2016 Round 1 Themes posted here, secretly...
$70M, Unpopular Players Whitelist
After the second salary update, I will determine which players saw their salary decrease twice. These are the players that are eligible to be rostered. Other than that, no restrictions.
I will create a temporary league (MLBxxxxx) that contains the “whitelist” of eligible players. Go ahead and use this league to build your roster (but do not submit your team). Once the real league numbers are available, you can switch over to your particular league and submit your team.
Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Any
300K Exception: N/A
Team Name: Anything
Division Alignment: Random
$80M, Improve a Real Team
Build your roster by selecting any single-season (1920 or later) real-life team (i.e., 2015 Cubs) and use just the players from that team (no twisting). You may improve this team by adding up to two players from the same season (but from a different team) to your roster. For players who might have been traded during the year, you must use the partial version of the player where he just played for your selected team. Since this theme uses a low salary cap, many of the popular real-life teams (i.e., ’27 Yankees) will not be viable options. You may also supplement your roster with any sub-$300K players from your season (regardless of team). You are not required to use every player from your team’s roster. For example, if your team has 27 available players, you can choose to use just 21 of those players, add your two improvement players and fill in the rest of the roster with sub 300K players.
Other Specifics
Seasons: 1920-2015
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: Use partial version only
Ballpark: Must use park your team played in during the season you selected
300K Exception: You may use any player <300K from the season you selected
Team Name: Include the year and team you selected (i.e., Back to the Future's 2015 Cubs)
Division Alignment: Random
$100M, Three Year Franchise Twist
Pick a franchise and three consecutive years for that franchise. You can use any player who appeared in at least one game for that franchise during any of those three years – and can twist them to use any season you want (even if it’s for another team and/or a year other than those three years).
Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Must use park your team played in during one of the three seasons
300K Exception: Any <300K player from the three seasons you selected can be used.
Team Name: Anything
Division Alignment: Random
$110M, Eighteen Millionaires
You must roster exactly 18 players whose salary is at least $1 million. Also, your 18 players must be from 18 consecutive seasons. You have two options on how you choose these 18 players.
All players must be from a single franchise
All players must be from eighteen different franchises (i.e., franchise soup)
Note that for the second option, the years 1932-1944 are unavailable, since it's impossible to get 18 unique franchises during this time period.
The other 7 players on your roster must have salaries below $1 million and must also come from any of those 18 seasons. If you choose the single franchise option, the 7 sub-millionaires must be from 7 different franchises (none from your single franchise selection). If you choose the franchise soup option, the 7 sub-millionaires must come from any single franchise (including one of the 18 franchises you selected). You may use more than one player per season for the sub-millionaires
Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: You must use a park one of your 18 millionaires played in during the season you selected for that player.
300K Exception: N/A
Team Name: Include your 18-year season range. Include your franchise, if applicable.
Division Alignment: Random
$140M, Three True Outcomes (w/DH)
All your hitters must total the following...
300+ HRs
1000+ Walks
1000+ Strikeouts
All Pitchers must have a HR/9 of 0.25 or higher
Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: Yes
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Any
300K Exception: N/A
Team Name: Anything
Division Alignment: Random
$255M, Think Inside the Box
You will pick one player from each of the 25 boxes (see below) to build your roster. You may select any season for your 25 selected players. You may pick any ballpark to play in.
Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Live: Not allowed
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Any
300K Exception: N/A
Team Name: Anything
Division Alignment: Random
A
King, Silver
Johnson, Walter
Maddux, Greg
Martinez, Pedro
Hornsby, Rogers
Lajoie, Nap
Ruth, Babe
B
Alexander, Pete
Mathewson, Christy
Joss, Addie
Walsh, Ed
Kelly, King
Bonds, Barry
Williams, Ted
C
Arrieta, Jake
Brown, Mordecai
Greinke, Zack
Foxx, Jimmie
Duffy, Hugh
Mantle, Mickey
O'Neill, Tip
D
Gibson, Bob
Koufax, Sandy
Young, Cy
Kershaw, Clayton
Gehrig, Lou
Cobb, Ty
Speaker, Tris
E
Guidry, Ron
Scott, Mike
Chamberlain, Elton
Brett, George
Jennings, Hughie
Wagner, Honus
Musial, Stan
F
Hendrix, Claude
Leonard, Dutch
Toney, Fred
McGraw, John
Boudreau, Lou
Delahanty, Ed
DiMaggio, Joe
G
Sutton, Don
Tiant, Luis
Schupp, Ferdie
Boggs, Wade
Morgan, Joe
Hamilton, Billy
Thompson, Sam
H
Ford, Russ
Bernhard, Bill
Eckersley, Dennis
Gagne, Eric
Uehara, Koji
Collins, Eddie
Vaughan, Arky
I
Adams, Babe
Cicotte, Ed
Northrop, Jake
Ramsey, Toad
Schmidt,Mike
Harper, Bryce
Jackson, Joe
J
Baldwin, Lady
Horlen, Joe
Niggeling, Johnny
Nehf, Art
Ott, Mel
Gehringer, Charlie
Mays, Willie
K
Johnson, Randy
Clemens, Roger
Steele, Elmer
Carlos, Cisco
Piazza, Mike
Appling, Luke
Simmons, Al
L
Blue, Vida
Gooden, Dwight
Tudor, John
Sisler, George
Carew, Rod
Jones, Chipper
Heilmann, Harry
M
Harvey, Matt
Adams, Mike
Rivera, Mariano
Kimbrel, Craig
Bench, Johnny
Bagwell, Jeff
Trout, Mike
N
Fernandez, Jose
Kuo, Hong-Chih
Nathan, Joe
Wagner, Billy
Dickey, Bill
Thomas, Frank
Lynn, Fred
O
Richard, J.R.
Maddox, Nick
McQuillan, George
Smyly, Drew
Cochrane, Mickey
Cash, Norm
Kelley, Joe
P
Righetti, Dave
Chapman, Aroldis
George, Bill
Meredith, Cla
Mauer, Joe
Cano, Robinson
Baker, Fraank
Q
Berry, Joe
Fingers, Rollie
Gossage, Rich
Hearn, Jim
Hernandez, Willie
Sutter, Bruce
Wilhelm, Hoyt
R
Devine, Joey
Milacki, Bob
Street, Huston
Pujols, Albert
Helton, Todd
Garciaparra, Nomar
Yastzremski, Carl
S
Betancourt, Rafael
Davis, Wade
Papelbon, Jonathan
Olerud, John
Terry, Bill
Rodriguezz, Alex
Williams, Ken
T
Burke, Tim
Latman, Barry
Connor, Roger
Cabrera, Miguel
Robinson, Jackie
Tulowitzki, Troy
Seymour, Cy
U
Torre, Joe
McGwire, Mark
Sandberg, Ryne
Bautista, Jose
Rico Petrocelli
Henderson, Rickey
Raines, Tim
V
Carroll, Fred
Brouthers, Dan
Childs, Cupid
Joyce, Bill
Dahlen, Bill
Browning, Pete
Keeler, Willie
W
Campanella, Roy
McCovey, Willie
Frisch, Frankie
Allen, Dick
Smith, Ozzie
Ashburn, Richie
Aaron, Hank
X
Posey, Buster
Goldschmidt, Paul
Alomar, Roberto
Beltre, Adrian
Jeter, Derek
Griffey Jr. Ken
Gwynn, Tony
Y
Molina, Yadier
Anson, Cap
Avila, Bobby
Caminit, Ken
Ramirez, Hanley
Walker, Larry
Ramirez, Manny
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