out of position penalties, as it does hurt your pitchers a lot when you have fielders out of position. Under their position headings, players are listed in order of the number of major league plate appearances (or innings pitched) they had last year. Read through the entire list at each position, as it is NOT meant to be an ordering of how good we consider players to be. A better player may have been hurt last year, thus appearing near the end of the list at his position.

complete NL draft/rules packet in PDF format

AL Draft Packet                    NL Draft Packet    
Introduction - How we draft        Introduction - How we draft
Roster Balancing Procedures        Roster Balancing Procedures
Playing Limits                     Playing Limits
AL Player Lists Explanation        NL Player Lists Explanation
   Fielding numbers                   Fielding numbers
   Catcher numbers                    Catcher numbers
Statistics Used:                   Statistics Used:
  Batting, Pitching,                       Batting, Pitching,
  Base Running, Fielding                   Base Running, Fielding
Additional SS Baseball Rules       Additional SS Baseball Rules
AL Sample Lineup Card              NL Sample Lineup Card
AL Pitching & Defense                NL Pitching & Defense
     Lineup Card Explanations            Lineup Card Explanations
AL Batting & Bench                   NL Batting & Bench         
     Lineup Card Explanations           Lineup Card Explanations    
AL Ranking Sheet                   NL Ranking Sheet
Scoresheet's A.L. Player List      Scoresheet's N.L. Player List

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