Player Development League 2009

[AeroDave10]

For those that remember this theme league year, I'm excited to once again bring you the Player Development League. For those that don't, here's a link to last year's sign-up list:

http://forums.sportingnews.com/viewtopic.php?t=566888

The basic premise is to draft a team and only use guys who originally signed with or were drafted by that team (according to baseball-reference.com).

I have done all the leg work and will be happy to share the player / team spreadsheet I have created. We will again use the same rules, but since we have the "unleashed" players in 2009, we will add them to help fill out the set:

$70M draft budget
Play in team's home stadium
DH
5/10/20 drops
Exclusive access to your team's players
NO FREE AGENTS FROM OTHER TEAMS
NO TRADING

The top 4 draft picks will be clustered in the East, the middle 4 in the Central, and the bottom 4 in the West. This should provide competitive balance since there are not 12 teams with at least $70M worth of players.

15 teams had enough players to make all roster requirements for total players, catcher, starters, and relievers. Here is a preview/summary of those 15 teams with their hitters over $4M and pitchers over $3M:

Mariners ($93.22M)
Hitters: Ichiro Suzuki, Shin-Soo Choo, Alex Rodriguez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Adam Jones, Raul Ibanez
Pitchers: Felix Hernandez, Joel Pineiro, Ryan Rowland-Smith, Matt Thornton, Ryan Franklin, Rafael Soriano, George Sherrill

Braves ($90.11M)
Hitters: Garrett Jones, Yunel Escobar, Martin Prado, Adam Laroche, Elvis Andrus, Brian McCann
Pitchers: Adam Wainwright, Tommy Hanson, Neftali Feliz, Sean White, Dan Meyer

Dodgers ($89.54M)
Hitters: Matt Kemp, David Ross, Shane Victorino, Paul Konerko, Franklin Gutierrez
Pitchers: Ted Lilly, Clayton Kershaw, Hiroki Kuroda, Jonathan Broxton, Joakim Soria

Diamondbacks ($78.35M)
Hitters: Rusty Ryal, Justin Upton, Carlos Gonzalez, Mark Reynolds, Lyle Overbay, Miguel Montero
Pitchers: Brett Anderson, Jose Valverde

Tigers ($77.14M)
Hitters: Alex Avila, Curtis Granderson, Cody Ross, Ryan Raburn
Pitchers: Justin Verlander, Jair Jurrjens, Jason Frasor, Fu-Te Ni, Burke Badenhop

Indians ($75.97M)
Hitters: Marco Scutaro, Manny Ramirez, Maicer Izturis, Victor Martinez, Russell Branyan, Michael Aubrey
Pitchers: C.C. Sabathia, Danys Baez

Athletics ($73.87M)
Hitters: Oscar Salazar, Andre Ethier, Nick Swisher, Miguel Olivo
Pitchers: Barry Zito, Rich Harden, Andrew Bailey, Huston Street

Yankees ($73.46M)
Hitters: Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, Nick Johnson, Jorge Posada, Juan Rivera
Pitchers: Phil Hughes, Mariano Rivera

Cardinals ($71.20M)
Hitters: Albert Pujols, J.D. Drew, Daric Barton, Yadier Molina
Pitchers: Dan Haren, Blake Hawksworth

Rangers ($68.37M)
Hitters: Mark Teixeira, Carlos Pena, Ian Kinsler
Pitchers: John Danks, Edinson Volquez, Darren Oliver, Doug Mathis, Nick Masset

Pirates ($61.30M)
Hitters: Andrew McCutchen, Rajai Davis, Aramis Ramirez
Pitchers: Sean Burnett, Elmer Dessens, Mike Gonzalez

Astros ($60.19M)
Hitters: Ben Zobrist, Lance Berkman, Hunter Pence, Bobby Abreu
Pitchers: Wandy Rodriguez, Freddy Garcia, Johan Santana, Roy Oswalt

Cubs ($59.22M)
Hitters: Sam Fuld, Casey McGehee
Pitchers: Randy Wells, Carlos Zambrano, Ricky Nolasco, Mike Wuertz

Mets ($57.61M)
Hitters: David Wright, Mike Carp, Nelson Cruz, Angel Pagan, Jesus Flores
Pitchers: Brian Bannister, Heath Bell

Angels ($54.90M)
Hitters: Kendry Morales, Mike Napoli, Eric Aybar
Pitchers: Jered Weaver, Jarrod Washburn, Darren O'Day, Francisco Rodriguez






BONUS*************
I am going to add 4 other teams that would have qualified but had only one catcher. If selected, these teams would supplement their team with one unused $.50M catcher to fill out the roster.

