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$110 M cap/DH/5-10-20 drop/waivers

Roster Rules: at all times your roster must be composed of players from (and carded to) your selected team grouping plus your allotted free agent(s) - see free agent rules below

Free Agent Selection - During the auto draft you are restricted to players in your assigned card grouping. You may ONLY select players who have a card version in your grouping (for example, if you have the Old Cardinals (STL db and STL pre) you cannot put Stan Musial- post 1948 card on your Auto Draft list since this version of Musial is categorized with the STL post group. You can select the Musial card that is in the STL - pre grouping.

AFTER the auto draft runs, every team can select at least one free agent during the waivers period. Eligible free agents fall into 1 of the
following 3 categories:

1.- Any Negro League Player
2.- Any player that played for your selected franchise (at least 1 mlb IP or AB). For example, if the Dodgers franchise does not auto draft Mike Piazza, the Big Apple team (NYG pre, NYM exp) can select him from the free agent pool because Piazza played for the Mets.
3. - A player you have rights to, but upgrade the card version. For example, The old Yankees (NYY db,pre) draft the 1941 Phil Rizzuto - from the NYY pre group in the autodraft. They can select the Phil Rizzuto 1950 card from the NYY post group which is assigned to the New Yankees (NYY post,exp) group. This card upgrade would count as a free agent allocation.

Every team gets 1 free agent allocation. Some teams are granted additional free agent allocations (indicated below) if they are unable to obtain/or choose not to draft certain impact players. For example, if the Wash/Twins franchise does not have Carew and Goslin on their roster after the auto draft, the Wash/Twins would have 3 free agent allocations to use for their roster. The key players that represent additional free agent allocations are listed below.

You can add/drop free agents as much as you want as long as you never exceed the number of free agent you are allowed to have and your free agents meet the criteria above.

Free agents can span time eras. For example, if available the old Cards, can select Bruce Sutter (who pitched for the Cardinals) as their free agent if Sutter is available in the free agent pool after the autodraft runs.

Bundled team goupings like the Eastern Expansion can select a player who played for the Expos, Blue Jays, Brewers or Marlins for their free agent allocation.

Before the season starts, each team will declare their free agent selections on the league message boards

Divisions are pre-determined see below.

Home Ball Park - select a ball park that is associated with your selected team/and time era

EAST

Old Yankees (NYY db,pre) - 1 FA
New Yankees (NYY post,exp) - 1 FA
Philadelphia A's (PHA db,pre) - 1 FA
Big Apple (NYG pre, NYM exp) - 1 FA + 1 Free Agent allocation for F. Frisch
Red Sox (Bos db,pre,post,exp) - 1 FA
Eastern Expansion (Tor exp, Mont exp, Milw exp, Fla exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for R. Alomar


CENTRAL
Phillies (PHL db,pre,post,exp) - 1 FA
Pirates (Pitt db,pre,post,exp) - 1 FA
Cubs (CHC db,pre,post,exp) - 1 FA
Central Expansion (Hou exp, Tex exp, KC exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for Alex Rodriguez
Old Cardinals (STL db,pre) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for R. Hornsby + 1 FA allocation for S. Musial
Modern Indians (Clev post,exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for Robbie Alomar

MIDWEST
White Sox (CWS db,pre,post,exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for Hoyt Wilhelm
Tigers (Det db,pre,post,exp) - 1 FA
Old Indians (Clev db,pre) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for Tris Speaker + 1 FA allocation for Bob Feller
Orioles/Browns (SLB db,pre, balt post, balt exp)- 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for F. Robinson + 1 FA allocation for Goslin + 1 FA allocation for Bobby Grich
Modern Cardinals (STL post,exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for Stan Musial
Senators/Twins (Wash db,pre,post Minn exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for R. Carew + 1 FA allocation for Goose Goslin

WEST

Dodgers (bkn db,pre,post LA exp) - 1 FA
Giants (nyg db,nyg post, sf exp) - 1 FA
Reds (Cinn db,pre,post,exp) - 1 FA
Braves (bsb db,pre, milw post,atl exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for Greg Maddux + 1 FA allocation for R. Schoendienst
West Expansion (Az exp, SD exp, Sea exp, Cal exp, col exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA for Bobby Grich
Oakland/KC A's (Kc post, Oak exp) - 1 FA + 1 FA allocation for R.Jackson + 1 FA allocation R. Henderson + 1 FA allocation for Mark McGwire + 1 FA allocation for Rollie Fingers

[u:bd596d3ce7] Answers for Toronoto50[/u:bd596d3ce7]
As BD Ward correctly pointed out, if you want Larry Walker, you have to draft the Expos version of him on your auto draft card. If you win him, you can use the Rockies version of him, but it will cost you a FA allocation.

