We have just completed a very successful first season (2010) and are preparing for the 2011 season.

When you sign up, please let me know:
1. Which available ballpark you want, and
2. The 5 players from your roster that you want to keep for 2011.

After each owner selects his 5 keepers, we will prepare for our 2011 Live Draft (25 rounds). The draft order for our live draft will be determined by the total 2011 salary of each owner's 5 keepers. The owner with the smallest total salary of his keepers will have the first draft pick, the second lowest total salary will have the second pick, etc. This will also be a snake-style draft format. After the 2011 live draft, our 5 keepers will be added to our rosters (for a maximum of 30 players per team roster).

After the 2011 regular season ends, we will each select 5 keepers (the 2012 version), and prepare for the 2012 season. I am planning to run 3 seasons per calendar year, so our league will continue till our draft year catches up to the current year (around 2024).


DETAILS:

When signing up, each owner will select an available present-day ballpark. For simplicity, we will use the current 30 MLB ballparks for the 2011 season.

- $100 million salary cap (most teams will be between $70-$90 million).
- AL teams will use a DH; NL teams will not.
- No clones.
- Yes trades.
- No transaction deadline.

LIVE DRAFT:
- Snake-style draft format
- 10 minute rounds
- 3 picks per day (double picks for rounds 18-25)

Thank you for joining, and good luck!

TEAM 1

Dallas Braden	2010	Oakland Athletics	SP	$4,704,022
Chris Carpenter	2010	St. Louis Cardinals	SP	$5,831,940
Kyle Davies	2010	Kansas City Royals	SP	$3,097,985
Kyle Kendrick	2010	Philadelphia Phillies	SP	$3,110,619
Roy Oswalt	2010	Philadelphia Phillies	SP	$6,784,322
Rick Porcello	2010	Detroit Tigers	SP	$2,816,261
Randy Wolf	2010	Milwaukee Brewers	SP	$4,524,741
Luke Gregerson	2010	San Diego Padres	RP	$3,306,847
Clay Hensley	2010	Florida Marlins	RP	$2,520,940
Brian Sweeney	2010	Seattle Mariners	RP	$804,518
Kerry Wood	2010	New York Yankees	RP	$807,708
Humberto Quintero	2010	Houston Astros	C	$1,772,586
Yorvit Torrealba	2010	San Diego Padres	C	$2,943,713
Ryan Howard	2010	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	$4,420,311
Mark Ellis	2010	Oakland Athletics	2B	$4,232,714
Jose Lopez	2010	Seattle Mariners	3B	$3,850,723
Jason Bartlett	2010	Tampa Bay Rays	SS	$2,623,031
Brendan Ryan	2010	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	$2,987,755
Carl Crawford	2010	Tampa Bay Rays	OF	$6,260,650
Franklin Gutierrez	2010	Seattle Mariners	OF	$5,479,858
Jon Jay	2010	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	$1,894,212
Nyjer Morgan	2010	Washington Nationals	OF	$3,888,647
Magglio Ordonez	2010	Detroit Tigers	OF	$2,599,326
Angel Pagan	2010	New York Mets	OF	$5,247,748
Dan Wheeler	2010	Tampa Bay Rays	RP	$1,240,729

TEAM 2

Ryan Dempster	2010	Chicago Cubs	SP	$4,705,542
Barry Enright	2010	Arizona Diamondbacks	SP	$1,666,605
Tommy Hunter	2010	Texas Rangers	SP	$2,476,339
Edwin Jackson	2010	Chicago White Sox	SP	$4,211,992
Wade LeBlanc	2010	San Diego Padres	SP	$2,395,928
Tim Lincecum	2010	San Francisco Giants	SP	$5,316,284
Jamie Moyer	2010	Philadelphia Phillies	SP	$2,414,475
Brett Myers	2010	Houston Astros	SP	$5,522,763
Bud Norris	2010	Houston Astros	SP	$2,895,422
Jake Peavy	2010	Chicago White Sox	SP	$2,372,766
Shawn Camp	2010	Toronto Blue Jays	RP	$1,435,231
Kris Medlen	2010	Atlanta Braves	RP	$2,232,873
A.J. Pierzynski	2010	Chicago White Sox	C	$2,613,995
Carlos Ruiz	2010	Philadelphia Phillies	C	$3,440,923
Joey Votto	2010	Cincinnati Reds	1B	$7,075,386
Ty Wigginton	2010	Baltimore Orioles	1B	$3,115,355
Cristian Guzman	2010	Washington Nationals	2B	$1,950,893
Jeff Keppinger	2010	Houston Astros	2B	$3,683,279
Brandon Inge	2010	Detroit Tigers	3B	$4,175,068
Troy Tulowitzki	2010	Colorado Rockies	SS	$7,329,996
Dexter Fowler	2010	Colorado Rockies	OF	$3,419,851
Jonny Gomes	2010	Cincinnati Reds	OF	$3,035,754
Cody Ross	2010	Florida Marlins	OF	$3,302,853
Denard Span	2010	Minnesota Twins	OF	$5,377,144
Vernon Wells	2010	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	$5,914,691

