2014 Contraction League player draft CONCLUDED! Topic

donaldjtrump
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There are just too many damn teams in Major League Baseball. Let's go back to the days when there were only 8 teams in each league. In this theme, we'll keep just 16 of the current MLB teams (8 AL, 8 NL) and have a 5-round dispersal draft for the allocation of players from the other teams. 

League Name: Contraction GM Challenge
Salary Cap: $90M

Description: Once 16 owners sign up, we will have a lottery to determine a draft order for team selection. Each owner will select one team from the 2014 season (8 AL and 8 NL teams must be selected).

Once the 16 teams are selected, there will be a 5-round player dispersion draft, where the draft order for each round is based on inverse regular season record. A total of 80 players will be chosen. The draft is untimed but not unlimited time, so please do not abuse this! Only players from the 14 teams not selected are eligible to be taken. AL teams can take NL players and vice-versa. So your 25-man roster will consist of 20 players from your selected team and 5 players from the dispersal draft.


Other Details
DH: AL Only
CAP: 90 mil
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: Only picks and/or drafted players before season
Clones: No
SLL: 40 min to make the playoffs
Ballpark: The ballpark that your team called home
Team Name: Use actual team name or obvious variation
Division Alignment: 4 x 4 (8 AL, 8 NL) Based on East/West as much as possible. Balanced schedule, interleague play.

Multi-team players: Only one occurance of a player in the league, so for players with multiple teams, only the combined-season "player card" will be eligible and the team that he played for last during the season will get ownership of that player. For example, 2014 Jon Lester is on the Oakland Athletics, not the Boston Red Sox. Conversely, 2014 Yoenis Cespedes is on the Boston Red Sox, not the Oakland Athletics, so if the Athletics get chosen but the Red Sox don't, then Cespedes is draft-eligible but Lester isn't.

Sign up below:

1) donaldjtrump
2) chicagoaaron
3) braveboy73
4) dlrawson
5) bublooo
6) steve9955
7) mikepot53565
8) ratedpg_13
9) jesters
10) chris_son
11) keymaster
12) verynice
13) vinman300
14) toddleduc
15) sjh0825
16) brian1648

Sitemail list: donaldjtrump; chicagoaaron; braveboy73; dlrawson; bublooo; steve9955; mikepot53565; ratedpg_13; chris_son; jesters; keymaster; verynice; vinman300; toddleduc; sjh0825; brian1648
11/15/2014 7:55 PM (edited)
donaldjtrump
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2014 STANDINGS

*Tiebreakers will be drawn by random.org once all the teams are selected; order will be flipped for every round. Coin flip will be called by the owner of the first of the two tied teams to be selected; in the case of 3 teams, the numbers 1, 2, and 3 will be assigned to the owners according to the order in which they picked their teams, and the order for the next round will have the first of the 3 teams from the previous round pick last of those 3 and the other 2 move up a spot.

You may draft only from teams listed in big bold red!

Arizona (64-98)
Colorado (66-96)
Texas (67-95)
Houston (70-92)
Minnesota (70-92)
Boston (71-91)
Chicago Cubs (73-89)
Chicago White Sox (73-89)
Philadelphia (73-89)
Cincinnati (76-86)
Miami (77-85)
San Diego (77-85)
Tampa Bay (77-85)
Atlanta (79-83)
New York Mets (79-83)
Milwaukee (82-80)
Toronto (83-79)
New York Yankees (84-78)
Cleveland (85-77)
Seattle (87-75)
*Oakland (88-74)
*Pittsburgh (88-74)
*San Francisco (88-74)
Kansas City (89-73)
*Detroit (90-72)
*St. Louis (90-72)
L.A. Dodgers (94-68)
*Baltimore (96-66)
*Washington (96-66)
L.A. Angels (98-64)
11/1/2014 6:20 PM (edited)
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Owners will draft teams in the following order of Roman numerals. The Hindu-Arabic numerals are the order in which the owners signed up, and the drawing corresponds to those. (See page 3 of this thread for the actual lottery results.)

