90s Keepers 14: Play Ball!

Opening day is Monday, May 11

Here are the protected players. As always, double check against this list; there are a couple of new faces. Also, remember to list your four protected players last on your draft list.

Alfonzo, Edgardo
Alomar, Roberto
Bagwell, Jeff
Baines, Harold
Belle, Albert
Biggio, Craig
Bonds, Barry
Brown, Kevin (P)
Butler, Brett
Canseco, Jose
Castilla, Vinnie
Clemens, Roger (P)
Edmonds, Jim
Garciaparra, Nomar
Giles, Brian
Gonzalez, Juan
Griffey Jr., Ken
Gwynn, Tony
Henderson, Rickey
Jeter, Derek
Johnson, Randy (P)
Jones, Chipper
Lankford, Ray
Larkin, Barry
Lofton, Kenny
Maddux, Greg (P)
Martinez, Dennis (P)
Martinez, Edgar
Martinez, Pedro (P)
McGriff, Fred
McGwire, Mark
Mitchell, Kevin
Mussina, Mike (P)
Palmeiro, Rafael
Piazza, Mike
Puckett, Kirby
Ramirez, Manny
Rijo, Jose (P)
Rodriguez, Alex
Rodriguez, Ivan
Saberhagen, Bret (P)
Salmon, Tim
Sandberg, Ryne
Schilling, Curt (P)
Sosa, Sammy
Thomas, Frank
Thome, Jim
Walker, Larry

Season 14 alignment:

East...........................Owner ID
Fanatics (Jacobs)...............nol15736 - IN
Blues (Skydome)................Ducky - IN
TeeHawks (Olympic)...........Icterus Galbuli - IN
Jersey (Kingdome).............jayhawk81 - IN

Central
Mockingjays (Metrodome).....coyote303 - IN
Monsters (Coors)...............BigAMcInroy - IN
Bums (Bank One)...............joeedrott - IN
Wolfblitz (Yankee)..............exwallman - IN

West
Stratzillas (Wrigley)............Jimmy_C - IN
Devils (Kauffman)..............fatdaddy054 - IN
Flying Finns (Anaheim)........sphilipp8 - IN
Mermen (Oakland).............franky35 - IN

EDIT: Updated Fishheads new name to Fanatics.

Congratulations to franky35 for winning Season 13 of the 90s Keeper League. His juggernaut Myrtle Beach Mermen swept the finals against fatdaddy054's Red Bank Devils. Furthermore, the Mermen had an incredible +223 run differential in the regular season where they managed to avoid the 100-win jinx by winning "only" 99 games.

Frank's Mermen have now won four championships out of the last five seasons. Furthermore, in the four championship matches, they have only lost three games total. The motto of the league is to carry over four players from season to season in order to create your dynasty! Frank has certainly accomplished just that!

thanks for noticing. Yes, it's been my best run playing strat.

Congratulations Franky I knew you always win , but I didn't know you literally always win! Quite an accomplishment, this is a tough league.

congrats Franky. I feel like the Devils just got hit by a bus.

Wow congrats Franky well played!!!

I'm in

I just looked over which years I had for my players last year, and I'm amazed my team won 81 games. All four of my protected players had their worst year (based on OPS). My relievers either had a terrible year or, if they had a good year, they severely underperformed. There were some bright spots, of course, but I'm still delighted to put Season 13 behind me!

The Central is full...on to the West