Time for one last theme league in anticipation of 2018 players being released. This is basically a franchise theme but players are only eligible on the team that originally held their rights, think Jeff Bagwell on the Red Sox.

If a player was drafted by a team but did not sign, they are not eligible. JD Drew and the Phillies is the most infamous example. Those batteries had to hurt!

This is your chance to undo all those terrible trades your hometown GM made for no reason, I'm talking to you Bill Bavasi!

Select an exclusive team from the list below, no duplicate teams or franchises allowed, and create your team from all 25 home grown players.

I have created a spreadsheet over years of intensive research to help you with developing your team. By no means is it a complete list so if you find omissions please let me know and I'll be sure to add them.

We are going to use player seasons from 1965-2018, since 1965 was the first year of the amateur draft. If a player was signed before 1965 they are still eligible on your team but you must use a season in the database from 1965-2018. You can twist players to any season in the database between 1965-2018 since some players never got the chance to play for their original team.

Sign up in the forum on first come, first serve basis!

League rules:

• $140 million cap
• Player seasons - 1965-2018
• YES: DH, Injuries, and twisting
• NO: AAA, clones, trades, or waiver wire
• Use a stadium from your franchise that was active between 1965-2018
• Divisions aligned as close to real life as possible.
• 24 team league with standard playoff format.

Committed Owners

1) Got_Worms - Milwaukee Brewers
2) Eace - Los Angeles Dodgers
3) jedijeff - Chicago Cubs
4) Chisock - New York Mets
5) specsman - New York Yankees
6) ybjsports - Boston Red Sox
7) gyrene - San Francisco Giants
8) bhoser - Atlanta Braves
9) calnah - Baltimore Orioles
10) donaldjtrump - Oakland A's
11) calnah - Pittsburgh Pirates
12) specsman - St. Louis Cardinals
13) ChitownBluz - Cleveland Indians
14) hoopsrus - Expansion combo
15) MrSafety61 - Minnesota Twins
16) Boddicker - Cincinnati Reds
17) bhoser - Seattle Mariners
18) donaldjtrump - Washington Nationals/Expos
19) cpdpoet - Philadelphia Phillies
20) dlchow - Kansas City Royals
21) d_rock97 - Houston Astros
22) Got_Worms - Chicago White Sox
23) redwingscup - Detroit Tigers
24) Got_Worms - California Angels

Available teams in bold w/key players:

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS/COLORADO ROCKIES/MIAMI MARLINS/TAMPA BAY RAYS combo - Miguel Montero, Charles Johnson, John Jaso, Todd Helton, Paul Goldschimdt, Adrian Gonzalez, Luis Castillo, Miguel Cabrera, Nolan Arenado, Evan Longoria, Troy Tulowitzki, Trevor Story, Chone Figgins, Charlie Blackmon, Carlos Gonzalez, Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, Josh Hamilton, Carl Crawford, Jeff Baker, Randy Winn, Max Scherzer, Blake Snell, David Price, Jose Fernandez, Josh Beckett, Josh Johnson, Livan Hernandez, Trevor Bauer, Brandon Webb, Brad Hand, Steve Cishek, Wade Davis, Jake McGee, Sergio Santos, Brad Penny, Javier Lopez, Jose Valverde, Will Harris, Scott Oberg, Pedro Strop, Grant Dayton

ATLANTA BRAVES - Joe Torre, Javy Lopez, Freddie Freeman, Hank Aaron, Marcus Giles, Ozzie Albies, Chipper Jones, Vinny Castilla, Elvis Andurs, Rafael Furcal, Jeff Blauser, Dale Murphy, Andruw Jones, Dave Justice, Jason Heyward, Brett Butler, Jermaine Dye, Tom Glavine, Phil Niekro, Kevin Millwood, Kris Medlen, Jason Schmidt, Adam Wainwright, Duane Ward, Steve Bedrosian, Neftali Feliz, Joey Devine, Craig Kimbrel, Hoyt Wilhelm, Zane Smith, Derek Lilliquist, Don McMahon, Tom House

BALTIMORE ORIOLES - Andy Etchebarren, Gregg Zaun, Matt Wieters, Eddie Murray, Boog Powell, Brian Roberts, Davey Johnson, Bobby Grich, Doug Decinces, Manny Machado, Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr, Al Bumbry, Don Baylor, Steve Finley, Nick Markakis, Jeffrey Hammonds, Merv Rettenmund, Jayson Werth, Mike Flanagan, Dennis Martinez, Mike Boddicker, Erik Bedard, Jake Arrieta, Jim Palmer, Mike Mussina, Dean Chance, Sparky Lyle, Arthur Rhodes, Koji Uehara, Eddie Watt, Bob Milacki, Zach Britton, Wes Stock, Jay Powell, Gregg Olson, Armando Benitez, Josh Hader