I. 3) braveboy73: Los Angeles Dodgers
II. 8) ratedpg_13: Washington Nationals
III. 7) mikepot53565: Detroit Tigers
IV. 4) dlrawson: Pittsburgh Pirates
V. 9) jesters: Oakland Athletics
VI. 1) donaldjtrump: The Angels
VII. 2) chicagoaaron: Kansas City Royals
VIII. 6) steve9955: Tampa Bay Rays
IX. 15) sjh0825: Cincinnati Reds
X. 10) chris_son: St. Louis Cardinals
XI. 11) keymaster: Seattle Mariners
XII. 12) verynice: San Francisco Giants
XIII. 14) toddleduc: Atlanta Braves
XIV. 5) bublooo: Baltimore Orioles
XV. 13) vinman300: New York Yankees
XVI. 16) brian1648: Milwaukee Brewers
10/30/2014 3:22 PM (edited)
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ROUND 1

1) Cincinnati, sjh0825: Jake Arrieta, RHP, Chicago Cubs
2) Tampa Bay, steve9955: Corey Kluber, RHP, Cleveland
3) Atlanta, toddleduc: Chris Sale, LHP, Chicago White Sox
4) Milwaukee, brian1648: Michael Brantley, OF, Cleveland
5) New York Yankees, vinman300: Jose Altuve, 2B, Houston
6) Seattle, keymaster: Jose Bautista, OF, Toronto
7) San Francisco, verynice: Jose Abreu, 1B, Chicago White Sox
8) Oakland, jesters: Giancarlo Stanton, OF, Miami
9) Pittsburgh, dlrawson: Anthony Rizzo, 1B, Chicago Cubs
10) Kansas City, chicagoaaron: Adrian Beltre, 3B, Texas
11) Detroit, mikepot53565: Jose Reyes, SS, Toronto
12) St. Louis, chris_son: Cole Hamels, LHP, Philadelphia
13) Los Angeles Dodgers, braveboy73: Troy Tulowitzki, SS, Colorado
14) Baltimore, bublooo: Colin McHugh, RHP, Houston
15) Washington, ratedpg_13: Juan Lagares, OF, New York Mets
16) Los Angeles Angels, donaldjtrump: Carlos Santana, 1B, Cleveland
11/4/2014 3:37 PM (edited)
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ROUND 2

1) Cincinnati, sjh0825: Carlos Carrasco, RHP, Cleveland
2) Tampa Bay, steve9955: Dallas Keuchel, LHP, Houston
3) Atlanta, toddleduc: Jacob deGrom, RHP, New York Mets
4) Milwaukee, brian1648: Justin Morneau, 1B, Colorado
5) New York Yankees, vinman300: Phil Hughes, RHP, Minnesota
6) Seattle, keymaster: Alexei Ramirez, SS, Chicago White Sox
7) Oakland, jesters: Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, Arizona
8) Pittsburgh, dlrawson: Jonathan Papelbon, RHP, Philadelphia
9) San Francisco, verynice: Brian Dozier, 2B, Minnesota
10) Kansas City, chicagoaaron: Edwin Encarnacion, 1B, Toronto
11) St. Louis, chris_son: Andrew Cashner, RHP, San Diego
12) Detroit, mikepot53565: Tyson Ross, RHP, San Diego
13) Los Angeles Dodgers, braveboy73: R.A. Dickey, RHP, Toronto
14) Washington, ratedpg_13: Henderson Alvarez, RHP, Miami
15) Baltimore, bublooo: Josh Collmenter, RHP, Arizona
16) Los Angeles Angels, donaldjtrump: David Ortiz, DH, Boston
11/8/2014 5:08 PM (edited)
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ROUND 3

