1960 League Expansion
Our 20-team league is expanding by four teams. Long structures with two sub-leagues and no divisions, we'll now have two divisions in each league based on team geography, with six teams in each division.
I went ahead and split up the league into four divisions of five, so now each division will an expansion team each. No teams switched sub-leagues in this process.
The new teams:
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Columbia League East: Tampa Bay Mocs
Columbia League West: Denver Bears
Federal League East: Indianapolis Ravens
Federal League West: Texas Giants
Players with less than 5 Pro Service Years are automatically protected in the upcoming expansion draft, and we can protect 16 total players. Each team can only lose a maximum of three players.
C Bobby Munoz is selected by the Indianapolis Ravens. Munoz has a great eye at the plate and is strong on defense. Reaching AAA last year, he was in line to compete for our backup job (or starting job, potentially).
SP/RP Cortez Soto is taken by the Denver Bears, who spent most of the last year working out of our of our pen. He threw 71.2 innings, with a 4.27 ERA and 76 Ks.
RP Nick Manessis goes to Tampa Bay. A reliever here, he's likely going to start for the Mocs and could definitely be solid. Out of the pen, he threw 71 innings to a 2.66 ERA.