Super Franchise-SD- Gwynn & Machado_ Claimed Topic

Will provide a FREE team to anyone who joins and agrees to continue for at least five seasons, including the free season.

This is essentially a franchise league where you bring back franchise studs to join with your team every 10 years. The rules are below. We started in 1981 and we are preparing for 2013. The unique rules start with the Future players section that explains when and how we add franchise players. SD added Tony Gwynn for 2010 and has his entire career in front of him. All teams are available as a result of longtime owners dropping WIS due to personal issues/health. Send a sitemail and note below if you are interested.

The SD franchise: The current core group includes 87 Tony Gwynn, Justin Upton, Anthony Rizzo, Manny Machado, Chris Archer, Arrieta, Buehrle, Morton, and Peavy. I am running the team this season and they are 59-54 and will have a middle of the pack draft pick. This team is set up for success over the near to medium term.

Shortened RULES
  • Rights to rookies: The keeper rights to rookie players belong to the team which he first has WIS eligibility. For example, Charlie Hayes is a rookie in WIS in 1989 and shows up under both Philadelphia and San Francisco. However, his first WIS eligibility season was with Philadelphia as his SF season was a combined season (he only had 5 at bats with SF then was was traded to Philadelphia). Addendum: If a player first appears in the database only as a result of a combined season (no WIS qualifying season for either team), that player will be eligible to be drafted and cannot be claimed by either team. If you do not keep a rookie, then that player is available to be drafted by any team.
  • Draft order: Draft order will be established at game 150 and will go from lowest to highest wins.
  • Franchise players: These player progress one year at a time. Franchise players will disappear when you reach their rookie season. Example-Chipper Jones will run into his rookie year in 1995 and the owner will lose the Chipper franchise twist and restart him in 1995 (no clones rule).
  • Future Franchise players:
    Before the 2010 season, you will be able to go back and select 1 player from your teams roster from 1987-1996. Rules for that selection are:
  1. The player chosen must have been a rookie with your franchise (first WIS eligible season for the franchise gets the rights, just like the rookie rules)
  2. You may start player in his 1st, 2nd or 3rd season (in the WIS database), and he will progress 1 season at a time.
  3. The chosen player cannot make a clone or possibly make a clone (say if on IR in 2000). If the player still has eligible seasons, then you must have control of that player to restart him. For example, Cal Ripken still has a season in 2000, but if you were the owner of Baltimore and you still had him on your roster in 1999, you could "cut" him and restart his career since he was on the Orioles between 77-86. The 2000 Ripken would not be available to be drafted.You would only be able to have him on your roster as either the 2000 version or the franchise version.
  4. If your player reaches his rookie season, you must replace him with his rookie season.
  5. If you trade your franchise player, His rookie rights go with him!
Before the 2020 Season, you will be able to go back and select 1 player from your teams roster from 1997-2006. Same rules apply as above.
  • Clones: No clones are permitted other than those that are grandfathered in as of 1992.
  • Stadiums: Stadiums are the stadium of your franchise. When the stadium changes for your franchise (Indians go to Jacobs Field in 94), the team may change to the new stadium. Once you change, you must stay in that stadium. You cannot flip back and forth.
The Basics

No WW
DH For all teams
4 AAA players will be drafted and may be used and may also be keepers in future seasons. WIS generated AAA are not permitted to be used.
Full or partial player seasons may be used.

The franchises we draft rookies from are:
Arizona Diamondbacks
Baltimore Orioles
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco Giants
Tampa Rays
Texas Rangers
Colorado Rockies
Florida Marlins
10/5/2025 4:08 PM (edited)
SD Roster

You pick who to keep/cut. I've listed 24 below, but you can cut more. Salary of about $84mm as constructed with $51 in hitting. Solid pitching in addition to a loaded offense with Gwynn, Upton, Rizzo, Machado and Grandal as cornerstones.

C Yasmani Grandal
1b Anthony Rizzo, Brandon Moss
2b Logan Forsythe, Jedd Gyorko
3b Manny Machado, Aramis Ramirez, Juan Uribe
SS Brandon Crawford, Evereth Cabrera
OF 87 Tony Gwynn, Desmond Jennings, Justin Upton
DH-

P Mark Buehrle
P Jake Peavy
P Mat Latos
P Luke Gregerson
P Kyle Kendrick
P Charlie Morton
P Derek Holland
P Ernesto Frieri
P Jake Arrieta
P Nick Vincent
P Chris Archer

IR- Ryan Madson, Miles Mikolas

Cuts- Brad Brach
10/5/2025 4:19 PM (edited)
Detroit roster

You pick who to keep/cut. I've listed 24 keepers, but you can cut to make room for draft picks. Salary as constructed is about $80mm. A young stud Verlander, a solid Jack Morris and a young Trammell makes for a team ready to compete now and into the future.

C Ryan Doumit, Alex Avila
1b Chris Davis, Brandon Belt, Mark Reynolds
2b Dan Uggla
3b Danny Valencia, Wilson Betemit
SS 1981 Alan Trammell
OF Austin Jackson, BJ Upton, Matt Holliday, Lucas Duda, Carlos Quentin, Chris Coghlan
DH-

P Justin Verlander
P Jack Morris (1991)
P AJ Burnett
P Ubaldo Jimenez
P Andrew Miller
P Chris Perez
P Rick Porcello
P Tyler Clippard
P Drew Smyly

Cuts- Ramon Santiago, Scott Downs, Daniel Hudson
7/20/2025 7:56 AM (edited)
I will take the Saint Louis Franchise if I may ...
3/21/2025 11:37 AM
I would be interested in jumping in. I am sure I could get it figured and sorted in short order.
9/20/2025 10:40 PM
My preference would be the Detroit franchise.
9/21/2025 8:20 AM
You got Detroit. Will get them transferred over to you. Thanks for joining.
9/23/2025 7:37 AM
SD is available and set to role. A young Gwynn, Machado, Upton, Rizzo, Arrieta, Latos, Archer, Holland more.
10/5/2025 4:17 PM
Sitemail with interest.
10/5/2025 4:17 PM
This is a great league (my first season) great bunch of active owners! And a pretty decent commish too lol....
10/8/2025 1:27 AM
Soxyanks claimed SD
10/16/2025 6:01 PM
Super Franchise-SD- Gwynn & Machado_ Claimed Topic

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