1) Cincinnati, sjh0825: Corey Dickerson, OF, Colorado
2) Tampa Bay, steve9955: Yan Gomes, C, Cleveland
3) Atlanta, toddleduc: Danny Santana, OF, Minnesota
4) Milwaukee, brian1648: Yu Darvish, RHP, Texas
5) New York Yankees, vinman300: Jose Quintana, LHP, Chicago White Sox
6) Seattle, keymaster: Charlie Blackmon, OF, Colorado
7) Pittsburgh, dlrawson: Ian Kennedy, RHP, San Diego
8) San Francisco, verynice: Joaquin Benoit, RHP, San Diego
9) Oakland, jesters: Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Boston
10) Kansas City, chicagoaaron: Chase Utley, 2B, Philadelphia
11) Detroit, mikepot53565: Cody Allen, RHP, Cleveland
12) St.  Louis, chris_son: Rene Rivera, C, San Diego
13) Los Angeles Dodgers, braveboy73: Ken Giles, RHP, Philadelphia
14) Baltimore, bublooo: Daniel Murphy, 2B, New York Mets
15) Washington, ratedpg_13: Mookie Betts, OF, Boston
16) Los Angeles Angels, donaldjtrump: Bartolo Colon, RHP, New York Mets
11/12/2014 5:49 PM (edited)
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ROUND 4

1) Cincinnati, sjh0825: Lucas Duda, 1B, New York Mets
2) Tampa Bay, steve9955: Jose Fernandez, RHP, Miami
3) Atlanta, toddleduc: Nolan Arenado, 3B, Colorado
4) Milwaukee, brian1648: Derek Holland, LHP, Texas
5) New York Yankees, vinman300: Michael Cuddyer, OF, Colorado
6) Seattle, keymaster: Jorge DeLaRosa, LHP, Colorado
7) San Francisco, verynice: Mark Buehrle, LHP, Toronto
8) Oakland, jesters: Adam Eaton, OF, Chicago White Sox
9) Pittsburgh, dlrawson: Melky Cabrera, OF, Toronto
10) Kansas City, chicagoaaron: Scott Atchison, RHP, Cleveland
11) St. Louis, chris_son: A.J. Pollock, OF, Arizona
12) Detroit, mikepot53565: Starlin Castro, SS, Chicago Cubs
13) Los Angeles Dodgers, braveboy73: Kurt Suzuki, C, Minnesota
14) Washington, ratedpg_13: Jake Petricka, RHP, Chicago White Sox
15) Baltimore, bublooo: Zack Wheeler, RHP, New York Mets
16) Los Angeles Angels, donaldjtrump: Miguel Montero, C, Arizona
11/17/2014 4:52 PM (edited)
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ROUND 5

1) Cincinnati, sjh0825: Seth Smith, OF, San Diego
2) Tampa Bay, steve9955: Jimmy Rollins, SS, Philadelphia
3) Atlanta, toddleduc: Marcell Ozuna, OF, Miami
4) Milwaukee, brian1648: Marwin Gonzalez, SS, Houston
5) New York Yankees, vinman300: Vidal Nuño, LHP, Arizona
6) Seattle, keymaster: Dexter Fowler, OF, Houston
7) Oakland, jesters: Adam Lind, 1B, Toronto
8) Pittsburgh, dlrawson: Michael McKenry, C, Colorado
9) San Francisco, verynice: Yangervis Solarte, 3B, San Diego
10) Kansas City, chicagoaaron: Glen Perkins, LHP, Minnesota
11) Detroit, mikepot53565: Dioner Navarro, C, Toronto
12) St.  Louis, chris_son: D.J. LeMahieu, 2B, Colorado
13) Los Angeles Dodgers, braveboy73: Jake Smolinski, OF, Texas
14) Baltimore, bublooo: Carlos Ruiz, C, Philadelphia
15) Washington, ratedpg_13: A.J. Ramos, RHP, Miami
16) Los Angeles Angels, donaldjtrump: Jonathon Niese, LHP, New York Mets
11/21/2014 4:54 PM (edited)
ChicagoAaron
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Since my Reds were so bad this year, maybe I can redeem them in this alternate universe.
9/27/2014 1:53 AM
donaldjtrump
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You may claim a spot, but teams don't actually get drafted till this league has 16 owners.
9/27/2014 9:24 AM
dlrawson
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I love this league.  Sign me up for another go,
9/27/2014 10:02 AM
braveboy73
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Okay I miss that part sign me up  anyways
9/27/2014 12:51 PM
bublooo
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I would love to play please.
9/27/2014 4:07 PM
steve9955
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I'm back... and thanks for running it for me nick!
9/28/2014 9:31 AM
donaldjtrump
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Thanks, everyone. No problem, Steve.
9/29/2014 12:46 AM
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