BOSTON RED SOX - Carlton Fisk, Jeff Bagwell, Cecil Cooper, Anthony Rizzo, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Wade Boggs, Nomar Garciaparra, Rico Petrocelli, Hanley Ramirez, John Valentin, Brady Anderson, Ellis Burks, Jacoby Ellsbury, Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Carl Yazstremski, Mookie Betts, Dwight Evans, Roger Clemens, Jon Lester, Curt Schilling, John Tudor, Rafael Betancourt, Jonathan Papelbon, Cla Meredith, Dick Radatz, Hideki Okajima, Daniel Bard, Alex Wilson, Paul Quantrill

CHICAGO CUBS - Mark Grace, Rafael Palmeiro, DJ LeMahieu, Josh Harrison, Josh Donaldson, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, Lou Brock, Joe Carter, Bill North, Greg Maddux, Jim Brewer, Rich Hill, Lee Smith, Bruce Sutter, Michael Wuertz

CHICAGO WHITE SOX - Johnny Romano, Brian Downing, Norm Cash, Frank Thomas, Jose Abreu, Michael Morse, Ray Durham, Randy Velarde, Robin Ventura, Bill Melton, Luis Aparicio, Alexei Ramirez, Harold Baines, Mike Cameron, Carlos Lee, Magglio Ordonez, Jeremy Reed, Aaron Rowand, Mark Buerhle, Doug Drabek, Gio Gonzalez, Gary Peters, Denny McLain, Roger Nelson, Chris Sale, Jack McDowell, Joe Horlen, Daniel Hudson, Joe Hoerner, Cisco Carlos, Bob Wickman, Goose Gossage, Buddy Groom, Chris Devenski, Pedro Borbon Jr, Joe Borowski, Brendan Donnelly, Bob Locker, Bobby Thigpen

CINCINNATI REDS - Johnny Bench, Dan Wilson, Yasmani Grandal, Joey Votto, Yonder Alonso, Pete Rose, Barry Larkin, Dave Concepcion, Danny Tartabull, Tony Perez, Chris Sabo, Justin Turner, Paul O'Neill, Frank Robinson, Jimmy Wynn, Eric Davis, Adam Dunn, Kal Daniels, Ken Griffey Sr, Mike Cuellar, Johnny Cueto, Mario Soto, Gary Nolan, Jim Maloney, Rob Dibble, Aroldis Chapman, Trevor Hoffman, Rob Murphy, Jay Howell, Jeff Montgomery, Jeff Russell, BJ Ryan, Steve Mingori, Ray King, Chris Hammond, Scott Williamson

CLEVELAND INDIANS - Ron Hassey, Victor Martinez, Duke Sims, Ray Fosse, Mitch Meluskey, Sean Casey, Jim Thome, Richie Sexson, Marco Scutaro, Jason Kipnis, Buddy Bell, Pedro Guerrero, Jose Ramirez, Francisco Lindor, Jhonny Peralta, Brian Giles, Manny Ramirez, Albert Belle, Rocky Colavito, Luke Scott, Bartolo Colon, Chris Archer, Tommy John, Sam McDowell, CC Sabathia, Luis Tiant, Mudcat Grant, Jim Perry, Josh Tomlin, Sonny Siebert, Larry Andersen, Dennis Eckersley, Greg McMichael, Vicente Romo, Jeff Shaw, Tony Sipp, Rafael Perez, Horacio Pina, Jim Kern, Edward Mujica, Steve Hamilton, Jim Kern, Hector Rondon

DETROIT TIGERS - Chris Hoiles, Lance Parrish, Bill Freehan, Tony Clark, Jason Thompson, Daryle Ward, Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell, Travis Fryman, Eugenio Suarez, Howard Johnson, Kirk Gibson, Curtis Granderson, Al Kaline, Cody Ross, Bobby Higginson, Willie Horton, Steve Kemp, Jim Northrup, Jack Morris, Justin Verlander, Drew Smyly, Jim Bunning, Mickey Lolich, Andrew Miller, Mike Henneman, Fernando Rodney, John Smoltz, Corey Knebel, Lerrin Lagrow, Roger Mason, Bruce Rondon, Dave Rozema

