Season 5 - 40M Low Cap with Blacklist (10 in) Topic

Here it is: the most majestic of WIS leagues...the 40M league! If you've never done one, give it a shot. There is a lot more strategy both in drafting the team and managing it when compared to a "Stuff all the best players you can on your roster in this 255M league!" You will have to play with fatigued hitters, fatigued pitchers, or both. How you manage that is up to you!

Basic rules
No AAA
No DH
No WW
No trades
Yes injuries
No Clones


Stadiums are exclusive. Post your choice when you sign up, or when you're ready to choose
No exclusive players will be chosen (this is a break from the last incarnation of the league)
I'm also going to change the blacklisting a bit. I believe before it was if a player appears on two or more rosters, they are blacklisted for the next two seasons. I will keep that but with a slight change. For each team over two a player appears on, the blacklist is extended an extra year. They are blacklisted for four seasons if they are on four times, five seasons for five teams, etc. I don't think this will make a huge difference but it just seemed like a potentially interesting twist.

We will see how much interest there is. This has been a 16-team league, but we will go up to 20 or 24 if there is more interest...and there should be! Put away the tired bloated cap leagues and put your thinking caps on!

League number will be posted when 8 people besides me sign up (at that point I will also choose my stadium)

1. sinatra (TBD)
2. sinatra (second team, will only do one team if needed)
3. just4me (AT&T)
4. fillies (TBD)
5. Kaboom1969 (Olympic Stadium)
6. tgrun (Hilltop Park)
7. Horsepicker (TBD)
8. jpeterso (Sportsmans' Park)
9. Kaboom1969 (Second team, TBD)
10. trd3 (Polo Grounds IV)
10/5/2026 11:19 AM (edited)
Blacklist for Season 5

Players Blacklisted Until Season 6 (on 4 teams in Season 1, 3 teams in Season 2, or 2 teams in Season 3)

Pitchers
Huck Betts
Willie Blair
Boardwalk Brown
Madison Bumgarner
Rick Camp
Art Decatur
Bill Dinneen
Zach Duke
Mike Dunne
Nino Espinosa
Josh Geer
Mychal Givens
Bill Grahame
Josh Geer
Bert Humphries
Frank Kitson
Jumbo McGinnis
Tommy Milone
Chan Ho Park
Carl Pavano
Togie Pittinger

Position Players
Michael Barrett
John Buck
Ron Fairly
Reggie Jackson
Gene Larkin
Brooks Lee
Luis Lopez
Martin Maldonado
Eddie Mathews
Hideki Matsui
Sport McAllister
Eddie Murray
Desi Relaford
Wilfredo Tovar

Players Blacklisted Until Season 7 (on 3 teams in Season 3 or 2 teams in Season 4)

Position Players
Geoff Blum
Yoenis Cespedes
Vince Coleman
Khris Davis
Phil Gosselin
Willie Keeler
John Kerins
Jim Lillie
Sheldon Neuse
Fred Raymer
Everett Scott
Mark Trumbo
Eddie Yost

Pitchers
Buster Brown
John Cerutti
Watty Clark
Steve Dunning
Mal Eason
Turk Farrell
Mike Hampton
Dick Harley
Carl Lundgren
Al Mattern
Brett Myers
Juan Pizarro
Neil Ramirez
Vern Ruhle
Joe Smith
Dave Stieb
Kaiser Wilhelm

Players Blacklisted Until Season 8 (on 3 teams in Season 4)

Position Players
Doug Flynn
Bill Hallman
Dave Kingman

Pitchers
Bill Carrick
9/29/2026 10:58 AM
I'll be back, 1 team for now
9/29/2026 11:32 AM
I will play again.
9/29/2026 11:55 AM
I’ll be back
9/29/2026 1:56 PM
Yup-Olympic Stadium plz
10/3/2026 3:23 PM (edited)
yeah why not. I will try Hilltop park
9/29/2026 6:01 PM (edited)
I will be in.
10/1/2026 2:56 PM
I will take Sportsman's Park
10/2/2026 10:18 AM
AT&T Park for my park
10/2/2026 10:23 AM
Toss a league number in when ya can and I’ll work on a 2nd team.
10/3/2026 3:22 PM
Polo Grounds V
10/3/2026 9:30 PM
Bump...halfway there...or more than halfway there if we stay with 16
10/5/2026 11:20 AM
Bump
10/9/2026 6:56 AM
League number??
10/9/2026 2:36 PM
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