Rules for the next season (1971) of the 1969 Dynasty Draft League (Now at 20)

Here is an update for the next season (1971) of our online draft league

How the league is to be played

We will be playing the 1971 season which is to be released by Dynasty in Feb or Mar of 2023. We will be playing under 1971 rules with one exception. There will be at least one interleague play to allow each player to play each other player at least one home and away series.

The schedule

As soon as I have the number of teams confirmed (We’re at 20) I will begin to work on the schedule. While I don’t have to deal with the logistics of hotels and airports it still is a complicated matter to make it and will take some time to enter into the system. Please be patient with me as I do so. My goal will be to have the schedule ready before the draft.

Number of games:

The plan was to play a 162 game season. I thought about a shorter one but Dynasty is planning to release 1972 after 1971 so I want to give them the full time so we have a chance to keep playing continual seasons. With 20 teams I’ve decided on a 150 game season (4 series 10 games same league 2 series 6 games opposite league) All teams will have an equal number of home and away games.

Frequency of games

There will be two scheduled series per week.

Number of teams

We currently have 20 confirmed teams.

Division setup:

With 20 we’ll go two divisions and if Dynasty permits we’ll have wild cards).

Trades and waivers.

After the fifth series of the season teams may trade. Any player on the current roster may be traded along with any of the first seven draft picks for the next season (currently 1973 BUT if 1972 is finished by Dynasty in time they will take precedent.) If a trade is made that increases a roster beyond the 40 man limit a player must be released before the next series is played. Any trades agreed will not be executed until all the teams involved have the same amount of games played.

Waivers takes place after the sixth series. Teams make waivers picked based on their current record and are made from the undrafted players not on rosters.. If a pick brings a Roster over 40 a player must be released or an injured player not on the DL must be placed there to make room.

The DL:

In a change from previous seasons players on the DL WILL count toward your roster but to make up for it we will have a maximum 40 man roster. We will still only draft 35 but players may expand their rosters via trade and waivers.

Playing Games.

All games must be completed before the next scheduled series. the Dynasty system will take over and auto play any games that are not completed one hour before the next scheduled game (even if said unfinished game is in progress) Players are encouraged to use the chat room and the Dynasty message system to reschedule games if needed and are also encouraged to make a manager profile in case a game has to autoplay. Instructions on how to do that are here.

Be aware that if you have your team on AUTO and your opponent requests a rescheduled in the system Dynasty will automatically allow it so keep this in mind when or if you turn auto on. Also be aware if both team are on auto and you reschedule the game will be played automatically so make sure your team is not on auto before you do this.

Expansion and Expansion draft

With two new teams we will have an expansion draft.

Selecting a franchise:

New players who do not take an existing franchise will be allowed to select any of the currently open franchises for 1971 the franchises they took are:

Minnesota Twins Last years twins moved to KC

Chicago Cubs

They will automatically gain the rights to any rookies for the 1971 team of that franchise.

If we again have multiple expansion teams they will pick franchises in the order that they confirmed their intent to join the league.

If a current player expresses an intent to leave the league before the expansion draft the expansion players will in the order above be given the option of taking over that existing franchise including their roster and current draft picks (or lack thereof)

Expansion Draft:

Each team will have two weeks to submit a list of protected players currently on their 40 man rosters. These players will not be eligible to be drafted in the expansion draft. There will be a maximum of 7 players on each teams protected list. it is recommended (but not required) to submit an additional twelve players to be protected once a player or two is drafted from their team.

Whenever a player is chosen off a team in the expansion draft said team will be able to immediately protect an additional five players. No team can lose more than three payers to the expansion draft. If a list is not submitted before the draft and not submitted at the time the first player is taken from the team then said team will not have additional players protected until such a list is provided. I will allow a reasonable amount of time in case the player is not in the chat room for me to try to contact said player before another player is takin from his team.

Expansion teams draft a minimum of four players and a maximum of 12 players to their rosters before the regular draft. The number of players picked in the expansion draft by an expansion team will determine where they will draft in the regular draft.

As soon as all expansion teams have completed their drafts two things happen

All Rookies become property of their franchises and count toward their current rosters.
All teams must submit the list of players retained in the regular draft. The players drafted by the expansion teams are considered to be that list.

Franchise locations and parks

Every team is presumed to have the park their team played in during the season they entered the league.

Franchises whose teams move in real life are not required to relocate their teams. So the Seattle Pilots are not required to move to Milwaukee and the Washington Senators are not required to move to Texas but they retain the option to do so at any time.

Franchises are NOT required to build new stadiums and my continue to play in their old stadiums if they wish. So Cincy can stay in Crosley field and Pittsburgh can remain in Forbes Field if they wish but they retain the right to move into those new stadiums at any time so another team my NOT select that stadium. If a team chooses to move into their new park in the same city the old park is considered demolished and no other team may use it from that point on.

A team may NOT move into a park that in a different city because the Dynasty system bases the weather on the park used NOT the city that a team’s label claims it is in. Thus if the Seattle Pilots want to play in Country Stadium they MUST move to Milwaukee

A team may NOT move into a park in the same city that belongs to a future franchise. Example. If the Seattle Pilots choose to remain in Seattle rather than move to Milwaukee they may NOT move into the Kingdome because it is reserved for the Mariners franchise when it becomes available.

