League Name: Contraction GM Challenge
Salary Cap: $90M

Other Details
DH: AL Only
CAP: 90 mil
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: Only picks and/or drafted players before season
Clones: No
Ballpark: The ballpark that your team called home
Team Name: Use actual team name or obvious variation
Division Alignment: 4 x 4 (8 AL, 8 NL) Based on East/West as much as possible. Balanced schedule, interleague play.

Multi-team players: Only one occurrence of a player in the league, so for players with multiple teams, only the full-season "player card" will be eligible and the team that he played for last during the season will get ownership of that player. For example, 2017 Justin Verlander is on the Houston Astros, not the Detroit Tigers.

These are the ONLY 2017 teams that you may draft players from:

San Francisco Giants (64-98) NL
Detroit Tigers (64-98) AL
Philadelphia Phillies (66-96) NL
Chicago White Sox (67-95) AL
New York Mets (70-92) NL
San Diego Padres (71-91) NL
Atlanta Braves (72-90) NL
Pittsburgh Pirates (75-87) NL
Oakland A's (75-87) AL
Baltimore Orioles (75-87) AL
Toronto Blue Jays (76-86) AL
Kansas City Royals (80-82) AL
Minnesota Twins (85-77) AL
Milwaukee Brewers (86-76) NL

Round 1

1) REDS - combalt - Ervin Santana - Twins
2) MARLINS - ybjsports - Jacob deGrom - Mets
3) RANGERS - arvidjosef - Michael Fulmer - Tigers
4) MARINERS - fabulous - Jeff Samardzija - Giants
5) RAYS - The Taint - Gerrit Cole - Pirates
6) ANGELS - ledfoot - Jimmy Nelson - Brewers
7) CARDINALS - summerfield - Ron Nola - Phillies
8) ROCKIES - Byrdmann - Dylan Bundy - Orioles
9) YANKEES - pick1or2 - Jose Abreau - White Sox
10) CUBS - parking 31 - Brian Dozier - Twins
11) RED SOX - steve9955 - Marcus Stroman - Blue Jays
12) DIAMONDBACKS - kentol - Chase Anderson - Brewers
13) NATIONALS - redwinscup - Madison Bumgarner - Giants
14) ASTROS - specsman - Zach Davies - Brewers
15) INDIANS - verynice - R A Dickey - Braves
16) DODGERS - Jesters - Lorenzo Cain - Royals

Round 2

1) REDS - combalt - Jhoulys Chacin - Padres
2) MARLINS - ybjsports - Danny Duffy - Royals
3) RANGERS - arvidjosef - Jose Barrios - Twins
4) MARINERS - fabulous - Jason Vargus - Royals
5) RAYS - The Taint - Jonathan Schoop - Orioles
6) ANGELS - ledfoot - Eric Hosmer - Royals
7) CARDINALS - summerfield - Whit Merrifield - Royals
8) ROCKIES - Byrdmann - Buster Posey - Giants
9) YANKEES - pick1or2 - Felipe Rivero - Pirates
10) CUBS - parking 31 - J.A. Happ - Blue Jays
11) RED SOX - steve9955 - Josh Donaldson - Blue Jays
12) DIAMONDBACKS - kentol - Orlando Arcia - Brewers
13) NATIONALS - redwinscup - Roberto Osuna - Blue Jays
14) ASTROS - specsman - Avisail Garcia - White Sox
15) INDIANS - verynice - Salvatore Perez - Royals
16) DODGERS - Jesters - Dinelson Lamet - Padres

Round 3

1) REDS - combalt - Michael Conforto - Mets
2) MARLINS - ybjsports - Trevor Williams - Pirates
3) RANGERS - arvidjosef - Shawn Manaea - Athletics
4) MARINERS - fabulous - Brad Hand - Padres
5) RAYS - The Taint - Ivan Nova - Pirates
6) ANGELS - ledfoot - Cesar Hernandez - Phillies
7) CARDINALS - summerfield - Freddie Freeman - Braves
8) ROCKIES - Byrdmann - Ender Inciarte - Braves
9) YANKEES - pick1or2 - Justin Smoak - Blue Jays
10) CUBS - parking 31 - Andrew McCutchen - Pirates
11) RED SOX - steve9955 - Mike Minor - Royals
12) DIAMONDBACKS - kentol - Jed Lowrie - Athletics
13) NATIONALS - redwinscup - Tyler Flowers - Braves
14) ASTROS - specsman - Travis Shaw - Brewers
15) INDIANS - verynice - Adam Jones - Orioles
16) DODGERS - Jesters - Josh Hader - Brewers

Round 4

1) REDS - combalt - Dominic Leone - Blue Jays
2) MARLINS - ybjsports - Ty Blach - Giants
3) RANGERS - arvidjosef - Chad Kuhl - Pirates
4) MARINERS - fabulous - Welington Castillo - Orioles
5) RAYS - The Taint - Freddie Galvis - Phillies
6) ANGELS - ledfoot - Manny Machado - Orioles
7) CARDINALS - summerfield - Julio Teheran - Braves
8) ROCKIES - Byrdmann - Anthony Swarzak - Brewers
9) YANKEES - pick1or2 - Mychal Givens - Orioles
10) CUBS - parking 31 - Luis Garcia - Phillies
11) RED SOX - steve9955 - Corey Knebel - Brewers
12) DIAMONDBACKS - kentol - Kurt Suzuki - Braves
13) NATIONALS - redwinscup - Ardoys Vizcaino - Phillies
14) ASTROS - specsman - Brad Brach - Orioles
15) INDIANS - verynice - Josh Harrison - Pirates
16) DODGERS - Jesters - Khris Davis - Athletics

Round 5

1) REDS - combalt - Marco Estrada - Blue Jays
2) MARLINS - ybjsports - Ryan Tepera - Blue Jays
3) RANGERS - arvidjosef - Jameson Taillon - Pirates
4) MARINERS - fabulous - Tim Beckham - Orioles
5) RAYS - The Taint - Manny Pina - Brewers
6) ANGELS - ledfoot - Clayton Richard - Padres
7) CARDINALS - summerfield - Marcus Semien - Athletics
8) ROCKIES - Byrdmann - Johnny Cueto - Giants
9) YANKEES - pick1or2 - Kevin Plawecki - Mets
10) CUBS - parking 31 - Cory Gearrin - Giants
11) RED SOX - steve9955 - Nick Markakis - Braves
12) DIAMONDBACKS - kentol - Joe Biagini - Blue Jays
13) NATIONALS - redwinscup - Johan Camargo - Braves
14) ASTROS - specsman - Eric Sogard - Brewers
15) INDIANS - verynice - Eric Thames - Brewers
16) DODGERS - Jesters - Asdrubal Cabrera - Mets

Draft is finished!

15 teams have entered -- as soon as the last 1 is in and I have verified the rosters, we'll be set to go!

Thanks all, for your patience and good luck!

Ervin Santana - Twins

Will sitemail monentarily

Jacob deGrom - Mets

sm sent

Texas selects:

SP Michael Fulmer (Det)

Seattle welcomes Jeff Samardzija P (SFG)

2017 P Gerrit Cole Pirates

SP Jimmy Nelson - Brewers

A-A-Ron Nola - PHI