tWi$tEd rEaLiTy 2011 - the Great Equalizer!

[mbrake]

All EAST & Central teams are not eligible for the supplemental draft and must wait until frenzy waivers to make any transactions. They will forfeit the respective players listed below as part of a luxury tax to get under the $80M cap. Luxury tax players forfeited are eligible for the supplemental draft. Team dollar amounts were based on team payroll for 11 pitchers and 14 batters including 2 catchers under $80M max. I tried to first eliminate the lowest dollar players, then those with the fewest at bats or innings pitched that would have the least negative impact on each team that exceeded $80m and then had to forfeit those affected players via the luxury tax to equalize payrolls among teams as much as reasonable to create parity in each division and the entire league.

Divisions are as follows to ensure parity in payrolls and competitive balance:

[u:6290d637de][b:6290d637de]EAST[/b:6290d637de][/u:6290d637de][b:6290d637de]
1. RED SOX $79.71[/b:6290d637de] (Luxury tax victims: P D. Matusuzaka 2.36, RP D. Wheeler .94, RP M. Albers .50, SP J. Lackey .50, DH D. Ortiz 6.95, & 3B K. Youklis 5.04)
[b:6290d637de]2. RANGERS $79.56[/b:6290d637de] (Luxury tax victims: P D. Bush .50, RP Y. Tateyami 1.34, C M. Napoli 8.41, SS A. Blanco .50, & CF J. Borbon 1.08)
[b:6290d637de]3. Cards $79.53[/b:6290d637de] (minus SP J. Westbrook .50, RP A. Rhodes .50, C G. Laird 1.00, 1B M. Hamilton .50, 2B T. Greene .50, LF A. Craig 4.88)
[b:6290d637de]4. Rays 79.23[/b:6290d637de] (minus: P A. Sonnanstine .50, RP JP Howell .50, 1B D. Johnson .50, LF J. Ruggiano 1.85, & LF B. Guyer .50)
[b:6290d637de]5. Giants $78.96 [/b:6290d637de] (minus: SP B. Zito .50, 1B B. Pill 7.08, 2B E. Burriss .50, 2B O. Cabrera .50, 2B B. Hall, 3B M. Derosa .90, 3B M. Tejada .63, & LF P. Burrell .87)
[b:6290d637de]6. Dodgers $78.61[/b:6290d637de] (minus SP C. Billingsley .62, SP J. Garland .50, C D. Navarro .55, 3B J. Uribe .55, LF M. Thames .50 & LF J. Gibbons .50)

[u:6290d637de][b:6290d637de]CENTRAL[/b:6290d637de][/u:6290d637de]
[b:6290d637de]7. Phillies $78.54[/b:6290d637de] (minus RP D. Baez .50, 1B R. Gload .50, 2B P. Orr .50, 3B M. Martinez .54 & CF J. Mayberry 5.35)
[b:6290d637de]8. Tigers $78.07 [/b:6290d637de] (minus SP B. Penny, RP R. Perry, 2B W. Rhymes .50 & 2B C. Guillen)
[b:6290d637de]9. Yankees $77.73[/b:6290d637de] (minus P H. Noesi .50, P P. Hughes .50, RP S. Mitre .53, RP A. Laffey, RP S. Proctor .50, 3B R. Pena .50, & RF C. Dickerson .87)
[b:6290d637de]10. Reds $75.93 [/b:6290d637de] (minus SP E. Volquez .50, SP B. Arroyo .50, C D. Mesoraco .50, SS E. Rentaria .50, & LF F. Lewis .50)
[b:6290d637de]11. Braves $75.53 [/b:6290d637de] (minus SP D. Lowe .63, SP M. Minor .57, 3B J. Lugo .50, RF M. Mather .52, RF M. Diaz .50 & RF M. Young .50)
[b:6290d637de]12. Brewers $72.20[/b:6290d637de] [b:6290d637de]PLUS SP Doug Davis .50[/b:6290d637de] (minus C W. Nieves .50 & 3B F. Lopez .50)

Midwest & West Division teams are eligible for the 10 round supplemental draft.

