ATG IV 16 event Franchise League

[pjatscfy52]

Season 9

125mil./DH/20%

[rosenthm]

Can someone post team assignments for season 9? Is there a master list for all seasons posted somewhere? Thanks

[novie]

and would it be possible that when we post the assignments, could we also post which 4 franchises are not being used.... always a nice little extra.

[jpgavin]

1. buster j ratt - Reds
2. Errormagnate - Cubs
3. andycummings - Braves
4. majicmg - White Sox
5. rosenthm - Pirates
6. FAaron - Twins
7. AeroDave - Cardinals
8. Pjatscfy - Yankees
9. jpgavin - A's
10. novie - Red Sox
11. Cubs48 - Dodgers
12. 2cityfan - Tigers

[u:ffc699ccca]Unused:[/u:ffc699ccca]
Orioles
Phillies
Indians
Giants

[jpgavin]

Season 9 rule:

This rule is an attempt to create parity at the $125 cap by giving the the "smaller market" teams a shot at high priced players. There are 3 steps:

[b:fcbe5ac8e6]Step 1[/b:fcbe5ac8e6]
Teams with exclusive rights to fewer than 4 players priced over $7 mil. will chose a "franchise player." This must be a player who spent at least 1/2 the years of his career with that franchise and has a salary above $7 million.

For example, the Yankees have exclusive rights to Ford, Rizzuto, Gehrig, Mantle, and DiMaggio, so they do not get to claim a franchise player. The Twins have exclusive rights to Walter Johnson, Killebrew and Ed Delahanty (since the Indians and Phils are both out this season). So they get to choose a franchise player. They have two options that meet the criteria - Blyleven and Goslin.

[b:fcbe5ac8e6]Five teams will select franchise players:[/b:fcbe5ac8e6]
A's
Braves
Red Sox
Tigers
Twins

[b:fcbe5ac8e6]Step 2[/b:fcbe5ac8e6]
Then we'll have a 3 round live draft. The rounds are based on salary, and the order of each round is based on the players available to the franchises above a certain salary.

[b:fcbe5ac8e6]Round 1[/b:fcbe5ac8e6]Only players above [b:fcbe5ac8e6]9 million [/b:fcbe5ac8e6]dollars are available. Draft order: 1. Tigers - 2. White Sox - 3. Reds - 4. Pirates - 5. Dodgers - 6. Twins - 7. Braves - 8. Cubs - 9. Yankees - 10. Red Sox - 11. A's - 12. Cardinals

[b:fcbe5ac8e6]Round 2[/b:fcbe5ac8e6] Only players above [b:fcbe5ac8e6]8 million [/b:fcbe5ac8e6]dollars available. Draft order: 1. Tigers - 2. Reds - 3. Twins - 4. Cubs - 5. White Sox - 6. Pirates - 7. Dodgers - 8. Braves - 9. Red Sox - 10. Cardinals - 11. A's - 12. Yankees
This includes players above 9 million not drafted in round 1 and we'll make Eddie Mathews (8 mil exactly) available in this round.

[b:fcbe5ac8e6]Round 3[/b:fcbe5ac8e6] Only players above [b:fcbe5ac8e6]7 million [/b:fcbe5ac8e6]dollars available. Draft order: 1. Tigers - 2. Twins - 3. Cubs - 4. Reds - 5. White Sox - 6. Braves - 7. Red Sox - 8. Pirates - 9. Cardinals - 10. A's - 11. Dodgers - 12. Yankees

[b:fcbe5ac8e6]Step 3[/b:fcbe5ac8e6]
Every team must either:
Have a hitter in their starting lineup with an OPS under .900 -or-
Have a pitcher in their starting rotation with an ERA over 3.00

If you use a platoon both halves must have an OPS under .900 (If you use 2 platoons, you can use opposite halves of different platoons, as long as there's somebody in the line up with an ops under .900 everyday.)

If you go the pitching route, your + 3.00 starter must appear every 4th or 5th day.

Meeting one of these two criteria should be pretty easy for most teams.

Finally, I've already done the research for each team in regard to players available over $7 million. If you want me to e-mail you the info, just pm me.

[jpgavin]

[b:0c73c9dcd0]Five teams select franchise players: [/b:0c73c9dcd0]

1. A's - Jimmie Foxx
2. Braves
3. Red Sox
4. Tigers
5. Twins

[jpgavin]

By the way, there are 16 players valued over $11 million. Part of my goal was to ensure that every team (except the White Sox, who have no eligible players over 11 million) gets a shot at one of those players.

[andycummings65]

Five teams select franchise players:

1. A's - Jimmie Foxx
2. Braves - Babe Ruth
3. Red Sox
4. Tigers
5. Twins

[jpgavin]

Andy,

To declare somebody a franchise player, he has to have played 1/2 of the years of his career with your team. So the Babe's out for this part. (But I think you've got a good shot at him in round one of the draft :wink: ) Franchise players available to the Braves are: Niekro, Nichols, Willis, and Mathews.

[jpgavin]

To make things easier here are the available franchise players for the other teams:

Red Sox: Clemens or Cronin
Tigers: Bunning, Rowe, Cash, Greenberg, Cobb, Heilmann
Twins: Blyleven, Goslin