This is a draft league where each owner will end up with a roster comprised of players with 9 different first letters of their last name. Once you pick a player (or players) you must use a different first letter of the last name every subsequent round.

Calling it Diamond Letters because your final roster composition will be shaped like a diamond. I ran a Diamond Clones league that was somewhat similar and very successful.

The draft structure is as follows:

Round 1 - Pick 1 player
Round 2 - Pick 2 players, each with the same first letter of their last name but not the same one as in round 1
Round 3 - Pick 3 players each with the same first letter of their last name but not the same one as in round 1 or 2
Round 4 - Pick 4 players each with the same first letter of their last name but not the same one as in round 1, 2 or 3
Round 5 - Pick 5 players each with the same first letter of their last name but not the same one as in round 1, 2, 3 or 4
Round 6 - Pick 4 players -- cannot use any letter you have used previously
Round 7 - Pick 3 players -- cannot use any letter you have used previously
Round 8 - Pick 2 players -- cannot use any letter you have used previously
Round 9 - Pick 1 player -- cannot use any letter you have used previously

All players are exclusive.

For example,
1) You take Babe Ruth in the first round if he is still available. That owner can play any of Ruth's seasons (no need to declare when drafted). In all subsequent rounds, that same owner may NOT draft any players with a last name beginning with "R".

2) So then in the second round, this same owner will choose 2 players (not beginning with R and not already taken).
Maybe they take Bob Uecker and Chase Utley, assuming neither one of those players has been chosen yet. However, you cannot take any clones.

I will be keeping a list of all chosen players and a list of letters used by each owner.

Only a 9-round draft so it should go pretty fast. There will be a clock to make sure at least one round gets done per day but it will not start right away. Draft will be run in the Theme League forum if and when we fill. More particulars:

24 team league

DRAFT ORDER (LIKE WE USED FOR DIAMOND CLONES):
Round 1: 1-24, Round 2: 24-1, Round 3: 24-1, Round 4: 1-24, Round 5: 24-1, Round 6: 1-24, Round 7: 24-1, Round 8: 1-24, Round 9: 24-1
Draft order will be determined as follows: After we fill, a HOF owner not in this league will provide a random order of owners. This list will be used for each owner to select their draft position in Round 1.

1885-2022 seasons eligible
Salary cap: $255mm (the maximum cap I can figure out how to get on this site)
No trades, no AAA, no Waiver Wire, no Clones
Yes DH
Full, partial and combined season all usable
Ballpark must have been one used by one of your players in a rostered season
Injuries off
Alignment by draft order. Given the new rule to select our own draft position this adds yet another strategy element

division owner A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 1 nl east schwarze A D E G H K P S W 2 nl east ronthegenius B C D H I M R S Y 3 nl east bheid408 B C E F J O S T W 4 nl east tensaver716 A B C D G M O R T 5 nl central NebHusker C G H M P R S T W 6 nl central Zato B D E G H J L M Y 7 nl central ejstockman B C F H K M O S W 8 nl central pmars2001 B C H K L M Q S T 9 nl west Bradsher B C G K M O P R T 10 nl west mllama54 A B C D H J K L S 11 nl west fatguyrd B C D L O R S V Z 12 nl west dorkster A C E H L M O R S 13 al east thejuice6 A B C G H M O S T 14 al east fatboydad54 B D F H J P R S W 15 al east nocomm999 A B C D G K M P R 16 al east calhoop A C F K O P S T V 17 al central joerat1 B C G H K M R S W 18 al central 3dayrotation B C H J K M P R S 19 al central ledfoot B C D H J N P S W 20 al central annashalom B C F G L M R S U 21 al west footballmm11 B D H J K N R S W 22 al west ybjsports C F G L M S T V W 23 al west zephyr1949 B D F G H K P R W 24 al west rmarksduke A C D G L M R S W

