Live 2009 Contraction Draft Board Topic

eman7400
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This is schwarze idea in the regular fourm was going to join but it filled up before I had a chance, so we will see if there is 16 live owners willing to give it a shot.

There are just two 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 dispersion draft for the allocation of players from the other teams.

I envision that this theme will be ongoing, where each successive league will use a different season. In the years 1969+, we'll run a 16-team league (4x4). Before 1969, we'll run a 12-team league (2x6). There is no requirement where an owner has to commit to more than one year at a time, but my guess is that most will find this theme enjoyable and will want to stay.

League Name: Contraction GM Challenge
Salary Cap: None

Description: The first season that we will use is 2009. 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 2009 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 (i.e., 2009 Yankees will pick last each round). A total of 80 players will be chosen. 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.

Subsequent Years:If we decided to do another season The team that has the best record at the 120-game mark will get to choose the season that is used for the next iteration of this theme (after I survey how many owners are returning). The draft order for teams for the next iteration will be in inverse order of sim win% at the 120-game mark. In case of ties, I will use the sim expected win%. Any new owners will be randomly placed in the draft order.

Other Details
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: Only picks and/or drafted players before season
Clones: No
SLL: 60 min to make the playoffs
Ballpark: The ballpark that your team called home
Team Name: Use actual team name (i.e., New York Yankees)
Division Alignment: 4 x 4 (8 AL, 8 NL) Based on East/West as much as possible. Balanced schedule, interleague play.

Multi-team players: I only want one occurance of a player in the league, so for players with multiple teams, only the full-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, 2009 Matt Holliday belongs to the St. Louis Cardinals.

We'll wait until the 2009 players are released before drafting
10/27/2009 6:06 PM
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10/27/2009 7:15 PM
eman7400
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Owner Signup

1. Eman7400
2. toddleduc
3. The Taint
4. Joshkvt
5. Arvidjosef
6. leeelci
7. dahsdebater
8. steve9955
9. topkat
10. kleinevoet
11. kevo21
12. hbomb223
13. steelman97
14. soxyanks12
15. szczubelek
16. jgreene

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10/27/2009 7:16 PM
eman7400
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Here is the Darft owners for team selection we will draft 8 AL and 8NL Teams

1. steelman97 ST. Louis Cardinals .562
2. steve9955 NY Yankees .636
3. joshkvt San Fran Giants .543
4. kleinevoet Minnesota Twins .534
5. hbomb223 Boston Red Sox .586
6. jgreene LA Dodgers .586
7. soxyanks12 Texas Rangers .537
8. leeelci Atlanta Braves .531
9. kevo21 Philadelphia Phillies .574
10. The Taint Detroit Tigers .528
11. Arvidjosef Seattle Mariners.525
12. toddleduc Houston Astros .457
13. dahsdebater Flordia Marlins .537
14. eman7400 Tampa Bay Rays .519
15. szczubelek Wahington Nationals .364
16. topkat LA Angels .599

Division Allignment

AL East
1. NY Yankees
2. Boston Red Sox
3. Tampa Bay Rays
4. Detroit Tigers

AL West
1. Minnesota Twins
2. Texas Rangers
3. Seattle Mariners
4. LA Angels

NL East
1. Atlanta Braves
2. Philadelphia Phillies
3. Flordia Marlins
4. Washington Nationals

NL West
1. San Fran Giants
2. LA Dodgers
3. Houston Astros
4. STL Cardinals
10/27/2009 7:16 PM
eman7400
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Round 1

1. szczubelek Washington .364 Zach Grienke P
2. toddleduc Houston .457 Dan Haren P
3. eman7400 Tampa Bay .519 Roy Halladay P
4. Arvidjosef Seattle .525 Ubaldo Jiminez P
5. The Taint Detroit .528 Troy Tulowitzki SS
6. leeelci Atlanta .531 Ryan Braun Of
7. Steve9955 NY Yankees (Kleinevoet) Gavin Floyd P
8. dahsdebater Flordia .537 Prince Fielder 1b
9. soxyanks12 Texas .537 Ted Lilly P
10. joshkvt San fran .543 Joey Votto 1b
11. steelman97 STL .562 Carlos Zambrano P
12. kevo21 Phillie .574 Andrew Bailey P
13. jgreene LA Dodgers .586 Bronson Arroyo P
14 hbomb223 Boston .586 John Danks P
15. topkat LAA .599 Carlos Beltran Of
16. Kleinevoet Minnesota (Steve9955) Dallas Braden P
10/27/2009 7:17 PM
eman7400
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Round 2 Thursday- Friday

