What is "FanDraft: Fantasy Baseball Draft Board Software"?
"FanDraft: Fantasy Baseball Draft Board" software is a multimedia program designed to assist and enhance fantasy Baseball leagues with their live drafts. Make your draft feel like an actual MLB Draft
with streaming draft tickers, automated draft clocks, and a digitally displayed draft board.
FanDraft is the perfect draft companion for your league. It can be projected via a digital projector or output onto a large television or video monitor and displayed to your entire league. Keep your fantasy Baseball draft organized, and running smooth, all the while creating a more entertaining atmosphere.
History
FanDraft Baseball v8 : Released January 2008
- Improved User Interface
- Multiple Draft Board Displays: All easily accessible from a drop down menu.
- Improved Player Database: Includes a fuller database of players
- Improved Ticker: Runs smoother than ever, and easy to change speed.
- Additional Ticker Options: Can show the full draft, or just select rounds
- Draft Clock Improved: Timer can now adjust by “second” increments
- Color Coded Players Boxes: Color coded by position
- Improved “Queue”: Added “search” for easier player find/selection
- Online Player Access: A simple right-click will pull up their expanded personal information from the internet.
- Graphical Pick Announcement: Players can be graphically announced after each selection, displaying all the information of the latest draft pick.
- Improved PreDraft Presentation: Now full screen, improved data entry/display.
- Auction Improved: Calculate max much each team can spend per remaining picks (based on positions remaining and amount left with at least $1 left per pick)
- Customizable “Positions”: Add/Remove/Rename positions your league uses
- Combine Positions (for leagues that share count WRs/TEs as one position)
- Customize the players available for display during the draft: You can choose a certain amount of the top ranked players, or all of them
- Draft Music: Import up to 10 songs to play during the draft
- Print Function: Reports can now be printed as well as exported to HTML
- Enhanced Reports: Includes better information, and more visually appealing.
FanDraft Baseball v7 : Released March 2007
- Added stability.
- Improved UI.
- Set Team Roster Size(MIN/MAX).
- Added "Draft Day Worksheet" report.
- Control the ticker speed.
- Display Position Totals (to see team needs/position availability) Positions Filled/League Positions Filled/League Starters Filled
FanDraft Baseball v6 : Released March 2006
- Up to 50 rounds of drafting
- Enhanced UI
- Load/Save multiple leagues
- Sort players and draft board by alpha or rank
- Keeper player entry
- New and improved reports
- Team Roster Size - Display and be warned when teams are selecting over their allotted amount
- Roster Projection: Displays projected starters already selected during the draft
- Ability to start teams with different auction bid dollars
- Edit selections / bid amounts at any time during and after draft
- Wide screen or regular display
- Ability to change draft board stream speed
- Ability to change draft ticker speed, as well as ability to start the ticker at any time
- Easy import of online player database
- Improved Help section.
- FanDraft User Forums
FanDraft Baseball v2 : Released August 2002.
- 16/14/12/10/8 Team Leagues
- Up to 20 rounds of drafting
- Enhanced Player Database Editing
- Ability to manually add defensive players
- Enhanced Auto Save feature allowing for ability to resume draft exactly where you left off
- Reset button to start from scratch
FanDraft Baseball v1 : Released 2001.
- 12/10/8 Team Leagues
- Up to 16 rounds of drafting
- Draft Clock
- Printable Summary
- Custom Helmets/Logos
- Editable Player Database