NEXT SEASON POTENTIAL RULE ADDITION. After season 5, I'm thinking of trying something new to freshen this up a bit. The addition of "Team Captains", where you must spend over 7 million for one player. That one player must come from one of your chosen franchises, but outside of the decade! So for example, if you choose 80's Tigers Hitters and 50's Cubs pitchers, your team captain could be Al Kaline from the 60's where his salary was over 7-million, but still a Tiger hitter.
Thoughts? Too confusing? Fun extra twist?
I think it would be fun to have a Team Captain. It might not make a big deal for some, but I generally never take a 7-mil player in a low cap. It would force owners to really balance the rest of their team and eliminate choosing as many 200-300 PA guys with great stats. You can still do that, but the salary usage would be more of a challenge during the draft. Or if you went with a high priced pitcher as captain, it would be harder to run a 6-7 starting rotation filled with 3-4 inning guys unless you draft unbalanced and sacrifice your hitting.
This is NOT for this season, but possibly for next.