2002 Progressive League Needs One team.

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The team has the first overall pick in the upcoming draft.

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Original Rules

(MOFO: Modern-era Original Franchise Organization)

In the wake of the 1994 players strike, the majors contract back down to the original 16 franchises. Each one of them starts fresh, back at square one, through a 28-round inaugural draft (25 roster players, and three rounds of two at a time AAA picks).

With just 16 teams, everyone will be able to field a solid club making for a competitive league.

Here's the basics:

You have to use the real team names, as they're listed above. You play in the real-life ballpark of your franchise.

Inaugural draft is set by random.org and is serpentine.

No salary cap. No Waiver Wire

DH in both leagues.

Real AAA players.

Future drafts are based on w-l record at the 120 game mark with a 30 win floor, and will be straight. You can keep as many or as few of the players on your roster as you want, and players who are out of the sim can be placed on the DL.

Draft to complete 25 man roster is followed by a 3 round, 6 player (max) AAA draft. AAA players can be called up or sent down until the trade deadline, then can be included for the following years keeper list of up to 25 players.

So you basically get to draft up to a 31 man roster, and have 25 on your MLB squad at any time, then keep up to 25 for the following season. AAA draft is a good way to plan for future seasons.

Cleveland Indians 2001 Roster  (#1 Overall Pick 2002 Draft)

Roger Clemens	2001	New York Yankees	SP	$5,626,512
Joe Mays	2001	Minnesota Twins	SP	$6,155,463
Robert Person	2001	Philadelphia Phillies	SP	$4,673,924
Barry Zito	2001	Oakland Athletics	SP	$5,745,215
Danny Graves	2001	Cincinnati Reds	RP	$1,736,861
Billy Koch	2001	Toronto Blue Jays	RP	$1,293,622
Kerry Ligtenberg	2001	Atlanta Braves	RP	$200,000
Dave Veres	2001	St. Louis Cardinals	RP	$1,286,945
Bob Wickman	2001	Cleveland Indians	RP	$1,955,876
Tim Worrell	2001	San Francisco Giants	RP	$2,034,566
Chad Kreuter	2001	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	$1,988,156
Jorge Posada	2001	New York Yankees	C	$4,065,369
Sean Casey	2001	Cincinnati Reds	1B	$4,106,878
Craig Biggio	2001	Houston Astros	2B	$5,138,519
Aaron Boone	2001	Cincinnati Reds	3B	$3,026,687
Eric Chavez	2001	Oakland Athletics	3B	$6,352,476
Craig Counsell	2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	SS	$3,083,740
Edgar Renteria	2001	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	$3,230,680
Brian Roberts	2001	Baltimore Orioles	SS	$1,327,420
Milton Bradley	2001	Cleveland Indians	OF	$1,537,207
Shawn Green	2001	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF	$6,358,994
Rusty Greer	2001	Texas Rangers	OF	$1,537,893
Jose Guillen	2001	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	OF	$200,000
Kenny Lofton	2001	Cleveland Indians	OF	$3,668,935
Michael Tucker	2001	Chicago Cubs	OF	$1,345,847

Pat Rapp	2001	Anaheim Angels	SP	$3,341,669
Frank Thomas	2001	Chicago White Sox	DH	$236,822

Tampa Bay Rays 2001 Roster  (#3 Overall Pick 2002 Draft)               -- TAKEN --

Dave Burba	2001	Cleveland Indians	SP	$2,498,652
Chris Carpenter	2001	Toronto Blue Jays	SP	$3,958,995
Bruce Chen	2001	Philadelphia Phillies	SP	$2,646,063
Eric Gagne	2001	Los Angeles Dodgers	SP	$3,130,120
Dave Mlicki	2001	Detroit Tigers	SP	$2,177,661
Jeff Fassero	2001	Chicago Cubs	RP	$1,994,086
John Riedling	2001	Cincinnati Reds	RP	$200,000
Johan Santana	2001	Minnesota Twins	RP	$200,000
Jeff Shaw	2001	Los Angeles Dodgers	RP	$1,999,519
Scott Strickland	2001	Montreal Expos	RP	$1,907,846
Tanyon Sturtze	2001	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	RP	$3,634,427
Jake Westbrook	2001	Cleveland Indians	RP	$200,000
Darrin Fletcher	2001	Toronto Blue Jays	C	$2,205,092
Jason Varitek	2001	Boston Red Sox	C	$1,424,124
Tony Clark	2001	Detroit Tigers	1B	$3,372,408
Lee Stevens	2001	Montreal Expos	1B	$3,288,415
Eric Young	2001	Chicago Cubs	2B	$4,065,108
Mike Young	2001	Texas Rangers	2B	$2,502,858
Corey Koskie	2001	Minnesota Twins	3B	$5,565,618
Jimmy Rollins	2001	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	$4,938,798
Bobby Abreu	2001	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	$5,763,570
Danny Bautista	2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	OF	$1,499,011
Steve Finley	2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	OF	$4,519,634
Wilton Guerrero	2001	Cincinnati Reds	OF	$1,081,858
Terrence Long	2001	Oakland Athletics	OF	$4,242,763
John Franco	2001	New York Mets	RP	$916,238
Mike Myers	2001	Colorado Rockies	RP	$987,910
Greg Swindell	2001	Arizona Diamondbacks	RP	$1,059,519
Bill Haselman	2001	Texas Rangers	C	$200,000
Tony Batista	2001	Baltimore Orioles	3B	$200,000
Mark Little	2001	Colorado Rockies	OF	$200,000

I'll take Tampa if you'll have me.