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We're in the 2001 season of the Empire Progressive League. At the moment, we have two teams available - Minnesota and St. Louis. (See below for rosters.) The league has been going strong since the 1977 season (25 seasons), with most of the original owners still participating. Also, we use a salary cap, which makes it interesting. Sitemail me if you are interested.

Here are some of the key rules for this league...

SALARY CAP: We have a two-level salary cap - $80M and $85M. Your initial 25-man roster at the start of the season needs to fit under the $80M cap. We also allow the drafting of real-life ML players that start the year at AAA. The salaries of those guys don't count against the $80M cap, but they do count against the $85M cap. Once the season starts, your entire roster - 25-man plus AAA needs to fit under the $85M cap. This additional cap space can be used to pick up better players via trades. As far as going over the cap, the system won't let you do that. (Hopefully, this all makes sense.)

AAA: We do not allow the "imaginary" AAA players to be used. However, as stated above, we do allow the drafting of up to three real-life players that start the season on your AAA roster. You don't have to draft any extra players, but it's an option.

DRAFT ORDER: The draft order is based on the standings at the 120-game mark of the previous season. This allows us to draft while the previous season is completing and start the next season shortly after. We also have a win floor rule to prevent tanking. If a team doesn't reach 30 wins by the 120th game, they get bumped down to the 6th pick.

DH: No designated hitter.

PROSPECTS: A prospect is a player who played in the major leagues in a given season, but isn't yet become WiS eligible for that season. For instance, in the 1995 draft, Derek Jeter was a prospect. He played for the Yankees in the '95 season, but didn't accummulate enough ABs to be WiS-eligible until 1996. So basically, someone can draft him and then they own his rights until he becomes WiS-eligible. He doesn't occupy a roster spot until that point. You can only draft prospects in the first round and you can only have one prospect at a time.

DRAFT PICK TRADES: You can trade picks one year ahead.
10/4/2010 12:38 PM
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2001 Minnesota Twins

C - Charles Johnson, Chad Moeller, Gregg Zaun

1B - Fred McGriff

2B - Jerry Hairston Jr.

3B - Joe Crede

SS - Al Gonzalez, Barry Larkin

OF - Raul Ibanez, Greg Vaughn, Ben Grieve, Rob Mackowiak, Kevin Millar, Albert Pujols, Aaron Rowand, Sammy Sosa

P - Jarrod Washburn, Mark Redman, Roger Clemens, John Burkett, Brian Tollberg, John Thomson, Brandon Duckworth, Rod Beck, Curt Leskanic, Esteban Yan, Jack Cressend, Keith Foulke,

IR - Darrell May (P)

Draft pick trades - Traded their 2002 1st round pick to Cincinnati
 
10/4/2010 12:46 PM
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2001 St. Louis Cardinals

C - Henry Blanco, Wiki Gonzalez, Shawn Wooten

1B - Todd Helton

2B - Damion Easley, Mark Grudzielanek

3B - Bill Mueller, Aramis Ramirez

SS - Jimmy Rollins

OF - Jeromy Burnitz, Jose Guillen, Richard Hidalgo, Chris Singleton, Bobby Kielty

P - Armando Benitez, Octavio Dotel, Jason Grimsley, Livan Hernandez, Roberto Hernandez, Kevin Jarvis, Esteban Loaiza, Joe Mays, Travis Phelps, Mike Remlinger, Steve Trachsel, Mike Venafro, David Weathers

IR - C Brian Schneider [2002]

Draft pick trades - Traded their 2002 2nd round pick to San Diego
10/13/2010 9:36 AM (edited)
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Two additional teams are now available - the Reds and the Red Sox.  See rosters below...
10/25/2010 6:44 PM
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2001 Cincinnati Reds

C - Brook Fordyce, Tom Lampkin

1B - Brian Daubach, Richie Sexson

2B - Marlon Anderson

3B - Aaron Boone

SS - Brian Roberts, Jose Vizcaino, Tony Womack

OF - Jay Gibbons, Vladimir Guerrero, Bubba Trammell

P - Joe Beimel, Rob Bell, Scott Elarton, Jeff Fassero, Buddy Groom, Chris Holt, Jose Mesa, Dave Mlicki, Vicente Padilla, Joel Pineiro, Jesus Sanchez, Jason Schmidt, Ugueth Urbina

IR - none

Draft pick trades - Own Minnesota's 1st round pick; Own Milwaukee's 2nd round pick

10/29/2010 10:03 PM (edited)
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2001 Boston Red Sox

C - Raul Casanova, Dan Wilson

1B - Ryan Klesko

2B - Eric Young

3B - Mike Lowell

SS - Lou Merloni, Edgar Renteria

OF - Mike Darr, Bobby Higginson, Mark Kotsay, Jeff Liefer, Joe McEwing, Chris Richard, Rondell White

P - Danys Baez, Jeremy Fikac, Matt Ginter, Pete Harnisch, Trevor Hoffman, Randy Johnson, Steve Kline, Mark Mulder, Robb Nen, Chan Ho Park, Arthur Rhodes, Ricardo Rincon, Scott Schoeneweis, Scott Strickland

IR - IF Carlos Baerga [2002]

Draft pick trades - Traded their 3rd round pick to Montreal
10/25/2010 6:46 PM
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Based on the standings at the 120-game mark, the teams listed above will have the following draft picks in the first four rounds:

Minnesota: no first-round pick; #24 pick in the second, third, and fourth rounds

St. Louis: #20 pick in the first round; no second-round pick; #20 in the third round; #21 in the fourth round

Cincinnati: #2 and #24 picks in the first round; #3 and #11 picks in the second round; #2 pick in the third round; #3 pick in the fourth round

Boston: #22 pick in the first round; no second-round pick; #22 pick in the third and fourth rounds

10/25/2010 6:51 PM
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