an article from the commissioner asking for league input.
In baseball teams carry what is called a “taxi squad,” or have in the past we still aren’t sure if baseball is a thing anymore RIP the Astros and Alec’s hopes for another fraudulent World Series. Just kidding!!!!
WHAT IS A TAXI SQUAD?
To be clear this would have to be a league voted rule change that I am merely getting the conversation rolling about. A taxi squad, for our specific dynasty purposes would be 1 to 2 roster spots that ONLY could be filled by 1st or 2nd year players (rookie or sophomores). These roster spots would be correctly filled by either your most recent draft pick(s) or a FA signing from the wire to your team. Ok cool…why is called a taxi squad though? Because these roster spots are filled by 1st or 2nd year players it adds to the dynasty strategy as young players may now have a roster spot and a longer leash, BUT these taxi squad players would only be eligible for the TS roster spot ONE time. If the player who is residing in a taxi squad roster spot was moved into your starting lineup and contributed in ANY way they would immediately lose taxi squad eligibility and would be on the active roster.
Let me make that more clear by way of example. If Chris Duarte was drafted and placed in Lukes Taxi Squad roster spot – Luke would hold the rights to the player but would not be reaping any benefit of his points scored (think of this part as an IR spot in terms of production and location on team roster). But, due to Levert being traded and more opportunity for Duarte Luke decided to cut a player on his roster and promote Duarte to the active roster Luke opened up a Taxi Squad position and activated Duarte who will no longer EVER (even on other teams) be eligible for the Taxi Squad position.
Could a Taxi Squad player be traded to another team and remain TS eligible?
Absolutely. As long as the player receiving the TS player keeps him in that position for his team. A TS player could be traded for a TS player as well. AND a TS player could be traded and immediately promoted to active roster.
WHY WOULD WE DO THIS????
Truly it is beneficially for 3 purposes:
1) The Draft – in a league that holds a 2 round draft each off-season, as we do, TS allows for you to make these picks w/o having to make exact room for them on your active dynasty roster. Some may see this as a good thing or bad thing.
2) The Dynasty – TS allows for a long term look at young players who may not have “right now” impact but could be really good down the road. This closely resembles a real NBA roster.
3) Strategy – TS adds another level of strategy as draft picks become a little more valuable and how you utilize more roster spots adds to trade value, longevity, and a necessary knowledge of young players.
I want your thoughts!
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