HOUSTON ASTROS - Craig Biggio, Lance Berkman, Joe Morgan, Jose Altuve, Bill Doran, Alex Bregman, Ken Caminiti, Ben Zobrist, Melvin Mora, Carlos Correa, Luis Gonzalez, Kenny Lofton, George Springer, Bobby Abreu, JD Martinez, Rusty Staub, Richard Hidalgo, Cesar Cedeno, Roy Oswalt, JR Richard, Johan Santana, Don Wilson, Larry Dierker, Dallas Keuchel, Fernando Abad, Matt Albers, Jeff Heathcock, Todd Jones, Scott Elarton, Brad Lidge, Joe Sambito, Chris Sampson, Dave Smith, Billy Wagner

KANSAS CITY ROYALS - Don Slaught, Mike MacFarlane, Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, Cecil Fielder, Mike Sweeney, Frank White, Terry Shumpert, Mark Ellis, George Brett, Kevin Seitzer, Mike Moustakas, Carlos Beltran, Jeff Conine, Jerrod Dyson, Wil Myers, Johnny Damon, Bo Jackson, Mike Kingery, Willie Wilson, Alex Gordon, Kevin Appier, David Cone, Zack Greinke, Danny Jackson, Dennis Leonard, Bret Saberhagen, Steve Busby, Kiko Calero, Luke Hochevar, Tom Gordon, Greg Holland, Dan Quisenberry, Kiko Calero, Louis Coleman, JP Howell, Kelvin Herrera

LOS ANGELES ANGELS - Mike Napoli, Darin Erstad, Wally Joyner, Howie Kendrick, Mark McLemore, Carney Lansford, Troy Glaus, Jean Segura, Dickie Thon, Garret Anderson, Dante Bichette, Jim Edmonds, Mike Trout, Tim Salmon, Devon White, Gary Pettis, Andy Messersmith, Mike Witt, Frank Tanana, Jered Weaver, Jim Abbott, Chuck Finley, Bryan Harvey, Bobby Jenks, Cam Bedrosian, Roberto Hernandez, Troy Percival, Dennis Rasmussen, Francisco Rodriguez, Darren O'Day, Mike Fetters, Shigetosi Hasegawa, Dave Laroche, Alex Torres

LOS ANGELES DODGERS - Mike Piazza, Russell Martin, Paul Lo Duca, Steve Garvey, Eric Karros, Paul Konerko, Cody Bellinger, Dee Gordon, Steve Sax, Eric Young, Adrian Beltre, Corey Seager, Maury Wills, Roberto Clemente, Frank Howard, Matt Kemp, Yasiel Puig, Shane Victorino, Doyle Alexander, Don Sutton, Pedro Martinez, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Hideo Nomo, Fernando Valenzuela, Orel Hershiser, Clayton Kershaw, Rick Sutcliffe, John Franco, Eric Gagne, Steve Howe, Kenley Jansen, Takashi Saito, Joakim Soria, John Wetteland, Hong-Chih Kuo

MILWAUKEE BREWERS - Jonathan Lucroy, Darrell Porter, Prince Fielder, Paul Molitor, Scooter Gennett, Robin Yount, Mark Loretta, Jeff Cirillo, Randy Ready, Bill Spiers, Michael Brantley, Khris Davis, Ryan Braun, Darryl Hamilton, Mitch Haniger, Mike Kinkade, Sixto Lezcano, Greg Vaughn, Gary Sheffield, Teddy Higuera, Ben Sheets, Mike Fiers, Mike Adams, Mike Birkbeck, Craig Breslow, Cal Eldred, Doug Henry, Jeremy Jeffress, Doug Jones, Dan Plesac, Joe Thatcher, Caleb Thielbar

MINNESOTA TWINS - Joe Mauer, Kent Hrbek, Justin Morneau, Rod Carew, Brian Dozier, Chuck Knoblauch, Gary Gaetti, Harmon Killebrew, Graig Nettles, Jay Bell, Kirby Puckett, Lyman Bostock, Torii Hunter, Reggie Smith, Denard Span, Matt Lawton, Tony Oliva, Jacque Jones, Michael Cuddyer, Jim Eisenreich, Bert Blyleven, Jim Kaat, Frank Viola, Denny Neagle, Camilo Pascual, Dave Goltz, Ted Abernathy, Grant Balfour, Jesse Crain, Eddie Guardado, Latroy Hawkins, Pat Neshek, Jesse Orosco, Glen Perkins, Juan Rincon

