I'll sign up. LH OF Fats Jenkins

kentol: Welcome! Here are 12 pages just for you and Andy Cooper:

1. Milwaukee Brewers @ San Diego Padres 5/31/2015
2. 1909 Chicago White Sox Statistics
3. P Tim Corcoran 2005-07
4. Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators 5/7/1914

5. Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets, 8/1/1973, second game of doubleheader
6. Boston Braves @ Cincinnati Reds, 6/7/1942, second game of doubleheader
7. Atlanta Braves @ San Francisco Giants, 4/17/1987
8. Cincinnati Redlegs @ New York Giants, 8/30/1955, first game of doubleheader

9. Miami Marlins @ Colorado Rockies, 7/24/2013
10. St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants, 7/27/1999
11. Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Colt .45s, 7/4/1962, first game of doubleheader
12. 1917 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics [includes pitchers]

That's NINE box scores ... lots of homework, but probably lots of non-sim players if you want them. And Ty Cobb ...

sjh0825: Welcome! Let's see where Fats can draw his teammates:

1. New York Yankees @ Minnesota Twins, 4/19/1988
2. OF Carlos Lezcano 1980-81
3. P Skipper Friday 1923 Senators
4. Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles, 9/15/1990

5. *P Lefty Schegg 1912 Senators [non-sim player, so you will need an AAA replacement for him]
6. Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins, 5/7/2009
7. Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals, 4/13/1992
8. 1930 St. Louis Browns Roster

9. P Marc Rzepczynski 2009-17
10. 1964 Batlimore Orioles Team Batting Gamelog [this page lists only team totals and the opponent's starting pitchers, so you should take two pitchers who started against the Orioles in their 1964 season only]
11. Philadelphia Phillies @ San Francisco Giants 9/6/1987
12. C Billy Shantz 1954-60

Skipper Friday threw an 11-inning complete game against the White Sox in his MLB debut ... gave up only 4 hits but walked 14 !!!

I will take a team.

newarkwilder: Great to have you back! Here are twelve pages for your squad:

1. Anaheim Angels @ Seattle Mariners, 4/24/2002
2. P Odrisamer Despaigne 2014-17
3. Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics, 9/12/2008
4. P Moose Haas 1976-87

5. Washington Senators @ Philadelphia Athletics, 9/28/1916 [A's starter Jack Nabors gave up two runs over 8 innings ... and fell to 1-20 on the season!]
6. New York Mets @ San Diego Padres, 4/25/1972
7. INF Larry Brown 1963-74
8. Brooklyn Tip-Tops @ Chicago Chi-Feds, 6/10/1914

9. O-1-3 Tim Costo 1992-93
10. Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves, 6/18/1979
11. Seattle Mariners @ Cleveland Indians, 4/14/1998
12. 2007 Detroit Tigers Pitching Statistics

Too bad your Federal League box score wasn't Newark! Let us know when you decide on your Negro League star ... hopefully from the Newark Eagles!

I'm back in - Negro Leaguer TBD

Jumping in per the invite/waitlist - I'm pretty stoked about this!

25th player will be RHP Wilbur "Bullet Joe" Rogan

burningcouch: Welcome back! Twelve pages for you:

1. San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 9/6/1962
2. 1935 Philadelphia Athletics Lineups and Defense [includes starting pitchers]
3. San Francisco Giants @ New York Mets, 5/30/1969 [the Mets were still below .500]
4. Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds, 8/7/1936, first game of doubleheader

5. ** Wilmington Quicksteps Yearly Starters [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WIL/pos.shtml] - lists the 8 players who started the most games for the Quicksteps in their only season, in the 1884 Union Association - so you will take two AAA replacements for any two positions you want, but no pitchers]
6. 1B-3B Tony Perez 1964-86
7. New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox, 9/24/1946
8. Tampa Bay Rays @ Minnesota Twins, 7/6/2011

9. Atlanta Braves @ Los Angeles Dodgers, 4/11/1977
10. Kansas City Royals @ Seattle Mariners, 5/11/2014
11. P Ed Correa 1985-87
12. Cleveland Indians @ St. Louis Browns, 8/1/1930

The Union Association must have been a pretty odd league ... the Quicksteps' first game was in August, and they were already 26 games out of first place when they started ... and then they went 2-16 and packed it in!

frazzman80: Welcome aboard! I had a great time in your league so hopefully you enjoy mine! Here are your twelve pages to go with a Bullet:

1. 2017 New York Mets Roster (40-man) - shows the Mets' current roster - I guess you can take any two guys on it, even if they aren't in the majors yet, since you'll have to use AAA replacements for both anyway
2. New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox, 5/11/1996
3. Los Angeles Dodgers @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 5/18/2016
4. Tampa Bay Rays @ Miami Marlins, 5/23/2016

5. San Francisco Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates, 8/18/1981
6. Milwaukee Brewers @ Texas Rangers, 7/8/1992
7. San Francisco Giants @ San Diego Padres, 9/21/1991
8. Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Indians, 9/1/1984

9. 1997 San Diego Padres Fielding Statistics
10. * P Lefty Hayden 1958 Reds [non-sim player, you'll need an AAA replacement here]
11. * P David Holdridge 1998 Mariners [another non-sim player]
12. Baltimore Orioles @ Seattle Mariners, 5/30/2011

Nobody on your squad will be old enough to remember why Bullet Rogan wasn't in the big leagues. You can take him as a right fielder if you prefer once you sort out the rest of your team; he'd be a star there, too.

