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Perhaps you’ve heard of alternate history, books written from the perspective of, say, what life would be like if the Confederacy had won the Civil War or the Normandy Invasion had failed. Well, this Franchise League will somewhat follow that premise and, I think, will be loads of fun.
Imagine crafting your own Cleveland Indians team, beginning in the Deadball Era and drafting and selecting NEW players, thereby avoiding the failures of the Cleveland Indians from 1955-1993. Or can you reformulate a Yankees dynasty, or will the Phillies become the 20th century’s baseball dynasty?
You are the owner and GM of your own team. Players retire, get drafted or get traded from franchise to franchise.
22 Seasons, Expanding Cap, DH
For those players with more than one card, ANY card can represent a player.
In the Franchise Player selections, whenever applicable, when a player is carded to more than one team, the team holding the highest $$ card has rights to the player. (In some instances, the Commissioner has made certain exceptions to this rule, for competitive or historicity reasons.) The year on a player card has NO BEARING on this league. Each player will be given a debut season and a last season based on the years they played in MLB.
Ex.- Ted Williams 6 12
Ted Williams began play in 1939 and his last season was 1960. His debut season is Season #6 and his Final Season is Season #12.
Season 1 Prep— 93m Cap
TEAM DRAFT—Randomized Draft Order. Each manager will draft a Roster from one of the Original 16 Franchises. Rosters are listed below in the thread. The 4 unselected franchises will no longer exist.
For your Season#1 Autodraft, AND SEASON 1 ONLY, you may only use players on the Created Rosters for your Franchise, plus any players you drafted in the Dispersal Draft. A 2-Round Dispersal Draft will be created, based on lowest roster payroll to highest to disperse the players from the 4 unselected franchises. After the Autodraft, ANY Free Agents who are ELIGIBLE for Season#1 will be available to any Franchise, regardless of real-life franchise affiliation.
You may make trades , and the trades don't have to be "franchise-related". Also non-franchise related FA pickups are OK, but only once the Autodraft has run.
At the conclusion of Season #1, the set of players who began play from 1920-1923 become eligible for the Season #2 ENTRY DRAFT. Also, any players whose playing career doesn’t extend into 1920 must “Retire”. I will formulate and post a list for each season of what players have to "retire" and what players become eligible for the entry draft for each Season. All players on your roster at the conclusion of Season#1 who did not “retire” are yours until the Autodraft for Season#2 runs.
DRAFTS FOR SUBSEQUENT SEASONS:
First, Each manager will select one player assigned to his franchise (by our Excel File) who began MLB play during the years 1920-1923. This player must be assigned to your franchise by our Excel File and will be designated your Franchise Player.
With Franchise Players, any players carded to more than one team will be assigned to the team that holds the highest $$ card, in almost all cases. (Commissioner has made some executive decisions on a few players). If a player is carded to more than one franchise, the first one listed has first choice to choose said player as their Franchise Player. If the first listed team does not choose said player as their Franchise Player, the second listed team can claim him as Franchise Player.
Then there will be an 6 Round Entry Draft of the rest of the 1920-1923 entry players in Reverse Order of Finish, in which ANY other players can be drafted by ANY team. (These picks are not franchise-related)
BEGINNING WITH SEASON 2's Preparation, you may place players from the following categories on your autodraft card:
1-Players who were on your Roster last Season who didn't retire
2-Your FRANCHISE PLAYER and any Players you draft in the Entry Player Draft for Season 2 Draft
3-Any Player you acquire by Trade during the Entry Draft period
4-Any players left in the Entry Draft who go undrafted
5- Any Players who were Free Agents in the Previous Season and didn't retire
GOLDEN AGE option for Franchise Picks--Each franchise may choose to draft TWO Franchise Players at the expense of their First Round Pick in the Entry Draft in a particular season. This option is allowed ONCE from Season #2 through Season #10 and TWO times from Season #11 to Season #21 (CANNOT USE THIS OPTION IN CONSECUTIVE SEASONS/Seasons 10 and 11 DO NOT COUNT AS CONSECUTIVE SEASONS).
ANY players who retired before 1920 will be INELIGIBLE for SEASON #2.
TRADES ARE ENCOURAGED
Player Trades are STILL allowed, and ANY ELIGIBLE Free Agent on the wire is eligible for ANY Franchise. PLAYER Trades can take place at any time, Pre-ENTRY DRAFT, PRESEASON or during Regular Season, other than after Game 142.
TRADING DRAFT PICKS WILL ONLY OCCUR in the time between the END of the SEASON and the NEXT SEASON'S ENTRY DRAFT. You may not trade a player for an ENTRY PICK during the Season.
ROSTER SIZE
Rosters will not exceed 25 players.
