We are approaching game 120, and the draft will start off the clock probably around May 17th. The long-running Real Life Progressive League is looking for a new owner for the Cubs. The Cubs have 4 excellent starters in 1991, with a combined ERA under 3.00! Their batting order includes Joe Carter, Juan Samuel, Bobby Bonilla and Jack Clark, with Tino Martinez a couple of years away from greatness. They will have a middle of the pack pick in 1991, in what is a very deep hitters' draft and a decent pitching draft.
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 1991, Royce Clayton, Vinny Castilla, Eric Karros and some others (none of the huge names in 1991) started their careers -- but they are not WIS eligible (just prospects) until 1992 or later. 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 first played in MLB in 1991, 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 1991 season, and a DH is used in the AL.
Please sitemail if interested, and for further explanation of the rules.
Chicago Cubs
C: Lance Parrish, Pat Borders
1B: Dave Bergman, Tino Martinez (still a few years away from greatness)
2B: Tommy Herr, Juan Samuel
SS: Mariano Duncan, Rafael Belliard
3B: Bobby Bonilla
OF: Joe Carter, Kevin Bass, Gary Redus, Jack Clark (played DH that year, but there is no DH in the NL)
P: Ramon Martinez, Jim Abbott, Randy Tomlin, Jose Deleon, Randy Myers, John Franco, Rick Honeycutt, Rob Murphy, Mike Witt
DL: P Dennis Cook, P Gene Harris, P Todd Worrell, OF Derrick May
Cut: P Dave Smith
Ret: C John Russell, SS Kent Anderson, OF Jeffrey Leonard