Major League Baseball 48 Live Draft Rules of Play

1. Please enter league with your member name as your team name. After the league is filled Strat-O-Matic will place each manager into a division and they will also determine the draft selection order. The franchises are numbered 1-12 and you can view the list of teams in the league directory.

2. After franchises are determined you must select your team name and your manager name from your list of teams, no combinations or abbreviation of names are allowed. You will have only one opportunity to make changes on your own, a second attempt will have to be executed by customer service.

3. Please select your team's home park from the list of different stadiums available for your clubs. Your team and your home park doesn't have to be the same, as long as one of your teams played their home games in your selected stadium.

4. A player that is exclusive to one club and is valued at 8 million or more must be selected during the 25 round draft if you want to include them on your roster. If you fail to draft the cards must stay in free agency until game 81 has played. Example: If you fail to draft one team only Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres in the 25 rounds of the draft then he is ineligible for the first 81 games of the season.

5. Please draft your roster with 25 player cards that have played in one or more games during their major league career with one of the teams from your selected franchise or with a Negro League Star.

Baseball Reference is a very detailed website, I think you will find it helpful with your research.

6. The Negro League cards are available beginning with the thirteenth draft pick (first pick of the second round) the exception being if they have played a regular season game with one of the major league teams from your list. If they meet these qualifications you must select the Negro League Star during the first round, if you do not the card becomes eligible for all clubs during second round and you lose the exclusive rights.

7. After the draft if you have a player that is eligible for your club and is also eligible for another franchise in the league and the same is true for the player your acquiring then a trade is allowed.

8. Players injured during a series must serve the the entirety of the injury or if you choose you may release player into free agency. If your player is eligible for other teams they must acquire card showing the current injury, after injury is completed then all seasons are available.

By joining you agree that you have read and will follow league rules.

3 Hour Clock / No Waivers / 250 Million Cap / 10% Player Release / DH Rule in Effect

EASTERN DIVISION

Manager: mgagnon
Franchise #1

Boston Red Stockings 1876-1882
Boston Beaneaters 1883-1906
Boston Doves 1907-1910
Boston Rustlers 1911
Boston Bees 1936-1940
Boston Braves 1912-1935 & 1941-1952
Milwaukee Braves 1953-1965
Atlanta Braves 1966-2019
New York Mets 1962-2019
Brooklyn Tip-Tops 1914-1915

Manager: nymets99
Franchise #2

Boston Americans 1901-1907
Boston Red Sox 1908-2019
Toronto Blue Jays 1977-2019
Providence Grays 1878-1885
Buffalo Bisons 1879-1885
Buffalo Bisons 1890
Buffalo Blues 1914-1915
Milwaukee Brewers 1884 & 1901

Manager: Dodgers42
Franchise #3

New York Highlanders 1903-1912
New York Yankees 1913-2019
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998-2007
Tampa Bay Rays 2008-2019


Manager: ironwill1
Franchise #4

Philadelphia Quakers 1883-1889
Philadelphia Phillies 1890-2019i
Montreal Expos 1969-2004
Washington Nationals 2005-2019
St Louis Browns 1902-1953
Baltimore Orioles 1954-2019
Baltimore Terrapins 1915

CENTRAL DIVISION

Manager: Musial6
Franchise #5

St Louis Brown Stockings 1882
St Louis Browns 1883-1898
St Louis Perfectos 1899
St Louis Cardinals 1900-2019
St Louis Terriers 1914-1915
Kansas City Royals 1969-2019
Kansas City Cowboys 1888-1889
Louisville Eclipse 1882-1884
Louisville Colonels 1885-1899

Manager: Takanahana
Franchise #6

Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1882-1890
Pittsburgh Pirates 1891-2019
Chicago White Stockings 1876-1889
Chicago Colts 1890-1897
Chicago Orphans 1898-1902
Chicago Cubs 1903-2019
Chicago Whales 1914-1915
Indianapolis Hoosiers 1914
Newark Peppers 1915

Manager: dr.red
Franchise #7

Cincinnati Red Stockings 1882-1889
Cincinnati Redlegs 1954-1959
Cincinnati Reds 1890-1953, 1960-2019
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds 1884-1884
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 1891-1891
Chicago White Sox 1901-2019
Florida Marlins 1993-2011
Miami Marlins 2012-2019

