After many hours spent trying to make the pieces fit I've decided to go with my latest roster creation. I had the 3rd spot in the draft order and I could've made a much better choice for my first team. The other players in my AL East division did an excellent job of sticking me with terrible teams and then really hitting me with strong daggers. My pitching staff is really bad and I can only hope my hitters will get on base a lot...
$79,630,272
1929 Philadelphia Phillies (6)
C Mickey Cochrane $5,663,775
C Cy Perkins $515,563
OF Bing Miller $5,286,654
SS Joe Boley $1,624,976
P Lefty Grove $8,197,201
P Howard Ehmke $1,663,810
1929 Boston Braves (6)
3B Les Bell $3,202,669
3B Joe Dugan $644,191
OF Earl Clark $2,449,898
OF Johnny Cooney $431,275
2B Bernie James $581,968
P Red Peery $889,830
1929 Philadelphia Phillies (6)
1B Don Hurst $4,971,422
2B Fresco Thompson $5,435,913
OF Chuck Klein $7,757,014
OF Denny Sothern $2,437,459
SS Tommy Thevenow $1,418,423
P Lou Koupal $1,561,805
1969 Kansas City Royals (7)
1B Chuck Harrison $769,569
P Dick Drago $4,391,346
P Jim Rooker $4,863,351
P Roger Nelson $4,673,611
P Bill Butler $4,285,982
P Mike Hedland $2,757,726
P Moe Drabowsky $3,154,931

$79,904,356
Griffith Stadium - Washington, D.C.

1929 Chicago Cubs
OF - Kiki Cuyler - $6,327,876
OF - RIggs Stephenson - $6,164,896
C - Mike Gonzalez - $1,394,779
1B - Chick Tolson - $421,831
P - Charlie Root - $7,219,105
P - Mike Cvengros - $1,100,625

1949 Washington Senators
3B - Eddie Yost - $3,699,970
OF - Buddy Lewis - $1,594,677
3B - Mark Christman - $370,956
OF - Sam Mele - $1,160,518
P - Walt Masterson - $1,350,384
P - Julio Gonzalez - $470,484

1949 Chicago White Sox
SS - Luke Appling - $5,500,672
SS - Fred Hancock - $200,886
OF - Gus Zernial - $1,587,238
P - Bill Wight - $5,863,157
P - Bob Kuzava - $3,958,048
P - Ed Klieman - $572,892

1939 Detroit Tigers
C - Rudy York - $3,803,152
1B - Hank Greenberg - $6,246,531
2B - Charlie Gehringer - $4,757,088
2B - Benny McCoy - $1,634,575
P - Bobo Newsom - $6,961,942
P - Dizzy Trout - $4,131,901
P - Archie McKain - $3,410,173

Encouraging the remaining 5 to post rosters today. Please reach out if you cannot.

Everything Thai
Connie Mack Stadium

1969 Phillies
Mike Ryan: $2,923,458
Dick Allen: $4,065,587
Don Money: $2,816,449
Ron Stone: $1,048,773
Jeff James: $313,681
Grant Jackson: $5,906,026

1959 Pilots
Jim Pagliaroni: $1,381,519
Don Mincher: $3,477,753
Rich Rollins: $857,492
Ray Oyler: $929,735
Mike Hegan: $2,460,494
Gary Bell: $695,899

1959 Dodgers
Charlie Neal: $6,314,356
Jim Gilliam: $4,273,680
Wally Moon: $4,892,660
Duke Snider: $3,474,521
Roger Craig: $4,501,282
Larry Sherry: $2,379,322

1979 Orioles
Billy Smith: $1,046,874
Ken Singleton: $5,607,484
Sammy Stewart: $2,459,707
Don Stanhouse: $1,898,002
Tim Stoddard: $1,885,718
Dennis Martinez: $7,063,519
Mike Flanagan: $7,016,652

Total: $79,690,643

I have been in this league at least 7 times this is by far the worst team I have had. The main reason is the 2 screw picks I got that were very well done and left very little cheap talent. For my last pick I really only had 2 teams that fit what I needed for backups the best was the 59 to make it 3 reds teams. Screw picks were well done too losing Walters hurt the pitching which is below average the Yats Weilling Dagger hurt the flexibility. Overall I have good Hitters that will need to carry me to be even close to .500.


Too much Reds
79 968 620

39 Reds 7
C Ernie Lombardi 3813255
C Willard Hershberger 1656903
2b Eddie Joost 801094
SS Billy Myers 4566242
P Paul Derringer 8050026
P Junior Thompson 4473104
P Hank Johnson 605171

49 Reds
3b Graddy Hatton 4382346
OF Danny Litwhiler 2290138
P Ken Raffensberger 6703396
P Eddie Erautt 2346518
P Ken Burkhardt 405994
P Harry Gumbert 417501

29 Tigers
1b Dale Alexander 6353087
2b Charlie Gehringer 7246087
SS Heinie Schuble 1198345
Of Harry Heilmann 4599453
Of Bob Fothergill 2608745
P Chief Hogstaff 532458

59 Reds
1b Frank Robinson 5585501
3b Willie Jones 1404988
Of Jim Pendleton 542162
Of Pete Whisenant 398861
P Don Newcombe 7035570
P Jim Brosnan 1951675