Old parks

A team MAY move into an old park from the same city under the following conditions:

The park was once the home park of the franchise OR
The franchise that once owned the park is now located in another city

Examples,

the Seattle Pilots move to Milwaukee the Mariners if taken MAY move into Sick Stadium.
The Cardinals may move into sportsman park because it was once their old stadium.
Both the Yankees and the Mets may move into the Polo Grounds because the park is in NY and both teams were once based there.

Rookies

A “Rookie” is define as any player who did not have a card for the previous season.

A rookie is considered to be part of the team listed on their card reguardless of who they actually played their first game for (Dynasty lists cards based on who a player finishes a season with thus any rookie that was traded by an MLB team in his first season will have their card listed for the team they were traded to NOT the team they played their first game with.

All teams retain rights to their rookies prior to the draft and rookies for a franchise are not eligible to be drafted in any expansion draft.

A Rookie becomes a part of a team after said team names their protected players for the draft. They count toward the 35 man roster

Any team that doesn’t want to retain a rookie may release them before the draft to open up a roster spot but once release all rights to said player are surrendered.

Players retained list

All teams may retain a number of players based on their finish in the 1970 season. The players retained list for 1971 has already been posted here: but I’ll repeat it below for convenience

World series winner 4 players (Giants)
World series runner up 5 players (Yankees)
non-world series Division winners 6 players (Reds, Phillies, Redsox, Indians)
Wild Card Teams Winners that don’t make the series 7 players (Pirates, Royals (twins))
Wild Card game losers (A’s Braves)
Non division winning teams with the 5th and 6th best records 9 players (Pilots, Mets)
Non division winning teams with the 7th and 8th best record 10 players (Orioles, Angels)
Teams with the 3rd and 4th worst records 11 players (Dodgers, Cardinals)
Teams with the worst and 2nd worst record 12 players (Expos, Senators)

NOTE: If a player on your current Roster does not have a card for the next season due to injury, military service etc but WILL the following year a team may choose to retain the rights to said player but will have to spend a protected spot for it and will have to keep a space for him all season.

Example: Rico Carty was out for all of 1971 due to injury. Boston currently owns Carty. They can choose to hold his rights when his season ends. He will pay 1971 with 39 players and in 1972 will hold the rights to Carty. If at any time he chooses to release him Carty will be considered a rookie for Atlanta Rookie because

He had no card the previous year
No team held his rights
His 1972 card says “Atlanta”

In the example above if Carty is released and we don’t play the 1972 season Carty would be a rookie for the A’s because his 1973 dynasty card says Oakland

The draft order of teams has been posted here and will be repeated below taking into account the possibility of expansion teams. Any team that is not retained will of course not be drafting BUT If a team holds the draft pick of a team that is no longer in the league he will draft those picks as if that team was still in the league in the round that he holds them.

Worst team (12) Montreal Expos
2nd worst team (12) Washington Seantors
Expansion Team(s) if any that drafts only 4 players in the expansion draft
3rd wort team (11) LA Dodgers
4th worst team (11) California Angels
Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 5 players in the expansion draft
5th worst team (10) St Louis Cardinals
6th worst team (10) Baltimore Orioles
Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 6 players in the expansion draft
7th worst team (9) New York Mets (Daytraders)
8th worst team (9) Seattle Pilots
Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 7 players in the expansion draft
Wild Card team (8) Oakland A’s
Wild Card team (7) Kansas City (Formally Minnesota)
Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 8 players in the expansion draft
Wild Card team (8) Atlanta Braves
Wild Card team ( 7) Pittsburg Pirates
Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 9 players in the expansion draft
Division winning team with worst record (6) Cleveland Indians
Division winning team with next worst record (6) Boston Red Sox
Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 10 players in the expansion draft
Division winner not in WS with next worst record (6) Philadelphia Phillies
Division winner not in WS with best record (6) Cincinnati Reds
Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 11 players in the expansion draft
World series loser (5) New York Yankees
Word series winner (4) San Francisco Giants
Expansion Team(s) if any that draft 12 players in the expansion draft

NOTES:

Because Minnesota (now KC) defeated Oakland in the Wild Card game Oakland gets the draft advantage over them. Likewise because Atlanta lost to Pittsburgh they get the draft advantage over them even though they had the better record.

The first tiebreaker for non-playoff teams with identical records is head to head matchups which is why the Mets draft ahead of Seattle. The 2nd tiebreaker if teams had identical records AND split their season series is draft order for the previous season thus California drafts ahead of StL..

Examples: If Cincinnati traded the NYY their 3rd round draft pick last season but are not an active team this year then during round 3 the Yankees would get a pick in spot 23 as if Cincinnati was still an active team..

If two or more expansion teams draft the same number of players their draft position will be determined by a dice roll

When all teams have drafted that will be considered the end of a round and the next round will commence.

Teams will continue to draft in this order until:

Their team reaches 35 men OR
A team with 25 or more players on their roster voluntarily drops out

Once a team has dropped out of the draft they may not re-enter it and must increase their roster either through trades or waivers.