Round 1 Final 4 picks 9/24 1 schwarze Silver King 2 ronthegenius Babe Ruth 3 bheid408 Walter Johnson 4 tensaver716 Pete Alexander 5 NebHusker Ed Walsh 6 Zato Nap Lajoie 7 ejstockman Tip O''Neill 8 pmars2001 Greg Maddux 9 Bradsher Lou Boudreau 10 mllama54 Addie Joss 11 fatguyrd Dazzy Vance 12 dorkster Christy Mathewson 13 thejuice6 Lou Gehrig 14 fatboydad54 Rogers Hornsby 15 nocomm999 Pedro Martinez 16 calhoop Jimmie Foxx 17 joerat1 Mordecai Brown 18 3dayrotation King Kelly 19 ledfoot Hugh Duffy 20 annashalom Ty Cobb 21 10:00 AM footballmm11 Barry Bonds 22 10:30 AM ybjsports Dutch Leonard (LHP) 23 11:00 AM zephyr1949 Sandy Koufax 24 11:30 AM rmarksduke Ted Williams Round 2 Sunday 9/24 1 NOON rmarksduke Mickey Mantle Joe Morgan 2 12:30 PM zephyr1949 Joe Dimaggio Ed Delahanty 3 1:00 PM ybjsports Elton Chamberlain Eddie Cicotte 4 1:30 PM footballmm11 Honus Wagner Devin Williams 5 2:00 PM annashalom Tris Speaker George Sisler 6 2:30 PM ledfoot Joe Jackson Hughie Jennings 7 3:00 PM 3dayrotation Billy Hamilton Todd Helton 8 3:30 PM joerat1 Bob Gibson Zack Greinke 9 4:00 PM calhoop Babe Adams Jake Arrieta 10 4:30 PM nocomm999 Jeff Bagwell Chief Bender 11 5:00 PM fatboydad54 Lady Baldwin Pete Browning 12 5:30 PM thejuice6 Stan Musial Willie McGee 13 6:00 PM dorkster Ed Seward Al Simmons 14 6:30 PM fatguyrd Vida Blue Wade Boggs 15 7:00 PM mllama54 Bill Dickey Jacob deGrom 16 7:30 PM Bradsher Dwight Gooden Hank Greenberg 17 8:00 PM pmars2001 Clayton Kershaw Chuck Klein 18 8:30 PM ejstockman Tim Keefe Hong-Chih Kuo 19 9:00 PM Zato George Brett Shane Bieber 20 9:30 PM NebHusker Charlie Gehringer Nomar Garciaparra 21 10:00 PM tensaver716 Frank Owen Matt Olson 22 10:30 PM bheid408 Russ Ford Frankie Frisch 23 11:00 PM ronthegenius Cy Young Carl Yastrzemski 24 11:30 PM schwarze Claude Hendrix Joe Horlen ** ** ** Round 3 Monday 9/25 1 10:00 AM rmarksduke Ferdie Schupp Mike Scott Don Sutton 2 10:30 AM zephyr1949 Mike Piazza Rico Petrocelli Eddie Plank 3 11:00 AM ybjsports Doc White Joe Wood Hack Wilson 4 11:30 AM footballmm11 Reb Russell Ed Reulbach Mariano Rivera 5 NOON annashalom Ron Guidry Eric Gagne Tony Gwynn 6 12:30 PM ledfoot Mike Schmidt Cy Seymour Juan Soto 7 1:00 PM 3dayrotation Willie Mays John McGraw Joe Mauer 8 1:30 PM joerat1 Roger Connor Cupid Childs Ken Caminiti 9 2:00 PM calhoop Arky Vaughan Justin Verlander Cesar Valdez 10 2:30 PM nocomm999 Jack Chesbro Eddie Collins Joe Cronin 11 3:00 PM fatboydad54 Al Rosen Alex Rodriguez JR Richard 12 3:30 PM thejuice6 Luis Tiant John Tudor Fred Toney 13 4:00 PM dorkster Luke Appling Cap Anson Mike Adams 14 4:30 PM fatguyrd Norm Cash Steve Carlton Roy Campanella 15 5:00 PM mllama54 Kevin Brown Corbin Burnes Jesse Burkett 16 5:30 PM Bradsher Roger Clemens Rod Carew Roberto Clemente 17 6:00 PM pmars2001 Harry Heilmann Babe Herman Liam Hendricks 18 6:30 PM ejstockman Frank Baker Dan Brouthers Bill Bernhard 19 7:00 PM Zato Chipper Jones Randy Johnson Kenley Jansen 20 7:30 PM NebHusker Frank Thomas Sam Thompson Blake Treinen 21 8:00 PM tensaver716 Burleigh Grimes Clark Griffith Joey Gallo 22 8:30 PM bheid408 Paul Waner Larry Walker Billy Wagner 23 9:00 PM ronthegenius Snuffy Stirnweiss Frank Smith Elmer Steele 24 9:30 PM schwarze Ken Williams Bernie Williams Billy Williams

