As you're browsing the WIS classifieds today...please consider taking the available 1971 team in the All Time Progressive (ATP) League

The ATP is about to begin its 86th season of play! ....

THE LEAGUE IS THE OLDEST SINGLE SEASON LEAGUE IN WIS THAT STARTED PLAY WITH THE 1885 SEASON

The available team that plays in Atlanta has a solid group of position players including Joe Torre with his 1971 MVP season, Ralph Garr and a young Ted Simmons...the team is also set up for a quick replenishing of the pitching staff by having 2 first round picks and 4 second round picks in the 1971 draft

check the entire lineup of potential keepers below.....

Rules

* During the offseason, we will hold a draft for players who are new to the WIS database that year and non-keepers from previous seasons

* Draft order for Rounds One and Two is based on the team's "draft score" as determined by the following formula: Team Salary at Game 81 in millions to the tenth multiplied by two plus Team Keeper Salary in millions to the tenth posted by Game 135 minus total number of wins at Game 162. The low draft score picks first with low to high following for the first two rounds. ** Any Game 81 team salary or Keeper salary below $50 million is entered into the formula as $50 million

All of this results in winning improving your draft slot instead of losing...as a result...no matter where your team is in the standings...even up to Game 162...every game potentially matters when it comes to your draft slot

* The Draft order for all rounds following Round 2 is determined by the standings at Game 162 (final standings) with worst to first being the order of picks

* The Keeper Lists should be in within 9 days after the 120 game mark (Game 145). After that, you cannot change your list.

* No AAA
* No WW
* Trades are encouraged, but no NL/AL trading of players that have a duplicate...otherwise AL/NL trading is allowed
* H2H is ok, but next game only
* No DH
* Draft picks can be traded, but with a maximum of 1 seasons ahead. For example, if you make a mid-season trade in 1890, you can only trade your 1891 picks. During the 1891 draft, you can only trade draft picks for 1891.
* You may trade players after Game 120 but you cannot trade the player's salary for the following season. That salary counts as part of your keeper salary since the player remains on your team until the end of the season.

Since the initial 1885 season (how can we be THAT old) of the ATP, our current split league format has served us
well…but, as many of you know, we will get to expansion in the 1960’s and go from drafting 10 teams from the rosters of 16 teams to drafting 10 teams from the rosters of 20 teams – starting in 1962…from my experience, such a condition will lead to nearly every team being an “all star” team

To avoid this, starting with the 1962 draft in the ATP – once MLB goes to 20 teams – we will convert the ATP to having one draft – both leagues – NL and AL – will draft from one/the same draft pool – as is usually the case in most progressive leagues

There should still be ample players available because for many season we will STILL HAVE duplicate players in the ATP – one in the NL and one in the AL (which still cannot be traded to the “other league” as long as the player has a duplicate)

When an owner of a duplicate does drop/cut a duplicate player that “version” of the player will be dropped leaving that player as no longer having a duplicate – of course, this will only apply if the owner in the other league has not dropped the player

If both owners drop the player in the same season and that player does have WIS seasons remaining, that player will go into the draft pool just like any other available player

This approach will eventually result in no duplicate players as we experience MLB continuing to expand

* There will be an injured reserve with players on I/R not counting toward the total number of keepers
* Franchises are allowed to change stadiums, but this can only happen twice every 50 seasons at maximum. Also, you cannot change twice within a 10 year span.