The draft is complete, and the Chicago Cubs selected P Joel Pineiro in the first round with the 15th pick. After swinging a massive trade to line this team up to be a front runner in 2002, the long-running Real Life Progressive League is looking for a new owner for the Cubs, who have excellent long-term hitting, with an excess of outfielders (Geoff Jenkins .303/.360/.588, 34HRs; Trot Nixon, .276/.368/.461; Alex Ochoa 244AB, .316/.378/.586, 13HRs, Reggie Sanders: strong from 2001-2005) and many positions locked down for many seasons (including 1B Kevin Millar, 2B Placido Polanco and 3B Melvin Mora). Pitching needs rebuilding, hence the free seasons. If this team does poorly in 2000, the 2001 draft is awesome, with great pitchers (Sabathia, Oswalt, Zambrano, Beckett, Shields, Dickey) and hitters (Pujols and Ichiro!). If one of those pitchers is taken, this team will compete strongly in 2001, with a loaded lineup and three solid pitchers before the draft. In a 24 team league, there no powerhouse future teams in the four team NL Central.

This progressive league is like most, except that any player who started his career in a season is available to be drafted that season in the first round. In other words, in 2000, P Joel Pineiro, P Jason Marquis, IF Michael Young, 3B Joe Crede, 3B Morgan Ensberg and some others started their careers -- but they are not WIS eligible until 2001 or later. A prospect (we keep a separate draft list to make it easy) joins any players you have on the DL/IR until he is WIS eligible. With the selection of Joel Pineiro in the first round, you can pick up your 25th player in the supplemental draft round, which occurs after the normal draft is finished. The rest is pretty standard, with 4 AAA that you select from the 2000 season, and a DH is used in the AL.

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2000 Chicago Cubs

C: Mike Difelice, Tyler Houston, Chad Kreuter
1B: Brian Daubach, Kevin Millar, Wally Joyner
2B: Jeff Frye, Placido Polanco
SS: Mike Bordick
3B: Melvin Mora
OF: Geoff Jenkins, Reggie Sanders, Trot Nixon, Alex Ochoa, Danny Bautista, Bobby Bonilla
P: Juan Acevedo, Pedro Astacio, Rob Bell, Kent Bottenfield, Paul Byrd, Rheal Wormier, John Franco, Dustin Hermanson, Sean Lowe, Ramiro Mendoza, Jose Mercedes, Darren Oliver, Carlos Almanzar
Available in 2001: P Joel Pineiro

CUT: P Pedro Borbon Jr, P Alex Fernandez, P Mike Magnante, P TJ Mathews, P Steve Woodard, C Paul Bako, 2B Mickey Morandini, SS John Valentin, OF Jacob Cruz
RET: P Bobby Ayala, P Brad Clontz, P Doug Johns, P Steve Montgomery
Trades: Owe 3rd to Montreal