Round 4 Tuesday 9/26 1 10:00 AM schwarze Tony Gonsolin Rich Gossage Pedro Guerrero Jason Giambi 2 10:30 AM ronthegenius Jocko Milligan Joe Medwick Ed Morris Nick Maddox 3 11:00 AM bheid408 Blake Snell Max Scherzer Takashi Saito Rafael Soriano 4 11:30 AM tensaver716 Phil Douglas Bobby Doerr Rafael Devers Brandon Drury 5 NOON NebHusker Bruce Sutter Chris Sale Johan Santana Jason Schmidt 6 12:30 PM Zato Dennis Eckersley Darin Erstad Buck Ewing Mark Eichhorn 7 1:00 PM ejstockman George Stone Kevin Saucier Ted Simmons Red Schoendienst 8 1:30 PM pmars2001 Kiki Cuyler Lave Cross Mickey Cochrane Emmanuel Clase 9 2:00 PM Bradsher Jack Pfiester Boog Powell Terry Pendleton Jonathan Papelbon 10 2:30 PM mllama54 DJ Lemahieu Kenny Lofton Cliff Lee Francisco Liriano 11 3:00 PM fatguyrd Tom Seaver Ron Santo Sammy Sosa Duke Snider 12 3:30 PM dorkster Jackie Robinson Frank Robinson Irv Ray BJ Ryan 13 4:00 PM thejuice6 Ernie Banks Trevor Bauer Adrian Beltre Lance Berkman 14 4:30 PM fatboydad54 Charlie Ferguson Rollie Fingers Carlton Fisk Freddie Freeman 15 5:00 PM nocomm999 Joe Kelley Willie Keeler Harry Krause Craig Kimbrel 16 5:30 PM calhoop Lefty O'Doul Mel Ott John Olerud Paul O'Neil 17 6:00 PM joerat1 Carl Hubbell Jim Hearn Brad Hand Rickey Henderson 18 6:30 PM 3dayrotation Aroldis Chapman Rheal Cormier Dean Chance Stan Coveleski 19 7:00 PM ledfoot Jack Clements Norm Charlton Cisco Carlos Howie Camnitz 20 7:30 PM annashalom Fernando Rodney Toad Ramsey Tim Raines Jose Reyes 21 8:00 PM footballmm11 Mike Napoli Joe Nathan Jake Northrop Johnny Niggeling 22 8:30 PM ybjsports Bill Terry Joe Torre Mike Trout Troy Tulowitzki 23 9:00 PM zephyr1949 Craig Biggio Jose Bautista Harry Brecheen Andrew Bailey 24 9:30 PM rmarksduke Dinelson Lamet Jose Leclerc Javy Lopez Fred Lynn Round 5 Wednesday 9/27 1 10:00 AM rmarksduke Arthur Rhodes Cal Ripken Jr Felipe Rivero Pete Rose Jose Ramirez 2 10:30 AM zephyr1949 Luis Gonzalez Chad Green Victor Gonzalez Zac Gallen Lefty Gomez 3 11:00 AM ybjsports Eddie Mathews Willie McCovey Mark McGwire George McQuillan Chris Martin 4 11:30 AM footballmm11 Jesse Hahn Matt Harvey Bryce Harper Ke'Bryan Hayes Trevor Hoffman 5 NOON annashalom Cla Meredith Buddy Myer Kenta Maeda Juan Marichal Dave McNally 6 12:30 PM ledfoot Evan Phillips Troy Percival JJ Putz Barney Pelty Albert Pujols 7 1:00 PM 3dayrotation Heath Bell Dellin Betances Rafael Betancourt Zack Britton Tim Burke 8 1:30 PM joerat1 Marcus Semien Jimmy Sheckard Wally Schang Joe Smith Zane Smith 9 2:00 PM calhoop Benny Kauff Corey Kluber Chuck Knoblauch Brad Keller Steve Karsay 10 2:30 PM nocomm999 Manny Ramirez Scott Rolen Ivan Rodriguez Jeff Reardon Phil Regan 11 3:00 PM fatboydad54 Gary Sheffield Jake Stenzel John Smoltz Kevin Siegrist Drew Smyly 12 3:30 PM thejuice6 Orel Hershiser Bill Henry Carmen Hill Steve Howe Gabby Hartnett 