OOTP 20 Challenge Draft Thread - Rd 17 Pick 10 (spleen1015)
 

The thread that will be used for the OOTP 20 challenge.

Rules
- 18 player roster
- No trades/free agents
- DH rule used
- 1 game per sim
- 2 games per "game week" which will be Friday/Sunday in game terms
- Only 1 player drafted per team (example: If you draft Babe Ruth as a Yankee, you may not draft another Yankee)
- Name the player, position and year that you are drafting a player for
- Once a player is drafted, that player may not be drafted again
- Top 2 teams will fave off in a best of 3 series with the top seed having all 3 games at home
- Winner will get the option to claim the prize or pass it along to the next in line
- Only 18 game season, 1 home and away against each team in the league
- No in game rain outs; going with the mailman code, neither rain...
- Injuries will be turned off
- Players my submit lineup changes throughout the season
- Sim schedule TBA


The Players
1) jbergey22 - Canton Raiders
2) bhlloy - San Fernando Dragons
3) spleen1015 - Indianapolis Clowns
4) yeah826 - Baltimore Steamers
5) cmgdodgers - New York Knights
6) DavidCoperial - Stamford Cyberams
7) Breeze - Tallahassee Federals
8) Vince, Pt. II - Willow City Wreckers
9) tarcone - Big Inning Corn Kings
10) thehitcat - Otisburg Aquaracers

Canton Raiders - jbergey22
1) SS Alex Rodriguez (Sea, 2000)
2) P Dwight Gooden (NYM, 1985)
3) 3B Wade Boggs (Bos, 1987)
4) RF Stan Musial (StL, 1948)
5) P Hal Newhouser (Cle, 1945)
6) 1B Rod Carew (Minn, 1977)
7) CF Duke Snider (Dodgers, 1953)
8) 1B Jeff Bagwell (Hou, 1994)
9) 2B Roberto Alomar (Tor, 1993)
10) P Chris Sale (ChW, 2014)
11) LF Ralph Kiner (Pitt, 1949)
12) C Thurmon Munson (NYY, 1973)
13) CF Hack Wilson (ChC, 1930)
14) C Mickey Cochrane (A's, 1933)
15) RP Craig Kimbrel (Atl, 2012)
16) RP Aroldis Chapman (Cin, 2014)
17) RP Francisco Rodriguez (LAA, 2004)
18) 3B Ken Caminity (SD, 1996)

San Fernando Dragons - bhlloy
1) CF Mike Trout (LAA, 2018)
2) P Cy Young (Spiders, 1892)
3) P Roger Clemens (Tor, 1997)
4) C Johnny Bench (Cin, 1972)
5) SS Robin Yount (Mil, 1982)
6) 2B Craig Biggio (Hou, 2000)
7) 3B Ron Santo (ChC, 1964)
8) RF Larry Walker (Col, 1997)
9) P Clayton Kershaw (LA, 2014)
10) RP Mariano Rivera (NYY, 2005)
11) 1B Albert Pujols (StL, 2009)
12) RF Shoeless Joe Jackson (Cle, 1912)
13) LF Luis Gonzalez (Ari, 2001)
14) 3B Manny Machado (Balt, 2016)
15) RP Tug McGraw (Phi, 1980)
16) C Lance Parrish (Det, 1982)
17) RP Jonathon Papelbon (Bos, 2006)
18) CF Marquis Grissom (Mon, 1992)

Indianapolis Clowns - spleen1015
1) LF Ted Williams (Bos, 1941)
2) P Walter Johnson (Wash, 1913)
3) 1B Mark McGwire (StL, 1998)
4) P Greg Maddux (Atl, 1995)
5) C Mike Piazza (LA, 1997)
6) 2B Nap Lajoie (Cle, 1904)
7) SS Barry Larkin (Cin, 1996)
8) RF Andre Dawson (ChC, 1987)
9) RF Mel Ott (Giants, 1929)
10) 3B Vinny Castilla (Col, 1998)
11) RP Zach Britton (Balt, 2016)
12) LF Ed Delahanty (Phi, 1895)
13) 1B Carlos Delgado (Tor, 2000)
14) P Nolan Ryan (Cal, 1973)
15) RF Paul Waner (Pitt, 1927)
16) C Yogi Berra (NYY, 1950)
17) RP Bobby Thigpen (ChW, 1990)
18) P Felix Hernandez (Sea, 2010)