Blue Jays ($77.75M)
Hitters: Aaron Hill, Michael Young, Casey Blake, Orlando Hudson, Adam Lind, Carlos Delgado
Pitchers: Chris Carpenter, Roy Halladay, Alfredo Aceves, Brandon Lyon

Red Sox ($72.89M)
Hitters: Hanley Ramirez, Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia, Kelly Shoppach
Pitchers: Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon

Marlins ($67.66M)
Hitters: Adrian Gonzalez, Miguel Cabrera, Josh Willingham
Pitchers: Josh Johnson, Josh Beckett, Claudio Vargas, Ronald Belisario

White Sox ($51.69M)
Hitters: Mike Cameron, Ryan Sweeney
Pitchers: Mark Buehrle, Matt Guerrier

[AeroDave10]

Start us off, Ray!

EAST
thisisray
splinter
Frank M
zim13


CENTRAL
visick
AeroDave10
MoFo's of Mayhem
mike28298


WEST
7smitty7
misterg78582
CATom
keyzick

[thisisray]

Start us off, Ray!

EAST
thisisray - Seattle Mariners
splinter
Frank M
zim13


CENTRAL
visick
AeroDave10
MoFo's of Mayhem
mike28298


WEST
7smitty7
misterg78582
CATom
keyzick

[the splinter]

At the falcons game..... Red sox

[AeroDave10]

[u:8d82970df5]EAST[/u:8d82970df5]
thisisray - Seattle Mariners
splinter - Boston Red Sox
[b:8d82970df5]Frank M[/b:8d82970df5]
zim13


[u:8d82970df5]CENTRAL[/u:8d82970df5]
visick
AeroDave10
MoFo's of Mayhem
mike28298


[u:8d82970df5]WEST[/u:8d82970df5]
7smitty7
misterg78582
CATom
keyzick

[AeroDave10]

Please cross-check the baseball reference website against the spreadsheet I handed out. I noticed at least one mistake already.

Carlos Gomez was assigned to the Tigers, but he actually should be assigned the NY Mets.

Please post any other inconsistencies.

[FRANKMANSUETO]

EAST
thisisray - Seattle Mariners
splinter - Boston Red Sox
Frank M - Atlanta Braves
zim13


CENTRAL
visick
AeroDave10
MoFo's of Mayhem
mike28298


WEST
7smitty7
misterg78582
CATom
keyzick

[AeroDave10]

bump

[JAMESZIMMER]

EAST
thisisray - Seattle Mariners
splinter - Boston Red Sox
Frank M - Atlanta Braves
zim13 -Toronto Blue Jays


CENTRAL
visick
AeroDave10
MoFo's of Mayhem
mike28298


WEST
7smitty7
misterg78582
CATom
keyzick[/quote]

[AeroDave10]

Someone in the East can feel free to set up the league and PM the password to the other 3 members. $80M, DH, Adv., 5/10/20 drop.

Make sure you select the 2009 "unleashed" player set!

[u:1d96c3dae7]EAST [/u:1d96c3dae7]
thisisray - Seattle Mariners
splinter - Boston Red Sox
Frank M - Atlanta Braves
zim13 - Toronto Blue Jays


[u:1d96c3dae7]CENTRAL [/u:1d96c3dae7]
[b:1d96c3dae7]socalchiro[/b:1d96c3dae7]
AeroDave10
MoFo's of Mayhem
mike28298


[u:1d96c3dae7]WEST [/u:1d96c3dae7]
7smitty7
misterg78582
CATom
keyzick