Draft on designated Draft day(s):

A date and time will be set for the initial rounds of the draft. It will almost certainly be a Saturday or Friday as those are the days I have off. All teams will be expected to be either:

Available in the slack chat room (preferred)
Available by phone
With me in my home at the time of the draft
Have a list of players to be drafted submitted

All currently players are presumed to have looked over the card(s) for 1971 online or at least looked up stats by draft day. All expansion teams are encouraged to start doing so at once.

There will be one designated draft day per week.
On a designated draft day a strict 5 minute limit will be allowed to make a pick.
If a team misses their pick will be moved to after the next player on the list who will be considered on the clock and allowed to pick. Example Seattle misses their pick and Montreal is next, Montreal is allowed to pick and Seattle picks after them
If a team who has been skipped has to be skipped twice their pick can be made any time before the end of the round. Example Washington is scheduled to pick 10th They miss their pick If they figure out who they want they can make a pick or submit a list any time before the end of the round and that pick will be valid.
If a team that has been skipped has not picked by the end of the round then a pick will be made for them by me. Said pick will be the player from your franchise who played the most games that season based on their card. Example: Boston does not pick or submit a list for round 5 I will look at the Roster for the actual 1970 red sox to see who is available. If Billy Conligiliaro has the most game played among unpicked players he will be Boston draft pick. If Boston already has 6 outfielders that will not matter Billy C becomes the pick.
The opening Scheduled draft days will go on for 100 picks. Other scheduled draft days will be 60 picks. Once the number of picks is reached the clock is turned off

BE AWARE THAT EVEN WITH A FIVE MINUTE LIMIT THAT CAN MEAN 100 MINUTES FOR 20 TEAMS TO PICK IN ONE ROUND. PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO PREPARE FOR THE DRAFT TO CUT DOWN ON THE TIME REQUIRED. The more prepared everyone is the faster things will go.

Picks off the clock and on non-draft days

Once the clock is off a team has an unlimited time to make a pick. Picks can be submitted in the draft room or via the Dynasty message system or in person if the person picking is local or via the phone to me.

Once the pick is made and recorded on the draft sheet and the player moved to the roster I will announce the pick in the slack chat room and inform the person up, the person on deck and the person in the hole to be prepared to pick. Until you see that announcement the pick is not official.

The season will begin one week after the draft is complete.

Finally be aware that I have a big event coming up Easter week for my 35th anniversary and that the planning and execution of said event might take some of my time.

If you have any questions not covered here please let me know.

Draft Order for 1971 Dynasty League Season

This is the draft order for our 1971 Dynasty season.

Montreal
Washington
Los Angeles
California¹
St. Louis¹
Baltimore *
NY (Daytraders)²
Seattle²
Oakland *
Kansas City (Minnesota)
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia *
Cincinnati *
New York (Yankees)
San Francisco

¹California & St. Louis had identical records and split their season series but St. Louis had the highest draft position the previous year so is considered the higher ranking team.

²Seattle & NY (Daytraders) finished with identical records but the Pilots won the season series so are considered the higher ranking team.

Teams with a * have not confirmed that they are playing in the 1971 season. If any of these teams are eliminated due to lack of a player then any draft picks they traded in the first 7 round will still take place in slot they would have if they team was populated.

Players retained for 1971 season. (Excluding rookies)

World series winner 4 players (Giants)
World series runner up 5 players (Yankees)
non-world series Division winners 6 players (Reds, Phillies, Redsox, Indians)
Wild Card Teams Winners that don’t make the series 7 players (Pirates, Royals (twins))
Wild Card game losers (A’s Braves)
Non division winning teams with the 5th and 6th best records 9 players (Pilots, Mets)
Non division winning teams with the 7th and 8th best record 10 players (Orioles, Angels)
Teams with the 3rd and 4th worst records 11 players (Dodgers, Cardinals)
Teams with the worst and 2nd worst record 12 players (Expos, Senators)

If you have an interest in joining this league please contact me either in comments or in the dynasty system as soon as possible.

UPDATE: I mistakenly didn’t take into account the wild card winners in draft order so the Braves and A’s moved up a notch and the pirates and KC (Twins) moved down. That is the price of success.

Update 2: Montreal has confirmed they are returning and we have a new manager for California.