Baltimore Steamers - yeah826
1) LF Barry Bonds (SF, 2001)
2) P Randy Johnson (Ar, 2001)
3) SS Ozzie Smith (StL, 1987)
4) CF Joe Dimaggio (NYY, 1939)
5) 2B Ryne Sandberg (ChC, 1984)
6) RF Roberto Clemente (Pitt, 1967)
7) C Ivan Rodriguez (Tex, 1999)
8) 3B Books Robinson (Balt, 1964)
9) 1B Joey Votto (Cin, 2015)
10) 1B Miguel Cabrera (Det, 2013)
11) P Jacob DeGrom (NYM, 2018)
12) RP Rollie Fingers (Mil, 1981)
13) P Vida Blue (Oak, 1971)
14) P Tom Glavine (Atl, 1991)
15) P Max Scherzer (Wash, 2018)
16) C Roy Campanella (Dodgers, 1951)
17) SS Nomar Garciaparra (Bos, 2000)
18) LF Lance Berkman (Hou, 2001)

New York Knights - cmgdodgers
1) 2B Rogers Hornsby (StL, 1924)
2) CF Mickey Mantle (NYY, 1956)
3) 3B George Brett (KC, 1980)
4) SS Lou Boudreau (Cle, 1948)
5) CF Tris Speaker (Bos, 1914)
6) P Christy Mathewson (Giants, 1908)
7) RF Ichiro Suzuki (Sea, 2001)
8) 1B Dan Brouthers (Wolv, 1886)
9) RP Dennis Eckersley (A's, 1990)
10) LF Pete Rose (Cin, 1973)
11) P Ed Walsh (ChW, 1910)
12) C/RF King Kelly (ChC, 1886)
13) P Kevin Brown (SD, 1998)
14) RF Gary Sheffield (Mia, 1996)
15) 1B Norm Cash (Det, 1961)
16) P John Smoltz (Atl, 1996)
17) RP Joe Nathan (Minn, 2006)
18) LF Sherry Magee (Phi, 1910)

Stamford Cyberams - David Corperial
1) P Pud Galvin (Buf, 1884)
2) LF Carl Yastrzemski (Bos, 1967)
3) SS Cal Ripken (Balt, 1991)
4) 2B Eddie Collins (A's, 1910)
5) RF Sammy Sosa (ChC, 2001)
6) 3B Al Rosen (Cle, 1953)
7) 1B George Sisler (Browns, 1920)
8) CF Lenny Dykstra (Phi, 1990)
9) C Darrell Porter (KC, 1979)
10) RP John Hiller (Det, 1973)
11) RP Mark Eichhorn (Tor, 1986)
12) RP Ted Abernathy (Cin, 1967)
13) RP Jim Kern (Tex, 1979)
14) CF Willie Davis (LA, 1964)
15) 2B Frankie Frisch (StL, 1927)
16) C Buster Posey (SF, 2012)
17) P Old Hoss Radbourn (Greys, 1884)
18) P Wilbur Wood (ChW, 1971)

Tallahassee Federals - Breeze
1) RF Babe Ruth (NYY, 1923)
2) SS Honus Wagner (Pitt, 1908)
3) 2B Joe Morgan (Cin, 1975)
4) P Steve Carlton (Phi, 1972)
5) 1B Jimmy Foxx (A's, 1932)
6) C Gary Carter (Mon, 1982)
7) CF Ken Griffey Jr. (Sea, 1996)
8) LF Josh Hamilton (Tex, 2010)
9) 3B Adrian Beltre (LA, 2004)
10) P Zach Greinke (KC, 2009)
11) RP Trevor Hoffman (SD, 1996)
12) RP Willie Hernandez (Det, 1984)
13) RF Mookie Betts (Bos, 2018)
14) RP Brad Lidge (Hou, 2004)
15) RP Al Hrabosky (StL, 1975)
16) 1B Paul Goldschmidt (Ar, 2015)
17) CF Darin Erstad (LAA, 2000)
18) RP Rob Nen (SF, 2000)

