The long-running Real Life Progressive league is looking for a new Texas Rangers' owner. If you haven't played a progressive before, don't be intimidated! I can coach you through the process. Our draft is underway, so jump in whenever you are ready. This is a very easy progressive team to pick up. It's well balanced for 1984, and in a division with lots of teams rebuilding (right now in 1983, it's one game back with a 51-85 record!). It had the 6th pick in the draft, and got P Mark Langston (who won 17 games in his rookie year in 1984!), so that's a 3rd ace to go along with Dave Stieb and Joaquin Andujar. P Jeff Robinson was selected in the 2nd. This team should definitely contend for a playoff spot in 1984.
This progressive league is like most, except that any player who started his career in a season is available to be drafted that season in the first round. In other words, in 1984, P Zane Smith, P Tom Browning, OF Kevin Mitchell and other "Prospects" could be drafted -- they started their careers in 1984, but were not WIS eligible. A prospect (we keep a separate draft list to make it easy) joins any players you have on the DL/IR until he is WIS eligible. If you select a prospect in the 1st round (meaning someone who played in 1984, but wasn't WIS eligible), you can pick up your 25th player in the supplemental draft round, which occurs after the normal draft is finished. The rest is pretty standard, with 4 AAA that you select from the 1984 season, and a DH is used in the AL.
Please sitemail if interested, and for further explanation of the rules.
Texas Rangers (17 Keepers - Need 8)
C - Jim Sundberg, Carlton Fisk
1B - Pete O'Brien, Pete Rose
2B - Damaso Garcia
3B - Ken Oberkfell, 3B Greg Pryor
SS - Ron Washington, Brad Wellman
OF - Toney Armas, Jerry Mumphrey, John Lowenstein, Brian Downing
SP - Mark Langston, Dave Steib, Joaquin Andujar, P Jeff Robinson, Kevin Gross, Craig McMurtry
RP - Ron Davis, Vern Ruhle, P Bill Scherrer
Cuts - Chuck Rainey P, Joey McLaughlin P, Andre Robertson SS, Ed Jurak SS, Larry Milbourne 2B
Ret - Gorman Heimueller, Steve Howe, Elias Sosa
Prospect - Greg Gagne 1985
3/4/2017 11:33 PM (edited)