Waivers Free Agent list as of 10/6

The Batters

Tommie Aaron Atl
Luis Alcaraz KC
Hank Allen Mil
Bob Allison Min
Luis Alvarado Bos
Max Alvis Mil
Bob Aspromonte Atl
Bob Barton SD
Del Bates Phi
Curt Blefray NYY
Buddy Bradford Cle
Ron Brand Mon
Angel Bravo Cin
Bob Burda Mil
Jim Campanis KC
Darrel Chaney Cin
Ty Cline Cin
Wayne Comer Wash
Mike Compton Phi
Tommy Dean SD
Jim Fairey Mon
Mike Fiore Bos
Bobby Floyd KC
Tito Francona Mil
Vern Fuller Cle
Len Gabrielson LAD
Phil Gagliano Chc
Russ Gibson SF
Greg Goossen Wash
Cesar Gutierez Det
Jimmie Hall Atl
Jackie Hernandez KC
Mike Hershberger Mil
Jim Hutto Phi
Johnny Jeter limited use
Mike Jorgensen NYM
Rick Joseph Phi
Van Kelly SD
Lou Klimchock Cle
Coco Laboy Mon
Keith Lampard Hou
Leron Lee StL
Charlie Manuel Min
Dave Marshall NYM
Don Mason SF
John Matias Chw
Rich McKinney
Jerry Morales SD
Russ Nagelson Det
Don Pavletich Bos
Jim Price Det
Frank Quilici Min
Tommie Reynolds Cal
Rich Rollins Cle
Chico Salmon Bal
Dick Schofield Bos
Mike Shannon StL
Willie Smith ChC
Russ Snyder Mil
George Spriggs KC
Marv Staehle Mon
Larry Stahl SD
John Stephenson SF
Gary Sutherland Mon
Ken Szolkiewicz Det
Bob Taylor SF
Hector Torres Hou
Ray Webster SD
Al Weis NYM
Don Wert Det
Floyd Wicker Mil
Walt William Chw

Pitchers

Dave Boswell Min
Don Cardwell Atl
Mike Davison SF
Rich Folkers NYM
Chuck Hartenstein Bos
Rick Kester Atl
George Lauzenique Mil
Dave Leonhard Bal
Skip Lockwood
Danny Murphy Chw
Lowel Palmer (released by phil)
Roberto Rodriguez ChC
Tommie Sisk ChW
Lee Stange ChW
Dick Such Wash
Ray Washburn Cin
Billy Wynne ChW

SABLE / GERBEL Draft Face to Face League 2021 Plus AA Draft

AA Draft first

Franchise	Player	Position	Team	Round
Tampa Bay Mike	Paul Blackburn	Starting Pitcher	Oakland	1
Cleveland Mike	Gilbert Celeseino	Centerfielder	Minnesota	1
NY Yankees Sherwood	Gavin Sheets	Right Fielder	Chicago (a)	1
Oakland Patrick	Seth Brown	Right Fielder	Oakland	1
St. Louis Alvin	Riley Adams	Catcher	Washington	1
NY Mets Mark	Michael Chavis	Second Baseman	Pittsburgh	1
Washington Peter	Nate Pearson	Pitcher	Toronto	1
Colorado Brian	Christian Pache	Centerfielder	Atlanta	1

Round 2

Franchise	Player	Position	Team	Round
Tampa Bay Mike	Joe Ryan	Starting Pitcher	Minnesota	2
Cleveland Mike	A. J. Puck	Relief Pitcher	Oakland	2
St. Louis Alvin	Jake Rogers	Catcher	Detroit	2
NY Mets Mark	Chris Archer	Starter/Relivers	Tampa Bay	2
Washington Peter	Dustin May	Pitcher	Los Angeles	2
Colorado Brian	Ryan Braiser	Relief Pitcher	Boston	2

Round 3

Franchise	Player	Position	Team	Round
Tampa Bay Mike	Cody Poteet	Starting Pitcher	Miami	3
Cleveland Mike	Evans Philips	Pitcher	Los Angeles	3
Washington Peter	Dakota Hudson	Starting Pitcher	St Louis	3
Colorado Brian	Jesus Sanchez	Right Fielder	Miami	3

Round 4

Franchise	Player	Position	Team	Round
Tampa Bay Mike	Joe Connor	Left Fielder	Colorado	4
Cleveland Mike	Brian De La Cruz	Centerfielder	Miami	4
Colorado Brian	Alex Woods	Starting Pitcher	Los Angeles	4

Round 5

Franchise	Player	Position	Team	Round
Tampa Bay Mike	Jason Bosier	Third Baseman	San Francisco	5
Cleveland Mike	Kyle Isabel	Right Field	Kansas City	5

The Regular Draft

Round 1

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Tampa Bay Mike	Miles Straw	Center Fielder	Cleveland	1
Tampa Bay Mike (Via Cleveland)	Tyler O’Neil	Left Fielder	St. Louis	1
NY Yankees Sherwood	Mookie Betts	Right Fielder	Los Angeles	1
Oakland Patrick	Richie Rodrigues	Short Reliever	Atlanta	1
St. Louis Alvin	Tyler Anderson	Starting Pitcher	Seattle	1
NY Mets Mark	Anthony DeSclafani	Starting Pitcher	San Francisco	1
Tampa Bay (via Washington & San Diego)	David Fletcher	Second Baseman	Anaheim	1
Colorado Brian	Tim Anderson	Shortstop	Chicago (a)	1

Round 2

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Tampa Bay Mike	Jose Ramirez	Third Baseman	Cleveland	2
Cleveland Mike	Ryan McMann	Third Baseman	Colorado	2
NY Yankees Sherwood	Sean Murphy	Catcher	Oakland	2
Tampa Bay Mike (via Oakland Patrick)	Adolis Garcia	Centerfielder	Texas	2
St. Louis Alvin	Tyler Stevenson	Catcher	Cincinnati	2
Tampa Bay Mike (Via NY Mets Mark)	Omar Navarez	Catcher	Milwaukee	2
Washington Peter	Jose Altuve	Second Baseman	Houston	2
Tampa Bay Mike (via Colorado Brian)	Thomas Nighto	Catcher	NY National	2

