We have a rare opening in the long-running (31st season upcoming)
Space Age Progressive League. The owner is cutting back on his WIS participation, but has left the team, based in Brooklyn, with some solid pieces for the future, including P Phil Niekro, OF Amos Otis, and C Ted Simmons -- and two 1st round picks in 1976 (one approx 4th-8th and one approx 13th-16th). Please let me know if you're interested.
Space Age has excellent retention. Many original owners are still on board, and the majority have participated for more than 10 seasons. This is a solid league with very low turnover.
Space Age uses its 20 teams' 4-year cumulative record to determine draft position. Lowest win total drafts first, snake-style. A 45-game "winimum" helps prevent tanking, with a penalty applied across future years for missing the winimum. Max keepers is 20 each year, so there's always interesting roster decisions and lots of trades. We supplement rosters with 6 AAA below average pitchers and 6 AAA below average batters. NO DH.
I've listed the current year (1975); we're listing keepers now for 1976, with a draft targeted for late May/early June.
| BROOKLYN FRANCHISE (1975) |
| Ballpark: Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers: 1913-1957) |
| Name |
Season |
Franchise |
Pos |
Salary |
| Mike Caldwell |
1975 |
San Francisco Giants |
SP |
$2,603,482 |
| Roric Harrison |
1975 |
Cleveland Indians |
SP |
$3,352,726 |
| Jesse Jefferson |
1975 |
Baltimore Orioles |
SP |
$1,846,526 |
| Clay Kirby |
1975 |
Cincinnati Reds |
SP |
$1,768,919 |
| Phil Niekro |
1975 |
Atlanta Braves |
SP |
$5,548,914 |
| Glenn Abbott |
1975 |
Oakland Athletics |
RP |
$2,186,326 |
| Pedro Borbon |
1975 |
Cincinnati Reds |
RP |
$2,317,763 |
| Jackie Brown |
1975 |
Cleveland Indians |
RP |
$2,375,487 |
| Bill Campbell |
1975 |
Minnesota Twins |
RP |
$2,317,671 |
| Ken Forsch |
1975 |
Houston Astros |
RP |
$2,001,556 |
| Wayne Granger |
1975 |
Houston Astros |
RP |
$1,356,199 |
| Lindy McDaniel |
1975 |
Kansas City Royals |
RP |
$1,733,938 |
| Ted Simmons |
1975 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
C |
$5,834,258 |
| Boog Powell |
1975 |
Cleveland Indians |
1B |
$3,823,809 |
| Willie Stargell |
1975 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
1B |
$4,428,585 |
| Len Randle |
1975 |
Texas Rangers |
2B |
$4,825,919 |
| Manny Trillo |
1975 |
Chicago Cubs |
2B |
$3,172,679 |
| Ken Reitz |
1975 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
3B |
$2,770,146 |
| Darrel Chaney |
1975 |
Cincinnati Reds |
SS |
$625,248 |
| Terry Harmon |
1975 |
Philadelphia Phillies |
SS |
$236,960 |
| Lyman Bostock |
1975 |
Minnesota Twins |
OF |
$2,443,119 |
| John Lowenstein |
1975 |
Cleveland Indians |
OF |
$1,518,002 |
| Bake McBride |
1975 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
OF |
$4,339,190 |
| Amos Otis |
1975 |
Kansas City Royals |
OF |
$4,229,245 |