1. szczubelek Washington .364 Mark Buerhle P
2. toddleduc Houston .457 Johan Santana P
3. eman7400 Tampa Bay .519 Adam Lind Of
4. Arvidjosef Seattle .525 Zach Duke P
5. The Taint Detroit .528 Mark Reynolds 3b
6. leeeci Atlanta .531 Michael Wuertz P
7. kleinevoet minnesota .534 Everth Cabrera SS
8. soxyanks12 Texas .537 Ross Ohlendorf P
9. dahsdebater Flordia .537 Ryan Dempster P
10. joshkvt San fran .543 Felipe Lopez SS
11. steelman97 STL .562 David Wright 3b
12. kevo21 Phillie .574 Matt Thorton P
13. hbomb223 Boston .586 Yovani Gallardo P
14. jgreene LA Dodgers .586 Kevin Correia P
15. topkat LAA .599 Heath Bell P
16. steve9955 NYY .636 Jake Peavey P
10/27/2009 7:17 PM
eman7400
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Round 3

1. szczubelek Washington .364 Adrian Gonzalez 1b
2. toddleduc Houston .457 Aramis Ramirez 3b
3. eman7400 Tampa Bay .519 Mike Adams P
4. Arvidjosef Seattle .525 Scott Rolen 3b
5. The Taint Detroit .528 Todd Helton 1b
6. leeeci Atlanta .531 Aaron Hill 2b
7. kleinevoet minnesota .534 Randy Wells P
8. soxyanks12 Texas .537 A.J. Persynski C
9. dahsdebater Flordia .537 Trevor Hoffman P
10. joshkvt San fran .543 Brett Anderson P
11. steelman97 STL .562 Andrew McCutchon Of
12. kevo21 Phillie .574 Houston Street P
13. hbomb223 Boston .586 Asdrubal Cabrera SS
14. jgreene LA Dodgers .586 Craig Breslow P
15. topkat LAA .599 Derrick Lee 1b
16. kleinevoet minnesota(steve9955) Cesar Izturis SS
10/27/2009 7:17 PM
eman7400
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Round 4

1. szczubelek Washington .364 Max Scherzer P
2. toddleduc Houston .457 Miguel Montero C
3. eman7400 Tampa Bay .519 Garrett Jones Of
4. Arvidjosef Seattle .525 Shin Soo Choo Of
5. The Taint Detroit .528 2
6. leeeci Atlanta .531 Nick Massett P
7. kleinevoet minnesota .534 Jeff Baker Utl
8. dahsdebater Flordia .537 Jason Marquis P
9. soxyanks12 Texas .537 Arthur Rhodes P
10. joshkvt San fran .543 Rafeal Betancourt P
11. steelman97 STL .562 Jorge DeLe Rosa P
12. kevo21 Phillie .574 Marco Scutaro SS
13. jgreene LA Dodgers .586 Randy Ruiz UT
14 hbomb223 Boston .586 Jason Frasor P
15. topkat LAA .599 7
16. steve9955 NYY .636 Rajai Davis Of
10/27/2009 7:17 PM
eman7400
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Round 5

1. szczubelek Washington .364 12
2. toddleduc Houston .457 Claudio Vargas P
3. eman7400 Tampa Bay .519 Kurt Suzuki C
4. Arvidjosef Seattle .525 Alexi Ramirez SS
5. The Taint Detroit .528 2
6. leeeci Atlanta .531 Angel Guzman P
7. steve9955 NY Yankees (kleinevoet) Ryan Roberts
8. soxyanks12 Texas .537 Craig Counsell Inf
9. dahsdebater Flordia .537 Andy Laroche 3b
10. joshkvt San fran .543 Bryan Pena C
11. steelman97 STL .562 5
12. kevo21 Phillie .574 Matt Weiters C
13. hbomb223 Boston .586 Justin Upton Of
14. jgreene LA Dodgers .586 630
15. topkat LAA .599 7
16. steve9955 NYY .636 730
10/27/2009 7:17 PM
eman7400
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The following is a list of players (50+ ABs, 25+ IPs) that played for multiple teams... Note that some of the names are abbreviated.

