Resolving Contested Draft Picks

We resolve in order of the count of teams selecting a player - starting with the ones picked most often.

Steven Strasburg – was selected by 12 Teams

We blow through all the tiebreakers at this point to tiebreaker #5 - player ranking.  Four teams ranked him #1, and of those teams, Corcoran Neighborhood gets him based on random draw.

Two guys were selected by 11 teams.  In this situation, we resolve in descending order of salary.

First up, Neftali Feliz (Salary: 200)

10 teams with full salary cap left in the hunt - Detroit is the only team to rank him #1 and gets him.

Madison Bumgarner (100)

Of the teams with full salary cap left, Fordham has him ranked highest.

10 teams tried to get Jason Heyward

With full cap remaining, Federalist is the only team to rank him #1 and gets him.

9 teams picked Brian Matusz

Crumpton gets him based on player rank.

Seven players were listed by 8 teams.

Alex Rodriguez (Salary 4096)

ARod goes to Atco due to ranking.

Gordon Beckham (903)

To Mayan - gave him the highest rank in this bunch.

Wade Davis (202)

For teams with the full cap left, Guttenberg ranked him highest.

The four players left all have salary 100 - here we resolve in order of position in baseball scoring (all OF = 7, DH = 8)

Buster Posey (100, C)

To Palookaville based on rank.

If positions are the same, we go in alphabetical order of last name.

David Frese (100, 3B, "F")

To Benchwarmer because of rank.

Brett Wallace (100, 3B, "W")

Getting down there on teams with full cap left.  Cunningham barely had the highest rank.

Dustin Ackley (100, OF)

By missing out on Wallace, the Washington duo for Poland / Ukraine gets the Mariner prospect.