Announcements Page
MLB143725 is the league code.
Please don't join until your final player is chosen.
When you post a pick, make sure to indicate round #, MLB team, and player name. We could get duplicate picks in this draft mode.
Example: "r2 padres Clay Kirby"
nbl17 is handling the "players take by team" using a google sheet - please look here:
https://bit.ly/FD3byteam
If you ever notice a discrepancy between picks and either the round results below or the players taken by team sheet, please say something ASAP. That way, we can correct it with fewer compounging effects. I specifically recommend checking your own picks as they get updated.
Late PIcks?
If it is 8pm eastern (or later), feel free to send a sitemail to anyone who has not picked.
If you are picking before 10am eastern and yesterday's player with that team did not pick, please give them 15 min warning before finalizing. If you do and they fail to pick, you can grab any player and they can pick from the remainder.
I will try to do some reminders too, but I appreciate the help!
Rules Stuff
SIGNUP PAGE HERE https://www.whatifsports.com/forums/Posts.aspx?topicID=547202
This is the 3rd iteration of a league originally created by NebHusker, who authorized me taking over.
You draft a player from each franchise in the 1969-present configuration (2 players with your 1st pick, playing in their division and stadium). I hope to start within a couple of days and finish during the playoffs.
People love this draft in Feb & June! Changes are cap back to $120m and using a "per pick not per team" draft order pasted below. Will randomize into draft order after we have 24 (one more). Including 2025 season since data now available.
RULES:
Franchise Draft 3, 1969-2025
This will be a 24 round draft, drafting from a different franchise each round. Once we get 24 owners, we will randomly assign a first round draft order, and each owner will be randomly assigned a “Double 1st Pick” franchise (franchises listed below). 1st pick can be adjusted if an owner previously played that team with their 1st pick.
We will then conduct a 24 round draft where each day, each owner selects a player from the franchise assigned to them for that day (1969-2024 only). There won't need to be time slots - anytime before midnight EST is fine. However, each day, the player picks from their team for that day. I will try to update the front page and paste that day's team assignments daily.
Owners will ultimately get one pick in each position (1-24) and one pick from each franchise (2 players for 1st round pick).
Players are exclusive WITHIN franchises, but are not exclusive across franchises.
Example – During the Boston round, once Pedro Martinez gets selected, he is off the board for the rest of the Red Sox picks. However, if you are picking from the Mets franchise or the Montreal/ Washington franchise, someone can select a version of Pedro each from those franchises. This means clones ARE allowed, as someone could possibly take 2 or more versions of a player with different franchises. There was a team with several Beltrans in v1.
Obviously, a normal draft won’t work here as each owner gets a #1 pick and each owner gets a #24 pick and everything in between. We will draw a random order for round 1, and then simply slide everyone down one pick every round (1 moves to 2. . . .2 moves to 3. . . .etc, with 24 moving to 1). You can trade picks with someone so long as both players pick in all 24 slots and from all 24 franchises.
The strategy here is interesting. . . .with a $120M cap and with everyone's 1st pick on day 1, you can decide whether to grab an awesome starter or a cheap bench player. To up the strategy factor, we WILL use a DH.
Your ballpark will be based on whatever franchise you get for your #1 double pick, you can take any park that franchise used between 1969 – 2024. Yes, this means if you get the Cubs as your franchise, you will play in Wrigley. If you draw the Dodgers, you are in Dodger Stadium. The nice part is you will know what park you are in before we draft. For that matter, you will also know which other owners/parks will be in your division.
To keep with the spirit of the theme, combined seasons will NOT be allowed, we will use Full or Partial only.
Standard 24 team league
$120M salary cap.
YES to clones, but only from different franchises.
YES to DH.
No WW.
No AAA.
No trades
Full/Partial seasons only (no Combined)
Alignment – See below (Astros & Brewers go back to 1969 roots)
Ballpark – any park used by your franchise (1969-2025 only)
Yes to injuries
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