O'Neill, Tip

1889 St. Louis Browns

(8 seasons, of)

1935 Bill Swift (9 seasons)

Bill Hutchison, P (8 seasons) - 1897

Posted by schwarze on 9/30/2021 8:32:00 AM (view original):
Bill Hutchison, P (8 seasons) - 1897

Well isn't that clever. I felt good about my nomination for all of one minute.

i have a feeling this is going to be an ugly draft all around...

I am going to change my nominee.

Goodbye Silver King

Hello 1895 Sadie McMahon (10 seasons) - pitcher

keeping mr. oneil but switching my year to 1888

these would be so much more fun without the obsession with the deadweight pitcher...

Posted by slainte on 9/30/2021 11:56:00 AM (view original):
these would be so much more fun without the obsession with the deadweight pitcher...

I actually think it makes it more interesting strategically. You know everyone will have some awful pitching. So what’s the best way to utilize it?

Posted by slainte on 9/30/2021 11:56:00 AM (view original):
these would be so much more fun without the obsession with the deadweight pitcher...

In general, I agree. That's why I mix it up and in many versions, I will limit the years to 1920+ or something similar.

But once in a while, it's a free-for-all. That's when you get those great Earl Whitehill & Brickyard Kennedy stories. Frankly, I didn't want to take Hutchison, but I also didn't want somebody else to take him.

We're all going to get stuck with some really bad pitching. As Jtpsops noted, who can navigate the best around the crap we are stuck with.

Posted by Jtpsops on 9/30/2021 11:58:00 AM (view original):

Posted by slainte on 9/30/2021 11:56:00 AM (view original):
these would be so much more fun without the obsession with the deadweight pitcher...

I actually think it makes it more interesting strategically. You know everyone will have some awful pitching. So what’s the best way to utilize it?

if it happened occasionally to mix it up then i might agree with you.

but this round i anticipate some owners not being able to field a team. I can see being at the 120M mark with picks still to be made and not even considering teammates. what happens then?

Salary cap is $130 million this round. Four of the last nine 16x16 versions excluded deadball years.

Everybody will be able to field a team. Of course, the quality of the 9 teammates may not be as good as folks are accustomed to. Also, not all of these crappy expensive pitchers will be wasted salary. If you use the pitcher, the salary is not wasted.

Posted by slainte on 9/30/2021 12:23:00 PM (view original):
but this round i anticipate some owners not being able to field a team. I can see being at the 120M mark with picks still to be made and not even considering teammates. what happens then?

I thought this last time and ended up not being able to use $10M of my salary