[u:6290d637de][b:6290d637de]MIDWEST[/b:6290d637de][/u:6290d637de][b:6290d637de]
[b]13. Angels $67.76 [/b:6290d637de] ( Draft picks #16, 28, 40, 52, 64, 76, 88, 100 & 112)
[b:6290d637de]14. Rockies $66.63[/b:6290d637de] (draft picks #15, 27, 39, 51, 63, 75, 87, 99 & 111)
[b:6290d637de]15. Marlins $65.76[/b:6290d637de] (Picks #14, 26, 38, 50, 62, 74, 86, 98, & 110)
[b:6290d637de]16. Dbacks $65.37 [/b:6290d637de] (picks #13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73, 85, 97 & 109)
[b:6290d637de]17. Blue Jays $64.34 [/b:6290d637de](picks #12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96 & 108)
[b:6290d637de]18. White Sox $63.07 [/b:6290d637de](picks #11, 23, 35, 47, 59, 71, 83, 95 & 107)

[u:6290d637de][b:6290d637de]WEST[/b:6290d637de][/u:6290d637de]
[b:6290d637de]19. Indians $63.04 [/b:6290d637de](picks #10, 22, 34, 46, 58, 70, 82, 94, & 106)
[b:6290d637de]20. Royals $60.55[/b:6290d637de](picks #9, 21, 33, 45, 57, 69, 81, 93, & 105)
[b:6290d637de]21. Athletics $55.17[/b:6290d637de] (picks #4, 8, 20, 32, 44, 56, 68, 80, 92, & 104)
[b:6290d637de]22. Mets $54.91[/b:6290d637de] (picks #3, 7, 19, 31, 43, 55, 67, 79, 91, & 103)
[b:6290d637de]23. Padres $54.61[/b:6290d637de] (picks #2, 6, 18, 30, 42, 54, 66, 78, 90 & 102)
[b:6290d637de]24. Pirates $54.60[/b:6290d637de] (picks #1, 5, 17, 29, 41, 53, 65, 77, 89 & 101)

[b:6290d637de]SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT STOCK TEAMS:[/b:6290d637de]
ORIOLES
CUBS
MARINERS
NATIONALS
ASTROS
TWINS
Plus all players listed as luxury cap victims!

Additional rules:

Once the league has filled, a randomizer (1-24) will be run to determine the draft order for picking teams.

Team name must be readily identifiable and reflective of their actual team.

Each team can only use their team's actual stadium & have exclusive rights to it. Use care when selecting your stadium.

Each team has exclusive rights to all of their carded original team players unless they are forfeited and made draft eligible via the luxury tax.

Supplemental draft will occur following the team draft. Please let me know the per pick time frames we want to enforce and other draft details.

Auto-draft will occur. Use extreme care to only draft players eligible for your team. Players mistakenly added to someone else's team will be corrected via waivers with an anouncement to the entire league of the corrective actions required so they do not choose the ineligible players that belong to another team. Be patient and work things out without drama please.

Waivers: frenzy. All free agents are eligible to all teams.

Each team must have & maintain a minimum 20 original carded players on the roster at all times without exception. Midwest and west division teams may also include supplemental draft players as part of their original 20.

Teams cannot auto-draft players that belong to any other team until the frenzy waivers with the exception of players acquired thru the supplemental draft for the Midwest & West division teams.

Teams eligible for the supplemental draft can stop drafting at any time and are not required to use all of their draft picks. Once a team wants to end their participation in the supplemental draft, they must clearly announce to the league their intentions to cease drafting and then forfeit all remaining picks and cannot re-enter the draft under any circumstance.

[mbrake]

Someone must have a phobia with the number 12. Feel free to take it. These numbers will represent your number for the randomizer prior to the team draft.

[mbrake]

Only 9 spots left!

[Paul_Long71]

just to be sure "originally carded" includes the supp. pick players (like last year), correct?

[keyzick]

[quote:2574002e21="Paul_Long71"]just to be sure "originally carded" includes the supp. pick players (like last year), correct?[/quote:2574002e21]

Yes, unleashed

[Paul_Long71]

unleashed has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. I'm saying you have to have 20 "originally carded" players. Last year that was the guys on your team (ex. Marlins) PLUS the guys you get in the supp. draft (if you have picks).

[MFL536]

I will give a try as long as newcomers to this league are ok

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2. nymets99
3. MoFo's of Mayhem
4. keyzick
5. Death_From_Above
6. carlerik
7. ehlekev
8. oldmansmith2
9. Delbird
10. Geoff Brookes
11. Toronto50
12. MFL536
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14. Jack
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[keyzick]

[quote:23128941fa="Paul_Long71"]unleashed has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. I'm saying you have to have 20 "originally carded" players. Last year that was the guys on your team (ex. Marlins) PLUS the guys you get in the supp. draft (if you have picks).[/quote:23128941fa]

Ahh..got it...sorry about that.

[Paul_Long71]

no prob. I see mbrake included that near the bottom of his post at the bottom of page 1's threads...so we're good.

[mbrake]

PM bump - only 8 spots left.

1. mbrake
2. nymets99
3. MoFo's of Mayhem
4. keyzick
5. Death_From_Above
6. carlerik
7. ehlekev
8. oldmansmith2
9. Delbird
10. Geoff Brookes
11. Toronto50
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