I went through and pulled all of the two-year “dynasties” since 1901 and put them in chronological order. A two-year dynasty as it plays in this theme is this: One of the two seasons involved had to have finished the season with a minimum Winning Percentage of .600. The year directly before or after it must have had a Winning Percentage of at least .590. There ended up being 165 of these “duos” so I split them up as evenly (but fairly) as I could. For example, there’s either 43 or 44 selections to choose from in Leagues 2, 3 and 4 and 35 to choose from in League 1. I did it that way so that all of the deadball teams would have their own league.
When it's your turn to pick, you must choose what duo you want and what division you choose to be in. Once everyone has chosen, you will begin the Free Agent selection:
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FREE AGENT DRAFTING: You now get to add one Pitching Free Agent and one Hitting Free Agent from either of the two years that your duo covers. The key is that any Free Agent can’t come from a team that’s available to be chosen in the draft. For example, you could select the 1901-1902 Pirates. Since the 1901 Athletics and the 1902 Blues aren’t available to be chosen in any duo, you can use 1901 Nap Lajoie (Athletics) and 1902 Bill Bernhard (Blues) as your Free Agents. However, if you choose the 1915-1916 Red Sox, you cannot take 1915 Pete Alexander as a Free Agent since the 1915-1916 Phillies are available to be drafted. 1915 Alexander however is available as a Free Agent in the 1914-1915 time-frame draft since the 1914-1915 Phillies are not an option. Regardless of whether or not a particular duo ends up getting drafted, players from that duo are still not eligible to be chosen as Free Agents in that particular time-frame. This rule applies to each league individually. I know I’ll get asked this so I’ll address it now: If someone chooses one of the 1919-1920 duos in League 1, then yes, 1920 Babe Ruth is available as a Free Agent since the 1920 Yankees aren’t included in any duos “in League 1.” They are in League 2, however, so he wouldn’t be available in League 2 as a Free Agent.
If you are the only person who selects a particular two-season duo, then you simply get to choose which Free Agent Pitcher and Free Agent Hitter you want from those two years – as long as they don’t come from a duo that was available to be chosen during that two-year time-frame. For example, in League 1: If you choose the 1904-1905 Cubs and no one chooses the 1904-1905 Giants, you can go ahead and pick which Free Agent Pitcher and Hitter you want – as long as neither come from the 1904-1905 Giants. Any other team during that two-year stretch is fine.
If more than one owner selects a duo from a particular time-frame, they will have to draft their Free Agents in a separate thread. Once all duos have been selected and you know who and how many others are also in that two-year time-frame, you will move to a separate thread where the Free Agent drafting will take place.
IMPORTANT: There will be no snake-style drafting. The draft for Free Agents for each two-year time-frame will go in reverse order of the teams taken. For example, in League 1: If Owner 1 selects the 1908-1909 Cubs, Owner 2 selects the 1908-1909 Pirates and Owner 3 selects the 1908-1909 Giants, then Owner 3 will select his two Free Agents first, followed by Owner 2 and then Owner 1.
Any Free Agent can only be selected once in each two-year time-frame. Again, for example in League 1: If both of the 1907-1908 teams are selected, only 1 of them can take the 1908 version of Addie Joss. If the other owner wants the 1907 version of Joss, that’s fine. Then, in the 1908-1909 time-frame draft, 1908 Joss is available in that draft as well. Each draft will be separate from the others.
As in previous rounds, we'll have a 24-hour window once the draft boards are posted for anyone who would like to explore a trade of their draft spot/position.
Particulars:
CAP – None – build the best team you can with your two seasons.
Clones: None.
Designated Hitter: YES in League 4
Injuries – Turned On
Waiver Wire: No
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 – You must use a ballpark that was the home ballpark for whatever franchise you’re playing during your two-year period.
8/10/2023 1:37 PM (edited)