Teams claimed so far and feel free to copy/paste to add to this as you claim one and draft your roster to enter the league (once it's filled, it's filled, so I won't be able to save spots that could delay it from getting started):

1) lb_bunk80: Cincinnati Reds 1971-80
2) lb_bunk80 (2nd team): San Francisco Giants 2001-2010
3) vaugheyj: Baltimore Orioles 1967-76
4) Dufferman: Brooklyn Dodgers 1948-57
5) WillsRoyals: Philly 2009-2018
6) WillsRoyals (2nd team): Baltimore 1964-1973
7) DougDoty: Houston Astros 1979-88
8) Slubby23: Arizona Diamondbacks 2002-11
9) slimsenior: Baltimore Orioles 1962-71
10) DCarden34: Seattle Mariners 1995-2004
11) expo4ever: Montreal Expos 1986-95
12) ML_dad: Boston Red Sox 1998-2007

Once again, I would like to submit 2 teams. I’m looking at going two different extremes. Teams that are almost an entire century apart.

1. Chicago White Sox 1911-1920 (Kind of a Black Sox redemption team)

2. Tampa Bay Rays 2014-23

Angels 2002-2011

Teams claimed so far and feel free to copy/paste to add to this as you claim one and draft your roster to enter the league (once it's filled, it's filled, so I won't be able to save spots that could delay it from getting started):

1) lb_bunk80: Cincinnati Reds 1971-80
2) lb_bunk80 (2nd team): San Francisco Giants 2001-2010
3) vaugheyj: Baltimore Orioles 1967-76
4) Dufferman: Brooklyn Dodgers 1948-57
5) WillsRoyals: Philadelphia Phillies 2009-2018
6) WillsRoyals (2nd team): Pittsburgh Pirates 1963-72
7) DougDoty: Houston Astros 1979-88
8) Slubby23: Arizona Diamondbacks 2002-11
9) slimsenior: Baltimore Orioles 1962-71
10) DCarden34: Seattle Mariners 1995-2004
11) expo4ever: Montreal Expos 1986-95
12) ML_dad: Boston Red Sox 1998-2007
13) oldtimer59: Angels 2002-11
14) battingzero: Chicago White Sox 1911-1920
15) battingzero (2nd team): Tampa Bay Rays 2014-23
16) oldtimer59 (2nd team): Chicago Cubs 1903-12
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Cubs 1903-1912

My second team will be the Pirates. 1963 to 1972

*Note on salaries for manually drafted AAA players: I have "around" listed in the description in the league rules because WIS only allows me to put "average" in their settings when setting up the theme lague for the players who can be manually drafted to AAA rosters and does not have a max salary that can be entered for that. So the players allowed to be drafted manually to the AAA roster are whoever WIS determines to be "average" instead of an actual salary for them, and you could run into a batter who is under the "around" $2.75mill I have listed in the league description for the max salary range for manually drafted AAA players who ends up not being able to get drafted to your AAA roster because they're not one of the players WIS lists as "average".

I know this sounds nonsensical, and I personally disagree with it because we don't have a way to know exactly foe sure what "average" players will be available to draft manually to the AAA roster beforehand until actually literally manually drafting AAA players for the league. I've asked WIS support about it in the past and was given the approximate salary ranges for the manually drafted AAA players, but they're not 100% accurate to determine what is availble for "average" players.

I hope this makes sense. Apologies for any confusion and inconvenience this causes anyone. Again, I disagree with it myself but don't know any way around it because I can only put "average" in the settings, and if I try to manually replace a player who who fits within the salary range given, it will not let me do it unless they are considered "average" by WIS, even if their salary falls within the estimated salary range for AAA players who can be manually drafted.

Posted by lb_bunk80 on 9/16/2025 12:43:00 AM (view original):
*Note on salaries for manually drafted AAA players: I have "around" listed in the description in the league rules because WIS only allows me to put "average" in their settings when setting up the theme lague for the players who can be manually drafted to AAA rosters and does not have a max salary that can be entered for that. So the players allowed to be drafted manually to the AAA roster are whoever WIS determines to be "average" instead of an actual salary for them, and you could run into a batter who is under the "around" $2.75mill I have listed in the league description for the max salary range for manually drafted AAA players who ends up not being able to get drafted to your AAA roster because they're not one of the players WIS lists as "average".

I know this sounds nonsensical, and I personally disagree with it because we don't have a way to know exactly foe sure what "average" players will be available to draft manually to the AAA roster beforehand until actually literally manually drafting AAA players for the league. I've asked WIS support about it in the past and was given the approximate salary ranges for the manually drafted AAA players, but they're not 100% accurate to determine what is availble for "average" players.