13 4:00 PM dorkster Bill Lange Denny Lyons Brad Lidge Derek Lowe Pete Ladd 14 4:30 PM fatguyrd Shohei Ohtani Orval Overall Jesse Orosco Seung Hwan Oh Magglio Ordonez 15 5:00 PM mllama54 Richie Ashburn Hank Aaron Earl Averill Jose Altuve Elvis Andrus 16 5:30 PM Bradsher Jack Taylor Junichi Tazawa Joe Thatcher Cesar Tovar Gene Tenace 17 6:00 PM pmars2001 Dolf Luque Tim Lincecum Sparky Lyle Barry Larkin Mark Loretta 18 6:30 PM ejstockman Bob Milacki Jake McGee Dale Murray Heinie Manush Gil McDougald 19 7:00 PM Zato Keith Hernandez Felix Hernandez Willie Hernandez Elston Howard Catfish Hunter 20 7:30 PM NebHusker Fred Clarke Fred Carroll Bob Caruthers Roy Cullenbine Miguel Cabrera 21 8:00 PM tensaver716 Jesse Barnes Mookie Betts Yogi Berra Alex Bregman George Bell 22 8:30 PM bheid408 Tommy Tucker Tuck Turner Hal Trosky Jim Thome Frank Tanana 23 9:00 PM ronthegenius Bo Diaz Andre Dawson Joey Devine Doug DeCinces George Dumont 24 9:30 PM schwarze George Davis Spud Davis Wade Davis Carlos Delgado Sean Doolittle ** ** ** ** ** Round 6 Thursday 9/28 1 10:00 AM schwarze Roberto Alomar Dick Allen Nick Anderson Doyle Alexander 2 10:30 AM ronthegenius Dave Bancroft Albert Belle John Butcher Gates Brown 3 11:00 AM bheid408 Charlie Blackmon Johnny Bench Rod Beck Jim Brewer 4 11:30 AM tensaver716 Cal Raleigh Julio Rodriguez Edgar Renteria Jordan Romano 5 NOON NebHusker Johnny Mize Andrew Miller Jack McDowell Jeff Manship 6 12:30 PM Zato Goose Goslin Ken Griffey, Jr Bill George Vean Gregg 7 1:00 PM ejstockman Gus Weyhing Brandon Workman Harry Walker Randy Winn 8 1:30 PM pmars2001 Jim Bottomley Roger Bresnahan Tiny Bonham Garland Braxton 9 2:00 PM Bradsher Pete Runnels Pete Reiser Felix Rodriguez Denys Reyes 10 2:30 PM mllama54 Josh Hader Roberto Hernandez Bryan Harvey Greg Holland 11 3:00 PM fatguyrd Heinie Zimmerman Jeff Zimmerman Gus Zernial Ben Zobrist 12 3:30 PM dorkster Spud Chandler Robinson Cano Jeff Cirillo Max Carey 13 4:00 PM thejuice6 Ed Siever Allen Sothoron Ernie Shore Willie Stargell 14 4:30 PM fatboydad54 Dixie Walker Hoyt Wilhelm John Wetteland Adam Warren 15 5:00 PM nocomm999 Larry Doby Edwin Diaz Dizzy Dean Chris Devenski 16 5:30 PM calhoop Spencer Strider Bret Saberhage Warren Spahn Ichiro Suzuki 17 6:00 PM joerat1 Bobby Murcer Edgar Martinez Aaron Miles Chief Meyers 18 6:30 PM 3dayrotation Baby Doll Jacobson Aaron Judge Derek Jeter Bobby Jenks 19 7:00 PM ledfoot Art Nehf Hal Newhouser Robb Nen Tom Niedendorf 20 7:30 PM annashalom Freddie Lindstrom Paul LoDuca Seth Lugo Hans Lobert 21 8:00 PM footballmm11 Ryne Sandberg Gary Sanchez Reggie Smith Scott Stratton 22 8:30 PM ybjsports Duke Farrell Elmer Flick Nellie Fox Tito Francona 23 9:00 PM zephyr1949 Bill Freehan Lew Fonseca George Foster Jose Fernandez 24 9:30 PM rmarksduke Jim Gentile Paul Goldschmidt Tom Gordon Lefty Grove

