Make your favorite franchise better by stealing some free agents!

1. When you sign up, select your franchise, choose two players to protect and three players to steal from the team selected prior to yours.
2. When making your selection you cannot select the same franchise as the one prior to yours and you must declare your protected players and free agent steals immediately. In fairness to all, those 5 named players need to occur upon franchise announcement and CANNOT be changed once the next team has been announced.
3. The first team in the league will select from the last team selected. The last team selected cannot be the same as the first team.
4. Each owner will then build their team using only player seasons with their selected franchise, no twisting, and the three selected free agents from their franchise, no twisting. You must roster your 2 protected players and the 3 free agents you selected. You cannot roster the 3 free agents you lost.

Other particulars:

• $140M cap, standard 24-team format
• ALL Seasons Available
• YES: DH
• NO: WW, AAA, Trades, Clones, Injuries
• Live play limited to next series
• Stadium = Any, does not have to be your team's home park.
• Alignment = Order of sign-ups
• Franchise = all iterations of a team as per Baseball-Reference
• Limit 2 of each franchise
• An owner can have two teams in the league but must wait until after 12 have been selected to pick another

Past Champions (Cap, Seasons, DH):

1. redwingscup - White Sox / Indians ($140M, All, Y)
2. ozomatli - Cubs / Phillies ($140M, All, Y)
3. Chisock - Astros / Twins ($110M, 1969-2015, N)
4. ozomatli **- Yankees / Cardinals ($120M, 1930-1968, N)
5. ozomatli ***- Phillies / Cardinals ($140M, All, Y)
6. charliembg - Athletics / Yankees ($120M, 1935-1984, Y)
7. redwingscup **- Giants / A's - ($120M, 1943-1992, Y)
8. ybjsports - Pirates / A's - ($120M, All, Y)
9. crazyamos - Indians / Astros - ($120M, 1969-2017, Y)
10. ybjsports ** - Pirates / A's - ($140M, All, Y)
11. schwarze - Cardinals / Dodgers - ($105M, 1936-1963, N)
12. ozomatli **** - Phillies / Giants - ($140M, All, Y)
13. crazyamos ** - Phillies / Cubs - ($140M, All, Y)
14. ybjsports *** - Yankees / White Sox - ($140M, All, Y)
15. halo23 - Mets / Yankees - ($110M, 1971-2020, N)
16. crazyamos *** - Giants / Dodgers - ($120M, 1936-1985, Y)
17. _JJP_ - Indians / Twins - ($140M, All, Y)
18. ronthegenius - White Sox / Giants - ($140M, All, Y) MLB139223

Regular Season Top Win Totals:

1. 111 - ybjsports - Pirates / A's - Season 8
2. 107 - ybjsports - Pirates / Rays - Season 14
3. 106 - ybjsports - Pirates / A's - Season 10

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TEAMS (Protected Players), ((Stolen Free Agents))
Off the board = Cardinals, Giants, Phillies, White Sox

NL East
1 Pirates (Babe Adams, Honus Wagner), ((Howie Camnitz, Arky Vaughn, Paul Waner)) - ybjsports
2 White Sox (Eddie Collins, Ed Walsh), ((Luke Appling, Eddie Cicotte, Joe Horlen)) - ejstockman
3 Phillies (Pete Alexander, Billy Hamilton), ((Steve Carlton, Tug McGraw, Mike Schmidt)) - mllama54
4 Cardinals (Bob Gibson, Stan Musial), ((Harry Brecheen, Rogers Hornsby, John Tudor)) - andricecakes

NL Central
5 Giants (Barry Bonds, Christy Mathewson), ((Art Nehf, Ferdie Schupp, Fred Toney)) - pmars2001
6 Phillies (Pete Alexander, Mike Schmidt), ((Richie Ashburn, Ed Delahanty, Billy Hamilton)) - Relkcirts
7 Cardinals (Rogers Hornsby, Silver King), ((Bob Gibson, Mark McGwire, Stan Musial)) - pmwksw
8 Expos/Nats (Pedro Martinez, Max Scherzer), ((Dennis Martinez, Steve Rogers, Stephen Strasburg)) - fatguyrd

NL West
9 Yankees (Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth), ((Joe Dimaggio, Rickey Henderson, Andrew Miller)) - alexishongam
10 Dodgers (Zack Grienke, Clayton Kershaw), ((Eric Gagne, Tony Gonsolin, Mike Piazza)) - cdhaynes00
11 Indians (Addie Joss, Nap Lajoie), ((Shane Bieber, Joe Jackson, Luis Tiant)) - strubrosll
12 Giants (Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott), ((Barry Bonds, Christie Matewson, Willie Mays)) - thejuice6

TEAMS (Protected Players), ((Stolen Free Agents))
Off the board = Cardinals, Dodgers, Expos/Nats, Giants, Indians, Phillies, Red Sox, White Sox, Yankees

AL East
1 White Sox (Eddie Cicotte, Ed Walsh), ((Luke Appling, Eddie Collins, Frank Thomas)) - ronthegenius
2 Cubs (Mordecai Brown, King Kelly), ((Pete Alexander, Jake Arrieta, Rogers Hornsby)) - calhoop
3 Yankees (Ron Guidry, Babe Ruth), ((Joe Dimaggio, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle)) - thejuice6
4 Red Sox (Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez), ((Nomar Garciaparra, Fred Lynn, Ted Williams)) - mllama54

AL Central
5 Dodgers (Zack Grienke, Clayton Kershaw), ((Sandy Koufax, Don Sutton, Maury Wills)) - cdhaynes00
6 A's (Bill Bernhard, Rickey Henderson), ((Vida Blue, Liam Hendricks, Nap Lajoie)) - chewy3344
7 Indians (Shane Bieber, Addie Joss), ((Rafeal Betancourt, Joe Jackson, Tris Speaker)) - bigsteve12
8 Braves (Greg Maddux, Warren Spahn), ((Freddie Freeman, Hugh Duffy, Rogers Hornsby)) - pmars2001

AL West
9 Red Sox (Tris Speaker, Cy Young), ((Luis Tiant, Rafael Devers, Ted Williams)) - d_rock97
10 Padres (Adrian Gonzalez, Blake Snell), ((Kevin Brown, Dinelson Lamet, Tony Gwynn)) - tensaver716
11 Expos/Nats (Pedro Martinez, Max Scherzer), ((Juan Soto, Vladimir Gurerro, Larry Walker)) - fatboydad54
12 A's (Vida Blue, Nap Lajoie), ((Chief Bender, Jimmie Foxx, Eddie Collins)) - danidon

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As always, I will kick things off with...

Pittsburgh Pirates
protecting Honus Wagner, Babe Adams

In. Chicago White Sox, Ed Walsh and Eddie Collins

Stealing Arky Vaughn, Paul Waner and Howie Camnitz

Thanks for getting us going ejs

ChiSox on the chopping block

Philadelphia Phillies keep Billy Hamilton, Pete Alexander

stealing Joe Horlen, Eddie Cicote, Luke Appling

Always loved this league! Never won it but did win a TOC with a team from it. Now I just have to figure a team out fast enough to get in.

Welcome back mllama54

Phightin Phils on the chopping block

Posted by pmwksw on 1/2/2024 12:12:00 PM (view original):
Always loved this league! Never won it but did win a TOC with a team from it. Now I just have to figure a team out fast enough to get in.

Nice to hear a TOC champ emerged from here

Glad to see this league is back! I will take the St. Louis Cardinals

Protect: Bob Gibson, Stan Musial

Steal: Steve Carlton, Mike Schmidt, Tug McGraw