I hope this makes sense. Apologies for any confusion and inconvenience this causes anyone. Again, I disagree with it myself but don't know any way around it because I can only put "average" in the settings, and if I try to manually replace a player who who fits within the salary range given, it will not let me do it unless they are considered "average" by WIS, even if their salary falls within the estimated salary range for AAA players who can be manually drafted.

I tried to change my description of this on the 1st post to make it clearer. It's difficult to describe how it just allows me to put "average" for AAA players who can be manually drafted in the settings when setting up the league and doesn't have an exact salary range for it that can be chosen.

Teams claimed so far and feel free to copy/paste to add to this as you claim one and draft your roster to enter the league (once it's filled, it's filled, so I won't be able to save spots that could delay it from getting started):

1) lb_bunk80: Cincinnati Reds 1971-80
2) lb_bunk80 (2nd team): San Francisco Giants 2001-2010
3) vaugheyj: Baltimore Orioles 1967-76
4) Dufferman: Brooklyn Dodgers 1948-57
5) WillsRoyals: Philadelphia Phillies 2009-2018
6) WillsRoyals (2nd team): Pittsburgh Pirates 1963-72
7) DougDoty: Houston Astros 1979-88
8) Slubby23: Arizona Diamondbacks 2002-11
9) slimsenior: Baltimore Orioles 1962-71
10) DCarden34: Seattle Mariners 1995-2004
11) expo4ever: Montreal Expos 1985-94
12) ML_dad: Boston Red Sox 1998-2007
13) oldtimer59: Angels 2002-11
14) battingzero: Chicago White Sox 1911-1920
15) battingzero (2nd team): Tampa Bay Rays 2014-23
16) oldtimer59 (2nd team): Chicago Cubs 1903-12
17) redsox87871: Boston Red Sox 1978-87
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Posted by lb_bunk80 on 9/16/2025 12:43:00 AM (view original):
*Note on salaries for manually drafted AAA players: I have "around" listed in the description in the league rules because WIS only allows me to put "average" in their settings when setting up the theme lague for the players who can be manually drafted to AAA rosters and does not have a max salary that can be entered for that. So the players allowed to be drafted manually to the AAA roster are whoever WIS determines to be "average" instead of an actual salary for them, and you could run into a batter who is under the "around" $2.75mill I have listed in the league description for the max salary range for manually drafted AAA players who ends up not being able to get drafted to your AAA roster because they're not one of the players WIS lists as "average".

I know this sounds nonsensical, and I personally disagree with it because we don't have a way to know exactly foe sure what "average" players will be available to draft manually to the AAA roster beforehand until actually literally manually drafting AAA players for the league. I've asked WIS support about it in the past and was given the approximate salary ranges for the manually drafted AAA players, but they're not 100% accurate to determine what is availble for "average" players.

I hope this makes sense. Apologies for any confusion and inconvenience this causes anyone. Again, I disagree with it myself but don't know any way around it because I can only put "average" in the settings, and if I try to manually replace a player who who fits within the salary range given, it will not let me do it unless they are considered "average" by WIS, even if their salary falls within the estimated salary range for AAA players who can be manually drafted.

Here’s a quirk I encountered. When putting together my Tampa Bay Rays team, I assumed I would be able to draft Randy Arozarena’s rookie season (2020) for a AAA slot. (Salary is $1.98 Million.) Oddly, he didn’t appear in the list of potential draftees, even though there were several other players available with higher salaries. So I adjusted my original plans and drafted him on my major league roster. Do you think this problem had anything to do with 2020 being a short season because of Covid?

Posted by battingzero on 9/16/2025 2:13:00 PM (view original):

Posted by lb_bunk80 on 9/16/2025 12:43:00 AM (view original):
*Note on salaries for manually drafted AAA players: I have "around" listed in the description in the league rules because WIS only allows me to put "average" in their settings when setting up the theme lague for the players who can be manually drafted to AAA rosters and does not have a max salary that can be entered for that. So the players allowed to be drafted manually to the AAA roster are whoever WIS determines to be "average" instead of an actual salary for them, and you could run into a batter who is under the "around" $2.75mill I have listed in the league description for the max salary range for manually drafted AAA players who ends up not being able to get drafted to your AAA roster because they're not one of the players WIS lists as "average".

I know this sounds nonsensical, and I personally disagree with it because we don't have a way to know exactly foe sure what "average" players will be available to draft manually to the AAA roster beforehand until actually literally manually drafting AAA players for the league. I've asked WIS support about it in the past and was given the approximate salary ranges for the manually drafted AAA players, but they're not 100% accurate to determine what is availble for "average" players.

I hope this makes sense. Apologies for any confusion and inconvenience this causes anyone. Again, I disagree with it myself but don't know any way around it because I can only put "average" in the settings, and if I try to manually replace a player who who fits within the salary range given, it will not let me do it unless they are considered "average" by WIS, even if their salary falls within the estimated salary range for AAA players who can be manually drafted.