Willow City Wreckers - Vince, Pt. II
1) CF Willie Mays (SF, 1954)
2) RF Hank Aaron (Braves, 1963)
3) SS Ernie Banks (CHC, 1959)
4) P Tom Seaver (NYM, 1971)
5) P "Grover" Pete Alexander (Phi, 1915)
6) 1B Todd Helton (Col, 2000)
7) LF Time Raines (Expos, 1987)
8) RP Eric Gagne (LA, 2003)
9) RF Tony Gwynn (SD, 1987)
10) RP Billy Wagner (Hou, 1999)
11) C Carlton Fisk (Bos, 1977)
12) 3B Scott Rolen (StL, 2004)
13) 1B Frank Thomas (ChW, 1994)
14) RF Ben Zobrist (TB, 2009)
15) RP Blake Treinen (Oak, 2018)
16) 2B Chuck Knoblauch (Minn, 1996)
17) P Sam McDowell (Cle, 1965)
18) P Ron Guidry (NYY, 1978)

Big Inning Corn Kings - tarcone
1) 1B Lou Gehrig (NYY, 1927)
2) CF Ty Cobb (Det, 1911)
3) P Bob Gibson (StL, 1968)
4) 3B Mike Schmidt (Phi, 1980)
5) 2B Jackie Robinson (Dodgers, 1949)
6) RF Frank Robinson (Balt, 1966)
7) P Lefty Grove (A's, 1931)
8) C Joe Mauer (Minn, 2009)
9) LF Manny Ramirez (Bos, 2004)
10) RF Giancarlo Stanton (Mia, 2017)
11) RP Bruce Sutter (ChC, 1979)
12) RP Dan Quisenberry (KC, 1983)
13) SS Omar Vizquel (Cle, 1999)
14) LF Minnie Minosa (ChW, 1954)
15) SS Rabbit Maranville (Braves, 1914)
16) 1B Dave Magadan (NYM, 1990)
17) C Tony Pena (Pitt, 1983)
18) SS Dickie Thon (Hou, 1983)

Otisburg Aquaracers - thehitcat
1) P Pedro Martinez (Bos, 1999)
2) P Sandy Koufax (LAD, 1965)
3) RF Vladimir Guerrero (Mon, 2002)
4) LF Ricky Henderson (Oak, 1990)
5) 2B Alfonso Soriano (NYY, 2002)
6) CF Eric Davis (Cin, 1987)
7) 1B Willie McCovey (SF, 1969)
8) 1B Jim Thome (Cle, 2002)
9) 3B Chipper Jones (Atl, 1999)
10) RF Bryce Harper (Wash, 2015)
11) C Ted Simmons (StL, 1977)
12) CF Cesar Cedeno (Hou, 1973)
13) SS Hanley Ramirez (Fla, 2007)
14) RP Goose Gossage (Pitt, 1977)
15) RP Fernando Rodney (TB, 2012)
16) RP BJ Ryan (Tor, 2006)
17) P Denny McLain (Det, 1968)
18) 3B Harmon Killebrew (Minn, 1969)

Round 1 (odd rounds) Draft Order
1) Tennessee Federals - Breeze
2) Stamford Cyberams - David Corperial
3) Big Inning Corn Kings - tarcone
4) San Fernando Dragons - bhlloy
5) Willow City Wreckers - Vince Pt. II
6) New York Knights - cmgdodgers
7) Baltimore Steamers - yeah826
8) Otisburg Aquaracers - thehitcat
9) Canton Raiders - jbergey22
10) Indianapolis Clowns - spleen1015

Round 2 (even rounds) Draft Order
1) Indianapolis Clowns - spleen1015
2) Canton Raiders - jbergey22
3) Otisburg Aquaracers - thehitcat
4) Baltimore Steamers - yeah826
5) New York Knights - cmgdodgers
6) Willow City Wreckers - Vince Pt. II
7) San Fernando Dragons - bhlloy
8) Big Inning Corn Kings - tarcone
9) Stamford Cyberams - David Corperial
10) Tennessee Federals - Breeze

The draft is underway. Breeze is on the clock.

With the first pick in the OOTP 20 draft the Tallahassee Federals select:

Babe Ruth - 1923 - New York Yankees

The Stamford Cyberams Select:


SP Pud Galvin - Buffalo Bisons - 1884

Are we doing time limits and/or PM the next person for this?

The Big Inning Corn Kings select

Lou Gehrig 1927 New York Yankees

Sorry, rough day today. Yes, we can PM the next up.