Round 3

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Tampa Bay Mike	Carlos Rendon	Starting Pitcher	Chicago (a)	3
Tampa Bay Mike (Via Cleveland)	Dilan Cease	Starting Pitcher	Chicago (a)	3
Tampa Bay Mike (via NY Yankees Sherwood)	Nolan Arenado	Third Baseman	St Louis	3
Tampa Bay Mike (via Oakland Patrick)	Whit Merrifield	Second Baseman	Kansas City	3
Tampa Bay Mike (via St. Louis Alvin)	Tyler Ward	Right Fielder	Anaheim	3
NY Mets Mark	Tony Kemp	Second Baseman	Oakland	3
Tampa Bay Mike (via Washington)	Manny Magout	Center Fielder	Tampa Bay	3
Tampa Bay Mike (via Colorado Brian)	Yandy Diaz	First baseman	Tampa Bay	3

Round 4

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Oakland Patrick (via Tampa Bay Mike)	Kenley Janson	Relief Pitcher	Los Angeles	4
Cleveland Mike	Lorenzo Cain	Center Fielder	Milwaukee	4
NY Yankees Sherwood	Adam Duval	Right Fielder	Atlanta	4
Oakland Patrick	Kevin Newman	Shortstop	Pittsburgh	4
St. Louis Alvin	Gregory Soto	Short Relief	Detroit	4
NY Mets Mark	Ranger Swarez	Starting Pitcher	Philadelphia	4
Washington Peter	Luis Robert	Center Fielder	Chicago (a)	4
Colorado Brian	Trevor Richards	Long Relief	Toronto	4

Round 5

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Oakland Patrick (Via Tampa Bay Mike)	Bailey Ober	Starting Pitcher	Minnesota	5
Washington Peter (via Cleveland Mike)	Chris Taylor	Everywhere (but c)	Los Angeles	5
NY Yankees Sherwood	Jacob Stallings	Catcher	Pittsburgh	5
Oakland Patrick	Mark Cana	Left Fielder	Oakland	5
Oakland Patrick (via St. Louis Alvin)	Paul Segal	Short Reliver	Seattle	5
NY Mets Mark	Kiki Hernandez	Center Fielder	Boston	5
Washington Peter	Mark Melancon	Short Reliever	San Diego	5
Colorado Brian	Ian Kennedy	Short Relief	Philadelphia	5

Round 6

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Cedric Mullins	Centerfielder	Baltimore	6
NY Yankees Sherwood	Sonny Gray	Starting Pitcher	Cincinnati	6
Oakland Patrick	Yu Darvish	Starting Pitcher	San Diego	6
St. Louis Alvin	Jaylin Garcia	Relief Pitcher	San Francisco	6
NY Mets Mark	Emanuel Chase	Pitcher	Cleveland	6
Washington Peter	Alex Reyes	Relief Pitcher	St. Louis	6
Colorado Brian	Casey Mize	Starting Pitcher	Detroit	6

Round 7

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Josh Harrison	Second Baseman	Oakland	7
NY Yankees Sherwood	Nick Castellanos	Right Fielder	Cincinnati	7
Oakland Patrick	Hanson Alberto	Third Baseman	Shortstop	7
St. Louis Alvin	Aledmys Diaz	Third Baseman	Houston	7
NY Mets Mark	Michael Brantley	left Fielder	Houston	7
Washington Peter	Francisco Lindor	Shortstop	New York (n)	7
Colorado Brian	Joey Gallo	Left Fielder	Yankees	7

Round 8

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Kyle Farmer	Shortstop	Cincinnati	8
NY Yankees Sherwood	Christian Yelich	Left Fielder	Milwaukee	8
Oakland Patrick	Luis Arraez	Third Baseman	Minnesota	8
St. Louis Alvin	Alex Verdugo	Left Fielder	Boston	8
NY Mets Mark	Drew Rasmussen	Starting Pitcher	Tampa Bay	8
Washington Peter	Chaz McCormick	Center Fielder	Houston	8
Colorado Brian	Nick Madrigal	Second Baseman	Chicago (a)	8

Round 9

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Lury Garcia	Second Baseman	Chicago (a)	9
NY Yankees Sherwood	James Tallon	Starting Pitcher	New York (a)	9
Oakland Patrick	Reese McGuire	Catcher	Toronto	9
St. Louis Alvin	Corey Seager	Shortstop	Los Angeles	9
NY Mets Mark	Pete Alonzo	First Baseman	New York (N)	9
Washington Peter	Rhys Hoskins	First Baseman	Philadelphia	9
Colorado Brian	Luke Weaver	Starting Pitcher	Arizona	9

Round 10

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	George Alfredo	Catcher	Miami	10
NY Yankees Sherwood	Marcus Seminan	Second Baseman	Tornoto	10
Oakland Patrick	Elias Diaz	Catcher	Colorado	10
St. Louis Alvin	German Marquez	Starting Pitcher	Colorado	10
NY Mets Mark	Tejay Antone	Relief Pitcher	Cincinnati	10
Washington Peter	Tucker Barnhart	Catcher	Cincinnati	10
Colorado Brian	Jose Uquity	Starting Pitcher	Houston	10

