$140 Million - Quick Drafts (Post-Deadball, Pre-Steroid Era Edition)

The Setup:
There will be six independent 4-person drafts.The top six finishers from round 1 will be captains who make the initial choices. Starting with the 1st place owner, they will pick one of the original 16 franchises. Same for #2, #3, #4, #5 and #6. These six will each represent a different division. They will draft 4th in each division draft.

The next six owners choose a different original 16 franchise and will be slotted into the division (snake draft style) with one of the top six owners (owners 6 & 7 together, owners 1 & 12 together). They will draft 3rd in each division draft.

The third six (13-18) choose an expansion franchise and which group they join. They will draft 2nd in each division draft.
The final six (19-24) choose their group (in which they’ll have 1st pick) and assign the group in the division alignment.

The Drafts:

The drafts will be 20 rounds:
Rounds 1-16, 1 player (16)
Rounds 17-18, 2 players (4)
Rounds 19-20, 3 players (6)
That’s 26 picks, because you would also draft a ballpark (must be in use from one of your franchises in these years)

The division drafts will be serpentine (1-4, 4-1, 1-4). Players are exclusive within each division. When a player is drafted, he is off the board for that draft (the person drafting does not have to specify which season he is using). You must use a season he played for one of your franchises.

(To be clear, let’s say one division includes the Reds. You can draft any Reds season for Frank Robinson. If another division has the Orioles, someone can draft any FRob Orioles season in that draft. But there’s no crossover.)

Seasons: 1920-1990

DH: Yes

Clones: No

Ballpark: Draft any stadium any of your franchises used in the era

Alignment: as determined above

Combined seasons: You can use partial or combined seasons

300K exceptions: No

Team name: No restrictions

EDIT:
Question:
In the unlikely event that franchises only have a single stadium in the 1920-1990 (ex. Fenway, Wrigley, Astrodome) could you also add WIS park as an available option?

Answer:
Yes: If there are fewer than 4 stadiums available, then WhatifSports Park will be the fourth stadium.

Owner	AL East___	NL West___	AL Central__	NL East___	NL Central__	AL West___
1 _JJP_	Yankees	.	.	.	.	.
2 hebdomad	.	Dodgers	.	.	.	.
3 redcped	.	.	Cardinals	.	.	.
4 discodemo	.	.	.	Giants	.	.
5 jfranco77	.	.	.	.	Red Sox	.
6 ozomatli	.	.	.	.	.	Indians
7 emanes10	.	.	.	.	.	Reds
8 justinlee_24	.	.	.	.	Athletics	.
9 mjkrunner	.	.	.	White Sox	.	.
10 cubbies84	.	.	Browns/Orioles	.	.	.
11 ledfoot	.	Tigers	.	.	.	.
12 Bansberg	Cubs	.	.	.	.	.
13 d_rock97	.	.	.	.	.	Astros
14 mllama54	.	.	.	Mets	.	.
15 schwarze	.	.	Royals	.	.	.
16 Jtpsops	.	Brewers	.	.	.	.
17 duhbigcat	.	.	.	.	Expos	.
18 redsfive	Padres	.	.	.	.	.
19 jbohrman	.	.	.	.	.	AL West
20 DarthDurron	.	.	.	NL East	.	.
21 barracuda3	AL East	.	.	.	.	.
22 buddhagamer	.	.	AL Central	.	.	.
23 MJDSupporter	.	NL West	.	.	.	.
24 newarkwilder	.	.	.	.	NL Central	.

Draft Order
.

Owner

1 _JJP_

2 hebdomad

3 redcped

4 discodemo

5 jfranco77

6 ozomatli

7 emanes10

8 justinlee_24

9 mjkrunner

10 cubbies84

11 ledfoot

12 Bansberg

13 d_rock97

14 mllama54

15 schwarze

16 Jtpsops

17 duhbigcat

18 redsfive

19 jbohrman

20 DarthDurron

21 barracuda3

22 buddhagamer

23 MJDSupporter

24 newarkwilder

I am assuming we can start this draft anytime, right?

I'm anxiously awaiting JJP's pick knowing I'm tied to it

Also, just to get this question out of the way, is there a minimum number of players from each of the three Franchises per division that have to be drafted? Or in theory could your team be heavily skewed towards one of the selected franchises?

ronthegenius, redcped and I discussed this and we decided to keep it simple. No minimum number of players per franchise required.

Posted by Bansberg on 9/10/2025 4:58:00 PM (view original):
I'm anxiously awaiting JJP's pick knowing I'm tied to it

Just so you're not waiting in suspense, I likely won't be picking until early next week.

I sincerely hope we’re not waiting another week just for this to start.

Yankees

To clear up any question in advance:

Even if a player appeared for multiple franchises within a division group, only one version can be drafted.

Dodgers

Cardinals

GIANTS

I was hoping disco might get distracted by a shiny group of hitters or pitchers since there's a very very clear top 3, and then I like the Giants 4th by a lot.

At any rate I'm going to pick the hated Boston Red Sox and hope that they pair well with the other teams we end up with in my division.