1st Round
1) RF Babe Ruth (NYY - 1923), Breeze
2) SP Pud Galvin (Buf - 1884), David Corperial
3) 1B Lou Gehrig (NYY - 1927), tarcone
4) CF Mike Trout (LAA - 2018), bhlloy
5) CF Willie Mays (SF - 1954), Vince, Pt. II
6) 2B Rogers Hornsby (StL - 1924), cmgdodgers
7) LF Barry Bonds (SF - 2001), yeah826
8) P Pedro Martinez (Bos - 1999), thehitcat
9) SS Alex Rodriguez (Sea - 2000), jbergey22
10) LF Ted Williams (Bos - 1941), spleen1015

2nd Round
1) P Walter Johnson (Wash - 1913), spleen1015
2) P Dwight Gooden (NYM - 1985), jbergey22
3) P Sandy Koufax (LAD - 1965), thehitcat
4) P Randy Johnson (Ar - 2001), yeah826
5) CF Mickey Mantle (NYY - 1956), cmgdodgers
6) RF Hank Aaron (Braves - 1963), Vince, Pt. II
7) P Cy Young (Spiders - 1892), bhlloy
8) CF Ty Cobb (Det - 1911), tarcone
9) LF Carl Yastrzemski (Bos - 1967), David Corperial
10) SS Honus Wagner (Pitt - 1908), Breeze

3rd Round
1) 2B Joe Morgan (Cin - 1975), Breeze
2) SS Cal Ripken (Balt - 1991), David Corperial
3) P Bob Gibson (StL - 1968), tarcone
4) P Roger Clemens (Tor - 1997), bhlloy
5) SS Ernie Banks (CHC - 1959), Vince, Pt. II
6) 3B George Brett (KC - 1980), cmgdodgers
7) SS Ozzie Smith (StL - 1987), yeah826
8) RF Vladimir Guerrero (Mon - 2002), thehitcat
9) 3B Wade Boggs (Bos - 1987), jbergey22
10) 1B Mark McGwire (StL - 1998), spleen1015

4th Round
1) Greg Maddux (Atl - 1995), spleen1015
2) RF Stan Musial (StL - 1948), jbergey22
3) LF Ricky Henderson (Oak - 1990), thehitcat
4) CF Joe Dimaggio (NYY - 1939), yeah826
5) SS Lou Boudreau (Cle - 1948), cmgdodgers
6) P Tom Seaver (NYM - 1971), Vince, Pt. II
7) C Johnny Bench (Cin - 1972), bhlloy
8) 3B Mike Schmidt (Phi - 1980), tarcone
9) 2B Eddie Collins (A's - 1910), David Corperial
10) P Steve Carlton (Phi - 1972), Breeze

5th Round
1) 1B Jimmy Foxx (A's - 1932), Breeze
2) RF Sammy Sosa (ChC - 2001), David Corperial
3) 2B Jackie Robinson (Dodgers - 1949), tarcone
4) 2B Robin Yount (Mil - 1982), bhlloy
5) P "Grover" Pete Alexander (Phi - 1915), Vince, Pt. II
6) CF Trix Speaker (Bos - 1914), cmgdodgers
7) 2B Ryne Sandberg (ChC - 1984), yeah826
8) 2B Alfonso Soriano (NYY - 2002), thehitcat
9) P Hal Newhouser (Cle - 1945), jbergey22
10) C Mike Piazza (LA - 1997), spleen1015

6th Round
1) 2B Nap Lajoie (Cle - 1904), spleen1015
2) 1B Rod Carew (Minn - 1977), jbergey22
3) CF Eric Davis (Cin - 1987), thehitcat
4) RF Roberto Clemente (Pitt - 1967), yeah826
5) P Christy Mathewson (Giants - 1908), cmgdodgers
6) 1B Todd Helton (Col - 2000), Vince, Pt. II
7) 2B Craig Biggio (Hou - 1997), bhlloy
8) RF Frank Robinson (Balt - 1966), tarcone
9) 3B Al Rosen (Cle - 1953), David Corperial
10) C Gary Carter (Mon - 1982), Breeze

7th Round
1) CF Ken Griffey Jr. (Sea - 1996), Breeze
2) 1B George Sisler (Browns - 1920), David Corperial
3) P Lefty Grove (A's - 1931), tarcone
4) 3B Ron Santo (ChC - 1964), bhlloy
5) LF Tim Raines (Expos - 1987), Vince, Pt. II
6) RF Ichiro Suzuki (Sea - 2001), cmgdodgers
7) C Ivan Rodriguez (Tex - 1999), yeah826
8) 1B Willie McCovey (SF - 1969), thehitcat
9) CF Duke Snider (Dodgers - 1953), jbergey22
10) SS Barry Larkin (Cin - 1996), spleen1015

