Virtual Reality 12 team league-25 man lists-FA Draft

Toronto Blue Jays:

Tellez, Rowdy
Smoak, Justin
Grichuk, Randal
Smith Jr., Dwight
Morales, Kendrys
Jansen, Danny
McKinney, Billy
Pillar, Kevin
Diaz, Aledmys
Maile, Luke
Martin, Russell
Urena, Richard
Hernandez, Teoscar
Gurriel, Lourdes
Travis, Devon
Solarte, Yangervis
*Donadson, Josh
*Granderson, Curtis

*Loup, Aaron
Borucki, Ryan
Pannone, Thomas
Stroman, Marcus
Clippard, Tyler
Mayza, Tim
Sanchez, Aaron
Tepera, Ryan
Gaviglio, Sam
Reid-Foley, Sean
Estrada, Marco
Petricka, Jake
Biagini, Joe
Barnes, Danny
*Garcia, Jaime
*Oh, Seunghwan
*Axford, John

Just to be clear....Our initial 25 man franchise protected roster DOES NOT have to be compliant with a SOM AD card. It only has to be compliant as we enter the league. Is this correct?

Correct!

It can only be this way, because there is sure to be one or two teams that have only 10 pitchers or 12 batters, or only 1 catcher. So the initial list is more a theoretical list - not an autodraft compliant list.

I want to point out that there might be some confusion among some of you about the initial 25 man roster, and how that relates to the team that you will field during the regular season.

Some of you might not be noting that ultimately the requirement is only for 20 players from your franchise.

So, for example, if you want a particular franchise, but there are only 13 batters available, and let's say only 11 pitchers, just list the 24 players that are actually available as your initial "25 man" roster. If, for example, those 24 players have combined salaries of $77 million, then choose which one(s) you will delete in order to get under the $75 man salary cap. Let's say you choose to delete a RP with a salary of $3 million, to get down under $75 million for your initial roster, which means you have 23 roster spots to start.

In that example, you can legitimately list those 23 players with a combined salary of $74 million as your initial "25 man" roster. Then, once we start the player draft, you will need to make some choices, to keep your team under $75 million. If you have less than 25 players entering the autodraft, then you will have to make further choices.

The main rules are that you must always keep at least 20 players that are from your franchised team (taking into consideration the roster adjustments that I have specified), and of course you must not exceed the salary cap. Within those 2 main rules, there will be some reasonable accmmodations, in the spirit of the example that I have given above.

1. Oldmansmith2 - Oakland Athletics
2. ycbill - Milwaukee Brewers
3. Eddie E - Los Angeles Dodgers
4. carlerik - Washington Nationals
5. Paul j kiggins- Rockies
6. STEVENHOLMAN - Houston Astros
7. unclerouser - Cleveland Injuns
8. FAaron - NY Mets
9. Spider67 - NY Yankees
10. GBrookes - Toronto Blue Jays
11. LMBombers
12. Sam Hoff


Note - Paul has changed his franchise choice to the Rockies, with my permission

That means that if any of the last 5 managers want the Cubs, they could take them instead.

1. Oldmansmith2 - Oakland Athletics
2. ycbill - Milwaukee Brewers
3. Eddie E - Los Angeles Dodgers
4. carlerik - Washington Nationals
5. Paul j kiggins- Rockies
6. STEVENHOLMAN - Houston Astros
7. unclerouser - Cleveland Injuns
8. FAaron - NY Mets
9. Spider67 - NY Yankees
10. GBrookes - Toronto Blue Jays
11. LMBombers - Pittsburgh Pirates
12. Sam Hoff

Rockies:

Story, Trevor
Arenado, Nolan
Lemahieu, DJ
Dahl, David
Blackmon, Charlie
Gonzalez, Carlos
Holliday, Matt
Parra, Gerardo
Desmond, Ian
Iannetta, Chris
McMahon, Ryan
Wolters, Tony
Butera, Drew
Valaika, Pat
Cuevas, Noel
Murphy, Tom

Freeland, Kyle
Ottavino, Adam
Oberg, Scott
Marquez, German
Davis, Wade
Senzatela, Antonio
Gray, Jon
Anderson, Tyler
Bettis, Chad
Musgrave, Harrison
McGee, Jake
Rusin, Chris
Shaw, Bryan


Note that Oh, Seunghwan is not available to the Rockies.

Reminder that the Cubs are available

Pittsburgh Pirates:

Cervelli, Francisco
Marte, Starling
Dickerson, Corey
Polanco, Gregory
Diaz, Elias
Frazier, Adam
Bell, Josh
Reyes, Pablo
Moran, Colin
Rodriguez, Sean
Osuna, Jose
Harrison, Josh
Luplow, Jordan
Moroff, Max
Mercer, Jordy
Newman, Kevin
*Meadows, Austin
*Freese, David

Williams, Trevor
Taillon, Jameson
Musgrove, Joe
Rodriguez, Richard
Crick, Kyle
Vazquez, Felipe
Santana, Edgar
Brault, Steven
Nova, Ivan
Kuhl, Chad
Feliz, Michael
Kingham, Nick
*Glasnow, Tyler

Chasen Shreve should be on NYY list (38 inn) rather than STL (14.2 inn) -at least until cuts.