"You play to win the game" - Herman Edwards
This league will require your best strategy on multiple levels to win.
The Ultimate Progressive will be a 20 team, single season league that begins play in 1985. This league will mirror as much of the real-world MLB experience as possible within the constraints of WIS. The league will have free agency, a salary cap and luxury tax and each franchise will have first rights to their own rookies.
You select your franchise - first come, first served. The entire roster of that franchise is at your disposal with the exception of split season players. The initial draft will consist of two parts. An organized 10 round draft going worst to first based on 1984 Win / Loss records.
After that there will be time segments where you can draft first come, first served. Example - Round 11 starts at 12pm on 7/4/23, Round 12 starts at 5pm on 7/4/23, etc.
League features:
Free agency:
There will be a list maintained in the league forum for free agents. This list will be based upon real life free agents in MLB. The list will be taken from the Baseball-Reference web page. Free agency will begin in season two. You will have the opportunity to sign your own free agents prior to the draft. You may use up to 3 draft picks to sign your agents. Your franchise must own a 1st round pick to use for your first free agent signing. Your franchise must own a 2nd round pick to sign another of your own free agents. Finally, your franchise must own a 3rd round pick to sign your another of your own free agents.
Right of first refusal for Rookies:
You have 33 roster spots at your disposal. If you wish to keep one of your franchise's rookies all you need to do is list them on your keeper list and they are yours.
Salary Cap:
$110,000,000 cap for your organization. You may exceed that cap by as much as you want but you will be subject to the luxury tax and you will pay the tax with draft picks.
Luxury Tax:
$1 to $5,000,000 over the cap - you lose your 3rd round pick in the following draft
$5,000,001 to $10,000,000 over the cap - you lose your 2nd round pick in the following draft
$10,000,001 or more over the cap - you lose your 1st round pick in the following draft
The tax is a cumulative tax. So, if you are more than $10,000,001 over the cap you will lose your 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks in the following draft.
General rules and notes:
Draft order - worst to first with the exception of division winners. Division winners will draft in the last 4 positions - worst to first.
* Tiebreakers - Head to Head, Division Record, Home Wins
Keeper list - 33 players max
Stadium - must match your franchise
AAA - 6 & 4 -
AAA players cannot be called up until after the All-Star break
I/R - Yes, unlimited
DH - both leagues
Trades - up to 3 seasons in advance for players or picks
Vetos - 12 votes needed
Rule changes - may be proposed by anyone. 15 votes needed to adopt a rule change.
* Commissioner reserves right to close any unintended loopholes without a league vote
Available Franchises - listed in draft order for the league based upon 1984 real MLB results
1. San Francisco Giants
2. Milwaukee Brewers - Disco Dogs
3. Texas Rangers - Kaboom1969
4. Cincinnati Reds - cholatse
5. Seattle Mariners - PugMania
6. Chicago White Sox - sigblend
7. Pittsburgh Pirates - Jeff4noles
8. Cleveland Indians - grayfoxx
9. Oakland Athletics
10. Montreal Expos - pmars2001
11. Los Angeles Dodgers - epup1975
12. Houston Astros - strubrosII
13. Atlanta Braves - sigblend
14. Philadelphia Phillies
15. Minnesota Twins - doctorwoo
16. California Angels - poppapomp
17. St. Louis Cardinals - neabaseball
18. Baltimore Orioles
19. Boston Red Sox - mattsmaulers
20. New York Yankees - gds46016
21. Toronto Blue Jays - hoopsrus
22. New York Mets - fabulous
23. Kansas City Royals - Disco Dogs
24. San Diego Padres
25. Chicago Cubs - mark102857
26. Detroit Tigers
Call 'em out as you sign up!
6/19/2023 5:21 PM (edited)