Let's "simulate" the 2024 season!

I've posted a 'private' league so that I retain some needed commissioner controls, but this is open to anyone:

This is an open league - code GGBHG. READ CAREFULLY! Get a taste for how your favorite team is going to do in 2024! We'll use the 2023 set, of course - but for your auto-draft you MUST select players from your chosen franchise's CURRENT 2024 40-man roster ONLY, per mlb.com on the day we auto-draft, except as specified in the next paragraph. For instance, Mets would be chosen from this list: https://www.mlb.com/mets/roster/40-man/. YOU CANNOT SELECT A FRANCHISE THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY CHOSEN. If there is a trade or signing in MLB after we auto-draft, that will not apply. Unsigned and retired players not on a 40-man roster ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS LEAGUE.

You may also select up to ONE PLAYER ONLY FROM EACH OF THE SIX FRANCHISES that were not chosen for the league. I.e., you can have at most six players on your roster that are not on your franchise's CURRENT 40-man roster; if no one picks the Florida Marlins, all other teams may try to add up to one player from the Marlins, and so on for the six unused teams. I will not mark as ready for 48 hours after the league is full to give everyone a chance to adjust our draft lists based on which franchises were not selected.

Should be fun and interesting, let's try get this going in time for opening day!

Taken so far:
1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. New York Yankees
5. AZ Dbacks
6. San Diego Padres
7. Chicago Cubs

Plenty of spots (17!) still left in this league… I’m willing to give up the Phils if it entices someone to join

Link: http://365.strat-o-matic.com/member/acceptinvite/GGBHG

Taken so far:
1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. New York Yankees
5. AZ Dbacks
6. San Diego Padres
7. Chicago Cubs

nice idea, but probably better designed as a draft of team name (your team), because I gotta believe it's gonna be a "hard sell" to get someone to manage the A's, Chisox, Pirates, and whatever other teams basically suck in comparison

by filling all teams (or most of them), that's taking away the majority of good players available off one's own team (if that's even allowed), and basically making it virtually impossible for those inferior talented teams to compete evenly or competitively

granted, few people might end up with their favorite team in a non-guaranteed draft (to claim the team u wish, or by randomizer, etc.), but at least that's done fairly, and from that standpoint an even playing field, rather than just setting some teams up for guaranteed success (all the juggernauts already selected for example) and other for guaranteed failure ...ain't no GM in the world that's gonna lead the A's over the Astros, Dodgers, Braves,

don't mean to rain on the parade, just suggesting the bench could get mighty cold waiting for signups for those bottom feeding teams, and a different selection process would guarantee a full league, equal access to all teams (like a fair draft/selection process should), and accomplish mostly the same purpose (simulate 2024 season)

Plenty of spots (17!) still left in this league… I’m willing to give up the Phils if it entices someone to join

Link: http://365.strat-o-matic.com/member/acceptinvite/GGBHG

Taken so far:
1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. New York Yankees
5. AZ Dbacks
6. San Diego Padres
7. Chicago Cubs

8. San Francisco Giants
9. Baltimore Orioles
10. Houston Astros
11. Texas Rangers
12. Boston Red Sox

Only need 1 more team!!! (and you are permitted to enter more than one team, if you so choose)... Yes, the best teams are taken, but there are some interesting teams left like the Tigers and Mets... and might be fun to see if you can do anything picking up some free agents for your favorite (but not so strong) team.

1. Philadelphia Phillies
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Los Angeles Dodgers
4. New York Yankees
5. AZ Dbacks
6. San Diego Padres
7. Chicago Cubs
8. San Francisco Giants
9. Baltimore Orioles
10. Houston Astros
11. Texas Rangers
12. Boston Red Sox
13. Tampa Bay Rays
14. Seattle Mariners
15. Toronto Blue Jays
16. Kansas City Royals
17. Minnesota Twins
18. Cincinnati Reds
19. Milwaukee Brewers
20. Pittsburgh Pirates
21. Cleveland Guardians
22. Miami Marlins
23. St. Louis Cardinals

Teams still available for the last slot in this league (the other six teams' players will be free agents):

Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland Athletics
Washington Nationals
New York Mets
Colorado Rockies

We filled!

Here are the carded players who I believe are available from the six franchises that were not used.