NEW YORK METS - Todd Hundley, Mike Jorgensen, Gregg Jefferies, Edgardo Alfonzo, Daniel Murphy, Jose Oquendo, David Wright, Dave Magadan, Fernando Vina, Jose Reyes, Lenny Dykstra, Kevin Mitchell, Darryl Strawberry, Nelson Cruz, Ken Singleton, Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott, Matt Harvey, Jacob DeGrom, Jerry Koosman, Rick Aguilera, Heath Bell, Octavio Dotel, Jason Isringhausen, Tug McGraw, Randy Myers, Jeff Reardon, Calvin Schiraldi, Joe Smith

NEW YORK YANKEES - Thurman Munson, Jorge Posada, Gary Sanchez, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Robinson Cano, Mike Lowell, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Aaron Judge, Willie McGee, Shane Spencer, Alfonso Soriano, Bobby Murcer, Roy White, Jose Rijo, Ron Guidry, Luis Severino, Andy Pettitte, Fritz Peterson, John Axford, Dellin Betances, Joba Chamberlain, Jim Corsi, Tyler Clippard, Mark Melancon, Eric Plunk, Mariano Rivera, Dave Robertson, Russ Springer, Adam Warren

OAKLAND A's - Gene Tenace, Mickey Tettleton, Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Sal Bando, Tony Batista, Eric Chavez, Darrell Evans, Bert Campaneris, Miguel Tejada, Walt Weiss, Jose Canseco, Reggie Jackson, Rickey Henderson, Rick Monday, Dwayne Murphy, Yoenis Cespedes, Joe Rudi, Vida Blue, Tim Hudson, Rich Harden, Catfish Hunter, Mike Norris, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Andrew Bailey, Rod Beck, Todd Burns, Neal Cotts, Rollie Fingers, Sean Doolittle, Steve Ontiveros, Blake Treinen, Joel Peralta, Huston Street

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES - Darren Daulton, Bob Boone, Mike Lieberthal, Ryan Howard, Dick Allen, Ryne Sandberg, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Julio Franco, Kevin Stocker, Mike Schmidt, Scott Rolen, Toby Harrah, George Bell, Rhys Hoskins, Greg Luzinski, Lonnie Smith, Michael Bourn, Cole Hamels, JA Happ, Fergie Jenkins, Ryan Madson, Aaron Nola, Chris Short, Mark Davis, Todd Frohwirth, Ken Giles, Willie Hernandez, Grant Jackson, Mike Jackson, Kevin Saucier, Mike Williams, Brad Ziegler

PITTSBURGH PIRATES - Jason Kendall, Tony Pena, Manny Sanguillen, Al Oliver, Kevin Young, Willie Randolph, Bip Roberts, Jose Bautista, Bobby Bonilla, Aramis Ramirez, Dick Groat, Jeff Keppinger, Tony Womack, Moises Alou, Barry Bonds, Jay Buhner, Willie Stargell, Dave Parker, Andrew McCutchen, John Candelaria, Gerrit Cole, Vern Law, Pascual Perez, Bob Veale, Tim Wakefield, Ed Whitson, Chris Young, Dick Bosman, Tim Burke, Steve Farr, Dick Hall, Al Holland, Rick Honeycutt, Kent Tekulve, Randy Tomlin, Tony Watson

SAN DIEGO PADRES - Sandy Alomar Jr, George Kottaras, Benito Santiago, John Kruk, Derrek Lee, Roberto Alomar, Carlos Baerga, David Freese, Chase Headley, Ozzie Smith, Trea Turner, Tony Gwynn, Dave Winfield, Shane Mack, Mike Caldwell, Jake Peavy, Randy Jones, Corey Kluber, Mat Latos, Jeremy Fikac, Akinori Otsuka, David Pauley, Nick Vincent, Tim Stauffer, Josh Spence

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS - Buster Posey, Will Clark, Jack Clark, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Joe Panik, Robby Thompson, Charlie Hayes, Pablo Sandoval, Matt Williams, Brandon Crawford, Royce Clayton, Bobby Bonds, Chili Davis, George Foster, Dave Kingman, Willie Mays, Bobby Bolin, Madison Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum, Francisco Lirano, Gaylord Perry, Juan Marichal, Jeff Brantley, Keith Foulke, Joe Nathan, Steve Reed, Sergio Romo, Elias Sosa, Brian Wilson

SEATTLE MARINERS - Jason Varitek, Tino Martinez, Bret Boone, Edgar Martinez, Kyle Seager, Alex Rodriguez, Omar Vizquel, David Ortiz, Ken Griffey Jr, Adam Jones, Ichiro Suzuki, Shin-Soo Choo, Derek Lowe, Felix Hernandez, Doug Fister, Mark Langston, James Paxton, Mike Moore, Michael Pineda, Karl Best, Carter Capps, Edwin Diaz, Matt Mantei, Joel Piniero, JJ Putz, Kazahiro Sasaki, George Sherrill, Matt Thornton, Eric O'Flaherty, Rafael Soriano