1979 Yankees (6)

C - Jerry Narron - 695,906
1b - Chris Chambliss - 4,600,484
OF - Lou Piniella - 2,842,083
P - Tommy John - 7,678,768
P - Ron Guidry - 6,582,272
P - Rich Gossage - 1,551,051

1979 Rangers (6)

C - Jim Sundberg - 4,021,646
2b - Bump Wills - 4,115,467
OF - Al Oliver - 4,0811,619
OF - Oscar Gamble - 1,807,041
P - Sparky Lyle - 2,628,391
P - Danny Darwin - 2,683,134

1929 Reds (7)

3b - Chuck Dressen - 2,128,881
SS - Pinky Pittinger - 1,302,602
OF - Curt Walker - 4,735,862
OF - Pid Purdy - 1,105,629
P - Red Lucas - 8,646,511
P - Ray Kolp - 3,553,206
P - Marv Gudat - 686,098

1929 Cardinals (6)

1b - Jim Bottomly - 5,295,055
2b - Carey Selph - 200,298
3b - Johnny Butler - 200,035
SS - Charlie Gelbert - 3,501,468
P - Pete Alexander - 3,001,666
P - Al Grabowski - 2,224,288

Playing at Arlington Park

Total Salary - $ 79,869,461

Sorry guys. When I wait too long, I tinker. I hate to make the commish verify another team, but I am revising the Magnificent Frigatebirds, mostly to add more pitching at the expense of a little hitting. See below.
Stadium: Forbes Field
Total Salary $79,646,876
69 Orioles (7)
1B Boog Powell $6,007,889
OF Frank Robinson $6,200,295
OF Dave May $563,418
SP Mike Cuellar $10,250,570
SP Jim Palmer $5,974,164
RP Dave Leonhard $2,143,598
RP Eddie Watt $2,444,591
69 Padres (6)
C Chris Cannizzaro $2,883,775
C Walt Hriniak $253,633
2B John Sipin $968,712
SS Tommy Dean $973,998
SP Joe Niekro $4,147,111
RP Dick Kelley $3,104,403
39 Pirates (6)
SS Arky Vaughan $6,462,241
OF Lloyd Waner $3,071,414
OF Bob Elliott $1,554,610
RP Russ Bauers $1,094,401
RP Bill Swift $2,663,777
RP Max Butcher $1,788,982
29 Giants (6)
1B Pat Crawford $459,827
2B Randy Reese $1,347,114
3B Freddy Lindstrom $5,149,760
3B Doc Farrell $579,695
OF Mel Ott $8,301,393
RP Ralph Judd $1,257,505

Sauer Grapes
Wrigley Field
$79,954,318

69 Twins (6)
2B Rod Carew $4,414,411
OF Tony Oliva $6,256,018
SP Dave Boswell $6,833,911
SP Jim Perry $6,688,391
SP Dean Chance $2,009,665
RP Ron Perranoski $3,952,545
69 Yankees (7)
SS Gene Michael $3,518,606
SS Tom Tresh $612,454
SP Fritz Peterson $9,011,858
SP Mel Stottlemyre $7,994,605
RP Jack Aker $1,278,272
RP Ken Johnson $730,563
RP Steve Hamilton $$1,558,765
59 A's (6)
2B Wayne Terwilliger $1,102,658
3B Dick Williams $3,621,200
3B Hal Smith $2,024,752
OF Bob Cerv $3,652,277
OF Whitey Herzog $1,212,071
SP Ralph Terry $500,596
49 Cubs (6)
C Bob Scheffing $1,167,631
C Rube Walker $852,359
1B Phil Cavaretta $3,533,604
1B Herman Reich $2,190,043
OF Hank Sauer $3,490,839
OF Hank Edwards $1,296,224

All rosters are up - a couple of minor things then we start. If your roster approved but not yet in the league, please join us there!

Hanshin Tigers

Oakland Coliseum

$79,967,510

‘39 Yankees (7):

C - Bill Dickey ($5,160,270)

2B - Joe Gordon ($5,831,532)

3B - Red Rolfe ($7,111,997)

OF - George Selkirk ($5,588,461)

OF - Charlie Keller ($4,780,286)

SP - Red Ruffing ($7,667,955)

SP - Lefty Gomez ($5,653,488)

‘49 Giants (6):

C - Ray Mueller ($1,052,457)

1B - Johnny Mize ($3,265,304)

SS - Buddy Kerr ($791,107)

OF - Bobby Thompson ($7,475,818)

OF - Monte Irvin ($360,602)

SP - Dave Koslo ($6,356,762)

‘79 Mets (6):

1B - Ed Kranepool ($553,104)

2B - Kelvin Chapman ($200,954)

SS - Frank Taveras ($3,764,929)

RP - Tom Hausman ($2,006,168)

RP - Skip Lockwood ($1,100,003)

SP - Craig Swan ($6,077,228)

‘79 Athletics (6):

3B - Milt Ramirez ($200,000)

OF - Mike Heath ($1,105,083)

RP - Jim Todd ($860,275)

RP - Mike Morgan ($854,510)

RP - Bob Lacey ($483,129)

RP - Dave Hamilton ($1,666,088)

Realigned and starting ASAP!

Thank you everyone for another quality draft. This one was pretty efficient.