We will use this thread for the Orioles draft. I 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 Orioles franchise (no twisting - you must roster a version of the player from your franchise. If you draft Eddie Murray, you must roster one of his Orioles 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 Orioles franchise is a little complicated. They have been in existence in the AL (and only the AL) since 1901. That season they were known as the Milwaukee Brewers. From 1902-53 they were the St. Louis Browns. And since 1954 they have obviously been the Baltimore Orioles. The key things to watch out for here is that there are 19th century teams named the St. Louis Browns and Baltimore Orioles - they are NOT part of this franchise. You might want to set your seasons to 1901-2020 in the search engine, just to avoid any mistakes. And I probably don't need to point this out, but the modern day Milwaukee Brewers are not related to the Orioles; the O's had that name in 1901 only.
-- Players are exclusive. There will be only 1 version of Eddie Murray, 1 Jim Palmer, 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 Orioles 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.