8th Round
1) RF Andre Dawson (ChC - 1987), spleen1015
2) 1B Jeff Bagwell (Hou - 1994), jbergey22
3) 1B Jim Thome (Cle - 2002), thehitcat
4) 3B Books Robinson (Balt - 1964), yeah826
5) 1B Dan Brouthers (Wolv - 1886), cmgdodgers
6) RP Eric Gagne (LA - 2003), Vince, Pt. II
7) RF Larry Walker (Col - 1997), bhlloy
8) C Joe Mauer (Minn - 2009), tarcone
9) CF Lenny Dykstra (Phi - 1990), David Corperial
10) LF Josh Hamilton (Tex - 2010), Breeze

9th Round
1) 3B Adrian Beltre (LA - 2004), Breeze
2) C Darrell Porter (KC - 1979), David Corperial
3) LF Manny Ramirez (Bos - 2004), tarcone
4) P Clayton Kershaw (LA - 2014), bhlloy
5) RF Tony Gwynn (SD - 1987), Vince, Pt. II
6) RP Dennis Eckersley (A's - 1990), cmgdodgers
7) 1B Joey Votto (Cin - 2015), yeah826
8) 3B Chipper Jones (Atl - 1999), thehitcat
9) 2B Roberto Alomar (Tor - 1993), jbergey22
10) RF Mel Ott (Giants - 1929), spleen1015

10th Round
1) 3B Vinny Castilla (Col - 1998), spleen1015
2) P Chris Sale (ChW - 2014), jbergey22
3) RF Bryce Harper (Wash - 2015), thehitcat
4) 1B Miguel Cabrera (Det - 2013), yeah826
5) LF Pete Rose (Cin - 1973), cmgdodgers
6) RP Billy Wagner (Hou - 1999), Vince, Pt. II
7) RP Mariano Rivera (NYY, -2005), bhlloy
8) RF Giancarlo Stanton (Mia - 2017), tarcone
9) RP John Hiller (Det - 1973), David Corperial
10) P Zach Greinke (KC - 2009), Breeze

11th Round
1) RP Trevor Hoffman (SD - 1996), Breeze
2) RP Mark Eichhorn (Tor - 1986), David Corperial
3) RP Bruce Sutter (ChC - 1979), tarcone
4) 1B Albert Pujols (StL - 2009), bhlloy
5) C Carlton Fisk (Bos - 1977), Vince, Pt. II
6) P Ed Walsh (ChW - 1910), cmgdodgers
7) P Jacob DeGrom (NYM - 2018), yeah826
8) C Ted Simmons (StL - 1977), thehitcat
9) LF Ralph Kiner (Pitt - 1949), jbergey22
10) RP Zach Britton (Balt - 2016), spleen1015

12th Round
1) LF Ed Delahanty (Phi - 1985), spleen1015
2) C Thurmon Munson (NYY - 1973), jbergey22
3) CF Cesar Cedeno (Hou - 1973), thehitcat
4) RP Rollie Fingers (Mil - 1981), yeah826
5) C King Kelly (ChC - 1886), cmgdodgers
6) 3B Scott Rolen (StL - 2004), Vince, Pt. II
7) RF Shoeless Joe Jackson (Cle - 1912), bhlloy
8) RP Dan Quisenberry (KC - 1983), tarcone
9) RP Ted Abernathy (Cin - 1967), David Corperial
10) RP Willie Hernandez (Det - 1984), Breeze

13th Round
1) RF Mookie Betts (Bos - 2018), Breeze
2) RP Jim Kern (Tex - 1979), David Corperial
3) SS Omar Vizquel (Cle - 1999), tarcone
4) LF Luis Gonzalez (Ari - 2001), bhlloy
5) 1B Frank Thomas (ChW - 1994), Vince, Pt. II
6) P Kevin Brown (SD - 1998), cmgdodgers
7) P Vida Blue (Oak - 1971), yeah826
8) SS Hanley Ramirez (Fla - 2007), thehitcat
9) CF Hack Wilson (ChC - 1930), jbergey22
10) 1B Carlos Delgado (Tor - 2000), spleen1015

14th Round
1) P Nolan Ryan (Cal - 1973), spleen1015
2) C Mickey Cochrane (A's - 1933), jbergey22
3) RP Goose Gossage (Pitt - 1977), thehitcat
4) P Tom Glavine (Atl - 1991), yeah826
5) RF Gary Sheffield (Mia - 1996), cmgdodgers
6) RF Ben Zobrist (TB - 2009), Vince, Pt. II
7) 3B Manny Machado (Balt - 2016), bhlloy
8) LF Minnie Minosa (ChW - 1954), tarcone
9) CF Willie Davis (LA - 1964), David Corperial
10) RP Brad Lidge (Hou - 2004), Breeze

