suggestions for next-next version

[johnnybourbon]

I was doing my 1986 draft yesterday. I had an idea and just interested in some feedback on this. I was thinking it would be cool to have another page attached to the draft log page to view a breakdown on how your prospects panned out. I think it will be interesting to look at say your 1988 draft 20 years later and see which of your prospects made it to the bigs and the overall performance for each draft class. The data is all there already b/c the draft log already has links to the player's pages which contain the stats. It would be cool to analyze even a draft from 2 years previous b/c you can see "highest level" achieved in the page that I'm envisioning.

Another thing that I was thinking was something common in a IRL team's media guide. It's like a current team list of players, some personal data like DOB, residence/born, height weight, and how they were acquired. examplehttp://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/dow...layers_a_j.pdf (seen at the top of each players profile in the link)
and so on, like this:
Joe Catcher 6'1" 220, 5/11/73, hanover, germany, signed as a free agent on November 12, 2006
and so on...
John FirstBase was drafted in the 6th round in 2002
Jerry SecondBase was claimed in the Rule V draft in 2007
Ed Superstar was traded to the White Sox in 2005 for a bunch of nobodies.

Comments?

[chimanbj]

So, take the transaction history for a player and put it in a better layout?

It would also be great to see when players were promoted/demoted. I think that's in 2009...although I should ask...

[johnnybourbon]

Originally Posted by chimanbj

So, take the transaction history for a player and put it in a better layout?

Similar. but for all the players on the team at once. Right now, you CAN do most of the stuff in the media guide in a custom view...except for how the player was acquired. The only iffy thing that I can see is if a player is resigned, the most recent player transaction would be that one, so I'd still like to see that a player has been part of an organization since drafted/traded/signed from a different team/etc.. The original acquisition would be the one listed.
I think this one may be better suited for a "web page" type report rather than a "custom view".
Now that I think about it, there may be some interest in creating your own bios to put in your own team's media guide.

[BruceM]

Well, you can go to your team history, look back at whichever years draft you like and then check the player out to see where he is.

[johnnybourbon]

Originally Posted by BruceM

Well, you can go to your team history, look back at whichever years draft you like and then check the player out to see where he is.

true. but currently, there's no way to know how those draft picks ended up, as a draft class other than go through each one by hand and make your own report in an external program. That's the main point of my draft history suggestion.