[u:bd596d3ce7]Answer for Bucktide[/u:bd596d3ce7]
You are correct there is a chance a player you have rights to could end up on someone else's roster because HAL put them in as a substitute for a lost auto draft selection. I have done leagues like this before. Most SOM managers adhere to good sportsmanship and drop the high $$ players they do not have access to before waivers, and the rest during waivers. I will monitor, and if anyone has any complaints we will monitor on the league message board. To minimize risk, you should auto draft everyone you want. There are not many impact players that would only be eligible for a single franchise so you would be smart to protect your top players in the auto draft.

EAST
Old Yankees (NYY db,pre) - BDWard
New Yankees (NYY post,exp) - Frank
Philadelphia A's (PHA db,pre) - Rube
Big Apple (NYG pre, NYM exp)- IDANRED
Red Sox (Bos db,pre,post,exp) - NYMets99
Eastern Expansion (Tor exp, Mont exp, Milw exp, Fla exp) - toronto50


CENTRAL
Phillies (PHL db,pre,post,exp) - dharmabums
Pirates (Pitt db,pre,post,exp) - coachgil11
Cubs (CHC db,pre,post,exp) - emart
Central Expansion (Hou exp, Tex exp, KC exp) Potkettleblack
Old Cardinals (STL db,pre) - Visick(Proxy)
Modern Indians (Clev post,exp) - Brannu

MIDWEST
White Sox (CWS db,pre,post,exp) - gfg001
Tigers (Det db,pre,post,exp) - jamesgang77
Old Indians (Clev db,pre) -Treyomo
Orioles/Browns (SLB db,pre, balt post, balt exp)- papasturgeon
Modern Cardinals (STL post,exp) - PJK
Senators/Twins (Wash db,pre,post,exp Minn exp) - gfdwarf07

WEST

Dodgers (bkn db,pre,post LA exp) - Brent
Giants (nyg db,nyg post, sf exp) - andycummings65
Reds (Cinn db,pre,post,exp) - Bucktide
Braves (bsb db,pre, milw post,atl exp) - jlt53
West Expansion (Az exp, SD exp, Sea exp, Cal exp, col exp) - FAaron
Oakland/KC A's (Kc post, Oak exp) - 2cityfan

Answer to PJK

PJK asked about allowing auto draft lists to go over the $110 cap, as long as you get to $110 before the season starts..

Not every team grouping in this league can generate much more than $110mil on an auto draft list that is restricted only to players in your team grouping... Please do not go over $110 cap on the auto draft lists, this will help maintain the competitive balance and stop the "hoarding" of top players..

Also PJK, you mentioned Josh Gibson and O. Charleston.. these players should not appear on anyone's auto draft lists, they are only available during the free agent period.. There are no catchers expensive enough for HAL to use Josh Gibson as a replacement for.. O. Charleston could only show up as a replacement for a missed auto draft attempt at the 13.41 mil Speaker.. if Boston get's O. Charelston, please drop before waivers.. thanks

you misunderstood me. i am talking about the free agent phase, which comes after the initial autodraft. i assume we will be using the waiver draft that comes after. if not, if we all skip the waiver draft and go to the open free agent phase then obviously there would be no reason to go over $110 million at any time

I was just reminded that in $140 mil leagues, there is a minimum of $105.. so you will need to have at least $105 to enter your team, and you need to stay under $110..

thanks

Can i an interchange my roster throughout the season with players from my franchises? If i dont like molitor at third can i switch him with wallach?

Zzzzzzzzzz .....

You can do as many add/drops of players in your assigned grouping as you want... so switching Molitor to Wallach is fine

we need BDWard and Idanred to fill the east.. I will PM them