Although it may not look much like spring where most of us live, the season has changed in Florida and Arizona as pitchers and catchers begin to report to MLB camps. With that being the case, the DTBL season is right around the corner as well.
You may have seen my response to Nick’s post on the Facebook group page indicating that I am running a bit behind in my preparation for the upcoming season. That is still the case, however I expect to get caught up this week. My schedule is pretty wide open this week, so I intend to have the first draft of the DTBL player adds/drops/position changes posted before the weekend. As usual, I’ll solicit input on the tentative rosters before posting the official draft roster sometime next week.
Next, I’m not even going to bother trying to find a date that will work for everyone for a live draft this year. As a group, we seem to be busier and busier each year. This year, we’ve got two members with newborn babies at home (Marc and Jay) and another in full wedding planning mode (Kelly). I’d like to think I could use these “distractions” for others to my advantage, but that’s not likely. Anyway, we will go with the same style draft we’ve been using for years. However, we will need to get started a little earlier than usual since the MLB season starts on March 31 this year. Tentatively pencil in Monday, March 7 as the draft start date.
Speaking of the early MLB start, this is due to a change in scheduling practices. Please check out this post on the DTBL Forum where I am soliciting input on a potential change to the weekly transaction deadline. I would appreciate a response from as many of you as possible.