Taking this over for 2.0 with blessing from NebHusker. Hoping to get to 24 quickly and start rolling in a week or two since regular season for 1.0 just finished.
I will prioritize returners through Sunday 4-20 but will treat new joiners as wait list until then.
People loved this draft in Feb! Two changes are cap down to $115m and using a staggered draft order pasted below. Will randomize into draft order after we have 24!
RULES:
Franchise Draft 1969-2024
This will be a 24 round draft, drafting from a different franchise each round. Once we get 24 owners, we will randomly assign a first round draft order, and each owner will be randomly assigned a “Double 1st Pick” franchise (franchises listed below).
We will then conduct a 24 round draft where each round, every owner selects a player from the franchise assigned to that round (1969-2024 only).
Owners will ultimately get one pick in each position (1-24), but in alternating snake format (see Husker post on p2).
Players are exclusive WITHIN franchises, but are not exclusive across franchises.
Example – During the Boston round, once Pedro Martinez gets selected, he is off the board for the rest of the Red Sox round. However, when we get to the Mets round or the Montreal/ Washington round, someone can select a version of Pedro from those franchises. This means clones ARE allowed, as someone could possibly take 2 or more versions of a player with different franchises.
Obviously, a normal draft won’t work here as each owner gets a #1 pick and each owner gets a #24 pick and everything in between. We will draw a random order for round 1, and then simply slide everyone down one pick every round (1 moves to 2. . . .2 moves to 3. . . .etc, with 24 moving to 1).
The strategy here is interesting. . . .with a $115M cap and since we will all know which franchise will be our #1 pick, and our #2, and so on, it will be advisable to look ahead and decide who you will most likely get with those high picks and get a plan in place with your lower picks. To up the strategy factor, we WILL use a DH.
Your ballpark will be based on whatever franchise you get for your #1 double pick, you can take any park that franchise used between 1969 – 2024. Yes, this means if you get the Cubs as your franchise, you will play in Wrigley. If you draw the Dodgers, you are in Dodger Stadium. The nice part is you will know what park you are in before we draft. For that matter, you will also know which other owners/parks will be in your division.
To keep with the spirit of the theme, combined seasons will NOT be allowed, we will use Full or Partial only.
Standard 24 team league
$115M salary cap.
YES to clones, but only from different franchises.
YES to DH.
No WW.
No AAA.
No trades
Full/Partial seasons only (no Combined)
Alignment – Accurate by franchise (Astros & Brewers go back to 1969 roots)
Ballpark – any park used by your franchise (1969-2024 only)
Yes to injuries
Draft Franchises – (Listed by Divisional Alignment)
Orioles (Bal 1969-2024)
Red Sox (Bos 1969-2024)
Tigers (Det 1969-2024)
Yankees (NY 1969-2024)
Indians/Guardians (Cle 1969-2024)
Royals (KC 1969-2024)
Twins (Min 1969-2024)
White Sox (Chi 1969-2024)
Angels (Cal 1969-1996. . . .Ana 1997-2017. . . .LA 2018-2024)
Athletics (Oak 1969-2024)
Brewers/Pilots (Sea 1969. . . .Mil 1970-2024)
Rangers/Senators (Wash 1969-1971. . . .Tex 1972-2024)
Braves (Atl 1969-2024)
Mets (NY 1969-2024)
Nationals/Expos (Mon 1969-2004. . . .Wash 2005-2024)
Phillies (Phi 1969-2024)
Cardinals (StL 1969-2024)
Cubs (Chi 1969-2024)
Pirates (Pit 1969-2024)
Reds (Cin 1969-2024)
Astros (Hou 1969-2024)
Dodgers (LA 1969-2024)
Giants (SF 1969-2024)
Padres (SD 1969-2024)
4/18/2025 9:47 PM (edited)