Round 7 Friday 9/29 1 10:00 AM rmarksduke Ronald Acuna Jr Jason Adam Nolan Arenado 2 10:30 AM zephyr1949 Nolan Ryan Dave Righetti Edd Roush 3 11:00 AM ybjsports Casey Sadler Marco Scutaro Elmer Smith 4 11:30 AM footballmm11 Bill Joyce Reggie Jackson Grant Jackson 5 NOON annashalom Koji Uehara Chase Utley Jim Umbricht 6 12:30 PM ledfoot Earle Brucker Charlie Buffinton Russell Branyan 7 1:00 PM 3dayrotation Johnny Pesky Tony Phillips Howie Pollet 8 1:30 PM joerat1 Hooks Wiltse Gabe White Willie Wilson 9 2:00 PM calhoop Mike Cuellar Rico Carty Luis Castillo 10 2:30 PM nocomm999 Vlad Guerrero Sr Mike Griffin Heinie Groh 11 3:00 PM fatboydad54 Bill Dahlen Lenny Dykstra Octavio Dotel 12 3:30 PM thejuice6 Ozzie Albies Alex Avila Marlon Anderson 13 4:00 PM dorkster Jim O'Rourke Dave Orr Steve Ontiveros 14 4:30 PM fatguyrd Jimmy Rollins David Robertson Cookie Rojas 15 5:00 PM mllama54 Will Clark Matt Carpenter Tyler Clippard 16 5:30 PM Bradsher Johnny Kling Andrew Kittredge Paul Kilgus 17 6:00 PM pmars2001 CC Sabathia Freddy Sanchez Tim Salmon 18 6:30 PM ejstockman Alex Colome Pop Corkhill Cesar Cedeno 19 7:00 PM Zato Robin Yount Kirby Yates Christian Yelich 20 7:30 PM NebHusker Hanley Ramirez Trevor Rosenthal Sergio Romo 21 8:00 PM tensaver716 Max Muncy Mark Melancon Greg Minton 22 8:30 PM bheid408 Carlos Correa Phil Cavaretta Ray Caldwell 23 9:00 PM ronthegenius Raisel Iglesias Jose Iglesias Jason Isringhausen 24 9:30 PM schwarze Fritz Peterson Jim Poole Jorge Posada ** ** ** ** ** Round 8 Saturday 9/30 1 10:00 AM schwarze Ozzie Smith Bill Sweeney 2 10:30 AM ronthegenius Les Howe Bill Harris 3 11:00 AM bheid408 Darren O'Day David Ortiz 4 11:30 AM tensaver716 Mort Cooper Clay Carroll 5 NOON NebHusker Don Padgett Zack Plesac 6 12:30 PM Zato Alvin Dark Yu Darvish 7 1:00 PM ejstockman Rich Hill Bubbles Hargraves 8 1:30 PM pmars2001 Dan Quisenberry Joe Quinn 9 2:00 PM Bradsher Junior Ortiz Rey Ordonez 10 2:30 PM mllama54 Jason Kendall Harvey Kuenn 11 3:00 PM fatguyrd Moe Drabowsky Bill Donovan 12 3:30 PM dorkster Tad Easterly Jim Edmunds 13 4:00 PM thejuice6 Ripper Collins Neal Cotts 14 4:30 PM fatboydad54 Charles Johnson Eddie Joost 15 5:00 PM nocomm999 Buster Posey Oliver Perez 16 5:30 PM calhoop Roy Thomas - (1899-1911) Cecil Travis 17 6:00 PM joerat1 Tanner Roark Harry Rice 18 6:30 PM 3dayrotation Curt Schilling Steven Strasborg 19 7:00 PM ledfoot Todd Haney Billy Herman 20 7:30 PM annashalom David Fletcher Keith Foulke 21 8:00 PM footballmm11 Ralph Kiner Adam Kolorek 22 8:30 PM ybjsports Hippo Vaughn Elmer Valo 23 9:00 PM zephyr1949 Stan Hack Woodie Held 24 9:30 PM **Round 9 rmarksduke Gavvy Cravath
Round 9 Sunday 10/1 1 10:00 AM **Round 8 rmarksduke Darren Daulton Dave Davenport 2 10:30 AM zephyr1949 Joey Wendle 3 11:00 AM ybjsports Mike Gonzalez 4 11:30 AM footballmm11 Eric Davis 5 NOON annashalom Johnny Bassler 6 12:30 PM ledfoot Possum Whitted 7 1:00 PM 3dayrotation Bip Roberts 8 1:30 PM joerat1 Jeff Keppinger 9 2:00 PM calhoop Jake Peavy 10 2:30 PM nocomm999 Fred Anderson 11 3:00 PM fatboydad54 Freddy Peralta 12 3:30 PM thejuice6 Jose Oquendo 13 4:00 PM dorkster JJ Hardy 14 4:30 PM fatguyrd Tony Lazzeri 15 5:00 PM mllama54 Joaquim Soria 16 5:30 PM Bradsher Bryan Morris 17 6:00 PM pmars2001 Mark Teixeira 18 6:30 PM ejstockman Rafael Furcal 19 7:00 PM Zato JD Martinez 20 7:30 PM NebHusker Clint Hurdle 21 8:00 PM tensaver716 Fernando Tatis, Jr 22 8:30 PM bheid408 Woody English 23 9:00 PM ronthegenius Ted Cox 24 9:30 PM schwarze

