On the
"Scoring" sheet is where you customize your fantasy baseball league settings and
scoring system:
- Select the League Type - Roto 5x5,
Roto 4x4, and Points
- Select the number of teams - 8 to
20
- Select the number of roster spots
- 10 to 45
- Select the minimum auction price
from - $1 to $100 (not applicable for Standard Drafts)
- Total team salary cap - $25 to
$1000, with $5 increments (not applicable for Standard Drafts)
- Enter Individual Salary Caps for
each team (Usually applicable for Keeper Leagues)
- Select your draft type - Standard
Draft or Auction Draft
- Player Pool Options - MLB, AL Only
or NL Only players
- Number of Players at Each Position
to be Drafted (Auction Drafts Only)
- Enter team names
- Number of Decimals (Auction Drafts Only)
Once all settings are entered,
click on the "Recalculate Projections & Build Draft Board" Button
After "Building your Draft Board", you
will receive the following confirmation:
- To enter draft picks, navigate to
the "Draft Board" sheet where you will see 1 fantasy baseball team's roster and
a bunch of Buttons at the top.
- Click on "Draft Player" to enter a
draft pick.
- Click on the "Summary" button to
show you a Summary of the draft.
- Click on the "All Teams Grid" to
view a grid of all the teams in your fantasy baseball league.
- Click on any team's individual
button to be taken to that team
- Use these Blue Buttons to Toggle
from Team to Team.
- When a team is selected, the blue
team box changes to red to help aid in the flow of your fantasy baseball
draft.
METHOD 1 to Enter Draft
Picks:
- The first pick for the Axemen is
Robinson Cano and his auction price was $34
- Click on the "Draft Player" button
and the following box will appear:
- Click on the '2B' position tab to
showcase all available second basemen.
- The player list is dynamically
populated from the cheatsheets
- Click on Robinson Cano (so that
his name is highlighted)
- Click on the Team name (so the
team name is highlighted)
- Enter an Auction Value (Standard
Drafts will not see this box)
- Click the "Draft Player"
button
Notice the "Total Spent so Far / Total
Remaining" and "1 Player Max" fields after the $34 was entered (with a Total
Salary Cap of $200)
For the next pick, the Dawgs drafted Dustin Pedroia. Notice the Player list is dynamically populated and Robinson Cano is no longer a selection in the 2B player list:
Notice the "Total Spent so Far / Total
Remaining" and "1 Player Max" fields after a couple more picks
METHOD 2 to Enter Draft
Picks:
- The first pick for the Axemen is Robinson Cano and his auction price was $34
- Select the position of the drafted
player (C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, DH, SP, RP, CI and MI)
- Based on the position, the player
list is dynamically populated, simply pick a name to be drafted.
- Or you can use the "auto-complete"
feature. Instead of picking a name from the drop down list, just start typing
the name in (Last name first). When you see the name you want, hit the "Enter"
key, "Tab" key, or use your mouse to click off the cell.
Notice the "Total Spent so Far / Total
Remaining" and "1 Player Max" fields after the $34 was entered (with a Total
Salary Cap of $200)
- In order to view the Auction Draft
Summary, simply click on the Blue Button labeled "Summary" and a dialogue box
will appear.
- Depending on team selected on the
far right, it will populate
- That teams roster on the
left
- The "1 Player Max" for that
fantasy baseball team
- The "Total Spent / Total Left" for
that team
- Easily toggle between any
team
- Position Totals Tracker to easily
view how many players each team has at each position.
- On the far right, there is a
"Player Pool" of all available players by position, click on the position tabs
to toggle between positions. This list is also dynamically populated based
draft picks already made:
- In order to view a grid of all
teams, simply click on the Blue Button labeled "All Teams Grid" and it will take
you to the "All Teams" sheet.
- The blue toggle buttons will
remain on the top of the screen
- Each team in your fantasy baseball
league will be shown here, with each position listed with a different color (for
ease on the eyes while the draft is going)
- From here you can navigate to any
team to enter draft picks, view the league "Summary" or just go back to the
"Draft Board"
- You can sort based on the order
the player was drafted "Sort - By Position Drafted"
Or you can sort by grouping all
positions together, all Catchers, then all First Basemen, etc
Here is the "Summary" of a Standard
Draft
Here are more screenshots of our fantasy baseball draft tool
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