Round 11

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Clayton Kershaw	Starting Pitcher	Los Angeles	11
NY Yankees Sherwood	Ryan Montcastle	First Baseman	Baltimore	11
Oakland Patrick	Jordan Romero	Short Reliever	Toronto	11
St. Louis Alvin	Bret Gardner	Centerfielder	New York (a)	11
NY Mets Mark	Yonni Hernandez	Third Baseman	Texas	11
Washington Peter	Anthony Rizzo	First Baseman	New York (a)	11
Colorado Brian	Kyle Schwarber	Leftfielder	Boston	11

Round 12

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Garrett Whitlock	Relief Pitcher	Boston	12
NY Yankees Sherwood	Bo Bitchette	Shortstop	Toronto	12
Oakland Patrick	Raimel Tapla	Left Fielder	Colorado	12
St. Louis Alvin	Josh Bell	First Baseman	Washington	12
NY Mets Mark	Charlie Morton	Starting Pitcher	Atlanta	12
Washington Peter	Matt Chapman	Third Baseman	Oakland	12
Colorado Brian	Tyler Wells	Relief Pitcher	Baltimore	12

Round 13

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Michael Wacca	Starting Pitcher	Tampa Bay	13
NY Yankees Sherwood	Brain Daubach	First Baseman	Boston	13
Oakland Patrick	David Peralta	Left Fielder	Arizona	13
St. Louis Alvin	Jena Seguria	Second Baseman	Philadelphia	13
NY Mets Mark	A. J. Pollick	Left Fielder	Los Angeles	13
Washington Peter	Tyler Alexander	Starting Pitcher	Detroit	13
Colorado Brian	Ketel Marte	Centerfielder	Arizona	13

Round 14

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Dalton Varsho	Catcher	Arizona	14
NY Yankees Sherwood	Nelson Cruz	First Baseman	Tampa Bay	14
Oakland Patrick	Max Kapler	Right Fielder	Minnesota	14
St. Louis Alvin	Carlos Hernandez	Starting Pitcher	Kansas City	14
NY Mets Mark	Casey Saddler	Relief Pitcher	Seattle	14
Washington Peter	Nathan Eovaldi	Starting Pitcher	Boston	14
Colorado Brian	Jack Flattery	Starting Pitcher	St. Louis	14

Round 15

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Chris Sale	Starting Pitcher	Boston	15
NY Yankees Sherwood	Justin Turner	Third Baseman	Los Angeles	15
Oakland Patrick	Michael Conforto	Right Fielder	New York (N)	15
St. Louis Alvin	Andrew Knizer	Catcher	St. Louis	15
NY Mets Mark	Ronald Torreyes	Third Baseman	Philadelphia	15
Washington Peter	Zack Greinke	Starting Pitcher	Houston	15
Colorado Brian	Mike Zunino	Catcher	Tampa Bay	15

Round 16

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Kolton Wong	Second Baseman	Milwaukee	16
Oakland Patrick	Dylan Carson	Right Fielder	St Louis	16
St. Louis Alvin	Cody Bellinger	Center Fielder	Los Angeles	16
NY Mets Mark	Johnathan Shoot	First Baseman	Detroit	16
Washington Peter	Wilmar Flores	Third Baseman	San Francisco	16
Colorado Brian	Tyler Glasnow	Starting Pitcher	Tampa Bay	16

Round 17

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Dylan Moore	Second Base	Seattle	17
Oakland Patrick	Tommy LaStella	Second Base	San Francisco	17
St. Louis Alvin	Zach Thomphon	Starting Pitcher	Miami	17
NY Mets Mark	Johan Moncado	Third Baseman	Chicago (a)	17
Washington Peter	Jackie Bradley Jr.	Center Fielder	Milwaukee	17
Colorado Brian	Pablo Lopez	Starting Pitcher	Miami	17

Round 18

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Giancarlo Stanton	Outfielder	New York (a)	18
Oakland Patrick	Eric Swanson	Relief Pitcher	Seattle	18
St. Louis Alvin	Yordan Alvarez	Left Fielder	Houston	18
NY Mets Mark	Ryan McKenna	Left Fielder	Baltimore	18
Colorado Brian	Spencer Patton	Relief Pitcher	Texas	18

Round 19

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Jeff McNeil	Second Baseman	New York (N)	19
Oakland Patrick	Lance Lynn	Starting Pitcher	Chicago (A)	19
St. Louis Alvin	Kodi Whitley	Relief Pitcher	St. Louis	19
NY Mets Mark	Mike Yazstremski	Right Fielder	San Francisco	19
Colorado Brian	Edwardo Escobar	Third Base	Milwaukee	19

Round 20

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
Cleveland Mike	Trevor Story	Shortstop	Colorado	20
Oakland Patrick	Jorge Alcala	Relief Pitcher	Minnesota	20
St. Louis Alvin	Corey Knebl	Relief Pitcher	Los Angeles	20
NY Mets Mark	Austin Hayes	Left Fielder	Baltimore	20
Colorado Brian	Devin Williams	Relief Pitcher	Milwaukee	20