ONE CAVEAT: Be wise in early Seasons, there are not as many RP-onlys to go around as there will be in later Seasons.
Strat DOES ALLOW our Theme to carry a minimum of 3 RP-onlys instead of 4, which is the case for regular 365 leagues.
TEAM NAMES
Naming Your Team—PLEASE USE THE FRANCHISE NAME, no weird off-the-wall team names or cities. This is a "replay" of 20th Century MLB.
This procedure will continue as we roll through the seasons, with 22 total seasons.
The "select one player carded to your franchise" for each Season keeps a little franchise integrity going, because, for example, the Red Sox can select Ted Williams for Season#6 through Season#12 (started in 1939) and the Cardinals can select Stan Musial for Season#7 through Season#12 (started in 1941).
However, for example, it will be hard for the Dodgers manager to grab ALL the talent that came through Brooklyn in the late 40s..........
EXPANDING CAP
The plan on the expanding cap is:
Season1 1888-1919 93m
Season 3 1925-1929 98m
Season 8 1945-1949 103m
Season 12 1960-1964 113m
Season 14 1970-1974 123m
Season 16 1975-1979 128m
The 98m in Season3, I'm just figuring some inflation will happen as we move through first couple of seasons
The 103m in Season 8 represents the return of stars from WW2 and the emergence of black superstars
The 113m in Season 12 represents the first set of expansion teams. While we won't use expansion teams, those PLAYERS will start a bigger influx of players into the player pool for a given season
The 123m in Season 14 represents the 1969 Expansion, in the same way as the 1961-1962 Expansions
The 128m in Season 16 represents the 1977 Expansion.
SEASON ONE DISPERSAL DRAFT ORDER (Based on $$ of Listed Team Rosters)
(Obviously, the 4 Unselected teams will not be included in the Draft)
1. Washington Senators
2. Brooklyn Dodgers
3. NY Yankees
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Boston Braves
6. St.Louis Cardinals
7. St.Louis Browns
8. Detroit Tigers
9. Philadelphia Phillies
10. Boston Red Sox
11. Philadelphia Athletics
12. Chicago White Sox
13. Cleveland Indians
14. Pittsburgh Pirates
15. Chicago Cubs
16. NY Giants
THE DISPERSAL DRAFT WILL BE TWO ROUNDS. YOU MAY PASS ON A PARTICULAR DRAFT CHOICE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE A PICK IN A PARTICULAR ROUND.
Imagine crafting your own Cleveland Indians team, beginning in the Deadball Era and drafting and selecting NEW players, thereby avoiding the failures of the Cleveland Indians from 1955-1993. Or can you reformulate a Yankees dynasty, or will the Phillies become the 20th century’s baseball dynasty?
You are the owner and GM of your own team. Players retire, get drafted or get traded from franchise to franchise.
22 Seasons, Expanding Cap, DH
For those players with more than one card, ANY card can represent a player.
In the Franchise Player selections, whenever applicable, when a player is carded to more than one team, the team holding the highest $$ card has rights to the player. (In some instances, the Commissioner has made certain exceptions to this rule, for competitive or historicity reasons.) The year on a player card has NO BEARING on this league. Each player will be given a debut season and a last season based on the years they played in MLB.
Ex.- Ted Williams 6 12
Ted Williams began play in 1939 and his last season was 1960. His debut season is Season #6 and his Final Season is Season #12.
Season 1 Prep— 93m Cap
TEAM DRAFT—Randomized Draft Order. Each manager will draft a Roster from one of the Original 16 Franchises. Rosters are listed below in the thread. The 4 unselected franchises will no longer exist.
For your Season#1 Autodraft, AND SEASON 1 ONLY, you may only use players on the Created Rosters for your Franchise, plus any players you drafted in the Dispersal Draft. A 2-Round Dispersal Draft will be created, based on lowest roster payroll to highest to disperse the players from the 4 unselected franchises. After the Autodraft, ANY Free Agents who are ELIGIBLE for Season#1 will be available to any Franchise, regardless of real-life franchise affiliation.
You may make trades , and the trades don't have to be "franchise-related". Also non-franchise related FA pickups are OK, but only once the Autodraft has run.
At the conclusion of Season #1, the set of players who began play from 1920-1923 become eligible for the Season #2 ENTRY DRAFT. Also, any players whose playing career doesn’t extend into 1920 must “Retire”. I will formulate and post a list for each season of what players have to "retire" and what players become eligible for the entry draft for each Season. All players on your roster at the conclusion of Season#1 who did not “retire” are yours until the Autodraft for Season#2 runs.
