We are currently in the 1996 season and will need an owner for 1 team in 1997 - currently the team is located in Florida

The idea of this league is to basically try to keep players only with teams they played for in their careers, though trades are allowed.

The FIRST FOUR rounds of every draft ....rookies can only be drafted by teams they played for (according to BaseballReference.com).   Free agents left over from past seasons can be taken by any team in any round

Each year I provide a list of rookies with the teams that are eligible to draft them...so it makes it easy for owners

After round 4 anyone can draft anyone, including rookies.   This means that the best players start their careers only with teams they played for.

Those restrictions are released, however, for trades, as anyone can be traded to anyone

League has been running since the 70s.  We have a 16-team league.  

DH in AL only

Every team has the option to keep up to 24 players prior to the draft.    However we draft up to a roster size of 35.  We manually draft up to 10 in AAA

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*******if you want to take one of the franchises and move to a city not currently in the league, that would be allowed**********

Franchises not currently used in 1997:
Arizona
California
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Kansas City
MIlwaukee
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Seattle
Texas


we have 3 teams that will be moving in 1998 that were not placed on the above list.  Moves must be made a full season ahead to prevent current owners from switching from city to city to grab top players eligible in each draft.

Chi White Sox moving to Toronto
San Diego moving to Colorado
NY Mets moving to Tampa Bay

CURRENT FLORIDA ROSTER

Name	Season	Franchise	Pos	Salary
John Burkett	1996	Texas Rangers	SP	$5,716,655
Jeff Fassero	1996	Montreal Expos	SP	$6,390,522
Jimmy Key	1996	New York Yankees	SP	$3,726,778
Al Leiter	1996	Florida Marlins	SP	$6,069,260
Mark Leiter	1996	San Francisco Giants	SP	$200,000
Jeff Juden	1996	San Francisco Giants	RP	$1,680,575
Randy Myers	1996	Baltimore Orioles	RP	$1,178,361
Jeff Nelson	1996	New York Yankees	RP	$1,655,664
Robb Nen	1996	Florida Marlins	RP	$3,152,036
Bob Patterson	1996	Chicago Cubs	RP	$1,313,792
Scott Radinsky	1996	Los Angeles Dodgers	RP	$200,000
Mike Timlin	1996	Toronto Blue Jays	RP	$1,739,282
Benito Santiago	1996	Philadelphia Phillies	C	$3,928,421
Scott Servais	1996	Chicago Cubs	C	$2,943,453
Tino Martinez	1996	New York Yankees	1B	$4,166,165
Quilvio Veras	1996	Florida Marlins	2B	$2,622,137
Jose Vizcaino	1996	New York Mets	2B	$3,722,374
Charlie Hayes	1996	Pittsburgh Pirates	3B	$3,388,878
Jeff Kent	1996	New York Mets	3B	$2,845,783
Rey Ordonez	1996	New York Mets	SS	$200,000
Kevin Seitzer	1996	Cleveland Indians	DH	$4,715,688
Steve Finley	1996	San Diego Padres	OF	$6,930,438
Glenallen Hill	1996	San Francisco Giants	OF	$2,588,689
Ryan Klesko	1996	Atlanta Braves	OF	$4,073,901
Quinton McCracken	1996	Colorado Rockies	OF	$200,000
Scott Karl	1996	Milwaukee Brewers	SP	$4,147,535
Gil Heredia	1996	Texas Rangers	RP	$200,000
Jay Powell	1996	Florida Marlins	RP	$200,000
Mike Matheny	1996	Milwaukee Brewers	C	$200,000
Greg Myers	1996	Minnesota Twins	C	$200,000
Luis Castillo	1996	Florida Marlins	2B	$1,367,691
Wil Cordero	1996	Boston Red Sox	2B	$200,000
Bip Roberts	1996	Kansas City Royals	2B	$2,059,716
Stan Javier	1996	San Francisco Giants	OF	$2,302,729

To clarify....a new owner can move in 1997