ATB XIV Details - Draft Order, Divisional Alignment, and More

A few items to go over

1. Draft is now officially set to kick off on Monday, February 6.

2. For game scheduling reasons, we must have 20 teams in the league.  Right now we're stuck at 17 total confirmed owners which means we'll likely have some PC led teams this year.  This is a good news/bad news situation.

• On one hand, 20 teams dilutes the player pool a bit and make the draft more challenging.  
• On the other, in previous seasons the PC team has never made the playoffs and their presence does not add a challenge to the regular season.  

3. With the 20 teams confirmed, I am able to set the Draft Order and Divisional Alignment (Career Wpct listed first and draft position in parenthesis):

American League

.630 - Justin B (16)

.599 - Steve C (1)

.589 - Justin P (11)

.589 - Lou P (13)

.537 - Sean S (18)

.491 - Matt B (20)

.460 - Ivar A (15)
New - Dave K (3)

New - Fred B (17)

New - Joe V (19)

National League
.586 - Mike S (2)
.576 - Jason B (4)
.549 - Joe T (14)
.526 - Brad P (8)
.501 - Jeff B (10)
.485 - TJ O (5)
.479 - Shotgun S (9)
.441 - Jay H (6)
.427 - Brian B (12)
.362 - Alan C (7)

Draft Order
1) Steve C
2) Mike S
3) Dave K
4) Jason B
5) TJ O
6) Jay H
7) Alan C
8) Brad P
9) Shotgun S
10) Jeff B
11) Justin P
12) Brian B
13) Lou P
14) Joe T
15) Ivar A
16) Justin B
17) Fred B
18) Sean S
19) Joe V
20) Matt B

Regular Season and Playoffs

• 162 Game Season
• No Interleague Play
• Top 4 Teams in each league make the playoffs, with home field advantage being determined by 1) Overall Record, 2) Head to Head Record, 3) Pythagorean Winning Percentage
• Three rounds of playoffs, all series 7 games.