We will use this thread for the Phillies draft. mjkrunner will be running this one, and we'll get started 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 Phillies franchise (no twisting - you must roster a version of the player from your franchise. If you draft Pete Alexander, you must roster one of his Phillies 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. The Phillies are pretty straightforward. They were known as the Quakers from 1885-89, and have been the Phillies since 1890, except for 1944-45 when they were known as the Blue Jays (seriously). They have always played in Philadelphia. Be sure not to draft anyone from any "Philadelphia Athletics" franchise (if which there have been several).
-- Players are exclusive. There will be only 1 version of Pete Alexander, 1 Mike Schmidt, etc.

This draft will be untimed provided things move along efficiently. 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 the Phillies franchise called home

And please remember: if at the end of the draft, any owner is unable to make a team from his 25 players that fits within the cap, they will be allowed to swap out players – replacing them with undrafted players from the franchise – but they will take a 2M cap hit for EACH swap. So if you replace 1 player, your new cap is 98M. 2 players, 96M, etc.

These are the Phillies owners:
1. mjkrunner (DRAFT OWNER)
2. fillies
3. calhoop
4. supafat34

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

bagchucker generated the following order for us:

Here is your sequence:

4 2 1 3

Timestamp: 2021-03-09 00:57:01 UTC

So the draft order for round 1 (and all odd numbered rounds) will be:
supafat34
fillies
mjkrunner
calhoop

Even numbered rounds will be the reverse

Wow. I hardly ever get the 1st pick. Don't worry, I am sure the guy I pick will not perform to expectations.

The Phillies 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 - Phillies draft'. We will be doing all of our picks there instead of through sitemail (I will cross post this).

Order of the draft for round 1 (and all odd numbered rounds) will be:
supafat34
fillies
mjkrunner
calhoop

All even numbered rounds will be the reverse.

supafat34 & calhoop - 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!

-Michael

DRAFT BOARD
Round 1:
1) Ed Delahanty [supafat34]
2) George McQuillan [fillies]
3) Pete Alexander [mjkrunner]
4) Charlie Ferguson [calhoop]
Round 2:
5) Charlie Buffinton [calhoop]
6) Steve Carlton [mjkrunner]
7) Tully Sparks [fillies]
8) Ben Sanders [supafat34]
Round 3:
9) Al Orth [supafat34]
10) Aaron Nola [fillies]
11) Curt Schilling [mjkrunner]
12) Mike Schmidt [calhoop]
Round 4:
13) Billy Hamilton [calhoop]
14) Harry Walker [mjkrunner]
15) Richie Ashburn [fillies]
16) Cole Hamels [supafat34]
Round 5:
17) Chuck Klein [supafat34]
18) Cy Williams [fillies]
19) Jimmy Rollins [mjkrunner]
20) Sam Thompson [calhoop]
Round 6:
21) Roy Thomas [calhoop]
22) Nap Lajoie [mjkrunner]
23) Pinky Whitney [fillies]
24) Chris Short [supafat34]
Round 7:
25) Dick Allen [supafat34]
26) Roy Oswalt [fillies]
27) Tony Taylor [mjkrunner]
28) Chief Bender [calhoop]
Round 8:
29) Tug McGraw [calhoop]
30) Rheal Cormier [mjkrunner]
31) Placido Polanco [fillies]
32) Lefty O'Doul [supafat34]
Round 9:
33) Carlos Ruiz [supafat34]
34) Ron Reed [fillies]
35) Johnny Bates [mjkrunner]
36) Jack Clements [calhoop]
Round 10:
37) Chase Utley [calhoop]
38) Cookie Rojas [mjkrunner]
39) Marty Bystrom [fillies]
40) Billy Wagner [supafat34]
Round 11:
41) Ken Giles [supafat34]
42) John Kruk [fillies]
43) Gene Garber [mjkrunner]
44) Dave Bancroft [calhoop]
Round 12:
45) Harry Coveleski [calhoop]
46) Alec Asher [mjkrunner]
47) Alec Bohm [fillies]
48) Jim Thome [supafat34]
Round 13:
49) Cesar Hernandez [supafat34]
50) Raul Valdes [fillies]
51) Jay Johnstone [mjkrunner]
52) Pat Neshek [calhoop]
Round 14:
53) Fabio Castro [calhoop]
54) Bobby Shantz [mjkrunner]
55) Larry Andersen [fillies]
56) Andy Hansen [supafat34]
Round 15:
57) Pat Combs [supafat34]
58) Dick Bartell [fillies]
59) Sherry Magee [mjkrunner]
60) Dan Brouthers [calhoop]
Round 16:
61) Todd Pratt [calhoop]
62) Nelson Figueroa [mjkrunner]
63) Eddie Waitkus [fillies]
64) Joe Ward [supafat34]
Round 17:
65) Del Unser [supafat34]
66) Mike Timlin [fillies]
67) Earl Moore [mjkrunner]
68) Tuck Turner [calhoop]
Round 18:
69) Kevin Stocker [calhoop]
70) Tomas Perez [mjkrunner]
71) Spud Davis [fillies]
72) Dan Plesac [supafat34]
Round 19:
73) Clay Condrey [supafat34]
74) Tim McCarver [fillies]
75) Dave Philley [mjkrunner]
76) Tim Corcoran [calhoop]
Round 20:
77) Jim Lindeman [calhoop]
78) Brian Schneider [mjkrunner]
79) Howie Kendrick [fillies]
80) Jorge Alfaro [supafat34]
Round 21:
81) Larry Bowa [supafat34]
82) Paul Byrd [fillies]
83) Scott Eyre [mjkrunner]
84) Andrew Knapp [calhoop]
Round 22:
85) Freddy Galvis [calhoop]
86) Buster Brown [mjkrunner]
87) Tony Longmire [fillies]
88) Joe Oeschger [supafat34]
Round 23:
89) Sean O'Sullivan [supafat34]
90) Fred Brickell [fillies]
91) Harry Hanebrink [mjkrunner]
92) Les Powers [calhoop]
Round 24:
93) Greg Gross [calhoop]
94) Walter Holke [mjkrunner]
95) Larry Christenson [fillies]
96) Deacon McGuire [supafat34]
Round 25:
97) Billy Grabarkewitz [supafat34]
98) Zach Eflin [fillies]
99) Jimmie Kennan [mjkrunner]
100) Johnny Podgajny [calhoop]

