Jubilee Progressive

The Jubilee progressive is based on the concept that every 7 years, in times gone by, slaves were freed, debts forgiven and property restored. That final point is the concept the Jubilee Revisited Progressive League (JRPL) is based. League owners have the player rights to their chosen franchise returned to them every seven seasons. During the six seasons between, via rookie draft and trades, owners try to improve their franchise beyond what their MLB counterparts were able to field and best that MLB Won/Loss Percentage. That is a personally satisfying (or discouraging) unique challenge to the league. The other challenge is much more traditional....make the playoffs, win the World Series.

We need an owner for the New York Yankees. We'll finish up the 1985 regular season this week, so you would choose your keepers for 1986 out of the roster listed below and draft/trade to improve the roster. Then in 1987, our next Jubilee season, your roster would reset to match the real-life 1987 New York Yankees (or you could switch to one of the open franchises - CHW, CLE, PIT, SDP, SEA, TOR) for you to improve upon until the next jubilee in 1993. The draft order is based upon your franchise's real-life finish instead of how your team performs in the progressive league, so there is no benefit in tanking.

Let me know if you’re interested, and please ask questions if something isn’t clear!

1985 New York Yankees roster
(select your 1986 keepers from this list)

C – Carlton Fisk

C – Rick Cerone

1B – Willie Upshaw

2B – Willie Randolph

2B – Harold Reynolds

3B – Graig Nettles

3B – Mike Pagliarulo

SS – Mariano Duncan

SS – Curtis Wilkerson

OF – Dave Winfield

OF – Jerry Mumphrey

OF – George Bell

OF – Reggie Jackson

DH – Ron Kittle

P – Ron Guidry

P – Tommy John

P – Rick Aguilera

P – Matt Young

P – Dave Righetti

P – Dennis Lamp

P – John Stuper

P – Al Nipper

P – Jim Slaton

P – Bill Dawley

P – Bruce Kison

P – Jeff D. Robinson (off IR)

P – Mike Morgan (off IR)

I will take the Yankees

Glad to have you back!