24 Team 80's Franchise/Mystery League Full

I believe that puts us at 12 IF the last remaining managers are still in. gfg001 and Sogcomando please confirm, tks

Franchises with owners:
Reds - franky35 - IN
Orioles - Rosie2167 - IN
Red Sox - FALCON29 - IN
Tigers - gfg001
Yankees - Davesodu - IN
White Sox - Ed2014 - IN
Rangers (fresh off the bus from DC) - CrustyCrab - IN
Twins - fench33 - IN but looking to swap clubs
Expos - gbrooks - IN
Pirates - jjrecupero - IN
A's - YountFan - IN and back!

Sogcomando and fench33 - go ahead and pick your franchise from the open ones...
Open Franchises:
Dodgers
Astros
Mets
Giants
Royals
Cardinals
Braves
Cubs
Brewers
Phillies
Angels
Padres
Indians

For any rules refresher please see the start of this forum. I'm also reviewing the 70's spreadsheet to make sure its ready to go, I'll post the link to the google docs here soon.
R

Are there still openings? I'd be interested if there are.

Hi sphilipp8 - you're #1 on deck. We have 3 guys that I haven't heard from in recently so stay close!

sphilipp8 - We've given the other guys plenty of time to check back in. You're in so please pick a franchise and post it here in this forum. Let me know what questions you have.
Rosie

Franchises with owners:
Reds - franky35 - IN
Orioles - Rosie2167 - IN
Red Sox - FALCON29 - IN
Dodgers - sphilipp8 - IN
Yankees - Davesodu - IN
White Sox - Ed2014 - IN
Rangers (fresh off the bus from DC) - CrustyCrab - IN
Twins - fench33 - IN but looking to swap clubs
Expos - gbrooks - IN
Pirates - jjrecupero - IN
A's - YountFan - IN and back!

Open Franchises:
Tigers
Astros
Mets
Giants
Royals
Cardinals
Braves
Cubs
Brewers
Phillies
Angels
Padres
Indians

Thanks for letting me join. I think I understand the rules but have a few questions:

1. If the Cubs aren't selected, the Dodgers would have rights to Ivan Dejesus, right?
2. The rules state if a core 4 or 5 player is dropped then he cannot be on your roster next season. What if the player was never on your roster. Is he still ineligible for the next season?
3. Non-core 4 and 5 players are up for grabs during the auto-draft, right? For example, with Reggie Smith, the Dodgers and Red Sox would have an equal chance to get him during the auto-draft.

Thanks for letting me join. I think I understand the rules but have a few questions:

1. If the Cubs aren't selected, the Dodgers would have rights to Ivan Dejesus, right?
Currently no and here's why. His carded years aren't representative of the 3 years with LA. The goal of the free agent rule is to allow teams to use players that played for them but aren't carded...with the caveat that the player your getting is representative of the player he was for that uncarded franchise. If Ivan had even one year were he was full time or played decent then yes. Sorry thats a mouthful. If this nuance creates unintended challenges it will be revisited.

2. The rules state if a core 4 or 5 player is dropped then he cannot be on your roster next season. What if the player was never on your roster. Is he still ineligible for the next season?
If he was never on your roster he's fine for the subsequent season.

3. Non-core 4 and 5 players are up for grabs during the auto-draft, right? For example, with Reggie Smith, the Dodgers and Red Sox would have an equal chance to get him during the auto-draft.
Yes. It all comes down to ranking for those guys. I lost out to the Reds on Frank Robinson in the 60's.

Thanks for answering my questions. The logic on Dejesus makes perfect sense. Looking forward to starting.

Re-posting league rules...

-Core5 = Players that all 5 yrs on their card are for one franchise. These players are assigned to their franchise and cannot be used by any other franchise.

-Core4 = Players that have 4 of the 5 yrs with one franchise. These players cannot be auto drafted by any other franchise but their Core4 franchise, BUT are available to be picked up or traded for by the other franchise they are carded to.

-Total Batters and Total Pitchers are the number of players that have at least 1 carded yr for that franchise

-Core 5+4 $$ is the value of ALL those players

-NEW FOR THIS SEASON!!! - Any players that are free agents (don't have a carded franchise in our league) are available to those franchises that they played with from 1970 - 1979 (maybe 80). So for example if an owner takes the Brewers and the Athletics aren't taken, then Sal Bando, who's 70's card is 5 yrs of A's is available to the Brew Crew since he actually played for them from 77-81. The player list below DOES NOT represent this Free Agency clause...mostly because its a lot of work to look up for every effected player. But once we have our 12 teams it becomes a bit easier. One caveat to this FA clause, if a guy qualifies for your franchise based on the above guidelines, but his season(s) are nowhere close to representing how he played for that franchise then he will not be available. Tommie Agee is a good example, played the last yr of his career for the Cardinals but it was a throw away.

Now for the keeper side of the equation. I'd like to mirror real franchises as much as possible so 20 keepers per season. Also I always thought that the revolving door that exists in the Mystery leagues where you drop Yaz or Gibson on their 'worst' years was an unfortunate side effect to the format...so as a motivator to keep those guys, any Core5 or Core4 players dropped cannot be on your roster the next season.

Ok so...
1) Pick any available Franchise
2) Format is DH
3) Pick the 70's Stadium of your franchise
4) Your Core5 and Core4 that you want (you don't have to have them all) should be at the bottom of your autodraft list
5) Minimum 2 season commit, ideally we play 2 seasons in each decade rolling with your chosen franchise the whole way.
6) Salary cap $100
7) Trades are allowed but all players involved must be carded to or have played for those franchises

We need one more manager, please spread the word.

Tks!

3. Non-core 4 and 5 players are up for grabs during the auto-draft, right? For example, with Reggie Smith, the Dodgers and Red Sox would have an equal chance to get him during the auto-draft.
Yes. It all comes down to ranking for those guys. I lost out to the Reds on Frank Robinson in the 60's.

So there's no keeper process from the 60s teams? I assumed that in keeping with the franchise concept that since I was never dumb enough to deal him away like Dick O'Connell did that Reggie Smith would still be a Red Sox, (Red Sock?). Not so? And if I lose him shouldn't I at least get Bernie Carbo and Rick Wise?

I am going to take the Giants