List Randomizer

There were 24 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. rmarksduke
2. tensaver716
3. NebHusker
4. zephyr1949
5. schwarze
6. ronthegenius
7. bheid408
8. dorkster
9. fatguyrd
10. Zato
11. ejstockman
12. ybjsports
13. footballmm11
14. thejuice6
15. annashalom
16. pmars2001
17. Bradsher
18. 3dayrotation
19. mllama54
20. fatboydad54
21. ledfoot
22. nocomm999
23. calhoop
24. joerat1

IP: 2600:6c51:7b7f:b16b:f96f:e7f3:3b:98bd
Timestamp: 2023-09-21 17:07:45 UTC

Draft for Draft Order:

Pick numbers - Bold and red is taken 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1. rmarksduke - 24
2. tensaver716 - 4
3. NebHusker - 5
4. zephyr1949 - 23
5. schwarze - 1
6. ronthegenius - 2
7. bheid408 - 3
8. dorkster - 12
9. fatguyrd - 11
10. Zato - 6
11. ejstockman - 7
12. ybjsports - 22
13. footballmm11 - 21
14. thejuice6 - 13
15. annashalom - 20
16. pmars2001 - 8
17. Bradsher - 9
18. 3dayrotation - 18
19. mllama54 - 10
20. fatboydad54 - 14
21. ledfoot - 19
22. nocomm999 - 15
23. calhoop - 16
24. joerat1 - 17

reserved

I'll choose 24th

Sorry I did not understand the rules for the draft. I will pick fourth.

Give me 5.

I will pick 23

I guess I will fall for the trap and pick #1

You know, I always seem to be picking behind schwarze in drafts. Inevitably, to great frustration.

And yet, this time I have no one to blame but myself…

I’ll go with #2