This is a very competitive, private Major League themed world with great owners and lots of long term stability that usually fills very quickly. We typically have 4 or fewer openings each season and get scheduled quickly after rolling over.


Private World Rules 
* City & Team Names remain the same for the entire life of the league. 
* All minor league teams must be tended to. No pitching 0(0) pitchers. 
* All owners shall treat each other with respect. Joking allowed, but rants/insults will not be tolerated. Nor will blowing up the chat board in any inappropriate manner. 
* Owners who fail to win 55 games in a season face expulsion but do have the right to appeal to a committee of owners. 

Available Team Summaries:

AL North

Toronto Blue Jays
Season 30 Record:  83-79
Projected Draft Pick: #18

Salary Commitment: 77.7 million in season 31 for 14 players, 67.8 million in season 32 for 12 players, 42.3 million in season 33 for 6 players and 0 commitments in season 34.

Recent Top Draft Picks:
Season 30, Pick #19, CF Earl James
Season 30, Pick #43, P Dwight Becker
Season 30, Pick #65. P Luis Lucano
Season 29, Pick #14, P Alfonso Servet
Season 29, Pick #56, C Kendry Fernandez
Season 28, Pick #26, P Edwin Franco
Season 28, Pick #47, P Ken Whitehead

This has been a solid franchise which has only had two owners in its history.  There are several players under contract for the next couple of seasons but almost all of them are still in their prime under the age of 32.  So this isn't inheriting a bunch of 35 year olds who will be in severe decline while still getting paid.  This team can compete for the playoffs immediately.

AL East 
 
New York Yankees
Season 30 Record: 90-72 
Projected Draft Pick: #24 pick

Salary Commitment:  100.2 million in season 31 for 11 players, 47.5 million in season 32 for 3 players, 15 million in season 33 for 1 player, 0 committed in season 34.

Season 29, Pick #18, P Diego Peraza
Season 28, Pick #39, SS Juan Torres
Season 27, Pick #19, SS Jolbert Barrios

This perennial playoff team is available because the owner of the past 24 seasons has decided to retire from WIS.  They won their division by 14 games and return a large percentage of those players so they should have a great shot at winning the division again.

Boston Red Sox 
Season 30 Record:  75-87 
Projected Draft Pick:  #10
 
Salary Commitment: 37.45 million in season 31 for 7 players, 11.2 in season 32 for 2 players, 5.6 million in season 33 for 1 player and 5.6 million in season 34 for 1 player.
 
Recent Top Draft Picks 
Season 30, #5 pick, CF Ronnie Burns
Season 30, #54 pick, CF Jermaine Vogelbach
Season 29, #10 pick, 2B Eddie Hines
Season 28, #15 pick, 1B Curtis Smith   
Season 27, #15 pick, P Dan Lambert   
 
Recent International Signings
Season 28, 11 million, P David Fernandez  

Boston is a franchise that has gone through several owners over the past few seasons and has been stuck in a rut of finishing just under .500.  But there are a couple of decent prospects that are ready to help at the major league level and a ton of financial flexibility with very few payroll commitments.  This team is in need of a good owner who will stick around for several seasons and put their stamp on the franchise.

NL South
 
Florida Marlins
Season 30 Record: 91-71
Project Draft Pick: #24

Salary Commitment: 76.47 million for 10 players in season 31, 60.3 million for 7 players in season 32, 40.4 million for 4 players in season 33 and 33.8 million for 3 players in season 34.

Recent Top Draft Picks:
Season 30, Pick #27, P Andrew Kahnle
Season 30, Pick #32, P Cookie Young
Season 30, Pick #41, C Patrick Lewis
Season 30, Pick #61, P Vin Rose
Season 29, Pick #25, C Rudy House
Season 29, Pick #28, P Ralph Bryant
Season 29, Pick #40, P Rick Fulchino
Season 29, Pick #47, P Zach Hudson
Season 28, Pick #29, P Peter Creek
Season 28, Pick #62, P Peaches Priest
Season 27, Pick #23, RF Donzell Clark
Season 27, Pick #32, P Orel Cashman
Season 27, Pick #44, P Walt Hale

This is a very good team that has made the playoffs six of the last nine seasons event though they share a division with an elite team that has won 3 World Series titles over that span.  But even with that success, the minors are not barren as they have not made a habit of signing Type A free agents and typically have gained multiple compensation picks in the draft.  So while there likely aren't any super stars making their way towards the majors, there is a plethera of cheap talent to fill those bench and bullpen spots that are so vital to a teams success.

This is a team built to win now and in the future which is unusual to see come open.  The owner of this team did a great job with them for 11 seasons taking over a floundering franchise and turning them into a consistent winner, but he disappeared suddenly back in April without notice.  We assume a real life tragedy must have occurred for him to have abandoned all WIS teams like that after years of being a dedicated owner who checked in daily.  So we would really like to find a good owner for this team to continue the success that jakaitis started.

Send me a sitemail if you want one of these teams.

We now have 3 teams available and all of them can compete for the playoffs immediately.  We are about 3 days from finishing the World Series so claim one of these teams now.

World Series is complete.  As soon as we find takers for these 3 teams we will be ready to start a new season.

We will rollover on the 14th.  You know you want one of these teams.  Take the plunge!

Rollover is complete! Looking to fill these last 3 spots.

Florida is a great team for someone to grab.

Stability:

We are returning 28 of our 32 owners from last season.  Of those, 23 have been members of the world for 5+ seasons, 18 have been members for 10+ seasons and 9 have been members for 25+ seasons including 3 original owners who have been members for 30 seasons.

Quality:

Of the 28 returning owners, 15 have won at least one HD championship across all of their worlds.  In our world, 15 of the returning owners have made the playoffs at least once in the past 5 seasons and 10 have appeared in at least once LCS.

Great teams. I'll take a second team if you let me.

I have sent a sitemail to jthornton, but I would love to manage the Florida franchise.

bperkins has claimed Florida.  We only need two more owners and we will be ready to get started.

We are back to 3 openings as the person who had claimed Boston has had someone quit at their workplace causing their workload to increase significantly for the immediate future and they won't have the free time necessary to put towards offseason events.  So Boston is again available.

Great league that placed a very respectable #39 in the most recent world rankings. There are a lot of stupid team names in HBD and you won't have to deal with that here with our strict MLB theme.

Boston has been claimed again.  So we are down to 2 openings.