Jubilee Progressive

The Jubilee progressive is based on the concept that every 7 years, in times gone by, slaves were freed, debts forgiven and property restored. That final point is the concept the Jubilee Revisited Progressive League (JRPL) is based. League owners have the player rights to their chosen franchise returned to them every seven seasons. During the six seasons between, via rookie draft and trades, owners try to improve their franchise beyond what their MLB counterparts were able to field and best that MLB Won/Loss Percentage. That is a personally satisfying (or discouraging) unique challenge to the league. The other challenge is much more traditional....make the playoffs, win the World Series.

We need one new owner. We're just starting the 1986 playoffs, and 1987 is a Jubilee season, so you would get the real-life roster of one of the open teams (listed below) to start with in 1987. From the roster listed, you would need to drop enough players to get down to 25 - unless you select the Twins, who have only 24 players. For them, you would draft one player that another team dropped to fill out your roster. The draft order is based upon your franchise's real-life finish instead of how your team performs in the progressive league, so there is no benefit in tanking.

Let me know if you’re interested, and please ask questions if something isn’t clear!
3/6/2024 9:11 AM (edited)
1987 California Angels (29 players – need to drop 4)
Armas, Tony
Boone, Bob
DeCinces, Doug
Downing, Brian
Hendrick, George
Howell, Jack
Jones, Ruppert
Joyner, Wally
McLemore, Mark
Miller, Darrell
Pettis, Gary
Polidor, Gus
Ryal, Mark
Schofield, Dick
White, Devon
Wynegar, Butch
Buice, DeWayne
Candelaria, John
Cook, Mike
Finley, Chuck
Fraser, Willie
Lazorko, Jack
Lucas, Gary
Lugo, Urbano
McCaskill, Kirk
Minton, Greg
Moore, Donnie
Sutton, Don
Witt, Mike
3/6/2024 9:15 AM (edited)
1987 Chicago White Sox (29 players – need to drop 4)
Baines, Harold
Boston, Daryl
Calderon, Ivan
Fisk, Carlton
Guillen, Ozzie
Hairston, Jerry
Hassey, Ron
Hill, Donnie
Hulett, Tim
Karkovice, Ron
Lyons, Steve
Manrique, Fred
Redus, Gary
Royster, Jerry
Walker, Greg
Williams, Kenny
Allen, Neil
Bannister, Floyd
Davis, Joel
Deleon, Jose
Dotson, Richard
James, Bob
LaPoint, Dave
Long, Bill
McDowell, Jack
Nielsen, Scott
Searage, Ray
Thigpen, Bobby
Winn, Jim
3/6/2024 9:15 AM (edited)
1987 Cleveland Indians (32 players – need to drop 7)
Allanson, Andy
Bando, Chris
Bell, Jay
Bernazard, Tony
Butler, Brett
Carter, Joe
Castillo, Carmen
Clark, Dave
Dempsey, Rick
Franco, Julio
Hall, Mel
Hinzo, Tommy
Jacoby, Brook
Noboa, Junior
Snyder, Cory
Tabler, Pat
Thornton, Andre
Williams, Eddie
Akerfelds, Darrel
Bailes, Scott
Candiotti, Tom
Carlton, Steve
Easterly, Jamie
Farrell, John
Jones, Doug
Niekro, Phil
Ritter, Reggie
Schrom, Ken
Stewart, Sammy
Swindell, Greg
Vande Berg, Ed
Yett, Rich
3/6/2024 9:10 AM
1987 Minnesota Twins (24 players – need to draft 1)
Brunansky, Tom
Bush, Randy
Butera, Sal
Davidson, Mark
Gaetti, Gary
Gagne, Greg
Gladden, Dan
Hrbek, Kent
Larkin, Gene
Laudner, Tim
Lombardozzi, Steve
Newman, Al
Nieto, Tom
Puckett, Kirby
Smalley, Roy
Atherton, Keith
Berenguer, Juan
Blyleven, Bert
Frazier, George
Portugal, Mark
Reardon, Jeff
Smithson, Mike
Straker, Les
Viola, Frank
3/6/2024 9:15 AM (edited)
1987 Philadelphia Phillies (29 players – need to drop 4)
Aguayo, Luis
Daulton, Darren
Easler, Mike
Gross, Greg
Hayes, Von
Hughes, Keith
James, Chris
Jeltz, Steve
Parrish, Lance
Roenicke, Ron
Russell, John
Samuel, Juan
Schmidt, Mike
Schu, Rick
Stone, Jeff
Thompson, Milt
Wilson, Glenn
Bedrosian, Steve
Calhoun, Jeff
Carman, Don
Gross, Kevin
Hume, Tom
Jackson, Mike
Rawley, Shane
Ritchie, Wally
Ruffin, Bruce
Schatzeder, Dan
Tekulve, Kent
Toliver, Freddie
3/6/2024 9:14 AM (edited)
1987 Seattle Mariners (28 players – need to drop 3)
Bradley, Phil
Bradley, Scott
Brantley, Mickey
Christensen, John
Davis, Alvin
Kingery, Mike
Matthews, Gary
Moses, John
Nixon, Donell
Phelps, Ken
Presley, Jim
Quinones, Rey
Ramos, Domingo
Reynolds, Harold
Valle, Dave
Bankhead, Scott
Campbell, Mike
Guetterman, Lee
Huismann, Mark
Langston, Mark
Moore, Mike
Morgan, Mike
Nunez, Edwin
Powell, Dennis
Reed, Jerry
Shields, Steve
Trujillo, Mike
Wilkinson, Bill
3/6/2024 9:14 AM (edited)
1987 Texas Rangers (28 players – need to drop 3)
Brower, Bob
Browne, Jerry
Buechele, Steve
Fletcher, Scott
Incaviglia, Pete
McDowell, Oddibe
O'Brien, Pete
O'Malley, Tom
Paciorek, Tom
Parrish, Larry
Petralli, Geno
Porter, Darrell
Sierra, Ruben
Slaught, Don
Stanley, Mike
Wilkerson, Curtis
Correa, Ed
Guzman, Jose
Harris, Greg
Hough, Charlie
Howe, Steve
Kilgus, Paul
Loynd, Mike
Mason, Mike
Mohorcic, Dale
Russell, Jeff
Williams, Mitch
Witt, Bobby
3/6/2024 9:12 AM
Pick your team and work with them for the next 6 seasons!
3/9/2024 12:22 AM
We’ll be finishing up the World Series within the next 24 hours, so come claim your team and we can start up the next season almost immediately!
3/10/2024 2:08 PM
Commish, I am interested, but need to understand better how this works, so i am writing you a sitemail now.
3/10/2024 5:45 PM
Posted by italyprof on 3/10/2024 5:45:00 PM (view original):
Commish, I am interested, but need to understand better how this works, so i am writing you a sitemail now.
Sitemailed - thanks for your interest!
3/10/2024 6:18 PM

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