re: ATL thread 8/14 - Yankees (frick) at Braves (Fried) - 7:20 EDT

Saw another board discussing an expansion draft possibility in the next 2-3 years. If the rules were the same as the 97 expansion draft we would be allowed to protect 15 guys and we wouldn’t have to protect anyone drafted in 2021 or 2022 if they haven’t made their major league debut or any HS guys drafted in 2020. All the international signees since our ban ended would be exempt too.

Obviously a lot will change between now and whenever expansion actually happens but If the draft were this off-season I think you protect

Acuña
Albies
Riley
Olson
Murphy
d’Arnaud
Arcia
Harris
Fried
Strider
Wright
Soroka
Elder
Grissom
Shuster

Minter, Matzek, Iglesias, Ozuna on the bubble.

Minter and Matzek because it’s hard to justify protecting a non-closer reliever without much control and I think you can also dare teams to take Ozuna or Iglesias’s salary.