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NO CLONE teams????????

Does this mean that once an Indians(1969) team gets drafted NO other Indians team will be available?..... even if it is from 1927??

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Two questions:
1) If you pick a team with fewer than 25 players in the database, you can get by with AAA in year 1. Assuming the number is low enough that you can't get to 25 in year 2, how do you fill out a roster?
2) For split seasons, can you take the combined season, or just the partial?

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reddtrain , Great question.
1) If you pick a team with fewer than 25 players in the database, you can get by with AAA in year 1. Assuming the number is low enough that you can't get to 25 in year 2, how do you fill out a roster?

This is not the first time I have run a SUB .500 season team draft.
There are VERY FEW teams that do not have ( 25 ) players on the roster,
ESPECIALLY, when you use the Min. Games at ALL - and change 20 to 0 then check - Include secondary Positions
You usually get 4 to 5 more players that were NOT on the original download.
EXAMPLE: Download the 1935 Boston Braves and a player named Babe Ruth is NOT on the roster.
Change 20 to 0 and check Include secondary positions and there he is @ $ 463,920 - Always good for a TWIST or DRAFT

"IF" a team has at least ( 24 ) then we have the 60/20 Way below average AAA to fill the AB's and IP's for Season 1
THEN - "IF" you have ( 24 ) the Season 2 draft will give you ( 25 ) WITHOUT A CUT.
Then it's up to the owner if he wants to carry 1 or 2 $ 200 K scrubs,
Until he drafts players in the following seasons WITHOUT CUTS, Until he reaches ( 25 ) players.
THE OWNERS' DECISION.

NOTE! - I have found only ( 1 ) team EVER to have only ( 22 ) on a roster.
That was the 1919 Detroit Tigers. So, Ty Cobb , Harry Heilmann and Dutch Leonard and the DRAFT PICK for Season 2
had to squeak out wins for 2 more seasons to get from ( 23) to ( 25 ). They did it.
I can't remember who the DRAFT PICK was but, I know Cobb was the 1st twist.

2) For split seasons, can you take the combined season, or just the partial?

Whatever you like.
The player will keep that partial or combined for the remaining seasons
BUT, "IF" you decide to change from a combined to a partial or vice versa in a later season.
You will need to use one of your ( 7 ) available TWISTS OR ( 7 ) available DRAFT PICKS

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NOTE! - I have found only ( 1 ) team EVER to have only ( 22 ) on a roster.
That was the 1919 Detroit Tigers. So, Ty Cobb , Harry Heilmann and Dutch Leonard and the DRAFT PICK for Season 2
had to squeak out wins for 2 more seasons to get from ( 23) to ( 25 ). They did it.
I can't remember who the DRAFT PICK was but, I know Cobb was the 1st twist.

Check out the 1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys. I'm not sure WHY you would subject yourself to this, but they only have 16 distinct players (13 hitters (one duplicate) and 4 pitchers) - and they are eligible to be drafted.

Either way, count me in for two teams. I can't imagine there's many more owners that will enter with worse ratings than I have, so hopefully my first choice team will survive until I can draft.

One other question: Can you twist players that appear on the roster for your team on Baseball-Reference, but don't appear on your roster on WIS?

And another: If someone takes the 1919 Red Sox, that eliminates Ruth from the roster of the 1935 Braves, right? If that happens, and the 1919 Red Sox get eliminated while the 1935 Braves survive, does Ruth become a twist option? Or is he only a draft option at that point?

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I'll enter...thanks for clarifying