HITTERS
Anderson,Brian (Bos, ChW)
Anderson,Josh (KC, Det)
Baker,Jeff (ChC, Col)
Balentien,Wladi (Sea, Cin)
Belliard,Ronnie (LAD, Was)
Betancourt,Yuni (Sea, KC)
Burke,Jamie (Sea, Was)
Cabrera,Orlando (Oak, Min)
Castro,Ramon (NYM, ChW)
Cedeno,Ronny (Sea, Pit)
Church,Ryan (Atl, NYM)
Coste,Chris (Hou, Phi)
Dellucci,Dave (Tor, Cle)
Derosa,Mark (StL, Cle)
Encarnacion,Edw (Tor, Cin)
Francisco,Ben (Cle, Phi)
Francoeur,Jeff (Atl, NYM)
Freel,Ryan (ChC, Bal, KC)
Garko,Ryan (SF, Cle)
Gerut,Jody (Mil, SD)
Giambi,Jason (Oak, Col)
Gonzalez,Alex (Cin, Bos)
Hairston,Jerry (Cin, NYY)
Hairston,Scott (Oak, SD)
Hall,Bill (Mil, Sea)
Hannahan,Jack (Oak, Sea)
Hernandez,Ander (NYM, Was)
Hinske,Eric (Pit, NYY)
Holliday,Matt (Oak, StL)
Huff,Aubrey (Bal, Det)
Johnson,Nick (Fla, Was)
Kotchman,Casey (Atl, Bos)
Kotsay,Mark (Bos, ChW)
Laroche,Adam (Atl, Pit, Bos)
Lopez,Felipe (Mil, Arz)
Lugo,Julio (StL, Bos)
Marson,Lou (Cle, Phi)
Martinez,Victor (Cle, Bos)
Mclouth,Nate (Atl, Pit)
Milledge,Lastin (Was, Pit)
Miller,Corky (Cin, ChW)
Morgan,Nyjer (Was, Pit)
Rios,Alex (Tor, ChW)
Rodriguez,Ivan (Hou, Tex)
Rolen,Scott (Tor, Cin)
Salazar,Oscar (Bal, SD)
Sanchez,Freddy (SF, Pit)
Thome,Jim (LAD, ChW)
Wilson,Jack (Sea, Pit)
Wilson,Josh (Arz, Sea, SD)
Woodward,Chris (Sea, Bos)
Zaun,Gregg (TB, Bal)

PITCHERS
Ayala,Luis (Fla, Min)
Beimel,Joe (Was, Col)
Bennett,Jeff (Atl, TB)
Betancourt,Rafa (Cle, Col)
Boyer,Blaine (Atl, StL, Arz)
Breslow,Craig (Oak, Min)
Broadway,Lance (NYM, ChW)
Burnett,Sean (Was, Pit)
Cabrera,Daniel (Arz, Was)
Contreras,Jose (Col, ChW)
Eaton,Adam (Bal, Col)
French,Luke (Sea, Det)
Garland,Jon (Arz, LAD)
Gaudin,Chad (SD, NYY)
Gorzelanny,Tom (ChC, Pit)
Grabow,John (ChC, Pit)
Grilli,Jason (Tex, Col)
Hanrahan,Joel (Was, Pit)
Hart,Kevin (ChC, Pit)
Herges,Matt (Cle, Col)
Hernandez,Livan (NYM, Was)
Kazmir,Scott (LAA, TB)
Kensing,Logan (Fla, Was)
Lee,Cliff (Cle, Phi)
Macdougal,Mike (Was, ChW)
Mahay,Ron (KC, Min)
Masterson,Justi (Cle, Bos)
Meredith,Cla (Bal, SD)
Misch,Patrick (SF, NYM)
Mortensen,Clayt (Oak, StL)
O'Day,Darren (NYM, Tex)
Padilla,Vicente (LAD, Tex)
Pavano,Carl (Cle, Min)
Peavy,Jake (SD, ChW)
Pena,Tony (Arz, ChW)
Penny,Brad (SF, Bos)
Perez,Chris (StL, Cle)
Rauch,Jon (Arz, Min)
Richard,Clayton (SD, ChW)
Rincon,Juan (Col, Det)
Roenicke,Josh (Tor, Cin)
Sherrill,George (LAD, Bal)
Smoltz,John (StL, Bos)
Snell,Ian (Sea, Pit)
Springer,Russ (Oak, TB)
Tomko,Brett (Oak, NYY)
Vargas,Claudio (Mil, LAD)
Veras,Jose (Cle, NYY)
Washburn,Jarrod (Sea, Det)
Weathers,David (Mil, Cin)
Wells,Kip (Was, Cin)
10/27/2009 8:23 PM
steelman97
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just got the order....will pick shortly.
10/27/2009 10:04 PM
steelman97
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Im going to go a little unconventional here and take the St Louis Cardinals
10/27/2009 11:06 PM
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Also going with the unconventional mode (for me, anyways...), I will take the Evil Empire - the New York Yankees.

My dead relatives are turning in their New England graves right now!
10/28/2009 12:43 AM
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