WAR of the Franchises - Dodgers draft Topic

We will use this thread for the Dodgers draft. mjkrunner will be running this once I have the drafts all set up.

Draft rules are simple:
25 round serpentine draft
You may draft any player in the WIS database who played for the Dodger franchise (no twisting - you must roster a version of the player from your franchise. If you draft Piazza, you must roster one of his Dodger seasons, etc.)
Partial/full/combined seasons are all ok.
Franchises are defined by www.baseball-reference.com. Please make sure you know your franchise history.
Players are exclusive. There will be only 1 version of Piazza, 1 Kershaw, 1 Koufax, etc.

This draft will be untimed provided things move along efficiently. I don't have a hard and fast rule on this, but I see no reason we shouldn't be able to get through at least 3 rounds on average each day. If any of our six drafts are consistently lagging behind that goal, or if one draft is way behind the others, I reserve the right to put any such draft on a timed schedule.


The rest of the league rules are also simple:
100M cap.
24 teams, standard WIS format
No WW, AAA, trades, clones, DH.
Injuries will be on. Please make sure you roster enough PA and IP to make it through the season. Themes like this really suffer – and are less fun for everyone – if one or more teams go into a fatigue death spiral.
Park: Any that your franchise called home
1/7/2021 9:05 PM
These are the Dodger owners:
1. fatboydad54
2. mjkrunner*
3. winnetka1
4. normy17

That is NOT the draft order. I will generate a random draft order and will post it here after I have done so.

Update: bagchucker generated the following draft order for us:

Here is your sequence:

1 2 3 4

Timestamp: 2021-01-08 02:51:42 UTC

So the order for round 1 (and all odd numbered rounds) will be:
fatboydad54
mjkrunner
winnetka1
normy17

Even numbered rounds will be the reverse. The draft may now begin.
1/8/2021 8:00 AM (edited)
DRAFT BOARD
Round 1:
1) Sandy Koufax [fatboydad54]
2) Clayton Kershaw [mjkrunner]
3) Don Sutton [winnetka1]
4) Zack Greinke [normy17]
Round 2:
5) Don Newcombe [normy17]
6) Dazzy Vance [winnetka1]
7) Don Drysdale [mjkrunner]
8) Eric Gagne [fatboydad54]
Round 3:
9) Whit Wyatt [fatboydad54]
10) Tony Gonsolin [mjkrunner]
11) Orel Hershiser [winnetka1]
12) Kevin Brown [normy17]
Round 4:
13) Jackie Robinson [normy17]
14) Willie Keeler [winnetka1]
15) Jerry Reuss [mjkrunner]
16) Gary Sheffield [fatboydad54]
Round 5:
17) Roy Campanella [fatboydad54]
18) Zack Wheat [mjkrunner]
19) Dan Brouthers [winnetka1]
20) Mike Piazza [normy17]
Round 6:
21) Hideo Nomo [normy17]
22) Jimmy Sheckard [winnetka1]
23) Jack Fournier [mjkrunner]
24) Bill Singer [fatboydad54]
Round 7:
25) Jim Brewer [fatboydad54]
26) Corey Seager [mjkrunner]
27) Adonis Terry [winnetka1]
28) Maury Wills [normy17]
Round 8:
29) Tommy Davis [normy17]
30) Doc Reisling [winnetka1]
31) Rich Hill [mjkrunner]
32) Takashi Saito [fatboydad54]
Round 9:
33) Kenley Jansen [fatboydad54]
34) Justin Turner [mjkrunner]
35) George Pinkney [winnetka1]
36) Pedro Guerrero [normy17]
Round 10:
37) Brett Butler [normy17]
38) Claudio Vargas [winnetka1]
39) Steve Howe [mjkrunner]
40) Wally Moon [fatboydad54]
Round 11:
41) Eddie Stanky [fatboydad54]
42) Jay Howell [mjkrunner]
43) Deacon McGuire [winnetka1]
44) Cody Bellinger [normy17]
Round 12:
45) Manny Ramirez [normy17]
46) Bill Russell [winnetka1]
47) Harry Lumley [mjkrunner]
48) Pee Wee Reese [fatboydad54]
Round 13:
49) Victor Gonzalez [fatboydad54]
50) Reggie Smith [mjkrunner]
51) Steve Sax [winnetka1]
52) Ed Reulbach [normy17]
Round 14:
53) Tom Niedenfuer [normy17]
54) Babe Phelps [winnetka1]
55) Tom Daly [mjkrunner]
56) Billy Grabarkewitz [fatboydad54]
Round 15:
57) Dick Allen [fatboydad54]
58) Orlando Hudson [mjkrunner]
59) Bert Inks [winnetka1]
60) Elias Sosa [normy17]
Round 16:
61) Austin Barnes [normy17]
62) Ken Howell [winnetka1]
63) Brusdar Graterol [mjkrunner]
64) Lefty O'Doul [fatboydad54]
Round 17:
65) Adam Kolarek [fatboydad54]
66) Brandon Morrow [mjkrunner]
67) Brickyard Kennedy [winnetka1]
68) Doug Rau [normy17]
Round 18:
69) Hugh Casey [normy17]
70) John Anderson [winnetka1]
71) George Smith [mjkrunner]
72) Jake McGee [fatboydad54]
Round 19:
73) Yimi Garcia [fatboydad54]
74) Lew McCarty [mjkrunner]
75) Hal Janvrin [winnetka1]
76) Ken McMullen [normy17]
Round 20:
77) Juan Castro [normy17]
78) Clyde Sukeforth [winnetka1]
79) Lew Riggs [mjkrunner]
80) Johnny Peacock [fatboydad54]
Round 21:
81) Josh Fields [fatboydad54]
82) Lee Lacy [mjkrunner]
83) Manny Mota [winnetka1]
84) Scott Van Slyke [normy17]
Round 22:
85) Elmer Brown [normy17]
86) Charlie Culberson [winnetka1]
87) Dave Anderson [mjkrunner]
88) Dick Schofield [fatboydad54]
Round 23:
89) Dick Stuart [fatboydad54]
90) Paul Konerko [mjkrunner]
91) Jose Morales [winnetka1]
92) Fred Heimach [normy17]
Round 24:
93) Bill Lohrman [normy17]
94) Carlos Diaz [winnetka1]
95) Carlos Frias [mjkrunner]
96) Kyle Farmer [fatboydad54]
Round 25:
97) Danny Heep [fatboydad54]
98) Ralph Birkofer [mjkrunner]
99) Grant Thatcher [winnetka1]
100) Charlie Hargreaves [normy17]
1/12/2021 10:14 PM (edited)
Alphabetical listing of drafted players:
Allen, Dick
Anderson, Dave
Anderson, John
Barnes, Austin
Bellinger, Cody
Birkofer, Ralph
Brewer, Jim
Brouthers, Dan
Brown, Elmer
Brown, Kevin
Butler, Brett
Campanella, Roy
Casey, Hugh
Castro, Juan
Culberson, Charlie
Daly, Tom
Davis, Tommy
Diaz, Carlos
Drysdale, Don
Farmer, Kyle
Fields, Josh
Fournier, Jack
Frias, Carlos
Gagne, Eric
Garcia, Yimi
Gonsolin, Tony
Gonzalez, Victor
Grabarkewitz, Billy
Graterol, Brusdar
Greinke, Zack
Guerrero, Pedro
Hargreaves, Charlie
Heep, Danny
Heimach, Fred
Hershiser, Orel
Hill, Rich
Howe, Steve
Howell, Jay
Howell, Ken
Hudson, Orlando
Inks, Bert
Jansen, Kenley
Janvrin, Hal
Keeler, Willie
Kennedy, Brickyard
Kershaw, Clayton
Kolarek, Adam
Konerko, Paul
Koufax, Sandy
Lacy, Lee
Lohrman, Bill
Lumley, Harry
McCarty, Lew
McGee, Jake
McGuire, Deacon
McMullen, Ken
Moon, Wally
Morales, Jose
Morrow, Brandon
Mota, Manny
Newcombe, Don
Niedenfuer, Tom
Nomo, Hideo
O'Doul, Lefty
Peacock, Johnny
Phelps, Babe
Piazza, Mike
Pinkney, George
Ramirez, Manny
Rau, Doug
Reese, Pee Wee
Reisling, Doc
Reulbach, Ed
Reuss, Jerry
Riggs, Lew
Robinson, Jackie
Russell, Bill
Saito, Takashi
Sax, Steve
Schofiled, Dick
Seager, Corey
Sheckard, Jimmy
Sheffield, Gary
Singer, Bill
Smith, George
Smith, Reggie
Sosa, Elias
Stanky, Eddie
Stuart, Dick
Sukeforth, Clyde
Sutton, Don
Terry, Adonis
Thatcher, Grant
Turner, Justin
Van Slyke, Scott
Vance, Dazzy
Vargas, Claudio
Wheat, Zack
Wills, Maury
Wyatt, Whit
1/12/2021 10:15 PM (edited)
The Dodgers draft for the latest WAR of the Franchises iteration is ready to go. There is a thread set up in the Theme Leagues forum under 'WAR of the Franchises - Dodgers draft Topic'. We will be doing all of our communicating there instead of through sitemail (I will cross post this).

