First, ok fine. Second, when I say "logic" I am not referring to the justification, I am referring to the procedure.
Ok, fine. Please comprehensively state the logic to be followed when dealing with multiple players with identical K-values for a single year [the K-value is the theoretical draft pick (round) cost to keep a player in a specified year; these are used to determine D-values - the actual draft position for a player.] This should include both situations when there are multiple free agents, multiple natural or drafted keepers, or at least one of each.
Also please apply this logic to the following non-hypothetical situations soon enough before the keeper submission deadline so I (and others) may decide who I keep. For the purposes of these situations all slots not mentioned may be considered open. This should not be taken as any indication of the actual keeper decisions for the teams mentioned.
Situation 1 Broken Face in 2004 has four players to be kept:
-Matt Clement, K(2004)=9,
-Mark Prior, K(2004)=9,
-Vernon Wells, K(2004)=8,
-John Smoltz, K(2004)=7
That is to say two scheduled for round 9, one for round 8 and one for round 7. What four draft picks must Broken Face yield to keep these four players?
Situation 2 [This is not my team so I don't know if this is something the manager is contemplating but other managers are also currently in the same situation (with two other players, that is) and in the future the situation will come up as well]
Channa Batura has two players to be kept:
-A.J. Pierzynski, K(2004)=12
-Brandon Webb, K(2004)=FA-12
That is to say two players both scheduled for round 12, one a natural or drafted keeper and one free agent. What two draft picks must Channa Batura yield to keep these two players?