15th Round
1) RP Al Hrabosky (StL - 1975), Breeze
2) 2B Franky Frisch (StL - 1927), David Corperial
3) SS Rabbit Maranville (Braves - 1914), tarcone
4) RP Tug McGraw (Phi - 1980), bhlloy
5) RP Blake Treinen (Oak - 2018), Vince, Pt. II
6) 1B Norm Cash (Det - 1961), cmgdodgers
7) P Max Scherzer (Wash - 2018), yeah826
8) RP Fernando Rodney (TB - 2012), thehitcat
9) RP Craig Kimbrel (Atl - 2012), jbergey22
10) RF Paul Waner (Pitt - 1927), spleen1015

16th Round
1) C Yogi Berra (NYY - 1950), spleen1015
2) RP Aroldis Chapman (Cin - 2014), jbergey22
3) RP BJ Ryan (Tor - 2006), thehitcat
4) C Roy Campanella (Dodgers - 1951), yeah826
5) P John Smoltz (Atl - 1996), cmgdodgers
6) 2B Chuck Knoblauch (Minn - 1996), Vince, Pt. II
7) C Lance Parrish (Det - 1982), bhlloy
8) 1B Dave Magadan (NYM - 1990), tarcone
9) C Buster Posey (SF - 2012), David Corperial
10) 1B Paul Goldschmidt (Ar - 2015), Breeze

17th Round
1) CF Darin Erstad (LAA - 2000), Breeze
2) P Old Hoss Radbourn (Greys - 1884), David Corperial
3) C Tony Pena (Pitt - 1983), tarcone
4) RP Jonathon Papelbon (Bos - 2006), bhlloy
5) P Sam McDowell (Cle - 1965), Vince, Pt. II
6) RP Joe Nathan (Minn - 2006), cmgdodgers
7) SS Nomar Garciaparra (Bos - 2000), yeah826
8) P Denny McLain (Det - 1968), thehitcat
9) RP Francisco Rodriguez (LAA - 2004), jbergey22
10) RP Bobby Thigpen (CHW - 1990), spleen1015

18th Round
1) P Felix Hernandez (Sea - 2010), spleen1015
2) 3B Ken Caminity (SD - 1996), jbergey22
3) 3B Harmon Killebrew (Minn - 1969), thehitcat
4) LF Lance Berkman (Hou - 2001), yeah826
5) LF Sherry Magee (Phi - 1910), cmgdodgers
6) P Ron Guidry (NYY - 1978), Vince, Pt. II
7) CF Marquis Grissom (Mon - 1992), bhlloy
8) SS Dickie Thon (Hou - 1983), tarcone
9) P Wilbur Wood (ChW - 1971), David Corperial
10) RP Rob Nen (SF - 2000), Breeze

I pmed him

Well this is moving at a snails pace.

Sorry guys, out all evening. Homer pick alert

San Fernando Dragons Select:

Mike Trout, 2018 Los Angeles Angels

Was seriously wondering where to slot him. I think it's a reach, but he was in my top ten for sure. I can't imagine you will be disappointed with the pick.

I also can't believe I get the best baseball player of all time at #5, but I'll take what fortune wants to give me.

The Willow City Wreckers select:

Willie Mays - CF - 1954 (New York Giants)

I have sent a PM to cmgdodgers to let them know they are on the clock.

Strategy defined. I'm ready to rock & roll. You guys just need to let me have the players that I want.

Wait strategy? Um hold on I might need to look at this again :)

Yep. I am only picking guys born the same month as me.

Ooo...the horoscope strategy...I didn't think of that one...

I had Pmed my pick a while ago but for you guys its

2001 73 HR Barry Bonds SF Giants DH

UGH

Yikes, just PMed you. :)

LOL. I was ready with my picks.

Love the Ted Williams pick. I just wasnt sure if the defense was going to populate like it does on "Perfect Team" where it seems like the old time players get severe penalties on their defense. I think it was suppose to have been fixed on the last patch.

Ted Williams and Walter Johnson at the back end of round one seems like absurd value.

Work is crushing me this week. I'll be on this evening to get everything updated.

