Need 1 for 1972 Prog League: Instant Contender!!!! Topic

neabaseball
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Looking for an owner to take over the Boston Red Sox in the Original Franchise Progressive League.

League Overview
16 team league that began in 1969 using the original 16 MLB franchises.  We didn't keep any real life players from '69, just used the team name and ballpark.  Being a 16 team league during the early years of the Expansion Era provides a little more depth and quality to the roster and each draft making it unique among progressives covering this time frame.

League format:  16 teams/4 divisions/4 teams in playoffs (balanced schedule but no interleague play)

At some point down the road, we may consider a one time league expansion to up to 24 teams but not sure if/when/how that would take place.....probably during the 90's.  It would take a majority vote to approve such a change.

No to AAA, ww and DH.  No salary cap and no rules on minimum/maximum keepers from season to season.

Yes to trades (6 vetoes), yes to injuries and to the transaction deadline.

Players who drop out for 1+ seasons may be placed on the DL until they return to the sim.  No restrictions on how many can be placed on the DL at any one time.

If your franchise changes ballparks, you are required to change as well.


Team Overview
Boston Red Sox (current owner ronblood)

102-60 during 1971 season (playoffs start Feb 1st)

If protected everybody:  25 keepers with $94.8 million in salary (a couple thousand extra PA's but about right on IP's)

1st round draft pick was traded away (would have drafted last anyway).  Also have the Cardinals #3 pick which comes early in the round.

Actual roster is posted below but some of the key players are:
  • OF Billy Williams $6.7M
  • 1B John Mayberry $5.7M (lotta upside left)
  • 2nd yr OF Jeff Burroughs (tons of future value)
  • P   Catfish Hunter $11.1M (lotta upside left)
  • P   Bert Blyleven $7.8M (lotta upside left)

Bottom line, this team is poised to win now and has several players with value into the late 70's.  Because we are a 16 team league building rosters from a player pool of 24 real life teams, each team is a little better off than a typical progressive team but this is still one of the top 3 teams going into next year if not the best team overall.
1/31/2012 4:24 PM (edited)
neabaseball
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Hitters


      PA HR RBI SB-CS SO-BB Avg OBP Slg Fielding Salary
C 1972 Jerry Grote R 251 3 21 1-0 27-26 0.210 0.304 0.288 A+/A+ $2,284,471
1B 1972 George Scott R 654 20 88 16-4 130-43 0.266 0.321 0.426 B/B- $4,711,104
2B 1972 Sandy Alomar S 697 1 25 20-12 55-47 0.239 0.292 0.287 B-/C+ $3,785,756
3B 1972 Joe Torre R 637 11 81 3-0 64-54 0.289 0.357 0.419 B+/D- $3,917,028
SS 1972 Freddie Patek R 607 0 32 33-7 64-47 0.212 0.280 0.276 B/A $4,028,735
OF 1972 Billy Williams L 680 37 122 3-1 59-62 0.333 0.398 0.606 B/D- $6,718,490
OF 1972 Cleon Jones R 431 5 52 1-6 83-30 0.245 0.305 0.331 B/D+ $2,078,616
OF 1972 Cesar Tovar R 639 2 31 21-10 39-39 0.265 0.329 0.334 B/B $4,367,224
1B 1972 Deron Johnson R 273 9 31 0-1 69-26 0.213 0.298 0.357 D/D- $1,062,991
2B 1972 Rennie Stennett R 399 3 30 4-3 43-9 0.286 0.307 0.376 C+/A+ $2,958,410
C 1972 Dave Duncan R 471 19 59 0-2 68-34 0.218 0.283 0.392 A-/A $3,204,349
OF 1972 Gates Brown L 294 10 31 3-0 28-26 0.230 0.304 0.369 C/D+ $1,465,012
1B 1972 Ron Blomberg L 357 14 49 0-2 26-38 0.268 0.355 0.488 D/D+ $2,304,643
1B 1972 John Mayberry L 619 25 100 0-2 74-78 0.298 0.394 0.507 A-/B- $5,709,592
OF 1972 Vic Davalillo L 422 4 28 14-1 44-26 0.318 0.367 0.413 C+/C- $3,054,729
OF 1972 Mike Lum L 447 9 38 1-4 52-50 0.228 0.323 0.350 C/B $2,487,133
OF 1972 Jeff Burroughs R 74 1 3 0-2 22-5 0.185 0.243 0.246 C/D- $239,339
      7952 173 821 120-57 947-640 0.262 0.329 0.393   $54,377,622
1/31/2012 4:13 PM
neabaseball
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Pitchers


    Rec IP ERA OAV Whip K/9 BB/9 HR/9 K-BB Salary
1972 Catfish Hunter R 21-7-0 309 2.04 0.189 0.91 5.82 2.13 0.64 191-70 $11,071,529
1972 Bert Blyleven R 17-17-0 303 2.73 0.233 1.1 7.14 2.16 0.69 228-69 $7,771,238
1972 Don Wilson R 15-10-0 242 2.68 0.233 1.15 6.78 2.6 0.63 172-66 $6,294,539
1972 Stan Bahnsen R 21-16-0 266 3.6 0.268 1.33 5.6 2.6 0.78 157-73 $5,038,511
1972 Joe Horlen R 3-4-1 88 3 0.236 1.12 6.21 2.14 0.32 58-20 $2,218,947
1972 Bill Lee L 7-4-5 89 3.2 0.248 1.27 4.59 3.42 0.53 43-32 $1,814,884
1972 Jim Brewer L 8-7-17 82 1.26 0.157 0.84 7.93 2.87 0.69 69-25 $3,471,177
1972 Ken Brett L 7-12-0 139 4.53 0.242 1.28 5.01 3.32 0.88 74-49 $2,755,794
      1518 2.86 0.229 1.12 6.19 2.52 0.67 992-404 $40,436,619

1/31/2012 4:17 PM
derek2hof
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This is a great league that is a lot of fun.  I think we are finally getting it to the point where all of our owners are quality owners.  This team is about to beat up on my team in the playoffs.  Hunter and Blyleven are huge rotation pieces going forward.
2/1/2012 12:02 PM
stan74
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I'll claim this team.
2/1/2012 2:03 PM
neabaseball
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I've had a person also send a sitemail that came a little sooner than you stan, but I've put both your name and his name out there and will weigh input from my fellow owners into the decision.  Will let you know asap.  Thanks for your interest!

2/1/2012 4:51 PM
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