This is an interesting progressive with lots of superstars and three very teams are available after a couple of long time owners just left the league. The rules are below. We are currently in the 2006 season and you can claim Texas for 2007. Both have some very good parts to build from and all have really good potential now and into the future. I will provide a FREE team for one season (via gift certificate) as long as you commit to playing a minimum of five seasons.

CLAIMED New York (You name the team) is built to win now with the best pitching in the league. They have upcoming rights to Daniel Murphy, Mike Pelfrey, and Joe Smith to go with a core of 74 Seaver, 21 Degrom, 79 Matlack, 90 Ryan, 2005 Bartolo Colon, David Wright, Jose Reyes, Melvin Mora, Jayson Werth, Jim Thome, and Mike Lowell among others. Full roster below with suggested cuts. The pick 11th in 2007

Texas (You name the team) has one of the best offenses in the league and some great starting pitching. They have upcoming rights to Neftali Feliz, Derek Holland and Chris Davis to go with a core of 71 Gaylord Perry, 73 Fergie Jenkins, 79 Burt Hooton, Greg Maddux, Troy Tulowitzki, Michael Young, Mark Teixera, Adrian Gonzalez, Nelson Cruz, Jermaine Dye, IRod, Kinsler, and the list goes on with this offense. They have the 2nd pick in 07.

CLAIMED Minnesota (Minnesota Pipers) has some great parts and potential. Their upcoming classes include Denard Span, Nick Blackburn and Garrett Jones to go with a core of 71 Tony Oliva, 85 Jack Clark, 77 Bert Blyleven, Hanley Ramirez, Justin Morneau, 2012 Joe Mauer, Torii Hunter, David Ortiz, Johan Santana and Freddy Garcia. They pick 14th in 2007.

This is a very interesting league with lots of options and trading potential.

The general concept is the league started with the 1985 season as a franchise league with a twist. Each franchise could twist two players from 1985 plus two players from their 1970 franchise teams and two players from their 2000 franchise team. For example, the Yankees twisted Clemens, Phil Niekro, Derek Jeter, etc. All of the twists progress one year at a time with the rest of the players.

A highlight of the rules is below. The key rules that makes this league unique are the rules related to future/past/twist players. Send me a sitemail if you have any questions. The next twist is not until the 2010 season, so there is still some time until the next key decisions are made.

RULES

• Rights to rookies: The rights to rookie players belong to the team which he first has WIS eligibility. For example, Charlie Hayes is a rookie in WIS in 1989 and shows up under both Philadelphia and San Francisco. However, his first WIS eligibility season was with Philadelphia as his SF season was a combined season (he only had 5 at bats with SF then was was traded to Philadelphia).
• Future/Past/Twist players: These player progress one year at a time. Your players from the future will disappear when you reach their rookie season (If they come up with your team only). Example-say I'm the Braves, and I bring back Chipper, if he is still playing, when you run into his rookie year in 1995, you must re start him as a rookie and lose the other Chipper. But if you're NYY and bring back Clemens, it won't matter when he comes up as a rookie with Boston, because he won't bump into himself. In the Chipper example given above, the Braves could trade Chipper in 1994 to get some value prior to bumping into himself.
• Future/Past players in the 2010 and 2020 season: Before the 2010 season, you will go back to your team's 1965 season and grab 2 more guys, bring them back and go back to the 1990 season and grab 2 guys from there as well, and bring them all back to 2010. You can again start any of them at any point in time in their career and advance one year at a time. Before the 2020 season, you will be able to bring back two players from your team's rosters in 1980 and 1995. These players have the same limitation as before, so choose carefully.
• Clones: Clones are permitted in the league, but not on the same team. This is implied as noted above. As a point of clarification, you cannot trade to make clones or create a clone as a result of a trade. An example here is if the Yankees picked Arod in the 94 draft. They could not then twist him from their 2015 team and have a clone on the same team.

The Basics

No WW
DH For all teams
4 AAA players will be drafted and may be used and may also be keepers in future seasons. WIS generated AAA are not permitted to be used.
Full or partial player seasons may be used.

The franchises we draft rookies from are:
Milwaukee
KC
Toronto
Seattle
Washington
San Diego
Colorado
Florida
Arizona
Tampa

Texas Franchise (you decide who to cut and who to keep)
23 keepers listed (but you can adjust as you see fit)
Salary- $85.6 million, the offense is excellent

C Ivan Rodriguez
1b Carlos Delgado
1b Mark Teixeira
1b Adrian Gonzalez
2b Ian Kinsler
2b Luis Castillo
SS Michael Young
SS Troy Tulowitzki
OF Jermaine Dye
OF Moises Alou
OF David Murphy
OF Nelson Cruz

P Gaylord Perry (1971)
P Fergie Jenkins (1973)
P Burt Hooton (1979)
P Greg Maddux
P Livan Hernandez
P Nate Robertson
P Francisco Cordero
P LaTroy Hawkins
P CJ Wilson
P Edinson Volquez
P Darren Oliver

IR- RA Dickey
Cuts- Prince Fielder (2013), Travis Hafner, Scott Eyre, Hank Blalock, Toby Hall, Marcus Thames, Kevin Millar
Retired-

Minnesota Franchise (you decide who to cut and who to keep)
23 keepers listed (but you can adjust as you see fit)
Salary- $82.5mm


C Joe Mauer (2012)
C Gerald Laird
1b Jack Clark (1985)
1b Justin Morneau
SS Christian Guzman
SS Hanley Ramirez
OF Tony Oliva (1971)
OF Jacques Jones
OF Torii Hunter
Util David Ortiz
Util Jose Vidro
OF Jason Kubel
OF Garrett Jones

P Johan Santana
P Matt Garza
P Bert Blyleven (1978)
P Scott Baker
P Akinori Otsuka
P Scott Olsen
P Paul Byrd
P Glen Perkins
P Kevin Slowey
P Brian Fuentes
P Pat Neshek

IR- Francisco Liriano
Cuts- Boof Bonser, Juan Rincon, Luis Vizcaino, Rich Aurilia, Freddy Garcia

Twists available for each franchise in 2010 season (you start the player at any season during their career). You get two from each season.

Texas- 1965- Frank Howard, Pete Richert, Mike McCormick 1990- Rafael Palmeiro, Julio Franco, Nolan Ryan, Kevin Brown

Cinci- 1965- Pete Rose, Frank Robinson 1990- Jose Rijo, Danny Jackson, Barry Larkin, Ken Griffey, Sr., Paul O'Neill, Eric Davis

Submitting keepers. Draft slots are set- Texas picks 2nd, New York picks 11, Minnesota picks 15. Pick your poison- great pitching (New York), awesome offense (Texas) or Minnesota with solid all around.

I have a couple of long-term owners that have stepped up to babysit these teams, but would love to get some new owners. Let me know ASAP if interested.

Getting ready to draft. Minnesota and NY both won their divisions this season while being run by a long-time owner and me, so they are ready to win now.

I will take NY Mets if still available

SM sent

I'll take Minnesota if I can have a few days to prepare as you well know I started a draft on the clock tomorrow but I also have some real life stuff to attend to but could be ready in a a couple days or so.

kujhawker has NY and rooskie gets Minnesota. Thanks for joining. Down to just one

Posted by rooskie on 7/23/2023 8:13:00 PM (view original):
I'll take Minnesota if I can have a few days to prepare as you well know I started a draft on the clock tomorrow but I also have some real life stuff to attend to but could be ready in a a couple days or so.

No problem and understood. For a great owner like you, it's easy to wait. I'll give you access and you can take a look around and make any adjustments you want to make.

I'm not that great, but I do show up and play.