We will use this thread for the Cubs draft. mjkrunner will be running this one, and we'll get started once I have the drafts all set up.

Draft rules are simple:
-- 25 round serpentine draft
-- You may draft any player in the WIS database who played for the Cubs franchise (no twisting - you must roster a version of the player from your franchise. If you draft Greg Maddux, you must roster one of his Cubs seasons, etc.)
-- Partial/full/combined seasons are all ok.
-- Franchises are defined by www.baseball-reference.com. Please make sure you know your franchise history. The Cubs franchise was known as the Chicago White Stockings from 1885-1889, the Chicago Colts from 1890-1897, the Chicago Orphans from 1898-1902, and have been known as the Cubs since 1903. The Chicago Pirates (1890 Players League) and Chicago Whales (1914-15 Federal League) are NOT part of this franchise. Obviously, neither are the modern Chicago White Sox (AL since 1901).
-- Players are exclusive. There will be only 1 version of Greg Maddux, 1 Ernie Banks, 1 Sammy Sosa, etc.

This draft will be untimed provided things move along efficiently. I see no reason we shouldn't be able to get through at least 3 rounds on average each day. If any of our six drafts are consistently lagging behind that goal, or if one draft is way behind the others, I reserve the right to put any such draft on a timed schedule.


The rest of the league rules are also simple:
100M cap.
24 teams, standard WIS format
No WW, AAA, trades, clones, DH.
Injuries will be on. Please make sure you roster enough PA and IP to make it through the season. Themes like this really suffer – and are less fun for everyone – if one or more teams go into a fatigue death spiral.
Park: Any that the Cubs franchise called home

These are the Cub owners:
1. MrSafety61
2. joerat1
3. mpitt76
4. mjkrunner*

That is NOT the draft order. I will generate a random draft order and will post it here after I have done so.

bheid408 generated the following for us:

Here is your sequence:

2 4 1 3

Timestamp: 2021-01-21 13:32:57 UTC

So the order for round 1, and all odd numbered rounds, will be:
joerat1
mjkrunner
MrSafety61
mpitt76

Even numbered rounds will be the reverse

The Cubs draft for the latest WAR of the Franchises iteration is ready to go. There is a thread set up in the Theme Leagues forum under 'WAR of the Franchises - Cubs draft Topic'. We will be doing all of our picks there instead of through sitemail (I will cross post this).

Order of the draft for round 1 (and all odd numbered rounds) will be:
joerat1
mjkrunner
MrSafety61
mpitt76

All even numbered rounds will be the reverse.

mpitt76 & joerat1 - you will have consecutive picks, please make them at the same time if you can to help move things along.

I will do my best to keep things up to date, though it may be tougher at certain times of the day & week. Thanks so much and really looking forward to this. Good luck and happy drafting!

-Michael

DRAFT BOARD
Round 1:
1) Mordecai Brown [joerat1]
2) Jake Arrieta [mjkrunner]
3) Gabby Hartnett [MrSafety61]
4) Ed Reulbach [mpitt76]
Round 2:
5) Orval Overall [mpitt76]
6) Stan Hack [MrSafety61]
7) Pete Alexander [mjkrunner]
8) Jack Pfiester [joerat1]
Round 3:
9) Bruce Sutter [joerat1]
10) Yu Darvish [mjkrunner]
11) Javier Baez [MrSafety61]
12) Greg Maddux [mpitt76]
Round 4:
13) Hippo Vaughn [mpitt76]
14) Sparky Adams [MrSafety61]
15) Charlie Hollocher [mjkrunner]
16) Kyle Hendricks [joerat1]
Round 5:
17) Dennis Eckersley [joerat1]
18) Ray Prim [mjkrunner]
19) Lon Warneke [MrSafety61]
20) Cap Anson [mpitt76]
Round 6:
21) Billy Williams [mpitt76]
22) Kerry Wood [MrSafety61]
23) Bill Dahlen [mjkrunner]
24) Hack Wilson [joerat1]
Round 7:
25) Aroldis Chapman [joerat1]
26) Warren Hacker [mjkrunner]
27) Phil Cavarretta [MrSafety61]
28) Ron Santo [mpitt76]
Round 8:
29) Ryne Sandberg [mpitt76]
30) Claude Passeau [MrSafety61]
31) Billy Herman [mjkrunner]
32) Rich Harden [joerat1]
Round 9:
33) Willie Ramsdell [joerat1]
34) Dizzy Dean [mjkrunner]
35) Mark Prior [MrSafety61]
36) Pedro Strop [mpitt76]
Round 10:
37) Phil Douglas [mpitt76]
38) Travis Wood [MrSafety61]
39) Rick Wilkins [mjkrunner]
40) George Grantham [joerat1]
Round 11:
41) Bill Lange [joerat1]
42) George Altman [mjkrunner]
43) Les Lancaster [MrSafety61]
44) Joe Tinker [mpitt76]
Round 12:
45) Bill Nicholson [mpitt76]
46) Brian McRae [MrSafety61]
47) Ray Grimes [mjkrunner]
48) Hector Rondon [joerat1]
Round 13:
49) Dennis Rasmussen [joerat1]
50) Jack Taylor [mjkrunner]
51) Dexter Fowler [MrSafety61]
52) Charlie Smith [mpitt76]
Round 14:
53) Brandon Morrow [mpitt76]
54) Sean Marshall [MrSafety61]
55) Orlie Weaver [mjkrunner]
56) Frank Chance [joerat1]
Round 15:
57) Bob O'Farrell [joerat1]
58) Dwight Smith [mjkrunner]
59) Augie Galan [MrSafety61]
60) Red Murray [mpitt76]
Round 16:
61) Frank Schulte [mpitt76]
62) Ryan Dempster [MrSafety61]
63) Pat Perry [mjkrunner]
64) Bill Everitt [joerat1]
Round 17:
65) Neil Ramirez [joerat1]
66) Davey Lopes [mjkrunner]
67) Joe Borowski [MrSafety61]
68) Jose Hernandez [mpitt76]
Round 18:
69) Walt Huntzinger [mpitt76]
70) Lee Smith [MrSafety61]
71) Paul Toth [mjkrunner]
72) Jose Vizcaino [joerat1]
Round 19:
73) George Gore [joerat1]
74) Scott Eyre [mjkrunner]
75) Manny Alexander [MrSafety61]
76) Dick Bertell [mpitt76]
Round 20:
77) Tim Blackwell [mpitt76]
78) David Ross [MrSafety61]
79) Greg Gross [mjkrunner]
80) Paul Popovich [joerat1]
Round 21:
81) Nico Hoerner [joerat1]
82) Kiki Cuyler [mjkrunner]
83) Preston Ward [MrSafety61]
84) Irv Noren [mpitt76]
Round 22:
85) Mike Montgomery [mpitt76]
86) Matt Murton [MrSafety61]
87) Miguel Montero [mjkrunner]
88) Harry Weaver [joerat1]
Round 23:
89) Sam Dungan [joerat1]
90) Len Rice [mjkrunner]
91) Joe Wallis [MrSafety61]
92) Fred Norman [mpitt76]
Round 24:
93) Paul Moskau [mpitt76]
94) Mike Freeman [MrSafety61]
95) Dick Gernert [mjkrunner]
96) Kyle Schwarber [joerat1]
Round 25:
97) Bobby Adams [joerat1]
98) Danny Friend [mjkrunner]
99) Jeremy Jeffress [MrSafety61]
100) Buck Freeman [mpitt76]

Alphabetical listing of drafted players:
Adams, Bobby
Adams, Sparky
Alexander, Manny
Alexander, Pete
Altman, George
Anson, Cap
Arrieta, Jake
Baez, Javier
Bertell, Dick
Blackwell, Tim
Borowski, Joe
Brown, Mordecai
Cavarretta, Phil
Chance, Frank
Chapman, Aroldis
Cuyler, Kiki
Dahlen, Bill
Darvish, Yu
Dean Dizzy
Dempster, Ryan
Douglas, Phil
Dungan, Sam
Eckersley, Dennis
Everitt, Bill
Eyre, Scott
Fowler, Dexter
Freeman, Buck
Freeman, Mike
Friend, Danny
Galan, Augie
Gernert, Dick
Gore, George
Grantham, George
Grimes, Ray
Gross, Greg
Hack, Stan
Hacker, Warren
Harden, Rich
Hartnett, Gabby
Hendricks, Kyle
Herman, Billy
Hernandez, Jose
Hoerner, Nico
Hollocher, Charlie
Huntzinger, Walt
Jeffress, Jeremy
Lancaster, Les
Lange, Bill
Lopes, Davey
Maddux, Greg
Marshall, Sean
McRae, Brian
Montero, Miguel
Montgomery, Mike
Morrow, Brandon
Moskau, Paul
Murray, Red
Murton, Matt
Nicholson, Bill
Noren, Irv
Norman, Fred
O'Farrell, Bob
Overall, Orval
Passeau, Claude
Perry, Pat
Pfiester, Jack
Popovich, Paul
Prim, Ray
Prior, Mark
Ramirez, Neil
Ramsdell, Willie
Rasmussen, Dennis
Reulbach, Ed
Rice, Len
Rondon, Hector
Ross, David
Sandberg, Ryne
Santo, Ron
Schulte, Frank
Schwarber, Kyle
Smith, Charlie
Smith, Dwight
Smith, Lee
Strop, Pedro
Sutter, Bruce
Taylor, Jack
Tinker, Joe
Toth, Paul
Vaughn, Hippo
Vizcaino, Jose
Wallis, Joe
Ward, Preston
Warneke, Lon
Weaver, Harry
Weaver, Orlie
Wilkins, Rick
Williams, Billy
Wilson, Hack
Wood, Kerry
Wood, Travis

Mordecai Brown

Jake Arrieta

Gabby Hartnett

Ed Reulbach
Orval Overall

Stan Hack

Pete Alexander

Jack Pfiester
Bruce Sutter

Yu Darvish

Javier Baez

Greg Maddux
Hippo Vaughan