Excellent choices; I love Randy Johnson especially for being a Diamondback and leaving options open for later in the draft.

FYI I am out of pocket most of the rest of today. I have given a ~20 player list to EagleFan to hopefully keep things moving if it gets stuck on me.

Vince PM'd me, this is his pick (EF has a list if it goes any further)

The Willow City Wreckers select:

Hank Aaron, 1961 Milwaukee Braves

Vince - I went ahead and gave you his best year by WAR as you didn't specify, I'm sure nobody will begrudge you if you want to change it later

The San Fernando Dragons select:

Cy Young, 1892 Cleveland Spiders

Assuming that the Spiders are a distinct franchise and this leaves the Indians on the board for me later correct?

tarcone is on the clock, sending PM

Dang. Cy Young was on my list.

The Big Inning Corn Kings select:

1911 Detroit Tigers Ty Cobb

PMing David

Tallahassee Federals Select:

1908 Pittsburgh Pirates - Honus Wagner
1975 Cincinnati Reds - Joe Morgan

You jumped David.

Stamford Cyberams Select:

LF Carl Yastrzemski - Boston Red Sox - 1967
SS Cal Ripken Jr - Baltimore Orioles - 1991

Thanks bhlloy. I think I actually had 1963, but I'll verify when I get back to a computer.

Yeah, interestingly 1961 was his best WAR year but not even close to his best offensive year (I realized this after I was posting as I was evaluating my pick) - actually was a down year for offense but highest based on a pretty dramatic swing in defensive WAR. I'd probably go for a different year as well if it was up to me.

2 picks?

Yeah, he was one away from the turn but got skipped, so he gets to go back to back. Tarcone is back on the clock.

David, my bad...if you want either of the guys I picked it's fine. I don't mind changing one of my picks...

Updated he draft post through 2.4. Will be back on shortly to continue the updates.

Randy Johnson was a pain. Except for one other player the "01" version of the player has been the one we wanted... Randy Johnson was 05. I guess there were a lot of johnsra players that year. Including a Rankin Johnson Jr. AND Rankin Johnson Sr.... who knew...

No, I took the guys I wanted, Honus would've been in a debate with Cal, but that was always going to be my second pick, Carl was always going to be first, so it's fair game.

Honus was #1 on the list I submitted to EagleFan last night, but I waffled, and some friends eventually talked me into Hank Aaron.

If you had taken Wagner I was taking Ripken :)

Updated through here.

Just because I am a nerd for this stuff:

Current Positional Rankings
C - n/a
1B - Big Inning Corn Kings lead with only one so far
2B - Hornsby rated 1st, Morgan 2nd
3B - n/a
SS - Rodriguez, Wagner, Ripken
LF - Williams, Bonds, Yastrzemski
CF - Mays, Mantle, Trout, Cobb
RF - Ruth, Aaron
SP - Otisburg, Baltimore, Canton, Indianapolis, Stamford
RP - n/a

I have to go homer. Do personalities count?

1968 St. Louis Cardinals Bob Gibson

bhlloy is up

I am really enjoying this draft. It is an amzing idea. Well done.

Im surprised more didnt jump in.

Same I'm thrilled there was still space for me to join. What a great idea.

I'm enjoying watching the different approaches. Want to see how the games turn out. Went with the shortened season so that every game means something.

If this season goes well I may do a second season but maybe with a twist, like not being able to draft players who were taken in season 1. :)

Shoot a 419 average season is ranked 4th as a CF? WHAT? Holy smokes. The talent in MLB is crazy.

Finding it fascinating how the players are being rated and ranked as I import them. Going to be some serious talent in the league.

San Fernando Dragons select:

SP Roger Clemens, 1997 Toronto Blue Jays

EF - I think you have Vince's list, and he said he'd be out all night, so I guess you can keep us moving?

I'd like to see only being able to draft one player from each decade as an awesome twist if you do this again. Maybe once you've selected from all 14, you can reuse them or something.

Or something like 2 from each decade, and pre 1920 counts as one decade with the rule above about reuse?

Grrr...I had my hopes up that Clemens would make it to me. Great pick...that puts me in a bind between several players I really like. After a lot of hemming and hawing...

SS Ernie Banks, 1959 Chicago Cubs

And EagleFan, if you don't mind I would like to swap my Hank Aaron pick to 1963 Hank Aaron, not 1961 Hank Aaron.

