The Yearly Franchise Theme League

Sorry for the delay was traveling all day.

No problem. Thanks everyone.

I thought that the draft would be performed this morning, and that we would see our teams before the frenzy. Don't know why actually it's not done this way!

With frenzy, draft is always @ 9pm est.

With frenzy, draft is always @ 9pm est.

According to Strat
The Auto-Draft for this league will be run the next time the clock hits 11pm ET, at which point the Frenzy begins (i.e. all undrafted players become available as free agents on a first come, first served basis).

With frenzy, draft is always @ 9pm est.

According to Strat
The Auto-Draft for this league will be run the next time the clock hits 11pm ET, at which point the Frenzy begins (i.e. all undrafted players become available as free agents on a first come, first served basis).

Marc - just to clarify again - please confirm:

1. Only players with salaries under $1 million are available to be claimed as free agents in this league.
2. Marc, are players who are carded to franchises drafted in this league available? I don't think so.
3. Are we required to keep ALL players carded to our franchise year? I think so. In other words, for teams with 27 carded players for that franchise year, do they have to have all 27 on their strat roster, and therefore can only acquire 1 free agent?

Thanks again Marc. Love this league. I just want to be sure I understand the rules.

Re my third question above - I think all players carded to the franchise on that year MUST be kept on the team's roster.

Here's a quote from Marc's rules on page 1 of the thread:

"2) Before season begins, all players with a card with the given yearly team must be part of the roster (even if this means having a roster of 26 players)--(with the exception of the teams listed above that have other instructions)"

As noted - certain franchise years have exceptions to this rule. Anyway, it looks like we didn't have many franchise years drafted with large rosters (i.e. more than 25 carded players for a year).

Re my second question above, I think I'm correct that we must avoid taking "free agents" that are carded for a particular year to teams that are drafted franchises -for that card year.

From Marc's rules on page 1:

"3) All teams have unlimited access to sub-1M players that are not in teams picked up"

So if a team and franchise year is "picked up" - i.e. drafted in our 24 team franchise draft - then the players carded to that franchise for that year can't be acquired in free agent transactions, even if they are under $1 million, because they are *required* to be on the roster of the drafted franchise year in our strat league.

Just bringing this forward to the current page:

"So that would be the divisions
EAST
Yankees 1939
Mariners 2001
Cubs 1906
Yankees 1927
Pirates 1909
Indians 1954

Central
Dodgers 1953
Athletics 1929
Giants 1962
Tigers 1968
RedSox 1946
Yankees 1961

Midwest
Mets 1986
Expos 1994
Braves 1957
Pirates 1927
Orioles 1970
Pirates 1960

West
Reds 1975
Cardinals 1942
WhiteSox 1919
Athletics 1990
Athletics 1973
BlueJays 1985"

Oops, time zones confused me...I'm in Hawaii, formerly in CO where it was a 9 pm draft, now 6pm for me....yes 11pm est....

I think Im doing this wrong. On my team I put down all my 1906 guys, added the two 1916 guys but I also added my draft guys.

With no draft I think I shouldnt add the draft guys-yes?

If I get you right, you did it correct as long as your draft guys--your fillers--are worth 1 million or less.

An autodraft will occur, and then ithere will be the frenzy

Fillers can be $1 million or less.