Just noticed I missed Nick Allen from Oakland... HAL gifted him to me instead of Tovar...

chw Banks, Tanner
chw Benintendi, Andrew
chw Brebbia, John
chw Colas, Oscar
chw DeJong, Paul
chw Fletcher, Dominic
chw Flexen, Chris
chw Hill, Tim
chw Jimenez, Eloy
chw Kopech, Michael
chw Lambert, Jimmy
chw Lee, Korey
chw Leone, Dominic
chw Lopez, Nicky
chw Maldonado, Martin
chw Moncada, Yoan
chw Pillar, Kevin
chw Robert, Luis
chw Shaw, Bryan
chw Sheets, Gavin
chw Soroka, Mike
chw Sosa, Lenyn
chw Vaughn, Andrew
chw Wilson, Steven
col Bard, Daniel
col Beeks, Jalen
col Bird, Jake
col Blackmon, Charlie
col Bryant, Kris
col Cave, Jake
col Diaz, Elias
col Doyle, Brenton
col Feltner, Ryan
col Freeland, Kyle
col Gomber, Austin
col Goodman, Hunter
col Hollowell, Gavin
col Hudson, Dakota
col Jones, Nolan
col Lambert, Peter
col Lawrence, Justin
col McMahon, Ryan
col Montero, Elehuris
col Quantrill, Cal
col Rodgers, Brendan
col Stallings, Jacob
col Toglia, Michael
col Tovar, Ezequiel
col Trejo, Alan
laa Anderson, Tyler
laa Canning, Griffin
laa Cisnero, Jose
laa Detmers, Reid
laa Drury, Brandon
laa Estevez, Carlos
laa Garcia, Luis
laa Hicks, Aaron
laa Moniak, Mickey
laa Moore, Matt
laa Neto, Zach
laa O'Hoppe, Logan
laa Rendon, Anthony
laa Rengifo, Luis
laa Rosenberg, Kenny
laa Sandoval, Patrick
laa Schanuel, Nolan
laa Silseth, Chase
laa Soriano, Jose
laa Stefanic, Michael
laa Stephenson, Robert
laa Suarez, Jose
laa Thaiss, Matt
laa Trout, Mike
laa Wantz, Andrew
laa Ward, Taylor
nym Alonso, Pete
nym Alvarez, Francisco
nym Bader, Harrison
nym Baty, Brett
nym Butto, Jose
nym Diekman, Jake
nym Fujinami, Shintaro
nym Hartwig, Grant
nym Houser, Adrian
nym Lindor, Francisco
nym Lopez, Jorge
nym Lucchesi, Joey
nym Manaea, Sean
nym Marte, Starling
nym Martinez, J.D.
nym Mauricio, Ronny
nym McNeil, Jeff
nym Megill, Tylor
nym Narvaez, Omar
nym Nimmo, Brandon
nym Ottavino, Adam
nym Peterson, David
nym Quintana, Jose
nym Raley, Brooks
nym Ramirez, Yohan
nym Senga, Kodai
nym Severino, Luis
nym Short, Zack
nym Smith, Drew
nym Stewart, D.J.
nym Taylor, Tyrone
nym Tonkin, Michael
nym Vientos, Mark
nym Wendle, Joey
oak Alexander, Scott
oak Allen, Nick
oak Andujar, Miguel
oak Bido, Osvaldo
oak Blackburn, Paul
oak Bleday, J.J.
oak Brown, Seth
oak Butler, Lawrence
oak Davis, J.D.
oak Diaz, Aledmys
oak Diaz, Jordan
oak Erceg, Lucas
oak Gelof, Zack
oak Gott, Trevor
oak Harris, Hogan
oak Langeliers, Shea
oak Medina, Luis
oak Miller, Mason
oak Muller, Kyle
oak Nevin, Tyler
oak Noda, Ryan
oak Rooker, Brent
oak Ruiz, Esteury
oak Sears, J.P.
oak Soderstrom, Tyler
oak Stripling, Ross
oak Waldichuk, Ken
oak Wood, Alex
wsh Abrams, C.J.
wsh Adams, Riley
wsh Adon, Joan
wsh Alu, Jake
wsh Call, Alex
wsh Corbin, Patrick
wsh Ferrer, Jose
wsh Finnegan, Kyle
wsh Gallo, Joey
wsh Garcia, Luis
wsh Garcia, Robert
wsh Garrett, Stone
wsh Gore, MacKenzie
wsh Gray, Josiah
wsh Harvey, Hunter
wsh Henry, Tommy
wsh Irvin, Jake
wsh Law, Derek
wsh Meneses, Joey
wsh Robles, Victor
wsh Rosario, Eddie
wsh Ruiz, Keibert
wsh Senzel, Nick
wsh Thomas, Lane
wsh Thompson, Mason
wsh Ward, Thad
wsh Weems, Jordan
wsh Williams, Trevor
wsh Winker, Jesse
wsh Young, Jacob