We are entering our 21st season and amazingly still have 12 original owners.

Each team cuts down to 18 players before the draft and then owners draft 23 players. IDL players do not count against the 18 player limit. The remaining 2 spots are taken by a pre-selected utility infielder and a Pitcher. In addition, each team is provided with the same 5 AAA players.
 

1936 Brooklyn Dodgers (pre-draft) #2 overall pick in a draft class that includes Bob Feller, Joe DiMaggio, Johnny Mize, and Claude Passeau.

C- Bill Dickey
C- Moe Berg
1B Charlie Grimm
1B/OF- Babe Herman
2B- Burgess WHitehead
3B/OF- Billy Werber
3B- Joe Stripp
SS- Tom Carey
OF- Wally Berger
OF- Ray Pepper
OF- Tommy Thompson

P- Van Mungo
P- Vern Kennedy
P- Tex Carleton
P- Pat Malone
P- Ed Linke
P- Ben Cantwell

DL- P Ray Harrell

We also use a unique draft formula based on an adjusted wins formula. The formula is designed to hurt tanking while rewarding those who reach and exceed their expected win total. That said, the formula is not extreme to the point that teams that vastly overachieve will be picking ahead of teams that do not. What it does is hurt those teams that truly tank.

Here is the deal. Each team gets expected wins (EW) based on their salary relative to the league average. EW for a team that is exactly league average is 81 wins. If you have a salary that is lower than league average, you are expected to win fewer games, and if you have higher than league average you are expected to win more.

To derive adjusted wins, you take the average of your actual and expected wins and then +/- the standard deviation from your teams expected wins. SO adjusted wins = (Actual Wins + EW)/2 + or - SD from EW.

Teams will be ranked 1-16 based on their adjusted wins for rounds 1 and 2, and will be ranked 1-16 based on actual wins for rounds 3 - end of draft.

Great league that has been running since 1916 with a strong group of core owners.

White Sox just got picked up, by a previous league owner no less. Still looking for a Brooklyn Dodgers owner.

Interested in Brooklyn but I have a couple of questions.  Can we talk via sitemail?

Posted by benfc on 3/14/2014 5:56:00 PM (view original):
Interested in Brooklyn but I have a couple of questions.  Can we talk via sitemail?

Absolutely. Shoot me any questions you have.

Dodgers and claimed. Wait list sign up is available