Alphabetical listing of drafted players:
Alexander, Pete
Alfaro, Jorge
Allen, Dick
Andersen, Larry
Ashburn, Richie
Asher, Alec
Bancroft, Dave
Bartell, Dick
Bates, Johnny
Bender, Chief
Bohm, Alec
Bowa, Larry
Brickell, Fred
Brouthers, Dan
Brown, Buster
Buffinton, Charlie
Byrd, Paul
Bystrom, Marty
Carlton, Steve
Castro, Fabio
Christenson, Larry
Clements, Jack
Combs, Pat
Condrey, Clay
Corcoran, Tim
Cormier, Rheal
Coveleski, Harry
Davis, Spud
Delahanty, Ed
Eflin, Zach
Eyre, Scott
Ferguson, Charlie
Figueroa, Nelson
Galvis, Freddy
Garber, Gene
Giles, Ken
Grabarkewitz, Billy
Gross, Greg
Hamels, Cole
Hamilton, Billy
Hanebrink, Harry
Hansen, Andy
Hernandez, Cesar
Holke, Walter
Johnstone, Jay
Kennan, Jimmie
Kendrick, Howie
Klein, Chuck
Knapp, Andrew
Kruk, John
Lajoie, Nap
Lindeman, Jim
Longmire, Tony
Magee, Sherry
McCarver, Tim
McGraw, Tug
McGuire, Deacon
McQuillan, George
Moore, Earl
Neshek, Pat
Nola, Aaron
O'Doul, Lefty
Oeschger, Joe
Orth, Al
O'Sullivan, Sean
Oswalt, Roy
Perez, Tomas
Philley, Dave
Plesac, Dan
Podgajny, Johnny
Polanco, Placido
Powers, Les
Pratt, Todd
Reed, Ron
Rojas, Cookie
Rollins, Jimmy
Ruiz, Carlos
Sanders, Ben
Schilling, Curt
Schmidt, Mike
Schneider, Brian
Shantz, Bobby
Short, Chris
Sparks, Tully
Stocker, Kevin
Taylor, Tony
Thomas, Roy
Thome, Jim
Thompson, Sam
Timlin, Mike
Turner, Tuck
Unser, Del
Utley, Chase
Valdes, Raul
Wagner, Billy
Waitkus, Eddie
Walker, Harry
Ward, Joe
Whitney, Pinky
Williams, Cy

And we are live. supafat34 is on the clock...

With the 1st pick of the Phillies draft...
Ed Delahanty, OF

George McQuillan-P
FYI all,I’m around most of the time from 8AM to 9PM eastern

Round 1 - Pete Alexander.

Note I'll be away from my computer for the next couple of hours...

Charlie Ferguson - P
Charlie Buffinton - P

I am in California so I will be around from about 10:30am Eastern until late

Round 2 - going to go with Lefty (Steve Carlton)

I'm in the Philly area, will usually be on and off the computer between 6A and 11P ET...

Tully Sparks-P

I will be away for a couple hours

Ben Sanders, SP
Al Orth, SP