DRAFTS FOR SUBSEQUENT SEASONS:
First, Each manager will select one player assigned to his franchise (by our Excel File) who began MLB play during the years 1920-1923. This player must be assigned to your franchise by our Excel File and will be designated your Franchise Player.
With Franchise Players, any players carded to more than one team will be assigned to the team that holds the highest $$ card, in almost all cases. (Commissioner has made some executive decisions on a few players). If a player is carded to more than one franchise, the first one listed has first choice to choose said player as their Franchise Player. If the first listed team does not choose said player as their Franchise Player, the second listed team can claim him as Franchise Player.
Then there will be an 6 Round Entry Draft of the rest of the 1920-1923 entry players in Reverse Order of Finish, in which ANY other players can be drafted by ANY team. (These picks are not franchise-related)
BEGINNING WITH SEASON 2's Preparation, you may place players from the following categories on your autodraft card:
1-Players who were on your Roster last Season who didn't retire
2-Your FRANCHISE PLAYER and any Players you draft in the Entry Player Draft for Season 2 Draft
3-Any Player you acquire by Trade during the Entry Draft period
4-Any players left in the Entry Draft who go undrafted
5- Any Players who were Free Agents in the Previous Season and didn't retire
GOLDEN AGE option for Franchise Picks--Each franchise may choose to draft TWO Franchise Players at the expense of their First Round Pick in the Entry Draft in a particular season. This option is allowed ONCE from Season #2 through Season #10 and TWO times from Season #11 to Season #21 (CANNOT USE THIS OPTION IN CONSECUTIVE SEASONS/Seasons 10 and 11 DO NOT COUNT AS CONSECUTIVE SEASONS).
ANY players who retired before 1920 will be INELIGIBLE for SEASON #2.
TRADES ARE ENCOURAGED
Player Trades are STILL allowed, and ANY ELIGIBLE Free Agent on the wire is eligible for ANY Franchise. PLAYER Trades can take place at any time, Pre-ENTRY DRAFT, PRESEASON or during Regular Season, other than after Game 142.
TRADING DRAFT PICKS WILL ONLY OCCUR in the time between the END of the SEASON and the NEXT SEASON'S ENTRY DRAFT. You may not trade a player for an ENTRY PICK during the Season.
ROSTER SIZE
Rosters will not exceed 25 players.
ONE CAVEAT: Be wise in early Seasons, there are not as many RP-onlys to go around as there will be in later Seasons.
Strat DOES ALLOW our Theme to carry a minimum of 3 RP-onlys instead of 4, which is the case for regular 365 leagues.
TEAM NAMES
Naming Your Team—PLEASE USE THE FRANCHISE NAME, no weird off-the-wall team names or cities. This is a "replay" of 20th Century MLB.
This procedure will continue as we roll through the seasons, with 22 total seasons.
The "select one player carded to your franchise" for each Season keeps a little franchise integrity going, because, for example, the Red Sox can select Ted Williams for Season#6 through Season#12 (started in 1939) and the Cardinals can select Stan Musial for Season#7 through Season#12 (started in 1941).
However, for example, it will be hard for the Dodgers manager to grab ALL the talent that came through Brooklyn in the late 40s..........
EXPANDING CAP
The plan on the expanding cap is:
Season1 1888-1919 93m
Season 3 1925-1929 98m
Season 8 1945-1949 103m
Season 12 1960-1964 113m
Season 14 1970-1974 123m
Season 16 1975-1979 128m
The 98m in Season3, I'm just figuring some inflation will happen as we move through first couple of seasons
The 103m in Season 8 represents the return of stars from WW2 and the emergence of black superstars
The 113m in Season 12 represents the first set of expansion teams. While we won't use expansion teams, those PLAYERS will start a bigger influx of players into the player pool for a given season
The 123m in Season 14 represents the 1969 Expansion, in the same way as the 1961-1962 Expansions
The 128m in Season 16 represents the 1977 Expansion.
SEASON ONE DISPERSAL DRAFT ORDER (Based on $$ of Listed Team Rosters)
(Obviously, the 4 Unselected teams will not be included in the Draft)
1. Washington Senators
2. Brooklyn Dodgers
3. NY Yankees
4. Cincinnati Reds
5. Boston Braves
6. St.Louis Cardinals
7. St.Louis Browns
8. Detroit Tigers
9. Philadelphia Phillies
10. Boston Red Sox
11. Philadelphia Athletics
12. Chicago White Sox
13. Cleveland Indians
14. Pittsburgh Pirates
15. Chicago Cubs
16. NY Giants
THE DISPERSAL DRAFT WILL BE TWO ROUNDS. YOU MAY PASS ON A PARTICULAR DRAFT CHOICE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE A PICK IN A PARTICULAR ROUND.
