We're going to need a replacement for the San Diego franchise in 1976 (Season 8). Team plays at San Diego Stadium. The owner is leaving the site, and has put together a pretty good squad.

The team has 3 stars on offense: George Brett, Carlton Fisk, and Ken Griffey, all early in their careers. The team could probably use some pitching.

We are only at game 114 in 1975 now, so it will be a little while before you take full control of the team.

We use game 120 for determining draft order. If the cutoff was right now, the team would draft 10th for 1976 (record is 57-57) . Expect that to change, but not radically.

It is pretty much a standard progressive. We vote on trades in the forum, which is not the usual format. We use 3 divisions per league & WC format (24 team). This team is in the NL; league uses DH AL only. We use 6/2 below average AAA.

If you have specific questions, just ask.

1975 Roster:

Position Players

Auerbach, Rick

Borgmann, Glenn

Braun, Steve

Brett, George

Fahey, Bill

Fisk, Carlton

Foli, Tim

Griffey Sr., Ken

Joshua, Von

Matthews, Gary

Muser, Tony

Paciorek, Tom

Perez, Marty

Sharp, Bill

Thomasson, Gary

Pitching

Bane, Eddie

Carroll, Clay

Coleman, Joe

Figueroa, Ed

Freisleben, Dave

Hamilton, Dave

Kirby, Clay

Kobel, Kevin

Konieczny, Doug

Raich, Eric

Rhoden, Rick

Wright, Clyde

No cuts have been made to roster. I think CLyde Wright and maybe a couple of other guys retire after 1975.

Owner List:

slickstick81

westolla

silverpaw

cowboy5

ChicagoAaron

wgasa

ljemd

dh0220

redsfive

dev8ter

maskman46

stroh23

pmwksw

inkdskn

brm_fan

stan74

bklynborn

Rattlers

ShackAttack

zimbabweguy

billpill30

Peekay

flyingman

1976 Outlook: 3 guys retire, 2 go to IR, out of 27. Teams must keep 15 active players from year-to-year, so the max you may cut (of the active guys) is 7. You will need 3 picks, plus however many you cut from the active guys. The team is already at $61M from 22 guys.

IR - Rich Auerbach
IR - Kevin Kobel

RET - Doug Konieczny
RET- Eric Raich
RET - Clyde Wright

Roster Recap
*** Spring Training Team ***
o	Salary Cap:	$80,000,000	Available Cash:	$18,920,141	o
o	Current Payroll:	$61,079,859	Draft Picks Remaining:	3	o
o	Position Salaries:	$37,791,098	Required Plate Appearances Remaining (PA/162):	0	o
o	Pitcher Salaries:	$23,288,761	Required Innings Pitched Remaining (IP/162):	111	o
o	3 more picks are needed to complete your roster! More innings pitched needed.				o

Position Players
		Pos	Player	B	PA/ 162	AB/ 162	HR	RBI	SB- CS	SO- BB	AB/ HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	F/R	Salary
		C	1976 Carlton Fisk	R	557	487	17	58	12-5	71-56	28.6	.255	.336	.415	C+/B	$4,309,913
		1B	1976 Tony Muser	L	356	326	1	30	1-1	34-21	326.0	.227	.270	.264	C+/D-	$1,157,866
		2B	1976 Marty Perez	R	484	428	3	32	3-4	37-38	142.7	.257	.315	.322	B/C-	$2,551,213
		3B	1976 George Brett	L	705	645	7	67	21-11	36-49	92.1	.333	.377	.462	C/A	$6,485,465
		SS	1976 Tim Foli	R	572	546	6	54	6-5	33-16	91.0	.264	.281	.366	A-/C	$3,453,342
		OF	1976 Steve Braun	L	491	417	3	61	12-4	43-67	139.0	.288	.384	.353	D-/D-	$2,926,713
		OF	1976 Ken Griffey Sr.	L	628	562	6	74	34-11	65-62	93.7	.336	.401	.450	C+/D+	$5,242,181
		OF	1976 Gary Matthews	R	671	587	20	84	12-5	94-75	29.4	.279	.359	.443	C/D-	$4,118,306
		C	1976 Glenn Borgmann	R	85	65	1	6	1-1	7-19	65.0	.246	.417	.338	C-/B-	$763,304
		C	1976 Bill Fahey	L	94	80	1	9	1-0	6-11	80.0	.250	.348	.313	A/D	$1,242,337
		OF	1976 Von Joshua	L	162	156	0	2	1-3	20-4	156.0	.263	.280	.321	C/B	$895,264
		OF	1976 Tom Paciorek	R	350	324	4	36	2-3	57-19	81.0	.290	.333	.383	B/D-	$1,842,168
		OF	1976 Bill Sharp	L	197	182	0	11	1-3	15-10	180.0	.244	.288	.267	C/C-	$787,124
		OF	1976 Gary Thomasson	L	361	328	8	38	8-3	45-30	41.0	.259	.321	.424	D/C	$2,015,902
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
		Util	optional
Batting Totals					5713	5133	77	562	115-59	563-477	66.6	.281	.341	.388	C+/C-	$37,791,098

Pitching Staff
		Role	Player	T	W-L-S	IP/ 162	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/ 9	BB/ 9	HR/ 9	K-BB	Salary
		SP	1976 Rick Rhoden	R	12-3-0	181	2.98	.242	1.20	3.83	2.64	0.85	77-53	$4,852,121
		SP/RP	1976 Eddie Bane	L	4-7-0	80	5.11	.290	1.65	2.72	4.42	0.68	24-39	$1,082,376
		SP/RP	1976 Clay Carroll	R	4-4-6	78	2.56	.242	1.18	4.42	2.79	0.12	38-24	$2,272,533
		SP/RP	1976 Joe Coleman	R	4-13-4	146	4.45	.275	1.52	6.43	4.26	0.62	104-69	$2,558,727
		SP/RP	1976 Ed Figueroa	R	19-10-0	262	3.02	.246	1.29	4.17	3.30	0.46	119-94	$5,955,665
		SP/RP	1976 Dave Freisleben	R	10-13-1	172	3.51	.248	1.33	4.24	3.45	0.52	81-66	$3,643,435
		SP/RP	1976 Dave Hamilton	L	6-6-10	91	3.59	.243	1.39	6.18	4.48	0.40	62-45	$1,963,127
		SP/RP	1976 Clay Kirby	R	1-8-0	79	5.72	.273	1.83	5.84	7.21	1.14	51-63	$960,777
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
		SP/RP	optional
Pitching Totals					60-64-21	1,089	3.65	.255	1.38	4.63	3.77	0.59	556-453	$23,288,761

If the salary seems low, compare to the salary distribution from 1969-1975 (below), and remember that you will be adding salary during the draft.



Other odds and ends:

• You must maintain 1100 IP at all times.
• When we chane/tweak rules, they are voted on. I get one vote, just like everypne else.

OK, now I'm tired of typing... if you have any questions, just ask. It's a good league, and generally has a lot of trading.

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