For Round Two, there will be Ten Leagues of 24 teams each. Each division will comprise a multiple-year time period for each league - N.L. and A.L.
Once the spots earned from Round One have been tabulated and the owners are listed in each league in order of how many wins their Round One team earned, there will be a draft order listed for each side (N.L. and A.L.) of the ten leagues.
The owners with the twenty best W/L records from Round One (from an individual team – not combined) will get the first overall pick in one of the two leagues (N.L. / A.L.) of each of the Round Two leagues. We’ll go in order of number of wins. If the best team in Round One had 111 wins, then that owner gets to pick which of the ten leagues and which side (N.L. or A.L.) he wants to have the top pick in. I’ll go on down the list of the Top 20 and then the owner in 20th place will get the first overall pick in whatever league hasn’t been chosen. Again, based on Round One W/L records and by trying to split up teams from owners who have multiple teams advancing, I'll arrange the twenty draft orders once the top 20 spots have been chosen.
The person with the first pick in each league will choose which franchise he wants to use a particular period/division. The draft will go on until all 12 spots are filled. After the initial teams are picked, each division will then draft in reverse order. What you will be drafting is one of the franchises that “wasn’t” chosen initially for your division. From the franchise you choose, you can select three players (could be one pitcher and two position players, two pitchers and one position player or three pitchers and no position players or three position players and no pitchers). You don’t need to name which three players you plan on using – just the franchise.
For example, in the 1901-1905 division, if Pittsburgh, New York, Cincinnati and Chicago are the four teams selected – and the owner who picked Cincinnati was the fourth owner in that division, then he gets first choice of which of the other four teams he wants to pick his free agent pitchers/position players from - either the Boston Beaneaters, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Philadelphia Phillies or the Brooklyn Superbas.
Another example is if you join the N.L. of the 2018-2019 Division and the four owners who pick spots in that division select the Nationals, Cubs, Brewers and Cardinals – then whoever picked fourth gets to select their free agent franchise from one of the 11 other N.L. teams that played during that time frame.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
NO CAP – Build the best roster you can from your franchise/free agent combo.
Clones: None
Free Agents – Can be a player or a pitcher
Designated Hitter: Yes – In Leagues 6 through 10 (A.L. only)
Waiver Wire: No
Injuries – Turned Off
Trades: No
A.A.A.: No
You may use either partial or full season stats of any player who had a split season - as long as the stats indicate it was for your franchise.
Stadium – You must use a stadium that your initial franchise called home during those particular years.
Who Moves On?
Once Round TWO is complete, the owners who own the eight playoff teams in each league will earn a spot in Round Two. 8 x 10 = 80 spots. That leaves 112 spots to fill. The final 112 spots will be awarded to the teams who had the most wins across all 10 leagues (who didn't make their league's playoffs). The tie-break (should it come into play) will be (1) Most Home Wins, and (2) Most Runs Scored minus Runs Allowed.
Rounds Three through Seven will all be different than Rounds One and Two. I’ve already got them figured out but will post them at a later date.
Here are the Leagues of Round One and the squads that are available:
6/2/2020 3:40 PM (edited)