The Ultimate Progressive is entering the 1987 season and there is an opening for a new owner. This is a single season progressive that gives you the opportunity to: keep the rookies exclusive to your team, use up to 35 roster spots as you see fit, manage your way through free agency, all while dealing with a salary cap and a luxury tax.

The team that is available is the Boston franchise. It is currently a first place team.

Here is the roster:

Rich Gedman	1986	Boston Red Sox	C
Mark Salas	1986	Minnesota Twins	C
Bill Buckner	1986	Boston Red Sox	1B
Marty Barrett	1986	Boston Red Sox	2B
Wade Boggs	1986	Boston Red Sox	3B
Spike Owen	1986	Boston Red Sox	SS
Rey Quinones	1986	Seattle Mariners	SS
Mike Easler	1986	New York Yankees	DH
Tony Armas	1986	Boston Red Sox	OF
Dwight Evans	1986	Boston Red Sox	OF
Billy Hatcher	1986	Houston Astros	OF
Danny Heep	1986	New York Mets	OF
Jim Rice	1986	Boston Red Sox	OF
Albert Hall	1986	Atlanta Braves	OF
Steve Lyons	1986	Boston Red Sox	OF
Mike Boddicker	1986	Baltimore Orioles	SP
Oil Can Boyd	1986	Boston Red Sox	SP
Roger Clemens	1986	Boston Red Sox	SP
La Marr Hoyt	1986	San Diego Padres	SP
Bruce Hurst	1986	Boston Red Sox	SP
Bob Ojeda	1986	New York Mets	SP
Ernie Camacho	1986	Cleveland Indians	RP
Mark Clear	1986	Milwaukee Brewers	RP
Steve Crawford	1986	Boston Red Sox	RP
Mike Trujillo	1986	Boston Red Sox	RP
Frank Williams	1986	San Francisco Giants	RP
John Habyan	1986	Baltimore Orioles	SP
Bob Stanley	1986	Boston Red Sox	RP

Notable rookies for 1987 that could be added to the team:

OF Ellis Burks and OF Mike Greenwell

The team has traded it's 2nd round pick in the upcoming draft.

Here are the league rules:

The Ultimate Progressive will be a 20 team, single season league that begins play in 1985. This league will mirror as much of the real-world MLB experience as possible within the constraints of WIS. The league will have free agency, a salary cap and luxury tax and each franchise will have first rights to their own rookies.

You select your franchise - first come, first served. The entire roster of that franchise is at your disposal with the exception of split season players. The initial draft will consist of two parts. An organized 10 round draft going worst to first based on 1984 Win / Loss records.

After that there will be time segments where you can draft first come, first served. Example - Round 11 starts at 12pm on 7/4/23, Round 12 starts at 5pm on 7/4/23, etc.

League features:

Free agency:

There will be a list maintained in the league forum for free agents. This list will be based upon real life free agents in MLB. The list will be taken from the Baseball-Reference web page. Free agency will begin in season two. You will have the opportunity to sign your own free agents prior to the draft. You may use up to 3 draft picks to sign your agents. Your franchise must own a 1st round pick to use for your first free agent signing. Your franchise must own a 2nd round pick to sign another of your own free agents. Finally, your franchise must own a 3rd round pick to sign your another of your own free agents.


Salary Cap:

$110,000,000 cap for your organization. You may exceed that cap by as much as you want but you will be subject to the luxury tax and you will pay the tax with draft picks.

Luxury Tax:

$1 to $5,000,000 over the cap - you lose your 3rd round pick in the following draft
$5,000,001 to $10,000,000 over the cap - you lose your 2nd round pick in the following draft
$10,000,001 or more over the cap - you lose your 1st round pick in the following draft

The tax is a cumulative tax. So, if you are more than $10,000,001 over the cap you will lose your 1st, 2nd and 3rd round picks in the following draft.

The luxury tax will be measured against your opening day roster each season - 25 man plus AAA count towards the salary cap.

Right of first refusal for Rookies:

Each franchise will have the right of first refusal for their own rookies. You simply list them as part of your keepers for the upcoming season and they are yours. The webpage Baseball Reference will be used to determine the franchise of record for any split season rookies.

General rules and notes:

Draft order - worst to first with the exception of division winners. Division winners will draft in the last 4 positions - worst to first.
* Tiebreakers - Head to Head, Division Record, Home Wins
Stadium - must match your franchise
AAA - 6 & 4 - AAA players cannot be called up until after 30 league games have been played.
I/R - Yes, unlimited
DH - both leagues
Trades - up to 3 seasons in advance for players or picks
Vetos - 12 votes needed
Rule changes - may be proposed by anyone. 15 votes needed to adopt a rule change.
* Commissioner reserves right to close any unintended loopholes without a league vote

I'll take the team if allowed:)

Posted by gds46016 on 11/5/2023 9:13:00 AM (view original):
I'll take the team if allowed:)

Welcome aboard! I will get you set up in the league forum later today.