Here are the answers to several questions I have received regarding our keepers, our draft, and our 2011 rosters:

1. Can we have fewer than 5 keepers?

No, every team will have exactly 5 keepers.

2. Does a player on IL count as a keeper?

Yes, if you want to keep a player who does not have a WIS season the following year, he will count as one of your 5 keepers. For example, if you want to keep Stephen Strasburg for 2011, you are allowed 4 other players to keep. Strasburg will count as $0 towards your keeper salary total.

3. How is our live draft order determined?

The draft order is determined by ordering the team 2011 keeper salaries from lowest to highest. For example, if the lowest keeper salary for a team is $18 million and the highest is $40 million, then the team with the $18 million keeper salary will have the first draft pick, the next highest salary picks next, and so on till the team with the $40 million salary, who makes the last pick.

4. Is our live draft a snake-style or traditional format?

We will have a snake-style draft format.

5. Will we have AAA players in 2011?

We will not use AAA players in 2011.

6. How big will our rosters be?

We will have a total of up to 30 players.

Our 2011 Live Draft will give each of us 25 players. The 5 keepers on each of our teams will be blacklisted for this draft. After the draft, our keepers will be added to our rosters, giving each of us up to 30 total players (some owners will have fewer due to players on IL). I am still working with WIS Support to work out how we can fill out the empty roster slots if a team has an IL player. My guess is that they will put in a randomly generated AAA player, which will not be allowed to be used during the season.

7. Can we trade draft picks?

Yes, we can trade draft picks during the season or off-season.

8. Can we switch stadiums next year?

Yes, you may switch stadiums.

All original owners will have priority on which stadiums they would like to keep (or change to). New owners will get to pick from the remaining stadiums.

Unless you tell me otherwise, I will assume that you want to keep the same stadium that you had the previous season.

NL EAST
1. hoopsrus (Citizens Bank Park)
2. specsman (Nationals Park)
3. Disco Dogs (SunTrust Park)
4. Fungoes (PNC Park)
5. kentol (Comerica Park)

NL WEST
1. skinndogg (Busch Stadium)
2. WavelandGuy (Wrigley Field)
3. NotOmarMinay (Petco Park)
4. thunder1008 (AT&T Park)
5. danidon (Chase Field)

AL EAST
1. pick1or2 (Yankee Stadium)
2. tigerfan2010 (Fenway Park)
3. darny10 (Rogers Centre)
4. cholatse (Great American Ballpark)
5. SteveIzzy (Tropicana Field)

AL WEST
1. yatagon (Target Field)
2. fatguyrd (Jacobs Field)
3. Kaboom1969 (Safeco Field)
4. Matthew777 (Angel Stadium)
5. magnum (Network Associates Coliseum)

I'll take team 2 in the NL. Keepers and stadium to come soon.
Chase Field
Tim Lincecum
Bud Norris
Jake Peavy
Troy Tulowitzki
Joey Votto

Posted by danidon on 3/14/2020 8:29:00 AM (view original):
I'll take team 2 in the NL. Keepers and stadium to come soon.

Welcome to our league, danidon!

Not sure how I will make chicken salad out of this, but I will take Team 1.

Posted by SteveIzzy on 3/14/2020 9:48:00 AM (view original):
Not sure how I will make chicken salad out of this, but I will take Team 1.

Welcome, SteveIzzy!