PICK-UP PLAYERS (DRAFT)

Pick-Up Players are only permitted in the 13U, 15U, and 18U ‘AA’ Divisions. The player draft's intent is to ensure teams have enough players on their roster to compete in the three-day Provincial Championship tournaments.

Guidelines:

• Pickups can come from anywhere in the province.

• Pickup players must be previously registered as of June 1st in the current playing year with Baseball Alberta and cannot be from a higher category of play.

• Only players playing in Baseball Alberta leagues (House League, ‘A’, ‘AA’, and ‘AAA’) are eligible for teams to use as pick-ups for Provincials/Westerns/Nationals.

• The category or division of play shall be determined by the team with which a player registers.

• For a player who does not register with a team, his individual player registration will determine his age category.

• A player on a suspended team shall remain eligible for pickup.

• 'AA’ teams are able to select pickup players only from the ‘A’ or house league level of play. Teams will no longer be able to select players at the same division from lower Tiers of league play.

• There will be only two pickups per team. A team will be allowed the following pick-ups, if as of June 1st a team has registered:

  • 18 players – No pick-ups

  • 17 players – 1 pick-up

  • 16 or fewer players – 2 pick-ups

Pick-Up Draft Basis:

• All players must be contacted before being submitted on the draft form.

• At no time will any team be allowed to choose pickups from any other team still in competition (unless at the discretion of the Registrar).

• Pick-up draft lists for ‘AA’ Tier III/IV/V teams are due to Baseball Alberta on the Tuesday before the required Provincial Championship. The Tier III Draft will occur at Noon on Wednesday, with the Tier IV pick-up draft occurring immediately following.

• Pick-up draft lists for ‘AA’ Tier I/II teams are due to Baseball Alberta on the Tuesday before the required Provincial Championship. Pick-up draft for Tier I will occur at Noon on Wednesday, with the Tier II pick-up draft occurring immediately following. No pick-ups for 11U Provincial Championships.

Draft Process:

• All coaches placing a player on their draft list must speak directly to that player’s parents (unless 18 years of age) to ensure the player is interested and available.

• Any player who refuses to be placed on a draft list must be informed that if they refuse to be drafted by any team, they will be deemed unavailable for the draft.

• Any team whose draft selection refuses to play after the draft has been completed will be given the opportunity to pick up another available player from their original draft list with the approval of the Registrar.

• First-round draft selections will be made by selecting the top player available on each team’s draft list, starting with the top-ranked team and proceeding down to the bottom-ranked team in that Provincial Championship.

• The second round of draft selections will again be made by selecting the top player available on each team’s draft list, starting with the bottom-ranked team and proceeding up to the top-ranked team.