We have one opening for a very good franchise, the CARDINALS. The draft for our next season begins on October 2nd. There are no keepers list to post in this league, and drafts start and end on time and off-seasons run smoothly.
League details below, then team details next.
Past Present Future is about to start our 17th season. We have one openings for an excellent franchise - the St. Louis Cardinals.
In this league, you get to advance with a real life franchise year to year, while making them much more competitive each season - adding 10 players from various teams and eras. It's much simpler than it sounds and quite a fun mix of consistency and novelty!
16 team league - 4 teams per division. 2 round post-season between the four division leaders.
NO to DH, WW, trading. NO salary cap, NO I/R or keepers lists.
25 players, 5/4 AAA of up to 9 real life players (although you won't likely need them)
Use the stadium your franchise did in real life in our given year.
1) Start with your full 1986 roster - up to 24 players (Present)
2) Add 2 players - 1 hitter, 1 pitcher - from the 2014 version of your franchise. (Future)
3) Add 2 more players - 1 hitter, 1 pitcher - from the 2004 version of your franchise. (Future)
4) Draft 6 players in the league-wide six round draft.
--You draft 2 players - 1 hitter, 1 pitcher - from the distant past, in this year from 1919. (Past)
--You draft 4 players - 2 hitters, 2 pitchers - from the 10 unused franchises in 1986. (Present)
FRANCHISES in the league
AL East: Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland
AL West: Chicago WS, Oakland, Houston, Kansas City
NL East: Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New York Mets, Montreal
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, San Diego, St. Louis
Unused Franchises, whose players are available in the draft:
Angels, Yankees, Brewers, Rangers, Reds, Phillies, Giants, Orioles, Mariners, Twins
Draft order is from worst to first, based on real-life 1986 regular season records.
Every season, we advance by one year. Franchises and old-time players advance by one year. The 4 time traveling players from your franchise move forward one year too. (e.g. next year, you'll have your 1987 franchise, and the 2 players from 2015 and 2 from 2005.) And the 6-round draft will draw from all 1920 players, as well as unused franchise players from 1986)
This league was founded by fatguyrd, who passed away in 2024. We continue in his memory and because it's a great league, an interesting concept with a very short draft every year.