Order of the draft for round 1 (and all odd numbered rounds) will be:
fatboydad54
mjkrunner
winnetka1
normy17

All even numbered rounds will be the reverse.

Normy17 & fatboydad54 - you will have consecutive picks, please make them at the same time if you can to help move things along.

I will do my best to keep things up to date, though it may be tougher at certain times of the day & week. Thanks so much and really looking forward to this. Good luck and happy drafting!
1/8/2021 8:51 AM
Sandy Koufax

Be advised. I live on the west coast in Northern California. I don't make picks before 10:00 am EST.
1/8/2021 10:10 AM (edited)
Understood. With the second pick, I will take Clayton Kershaw...
1/8/2021 10:18 AM
This draft could not have come at a worse time for me.

Starting at noon (PST) I will be driving 3 1/2 hours to Sacramento to watch my three grandsons for the weekend.

I will not be able to make another pick until probably 11:00 pm EST. My participation will be sporadic at best until Sunday evening.

I am watching a 3 year old, 5 year old and 7 year old boy. Family before personal entertainment.

I don't do proxies. No offence intended but I have been screwed over more than once. Once by the actual commissioner of the league. Not surprising I quit on the spot and it was the middle of a draft in a progressive league.
1/8/2021 11:33 AM (edited)
Don Sutton
1/8/2021 11:50 AM
We're in no rush (and no need to do proxies) - I have no idea even when it will get back around to you with picks #8/#9. If you're able to make your selections at some point during the weekend, that'll be cool but completely understood if you cannot. Enjoy the time with your grandsons.

- Michael
1/8/2021 11:55 AM
Well, looks like I need to grab some pitchers.

Round 1: Zack Greinke
Round 2: Don Newcombe
1/8/2021 4:19 PM
Dazzy Vance
1/8/2021 5:03 PM
I'll go with Don Drysdale with my second round pick...
1/8/2021 5:40 PM
Eric Gagne

Whit Wyatt
1/8/2021 7:15 PM (edited)
3rd round pick is... Tony Gonsolin
1/8/2021 9:03 PM
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