Round 21

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
St. Louis Alvin	Jesus Agular	First Baseman	Miami	21
NY Mets Mark	Tony Gonsonlin	Starting Pitcher	Los Angeles	21
Colorado Brian	Andrelton Simmons	Shortstop	Minnesota	21

Round 22

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
St. Louis Alvin	Willie Adames	Shortstop	Milwaukee	22

Round 23

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
St. Louis Alvin	George Springer	Center Fielder	Toronto	23

Round 24

Franchise Drafting	Player	Position	Team	Round
St. Louis Alvin	Albert Pujols	First Baseman	Anaheim	24

Some New Rules for The 1970 Season: Waivers Week 3, Emergency Waivers, Draft Picks up to Round 7 Tradable, Conditional Draft Picks

I’d like to announce four changes to league rules that will that effect this season. Two are changes to existing rules. One is to handle a problem that wasn’t addressed last season and one is a brand new rule that I’m implementing due to odd circumstances for this season.

Wavers Begin After Week 3

Last season to speed up the draft we allowed people to drop out after they hit 30 players and go into waivers early. Because of the limited amount of players by comparison with 18 teams this was changed to drafting to a max of 30 players. However the nature of the Dynasty game clearly shows that 30 players might not be enough due to injuries and suspensions.

So instead Waivers will begin for everyone starting week three under the following rules:

After week three (series 6) teams will be able to make waivers claims
Waivers Claims may be made at Saturday Mornings beginning at 12:01 AM EST and ending on the following Monday 2:00 PM EST
To make a waivers claim a team announces either via the chat room or via a blast in the System that they are claiming a player who is not currently on a roster off of waivers.
If no valid counterclaim is made by a team with a worse record that waivers claim will be upheld and the player shall be placed on the roster at 1 AM EST on the Tuesday after that week.
If the added player brings any roster above 35 active players (that is players on the major or minor league roster not counting the DL) the claiming team shall release a player who will be available in waivers the following week if he has a card or available in the draft the following season if he does not.
1. Example Boston makes a waivers pick which brings their roster to 36. They choose to release John Mayberry to make room. The following week Mayberry can be claimed off waiver by any team that wishes (including Boston) that either has room or can make room for him
2. Example Rico Carty missed the entire 1971 season due to injury. Boston chooses to protect him and retain the rights to him during the 1971 season. If at any time that season they make a waivers pick that brings them over 35 they can release their rights to Rico Carty. Because he doesn’t have a card in the 1971 season he can not be picked up in waivers but CAN be drafted the following year.
3. Example: Atlanta has Tom Burgmeier on the DL which reduces his total of available players (majors and minors) to 34. They pick up a player in waivers. No player has to be released as long as the active roster remains at 35. As soon as Burgmeier is eligible if Boston wishes to activate him they must either add an already injured player to the DL or release a player to get the roster back to 35.
A team may only make one waivers claim per week with TWO exceptions
1. If two teams both make a claim for the same player the claim that came with the earliest timestamp either in waivers or the message system of dynasty shall be considered to have made the waivers claim. In that case the player with the later time may either make a different waivers claim or , if eligible put in a COUNTERCLAIM for said player
2. A team may make a 2nd waivers pick if they are making a claim under the EMERGENCY WAIVERS rule (see below)
COUNTERCLAIMS: When a team makes a waivers claim on a player. Said claim is subject to a Counterclaim.
A counterclaim may be made by any team with a worse record than the team making the claim provided that said team does not already have an active waiver claim in progress.
If an eligible team makes a counter claim the initial waivers claim the initial waivers claim is forfeited and the team making the counterclaim shall be considered the player making a waivers claim on said player subject to the rules above and subject to a counter claim by a team with an even worse record.
If two teams with identical records make a counterclaim for the same player the team that had the worse record in the draft shall have precedence.

Emergency Wavers

While rare there are cases when due to injury, rest rules or suspensions, a team does not have a legal available pitcher to start a game either on the major league roster or in the minors to call up. An even rarer situation is that a team may not have a person available to play a legal player to start at a non-pitching position. In such a case a team my request EMERGENCY WAIVERS from the commissioner.

If it is granted in such a situation the player may before the game is played make a pick from the waivers pool. The pick MUST be a player who fills the emergency role either a starting pitcher if there is nobody who can start a game or a batter who plays the vacant position at any skill level.

Standard roster rules apply to EMERGENCY WAIVERS picks meaning a team making an emergency pick must make room for said player if the emergency pick brings his roster above 35. The player released will be placed in the waivers pool.

EMERGENCY WAIVERS picks are not subject to counterclaims.

Draft Picks Up to Round Seven Now Tradable

When trading begins after week five (series 10) instead of picks up to round 5 being tradable picks up to round 7 may be traded.

Previous trade rules apply.

Reminder no franchise that has announced either publicly to the league or privately to me that they will not be playing next season may trade draft picks. Players who are considering giving next season a miss are encouraged not to trade draft picks so as not to hamper whoever takes over the franchise.