Question: how interchangeable are OF positions? It's been a long time since I have played OOTP regularly. If I were to select someone who hypothetically never played an inning in LF in their career, but I moved them to LF, how much would that mess with them?

Also, I should be around almost all day tomorrow. If it gets stuck on me and that list still has people in it, feel free to pick for me, but give me a reasonable amount of time first (an hour or two should be plenty).

Yeah, I don't think you'd want to do that if they don't have any experience at the position. It's certainly not "OF positions are interchangeable" from my experience. And that actually brings a couple more important points to my mind, as haven't imported historical players into OOTP in many years.

1) Will imported players come in with just experience and rating at their primary position they played that year, or a realistic balance of the positions they played that season/over the import period?

2) Will the CPU manager put SP as relievers and actually use them reliably, or is it going to freak out and do stupid stuff if you don't have a true MR/CL on the roster? Not sure if anyone is considering doing that, but that would be sad if somebody takes a bunch of great SP and ruins their team. Historically dominant relievers are not a dime a dozen.

Hey EF you have Ty Cobb listed at 1922 on the master list. I chose the 1911 version

Alot of the players that I wanted got picked lol.

Ozzie Smith SS 1987 St Louis Cardinals

I have so many thoughts about this as it's happening and I can't really discuss them because they revolve around players who have not been picked yet.

soo... I know I've held this up once myself, but are we going to go with time limits during the day at any point?

Sorry, typo. Will correct. Imported the right one.

It's been a rough evening (migraine, storm, power outage, then had to pick up my youngest and her friends from their job in OC). I will update tomorrow.

Will send out a PM to try to get it moving again.

Sadly no new pick.

That said a question for our host, EagleFan.

If I was looking at a player who was traded midseason, which team does he fall under? The team he started the season with? The team he ended the season with? or gulp both teams?

Thanks and hopefully we get back to picking soon :)

Any way to auto pick?

Good question. Team he ended with.

We'll give him a bit more time. He hasn't been online for a while, hope all is well.

If it gets too much longer I'll put down a deadline and what we'll do is bypass him and continue and then he can make the picks he missed when he returns.

Caught up to here.

Since you're back - hope you are feeling better, migraines are no joke - any way to change my Hank Aaron pick to reflect the 1963 version?

Well that doesn't work for me at all ;)

Thanks for the quick response.

Yeah, I see that is what you had in your list. I'll get that changed.

Going to put a 10:00 PM EST clock on for the next pick.

hitcat knows my list so I am sure he is ready and waiting. Im ready with mine at 10pm sharp

Once you go I'll go quick and then crash. I'm a bit out of pocket until possibly late afternoon tomorrow but I have a bunch of picks before I go again after tonight.

Deadline past.

Nice pick. Difficult to choose which season of his. I think 1990 was is best overall season but in 1985 he qualifies as a CF I believe.

Thank you and I agree that '85 might be the better season...but he's also a Yankee in '85 and for the future I needed him to not be a Yankee. So 1990 it was and I'll just need to find my CF elsewhere. :D

Current Positional Rankings
C - n/a
1B - Corn Kings
2B - Knights, Federals
3B - Knights, Raiders
SS - Raiders, Federals, Wreckers, Cyberams, Steamers
LF - Clowns, Steamers, Aquaracers, Cyberams
CF - Wreckers, Knights, Dragons, Corn Kings
RF - Federals, Raiders, Aquaracers, Wreckers
SP - Aquaracers, Steamers, Corn Kings, Dragons, RaidersClowns, Cyberams
RP - n/a

But take those rankings with a grain of salt. Have seen those reports end up being just as much speculation as what you see on ESPN.

I like them. I think some of the fun will be looking back at the choices and deciding what we liked, what we hated, what the ratings had right and where they were off (I mean it's an 18 game season with maybe a 3 game playoff so we're probably going to see some crazy SSS swings for some of these guys.

Bah. 1 & 2 on my list. Great picks both. Henderson and what year to take for him was a great debate for me and some friends. I had him as a fringe 1st round talent; you don't get any better of a leadoff hitter, and it's not particularly close.

1939 Joe Dimaggio CF New York Yankees

Even though I wanted Rickey Henderson.....

Sorry guys. Been sick the last few days and totally forgot about this.

Picking shortly.

Joe D is a pretty nice consolation prize :)

I think it's on me now? A little turned around with the out-of-order picks :) Give me a few minutes and I'll make a pick.

Also, holy crap the fact that Tom Terrific didn't win the Cy Young that year.