Round 1 Themes, 2020 Topic

$80M: Top Dollar
You can only draft a player's most expensive season.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Use the park that your most expensive player played in.
300K Exception: Yes
Team Name: No restrictions
Division Alignment: Random
3/28/2020 3:42 PM (edited)
80M Q&A

Q: What do I do if my highest salaried player's stadium is not available on WIS?
A: Use the stadium of your next highest salaried player, and so on.

Q: If a player has seasons as a pitcher and a hitter, am I able to use the highest salaried version of either?
A: No, you may only use the highest salaried season overall.
3/29/2020 2:43 PM (edited)
$90M: Pitching & (no) Defense
All of your pitchers must come from either 2000 - 2019 or 1900 - 1919. You CANNOT have pitchers from both time periods on your roster. Additionally, none of your hitters can have a fielding rating above D+ at any position. Hitters can come from any season and can have any range rating.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All, with restrictions for pitchers
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Use a park from the era your pitchers come from
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Reference your pitchers' era
Division Alignment: Random
3/28/2020 6:46 PM (edited)
90M Q&A
3/28/2020 3:30 PM
$110M: Progressive / Regressive
No restrictions but, in Round 2, you will be required to draft a 110M team that is entirely made up of the same 25 players + or - X years. X must be the same for all players on your roster. There is no requirement that all of your Round 2 players go in the same direction (i.e. +X years or -X years) — you can have both.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Use a park one of your players played in for BOTH seasons you plan to use them. You must use the same park in Round 2.
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Reference your number for X
Division Alignment: Random
3/30/2020 4:55 PM (edited)
110M Q&A

Q: Can X be 0?
A: No, you must use different seasons of every player in Round 2.

Q: If a player is not in the WIS database for a season, and/or did not play in the MLB, can I skip over that year for him?
A: No, sorry, if a player didn't play or doesn't have a WIS season you still need to count that as a year.

Q: What happens if I cannot roster a legal team in Round 2 under the salary cap?
A: If you cannot roster a valid team in Round 2 there will be a 10 point penalty and you will need to replace players with 200K scrubs until your team is under the cap.
4/16/2020 4:07 PM (edited)
$120M: Overpriced Studs
You must draft five Studs — one from each group below. Your other 20 players can be anyone.
STARTING PITCHER___ CLOSER_____________ LONG RELIEVER_______ HITTER__________ DEFENDER
2000 Pedro Martinez 2003 Eric Gagne 1888 Elton Chamberlain 1921 Babe Ruth 1956 Jim Piersall
1995 Greg Maddux 1990 Dennis Eckersley 1918 Fred Toney 1923 Babe Ruth 1962 Brooks Robinson
1908 Addie Joss 2012 Craig Kimbrel 1916 Ferdie Schupp 1901 Nap Lajoie 2005 Rafael Furcal
2013 Koji Uehara 2016 Clayton Kershaw 1927 Lou Gehrig 1949 Red Schoendienst
2004 Barry Bonds
1911 Ty Cobb

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Use a park that one of your Studs played in during the season listed above
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Reference the Stud you're most upset about having to pay for
Division Alignment: Random
4/1/2020 8:57 PM (edited)
120M Q&A
3/28/2020 3:31 PM
$140M: Think Inside the (Franchise) Box
I have divided up the Original 16 Franchises into three boxes. You must select one franchise from each box to build your roster from. You must spend at least 40M in salary from each franchise that you select.
BOX 1______ BOX 2_______ BOX 3
Yankees Cubs Tigers
Cardinals Phillies Reds
Giants Pirates Orioles
Dodgers Red Sox Twins
Indians White Sox Braves
Athletics


Other Specifics
Seasons: 1901 - 2019
DH: No
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No combined seasons
Ballpark: Use a park one of your franchises played in
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Reference your three franchises
Division Alignment: Random
3/29/2020 2:23 PM (edited)
140M Q&A
3/28/2020 3:31 PM
Variable Cap: Platoon!!!
Start with 180M.

For every player with over either 500 PA/162 or 200 IP/162 on your roster, subtract 5M from your salary cap. For every player with under either 200 PA/162 or 100 IP/162, add 2M to your salary cap.

Other Specifics
Seasons: All
DH: Yes
WW: No
AAA: No
Trades: No
Clones: No
Injuries: Turned On
Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)
Ballpark: Any
300K Exception: No
Team Name: Reference your salary cap
Division Alignment: Random
6/4/2020 4:26 PM (edited)
Variable Cap Q&A

Q: Can I draft players with between either 200 and 500 PA/162 or 100 and 200 IP/162, and do they change my salary cap?
A: Yes, you can draft them. There is no impact to your salary cap.
3/30/2020 3:59 PM (edited)
Assume you mean Browns, not Brewers for 140.
3/28/2020 3:50 PM
Posted by odalisgagne on 3/28/2020 3:50:00 PM (view original):
Assume you mean Browns, not Brewers for 140.
Whoops — fun fact, they were originally called the Brewers
3/28/2020 3:52 PM
So, for 110mil, I am gonna go out on a limb and assume that 0 is not an available number
3/28/2020 4:18 PM
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