I’ve listed the top seasons from each franchise and split them up between N.L.and A.L. – then divided them into six different leagues. League Six is all of the Expansion Era teams and though some of the teams on the A.L. side played in the N.L. for some time, I split them up this way to even everything out. There will be twelve N.L. teams and twelve A.L. teams in each league. There are seventeen choices of each for the N.L. and A.L. both, in each of the six leagues in this round. The seasons are listed in chronological order and separated into five different groupings. Every team in Round Three will be from a specific franchise and made up of five different seasons from their history – one from each of the groups. For example, you may end up in League One and have a Giants team made up of players from 1897, 1919, 1938, 1965 and 2010. From each of these seasons, you MUST roster two pitchers and three position players.
Based on the final W/L totals of Round 2, a draft order will be set for both sides of each of the six leagues. First, however, I’ll take the top eleven finishers (according to W/L record in Round 2) and let them determine which of the leagues (and whether they want N.L. or A.L.) they want. The owner finishing with the 12th highest W/L total in Round Two will automatically get the first pick in the League that has an open spot remaining. Once the Number One picks are decided for all twelve available, I’ll create a draft order for all of them for the picks 2 through 12. The draft will then run true “snake-style” from there (i.e., 1-12, 12-1, 1-12, 12-1, 1-12, etc.)
Once all 12 owners in a draft make their choices, the draft order will reverse for their second pick. Each owner will need to draft one season from each group of their franchise to build their roster. Also, it doesn’t matter which group you pick from first – as long as you end up with one season from each of the five groups.
As an added bonus: We’re going to allow one “Clone” per team. It can be either a pitcher or a position player. I normally wouldn’t go this route but I can see where a lot of teams may end up with identical-looking seasons to draw players from (I’m looking at you Tampa Bay) so at least one clone should help in that regard.
League Alignment: Alignment for the N.L. and A.L. in each league will be done chronologically by the “earliest” season used for your roster. In other words, on the N.L. side of League One, if four of the Giants owners select 1893, 1894, 1897 and 1898, then those four owners know that they’ll be the N.L. East in the league.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
NO CAP – Build the best roster you can from your five seasons.
Clones: One, as stated above.
Designated Hitter: Yes – in all six leagues
Waiver Wire: No
Injuries – Turned On
Trades: No
A.A.A.: No
You may use either partial or full season stats of any player who had a split season - as long as the stats indicate it was for your franchise.
Stadium – Any stadium that your franchise called home during its history.
Who Moves On?
Once Round THREE is complete, the owners who own the eight playoff teams in each league will earn a spot in Round Four. 8 x 6 = 48 spots. That leaves 48 spots to fill. The final 48 spots will be awarded to the teams who had the most wins across all 6 leagues (who didn't make their league's playoffs). The tie-break (should it come into play) will be (1) Most Home Wins, and (2) Highest Exp.%.
Rounds Four through Six will all be completely different than Round One and Two. I’ve already got them figured out but will post them later.
Here what’s available for each league: