BL Pix [
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One of the things we wanted to insure when it was created was that competitive balance would be maintained and we would avoid one or two teams becoming perpetually dominant. (Although, It is still possible to build a very good team for many years.)This aim was accomplished well because of a unique keeper system. At the end of each season owners create a rank-ordered list of 18 players. The top 3 for each team are automatically kept with the others divided into 4 groups of 5, 4, 3, and 3 players. Then each team loses one randomly-determined player from each group, and those players are added to the draft pool for the coming season. Thus there are always good players in the pool and the weaker teams get a chance to improve. Also each team’s last 4 picks may be used to protect rookies (and they are tradeable), insuring that the annual draft pool will always contain some attractive rookies.
I've had some questions about the random nature of the keeper system. The way each group is determined is by the the Dow Jones number at the end of each day. Specifically, the last 2 numbers after the decimal point. So one player is lost each day. example below
Imaginary closing values of the DJIA the week after the Super Bowl:
Tuesday 9,981.55 (value we use is 55)
Wednesday 9,941.08 (value we use is 08)
Thursday 10,021.81 (value we use is 81)
Friday 9,957.59 (value we use is 59)
Imaginary Team Group List
Group 1 (Lose 0)
Name Stock Market Range Probability of Losing Player
Ken Griffey Jr. N/A 0%
Roger Clemens N/A 0%
David Cone N/A 0%
Group 2 (Lose 1)
Name Stock Market Range Probability of Losing Player
Vladamir Guerrero 00 - 17 18%
Jeff Blauser 18 - 36 19%
Todd Stottlemyre 37 - 56 20%
Jose Rosado 57 - 77 21%
Eric Young 78 - 99 22%
Group 3 (Lose 1)
Name Stock Market Range Probability of Losing Player
Andy Benes 00 - 22 23%
Nomar Garciaparra 23 - 46 24%
Chuck Knoblauch 47 - 72 26%
Randy Myers 73 - 99 27%
Group 4 (Lose 1)
Name Stock Market Range Probability of Losing Player
Terry Steinbach 00 - 28 29%
Reggie Sanders 29 - 62 33%
Jeromy Burnitz 63 - 99 37%
Group 5 (Lose 1)
Name Stock Market Range Probability of Losing Player
Einar Diaz 00 - 28 29%
Eric Davis 29 - 62 33%
Mark Grace 63 - 99 37%
Using the above stock market data this team would lose:
Group 1: No players as all in this category are protected.
Group 2: Todd Stottlemyre (55 is in his range).
Group 3: Andy Benes (08 is in his range).
Group 4: Jeromy Burnitz (81 is in his range).
Group 5: Eric Davis (59 is in his range).
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