Posted by ronthegenius on 5/1/2026 11:16:00 AM (view original):
I was involved in forming, critiquing and approving the themes……and I still miss things a few times.
For instance, I just finished my 110m roster, congratulated myself on the back, and then, when rereading the rules for the umpteenth time, finally noticed the 20m minimum per combintion rule. So a few minutes of cursing at the theme creators….and back to the drawing board.
I strongly encourage everyone to read the rules a few times before building your team and then a couple of times after.
And, if it helps, here are my picks for things that don’t get noticed at first glance:
70m - Clones are allowed. They are not mandatory, likely not an advantage, but are allowed. So if you take the Tigers and want to use Ty Cobb for your 1906-1910, 1911-1915, 1916-1920, 1921-1925, and 1926-1930 player, go ahead.
80m - Ballparks are limited to ones with +2 homers to both fields. Simple enough, but don’t forget almost all of these type of parks have positive park factors and many are extremely offensive. Now, I know most of these owners are much smarter than me at getting the most out of a limited pitching staff at low caps. I’m just saying be careful - no one can hide their pitching staff in Petco.
100m - This one demands many rereads and some experimentation with different teams and I’ve given some pointers on this previously. But, for here, I will remind everyone to remember the ballpark rule - i.e, you have to play in the home park of your chosen team so if you’re building a great twist team based on the powerhouse 2025 Rockies, don’t forget you’re putting that pitching staff in Coors.
110m - Stupid f#%!#ng 20m minimum per
combination rule….Enough said…..these theme creators are sadists……..Oh and there’s a DH (I forgot this one too)
125m - Again - don’t forget the ballpark rule - everyone will be playing in a fairly neutral stadium whatever that means for building.
140m - DH for the 140 round 1 squad - No DH for your Round 2 80m roster. And, fyi, evidently redcped says I can’t use both Albert Pujols and Jack Pfeister even though the P is silent in the latter. Like I said, sadists!
Thank you for this. I also totally forgot the $20M per franchise in the $110M league, and had also patted myself on the back. However, my current split per franchise, in millions, is 31,23,20,19,17, so I still may be able to salvage it without too much damage. The funny thing is that the franchise with 17 (really 16.5) is my Yankees.
I also had COMPLETELY missed that clones are allowed in the $70M league. Thanks again.