Aces and Eights League
16 Teams w/interleague play
Seasons: 1955-2023
If you enjoy Random Leagues and/or Twist Leagues here's one for you.This league will run for 5 seasons.
To get the "Aces" part for the league:
There are 240 Starting Pitchers (SP) between 1955 and 2023 that are above $8M. Everyone will get 3 Ace Pitchers chosen randomly each season. Once a Pitcher has been used he is off the board. So each season going forward we will use Pitchers not chosen in previous seasons.
To level out the random draw the 240 Pitchers will be divided up into 3 groups based on Salary. You'll get 1 Pitcher from each group.
Group 1 starts with #1.Pedro Martinez at $19,740,162 and goes to #80.1964 Sandy Koufax at $9,354,665.
Group 2 starts with #81.1967 Jim Bunning at $9,533,590 and goes to #160.2002 Derek Lowe at $8,509,896.
Group 3 starts with #161.1985 Fernando Valenzuela at $8,509,162 and goes to #240.1961 Warren Spahn at $8,002,603.
To get the "Eights" part for the league:
1.You will take 8 teammates from each of your 3 Aces. (8X3=24 + 3 Aces = 27 total players).
2.You can Twist 8 players total to any season below $8M. (You can Twist to seasons before 1955). Your other 16 teammates must come from the same season as your Aces.
3.You cannot roster any teammates that are above $8M but you can Twist them to a season below $8M as one of your 8 Twists.
4.2 AAA spots will be used for the 2 extra players. Your 2 AAA players must be below $800K in salary. TD will be at the end of the season.
No Salary Cap however Alignment is by total team Salary. Highest in the NLE to Lowest in the ALW.
Clones will not be allowed so if you would get 2 Aces that are closely tied to the same team like Koufax and Drysdale you can request a redraw.
YES DH both leagues
No WW
Injuries off
Stadium that 1 of your 3 Aces played in.