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS - Ted Simmons, Tim McCarver, Yadier Molina, Keith Hernandez, Albert Pujols, Tommy Herr, Ken Boyer, Terry Pendleton, Vince Coleman, JD Drew, Jim Hickman, Lance Johnson, Ray Lankford, Tommy Pham, Andy Van Slyke, Steve Carlton, John Denny, Bob Gibson, Dan Haren, Ray Washburn, Rheal Cormier, Jeff Fassero, Luke Gregerson, Lindy McDaniel, Adam Ottavino, Andy Rincon, Trevor Rosenthal, Seung-Hwan Oh, Ray Searage, Todd Worrell

TEXAS RANGERS - Ivan Rodriguez, Mike Stanley, Chris Davis, Travis Hafner, Mark Teixeira, Ian Kinsler, Bill Madlock, Edwin Encarnacion, Juan Gonzalez, Ruben Sierra, Rusty Greer, Sammy Sosa, Rich Aurillia, Kevin Brown, RA Dickey, Kyle Hendricks, Ryan Dempster, Darren Oliver, Dave Righetti, Yu Darvish, Danny Darwin, Joaquin Benoit, John Butcher, Rick Helling, Tom Henke, Robb Nen, Paul Kilgus, Gene Nelson, Neil Ramirez, Robbie Ross, Jeff Zimmerman

TORONTO BLUE JAYS - Carlos Delgado, John Olerud, Jeff Kent, Michael Young, Tony Fernandez, Shawn Green, Jesse Barfield, Shannon Stewart, Vernon Wells, Lloyd Moseby, Glenallen Hill, Mark Whiten, Roy Halladay, Jimmy Key, Chris Carpenter, Dave Stieb, David Wells, Woody Williams, Noah Syndergaard, Brett Cecil, Mark Eichhorn, Mark Hendrickson, Xavier Hernandez, Steve Karsay, Brandon League, Grame Lloyd, Aaron Loup, Jose Mesa, Roberto Osuna, Aaron Sanchez, Ryan Tepera, Mike Timlin

WASHINGTON NATIONALS/EXPOS - Gary Carter, Andres Galarraga, Tony Phillips, Tim Wallach, Anthony Rendon, Ryan Zimmerman, Orlando Cabrera, Ian Desmond, Jason Bay, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Vladimir Guerrero, Bryce Harper, Larry Walker, Grady Sizemore, Randy Johnson, Cliff Lee, Javier Vazquez, Jordan Zimmerman, Stephen Strasburg, Chad Cordero, Drew Storen, Ugeth Urbina, Gabe White, Norm Charlton

I'm in. Can I get the Dodgers?

Cubs please

I'm in with the Mets

Yankees, please

Posted by specsman on 10/1/2018 11:49:00 AM (view original):
Yankees, please

Welcome! The Yankees get a huge boost from Willie McGee!

Are you going to make Mattingly shave his sideburns?

Posted by Chisock on 10/1/2018 10:28:00 AM (view original):
I'm in with the Mets

The Mets have one of the best rotations in this theme. Curious to see how much 2018 Jacob DeGrom will cost!

BoSox for me

Just so everybody gets a taste of how this league has performed in the past, these are the World Series results from all the previous versions of this theme:

Season #1 - Oakland A's over Cincinnati Reds (revenge for 1990!)
Season #2 - Washington Nationals/Expos over Cleveland Indians
Season #3 - New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (seen this before!)
Season #4 - Cleveland Indians over New York Mets

I’m in and since the Red Sox are already taken, I’ll go with the SF Giants. BTW I’m watching the Cubs/Rockies game right now and it’s a good one!

Posted by ML_dad on 10/3/2018 12:01:00 AM (view original):
I’m in and since the Red Sox are already taken, I’ll go with the SF Giants. BTW I’m watching the Cubs/Rockies game right now and it’s a good one!

Welcome and thank you for joining this league! Remember the Giants don't get to use Barry Bonds in this theme.

I stayed up and watched the game until the final out since I'm a huge Rockies fan.

Unfortunately I am old enough to remember Bonds coming up with the Pirates.

Posted by ML_dad on 10/3/2018 2:57:00 PM (view original):
Unfortunately I am old enough to remember Bonds coming up with the Pirates.

And I'm old enough to remember watching Bonds and Jim Leyland get into a heated discussion at Spring Training!