2007 Beat the Boss league

[DONALDYORK]

Hey guys! Its that time of year, time for BTB yet again. I don't know if a league similar to this has already run or not, but hey it's always a fun concept. Here is the basic idea of the league:

1. Two teams are selected. The combined payroll of both teams must be equal to or less than the 2007 New York Yankees.
2. Yankee players can be used, but 20 players must be from the two teams that you selected and you must use at least 4 from each team.
3. We will use the Live draft feature, that way you still have a chance to use all of the players on your two teams. Kind of like a minor league system. This is something that you couldn't do in previous BTB leagues, since you were penalized money to dump guys.

Like I said these are the basic rules, if I get enough interest I will draft a more complete set of rules. Following are the 2007 MLB payrolls.

Team/Total payroll

New York Yankees- $ 189,639,045
Boston Red Sox- $ 143,026,214
New York Mets- $ 115,231,663
Los Angeles Angels- $ 109,251,333
Chicago White Sox- $ 108,671,833
Los Angeles Dodgers- $ 108,454,524
Seattle Mariners- $ 106,460,833
Chicago Cubs- $ 99,670,332
Detroit Tigers- $ 95,180,369
Baltimore Orioles- $ 93,554,808
St. Louis Cardinals- $ 90,286,823
San Francisco Giants- $ 90,219,056
Philadelphia Phillies- $ 89,428,213
Houston Astros- $ 87,759,000
Atlanta Braves- $ 87,290,833
Toronto Blue Jays- $ 81,942,800
Oakland Athletics- $ 79,366,940
Minnesota Twins- $ 71,439,500
Milwaukee Brewers- $ 70,986,500
Cincinnati Reds- $ 68,904,980
Texas Rangers- $ 68,318,675
Kansas City Royals- $ 67,116,500
Cleveland Indians- $ 61,673,267
San Diego Padres- $ 58,110,567
Colorado Rockies- $ 54,424,000
Arizona Diamondbacks- $ 52,067,546
Pittsburgh Pirates- $ 38,537,833
Washington Nationals- $ 37,347,500
Florida Marlins- $ 30,507,000
Tampa Bay Devil Rays- $ 24,123,500

Just let me know and I will get things going!

Mike

[DAVIDLEE 2]

I'd be interested in this one

[RICHARDMILTER]

If I were a Yankee or Red Sox fan,player,or employee I would bury my head in the sand. Yankee and Red Sox fan; your teams' are spending almost 8 times what The Tampa Rays are spending. And yet the Rays are in contention for the division. That is a joke! Your teams' should be the laughing stock of baseball!!!!!!
Lee Scoresby

[PracticalDoc]

This is an excellent idea and one I have contemplated. There must be a way to do this while incorporating SOM attendance and bonusing accordingly. One could also have profit-sharing and fines for exceeding a team salary cap, etc.

This might be a good keeper league too with each team identifying 4-6 prospects with less than 100 at bats that they can carry over to next season. This would encourage us to pay attention to the on-going real season.

In any case, please sign me up as interested!