Manager: dharmabums
Franchise #8

Detroit Tigers 1901-2019
Cleveland Blues 1901
Cleveland Bronchos 1902
Cleveland Naps 1903-1914
Cleveland Indians 1915-2019
Detroit Wolverines 1881-1888
Seattle Pilots 1969
Milwaukee Brewers 1970-2019

WESTERN DIVISION

Manager: mditka891
Franchise #9

Philadelphia Athletics 1882-1890
Philadelphia Athletics 1901-1954
Kansas City Athletics 1955-1967
Oakland Athletics 1968-2019
Seattle Mariners 1977-2019
San Diego Padres 1969-2019

Manager: gepes
Franchise #10

New York Gothams 1883-1884
New York Giants 1885-1957
San Francisco Giants 1958-2019
Troy Trojans 1879-1882
Arizona Diamond Backs 1998-2019
Colorado Rockies 1993-2019


Manager: pacoboy
Franchise #11

Brooklyn Atlantics 1884
Brooklyn Grays 1885-1887
Brooklyn Grooms 1891-1895
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1888-1890 & 1896-1898
Brooklyn Superbas 1899-1910 & 1913
Brooklyn Robins 1914-1931
Brooklyn Dodgers 1911-1912 & 1932-1957
Los Angeles Dodgers 1958-2019
Los Angeles Angels 1961-1964
California Angels 1965-1996
Anaheim Angels 1997-2004
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2005-2019


Manager: trowell1817
Franchise #12

Washington Senators 1901-1960
Minnesota Twins 1961-2019
Washington Senators 1961-1971
Texas Rangers 1972-2019
Houston Colt 45s 1962-1964
Houston Astros 1965-2019


3 Hour Selection Clock / 250 Million Salary Cap / DH Rule in Effect / 10% Player Release Penalty

How are owners assigned their franchise?

When Strat creates the league we'll go in order of division placement. So the first team in the East gets the Braves, first in the Central gets the Cards, first in the West gets the A's, etc based on the numbered franchise list posted above.

So Strat is the “randomizer” rather than requesting a random number sequence?
Hmmm ..... interesting - same difference I guess?

But isn’t there a different order for the draft sequence?

So Strat is the “randomizer” rather than requesting a random number sequence?
Hmmm ..... interesting - same difference I guess?

But isn’t there a different order for the draft sequence?

Yes. The draft order is separate and also randomized by Strat. It actually has worked out pretty well.

So Strat is the “randomizer” rather than requesting a random number sequence?
Hmmm ..... interesting - same difference I guess?

But isn’t there a different order for the draft sequence?

Yes. The draft order is separate and also randomized by Strat. It actually has worked out pretty well.

Yeah I am looking forward to this live draft format.
More equitable way to spread the wealth of the players eligible for several franchises.
I never fared very well in the auto draft scramble of the previous leagues.
Hope we can get the final three managers before the weekend.

So Strat is the “randomizer” rather than requesting a random number sequence?
Hmmm ..... interesting - same difference I guess?

But isn’t there a different order for the draft sequence?

Yes. The draft order is separate and also randomized by Strat. It actually has worked out pretty well.

Yeah I am looking forward to this live draft format.
More equitable way to spread the wealth of the players eligible for several franchises.
I never fared very well in the auto draft scramble of the previous leagues.
Hope we can get the final three managers before the weekend.

Yeah - this is now our 3rd draft in this format and it’s really catching on. I know your a veteran of the prior format, obviously the advantage to this is being able to adjust on the fly when a guy you want goes somewhere else. It takes a few days to get through and invariably there are a few snags/resets required but Charles does a great job managing that. Pro tip: keep those queues filled with eligible players!

What happens if the three hour window expires and a pick has not been made?

What happens if the three hour window expires and a pick has not been made?

Your top pick in your queues is chosen. Or, if your queues are empty or the number of picks in each queue has dropped to zero, then the best available pick is chosen for you. The problem is that usually that pick is not a player who is eligible for your franchise. That's when Charles stops the draft and we go back and do the proper picks.

Two things to keep on top of -- keeping your queues filled, and keeping the numbers at the top of queues as high as you can. Those two issues keep the draft moving along.

Hope this helps.