Here’s a quirk I encountered. When putting together my Tampa Bay Rays team, I assumed I would be able to draft Randy Arozarena’s rookie season (2020) for a AAA slot. (Salary is $1.98 Million.) Oddly, he didn’t appear in the list of potential draftees, even though there were several other players available with higher salaries. So I adjusted my original plans and drafted him on my major league roster. Do you think this problem had anything to do with 2020 being a short season because of Covid?

I wouldn't think so as I'd assume there are other players from 2020 that are available to be drafted manually to AAA rosters, and the 2020 players should've had their stats and salaries adjusted accrodingly for the 2020 season, but I honestly don't know for sure.

It may have to do with this same issue of who WIS has listed as "average" and doesn't have him as average. I can try to submit a WIS Support ticket to see if they can replace and add him for you, but I don't think they'll be able to based on what I've run into in the past where they say the player isn't showing as an "average" player available to put on an AAA roster per league settings. I truly don't understand this and disagree with it and think it should go by salary range instead of who is considered "average", but that is the only way to set it up in the settings currently.

I'm sorry this is occurring where it seems like a player should be available to draft manually to the AAA roster and isn't and could cause issues with changes needing to be made to who is drafted to the MLB roster because of it and not being able to prepare for it ahead of time. I had a couple players who I was planning to draft to my AAA roster and thought would be available to (AJ Pierzinski was 1 on the Giants team as I wanted a left-hitting catcher to platoon against righties, and there were a couple on the Reds team I can't remember).

All I can possibly suggest is to just not completely rely on the AAA roster when drafting and instead use them more for fatigue management to supplement the MLB roster instead of completely replacing someone on the MLB roster for the whole season, but I know this is difficult to do.

Teams claimed so far and feel free to copy/paste to add to this as you claim one and draft your roster to enter the league (once it's filled, it's filled, so I won't be able to save spots that could delay it from getting started):

1) lb_bunk80: Cincinnati Reds 1971-80
2) lb_bunk80 (2nd team): San Francisco Giants 2001-2010
3) vaugheyj: Baltimore Orioles 1967-76
4) Dufferman: Brooklyn Dodgers 1948-57
5) WillsRoyals: Philadelphia Phillies 2009-2018
6) WillsRoyals (2nd team): Pittsburgh Pirates 1963-72
7) DougDoty: Houston Astros 1979-88
8) Slubby23: Arizona Diamondbacks 2002-11
9) slimsenior: Baltimore Orioles 1962-71
10) DCarden34: Seattle Mariners 1995-2004
11) expo4ever: Montreal Expos 1986-95
12) ML_dad: Boston Red Sox 1998-2007
13) oldtimer59: Angels 2002-11
14) battingzero: Chicago White Sox 1911-1920
15) battingzero (2nd team): Tampa Bay Rays 2014-23
16) oldtimer59 (2nd team): Chicago Cubs 1903-12
17) craig479: St Louis Cardinals 1977-86
18) d_rock97: Cincinnati Reds 1956-65
19) d_rock97 (2nd team): LA Dodgers 2014-23
20) redsox87871: Philadelphia Phillies 1915-24
21) poppapomp: Los Angeles Dodgers 1961-70
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2 more spots left to be claimed. Here are my initial thoughts on league and division realignment as close to chronological order as possible (subject to change based on remaining spots claimed), so let me know your thoughts:

NL (mostly older eras 1880's-1980's):

NL West (1900's-1940's):
1) oldtimer59 Cubs 1903-12
2) battingzero White Sox 1911-20
3) redsox87871 Phillies 1915-24
4) Dufferman Dodgers 1948-57

NL Central (1950's-1960's):
1) d_rock97 Reds 1956-65
2) poppapomp Dodgers 1961-70
3) slimsenior Orioles 1962-71
4) WillsRoyals Pirates 1963-72

NL East (1970's-1980's):
1) vaugheyj Orioles 1967-76
2) lb_bunk80 Reds 1971-80
3) craig479 Cardinals 1977-86
4) DougDoty Astros 1979-88

AL (mostly newer eras 1980's-current):

AL East (1980's-1990's)
1) summerfield Reds 1986-95
2) expos4ever Expos 1986-95
3) DCarden34 Mariners 1995-98
4) tbd

AL West (2000's-2010's)
1) ML_dad Red Sox 1998-2007
2) lb_bunk80 (2nd team) Giants 2001-10
3) Slubby23 Diamondbacks 2002-11
4) oldtimer59 (2nd team) Angels 2002-11

AL Central (2010's-current)
1) WillsRoyals (2nd team) Phillies 2009-18
2) d_rock97 (2nd team) Dodgers 2014-23
3) battingzero (2nd team) Rays 2014-23
4) vaugheyj (2nd team): Indians/Guardians 2014-23

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