Posted by tdoak on 7/24/2017 2:57:00 PM (view original):
frazzman80: Welcome aboard! I had a great time in your league so hopefully you enjoy mine! Here are your twelve pages to go with a Bullet:

1. 2017 New York Mets Roster (40-man) - shows the Mets' current roster - I guess you can take any two guys on it, even if they aren't in the majors yet, since you'll have to use AAA replacements for both anyway
2. New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox, 5/11/1996
3. Los Angeles Dodgers @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 5/18/2016
4. Tampa Bay Rays @ Miami Marlins, 5/23/2016

5. San Francisco Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates, 8/18/1981
6. Milwaukee Brewers @ Texas Rangers, 7/8/1992
7. San Francisco Giants @ San Diego Padres, 9/21/1991
8. Boston Red Sox @ Cleveland Indians, 9/1/1984

9. 1997 San Diego Padres Fielding Statistics
10. * P Lefty Hayden 1958 Reds [non-sim player, you'll need an AAA replacement here]
11. * P David Holdridge 1998 Mariners [another non-sim player]
12. Baltimore Orioles @ Seattle Mariners, 5/30/2011

Nobody on your squad will be old enough to remember why Bullet Rogan wasn't in the big leagues. You can take him as a right fielder if you prefer once you sort out the rest of your team; he'd be a star there, too.

Thanks for the offer to use him in the OF - let's see how these box scores look. At least I've got one Texas Rangers game listed, so that makes me happy. Not sure if that happiness will carry over once I look at these games...

So for #1 I'm taking 2 eligible 2017 Mets (using prior seasons) and then swapping them for AAA players or an I taking 200K guys and then using the AAA players with the 2017 Mets names (I hope it's the 200K guys so I don't eat cap on guys I can't use)?

I saw we have 4 AAA hitter and pitcher spots. Given that I have 2 non-sim players listed for 10 and 11, I could still take 2 2017 Mets pitchers if I wanted correct?

For #1 you take two, 200k players and then swap them out for pick-your own AAA players with the Mets' names.

You can do the same with any non-sim players you find in your box scores. For example, the Yankees in that #2 game started Tim McIntosh at 1B and Dutch legend Robert Eenhorn at 2B ... so you could take two more 200k players for them, if you wanted.

The max number of AAA players is actually ten ... six position players [that's the minimum I could select] and four pitchers. So, yes, you could take both Mets as pitchers.

I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't let all of the AAA players [even the randomly generated ones] participate here, so that the advantage of having non-sim players isn't so great. [It's still an advantage to pick your own, but the random guys might contribute something.]

Posted by tdoak on 7/24/2017 3:56:00 PM (view original):
For #1 you take two, 200k players and then swap them out for pick-your own AAA players with the Mets' names.

You can do the same with any non-sim players you find in your box scores. For example, the Yankees in that #2 game started Tim McIntosh at 1B and Dutch legend Robert Eenhorn at 2B ... so you could take two more 200k players for them, if you wanted.

The max number of AAA players is actually ten ... six position players [that's the minimum I could select] and four pitchers. So, yes, you could take both Mets as pitchers.

I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't let all of the AAA players [even the randomly generated ones] participate here, so that the advantage of having non-sim players isn't so great. [It's still an advantage to pick your own, but the random guys might contribute something.]

Thanks for the responses. I've got my head around it now.

As for the AAA players, in my experience, the more AAA players allowed, the more people tend to skimp on their bench as they know the AAA guys will be better than the 200K-500K bench guys. It seems odd to have to take 25 players and then only use 15 of them (kinda goes against the theme in my mind, but I'm the NOOB to the league and I don't want to make waves). We all get 1 AAA player already, so it seems to me that we should try to use as many of the 24 other real players as possible.

I find it odd that you have to go 6/4 as in my "draft your own AAA' in my progressives lets me do 3/2 for my league. I see no reason why you couldn't do 4/4. In my mind, assuming the average AAA player is a $1.5-$2.5 million player, a team using 6 or more would have a cap advantage over a team using 1-2.

Posted by tdoak on 7/24/2017 8:56:00 AM (view original):
sjh0825: Welcome! Let's see where Fats can draw his teammates:

1. New York Yankees @ Minnesota Twins, 4/19/1988
2. OF Carlos Lezcano 1980-81
3. P Skipper Friday 1923 Senators
4. Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles, 9/15/1990

5. *P Lefty Schegg 1912 Senators [non-sim player, so you will need an AAA replacement for him]
6. Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins, 5/7/2009
7. Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals, 4/13/1992
8. 1930 St. Louis Browns Roster

9. P Marc Rzepczynski 2009-17
10. 1964 Batlimore Orioles Team Batting Gamelog [this page lists only team totals and the opponent's starting pitchers, so you should take two pitchers who started against the Orioles in their 1964 season only]
11. Philadelphia Phillies @ San Francisco Giants 9/6/1987
12. C Billy Shantz 1954-60

Skipper Friday threw an 11-inning complete game against the White Sox in his MLB debut ... gave up only 4 hits but walked 14 !!!

I don't see 4. Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles, 9/15/1990

also don't see this one. 6. Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins, 5/7/2009. The other games look right.

Posted by sjh0825 on 7/25/2017 6:09:00 PM (view original):
also don't see this one. 6. Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins, 5/7/2009. The other games look right.

Luckily I had written down those random pages, so I could look it up, and I made a couple of typos. They should have been:

4. Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles, 9 / 18 / 1990 and

6. Boston Red Sox @ Minnesota Twins, 5 / 27 / 2009

Sorry for the mistake! Typing too fast!