Draft Thread (Expansion/Waiver/Re-Entry)
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Apparently, every single team passed.
So...how long do we think MLS will keep up the waiver draft before just abandoning it, given the sheer enthusiasm it clearly fills teams with?
So...how long do we think MLS will keep up the waiver draft before just abandoning it, given the sheer enthusiasm it clearly fills teams with?
Probably fulfills some legal requirement to keep up the ruse they are a single entity.
Probably some stuff is similar with crazy phone call offers, but there's no way a GM is as unprepared and skittish as that kid GM that's taken to the woodshed.
Everyone passed in the first round because you have to offer the player a qualifying offer (same contract amount they received in 2016).
In the second round, you can offer that player any amount, higher or lower. Expect some picks made there.
In the second round, you can offer that player any amount, higher or lower. Expect some picks made there.
In reality, the $1 million buyout was always negotiable, including by us. Since it was a one-way option, we could always have said that we weren't going to exercise at that price, but we might agree to a lower price. Orlando (or anyone who picks him) could do the same.
I don't think the choice of a photo by the web design/social media team was at all indicative of their intent. Their intern looked at the list, remembered that Mendoza scored a goal in Orlando and boom, done.
We probably put more thought into selecting GIFs to post here.
We probably put more thought into selecting GIFs to post here.
Christian Maidana is available. Not a super speedy guy but a good passer that could play centrally or wide.
This. No reason picking in the first round since you are bound by the existing salary constraints, wait until 2nd round when you can negotiate. No way every team will pass in the second round.
Re-Entry draft at 3 PM today. Full list of available players: http://pressbox.mlssoccer.com/content/mls-announces-players-eligible-re-entry-process-0
Only NYCFC player is Tony Taylor.
Only NYCFC player is Tony Taylor.
Depending on their salaries, would like to see us entertain:
Michael Stephens
Alvaro Saborio
Mauro Rosales
Cristian Maidana
Leo Fernandes
Blas Perez
The only guy who I think is realistically worth the look is Mikey Stephens.
Michael Stephens
Alvaro Saborio
Mauro Rosales
Cristian Maidana
Leo Fernandes
Blas Perez
The only guy who I think is realistically worth the look is Mikey Stephens.
How many players are usually drafted?
This number changes every season, but saw a slight downturn with the introduction of MLS free agency last year. Two players were picked in Stage 1 of the 2015 Re-Entry Draft, with two more selected in Stage 2.
This number changes every season, but saw a slight downturn with the introduction of MLS free agency last year. Two players were picked in Stage 1 of the 2015 Re-Entry Draft, with two more selected in Stage 2.
All these do is give players anxiety. Get rid of it and focus on free agency
Major pass on Maidana. I've watched a lot of him in MLS, and he has some slick moves, with the occaisonal moment of brilliance, but he just slows things down too much and doesn't quite work out wide. He's not the kind of "running 10," as Jim Curtin put it in one of his better moments, you need in MLS.
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