Conditional Draft Picks In Trades

A situation came up last season where shortly after a trade was made for Dick Allen Dynasty announced they were not only going to release the 1968 season online but would be releasing 1971 & 1972 not to long afterwards, The team trading away Allen object as they said they would not have traded him if they had known those season might be available as won the MVP in 1972 and had a pretty good year in 71 as well. So the option to reverse the trade was given to Cincinnati and they accepted that option.

Since we don’t know for sure if next season will be 1973 (the current situation) or either 1971 or 72 (if released by the time of the draft) we shall allow the use of a Conditional Draft Pick Clause in trades this season.

When making a trade this season involving draft picks a clause may be placed in the deal to allow additional or different draft picks to change hands dependent on us playing the 1971 or 1972 season next time around.

Example: Boston falls out of the race early due to injuries and Minnesota wanting to shore up it’s offensive attack wants to make a deal for Rico Carty. Boston wants a 1st & 2nd round pick for Carty but because Carty does not have a card for 1971 due to injury the Twins balk. The two teams may agree to include a Conditional draft clause saying that if we end up playing the 1971 season next Boston will get a 3rd and 7th round pick rather than the 1st and 2nd round pick.
Example Cincinnati again having a bad year offers to trade Dick Allen to the Pirates who are making a run. The Pirates offer 1st & 3rd round pick but because Allen’s MVP season might suddenly come into play the Reds insist that if we play 71 or 72 next season the he also get a 5th round pick. Pittsburgh agrees. so If at any time before next season’s draft 71 or 72 are released the Reds get that extra pick

No draft pick that is included as a conditional pick in one deal may be traded to another team.

Example: Boston & Minnesota has made the deal above for Rico Carty. After the trade Boston has a big turnaround and approaches California about Tommy John. Boston may NOT offer the picks they acquired from Minnesota to the Angels in any trade because there is a chance that he may not possess said picks. However if before the trade deadline Dynasty releases the 1971 season the picks may be traded.
Example: Minnesota having made the above trade with the conditional pick clause still looking to trade approaches California for Tommy John. He may NOT include his 3rd and 7th round pick in any offer to the Angels because those pick may not be available to him. However if the 1971 or 72 season is released before the trade deadline he can
Example: The reds want C Dwayne Josephson Pagan from the Phillies. Mike Kennedy being Mike Kennedy wants draft picks. The reds may NOT offer Pittsburgh’s 5th round pick unless Dynasty announces the release of the 1972 season before the trade deadline but the CAN offer Pittsburgh’s 3rd round pick because that part of their trade with Pittsburgh is not conditional.

If at any time during the season Dynasty releases the 1971 season then all conditional picks from trades are considered made and no more conditional picks may be included in trades.

If at any time during the season Dynasty releases the 1972 season but NOT the 1971 season any picks conditional on the 1972 season area considered made and can be traded.

If after the season BUT before the draft Dynasty releases either the 1971 or 72 season any conditional trade clauses from the current season become active

REMINDER! You may only trade draft picks for the following year.

Expansion rules for the next season (1970) of the 1969 Dynasty Draft League UPDATED 4/9/22

Here is an update Our 1969 Draft league that I pointed to on the primary blog is only a few weeks away from finishing which means that the 1970 season is almost upon us. So as my old datechguyblog.com is no longer active I thought I would put the explanation of how this league works for those who might be coming into it.

How the league is to be played

We will be playing the 1970 season under 1970 rules with one exception. There will be at least one interleague play to allow each player to play each other player at least one home and away series..

The schedule

As soon as I have the number of teams confirmed (I’m presuming 20) I will begin to work on the schedule. While I don’t have to deal with the logistics of hotels and airports it still is a complicated matter to make it and will take some time to enter into the system. Please be patient with me as I do so. My goal will be to have the schedule ready before the draft.

Number of games:

The plan is to play a 162 game season I reserve the right to adjust that number up or down up to 10 games in order to make the schedule work. 162 is my target and 154 is my secondary target. All teams will have an equal number of home and away games and an equal number of games vs each opponent.

The number of game vs each opponent will be determined by the final number of teams in the league for the 1970 season. I will schedule at least one interleague series. The plan is to again have an unbalanced schedule so you will have more games in division than out.

Frequency of games

There will be two scheduled series per week. If we have issues with the schedule or an unbalanced number of teams I may have to tweak this.

Number of teams

We currently have 16 teams, I have firm commitments for three expansion teams and have have multiple inquiries for a 4th. If interest is high enough we may expand to the full 24 them that existed in 1970.

UPDATE one existing team (SF) has dropped out and one of the three expansion players (K Hazan) has decided to take it.

Division setup:

We current have two divisions in each league depending on the number of teams I may go to three divisions then number. In order to facilitate games I may adjust which teams are in which division so that people in the same time zone

Trades and waivers.

After the fifth series of the season teams may trade. Any player on the current roster may be traded along with any of the first five draft picks for the next season (currently 1973 BUT if either 1972 or 1971 is finished by Dynasty in time they will take precedent.) If a trade is made that increases a roster beyond the 35 man limit a player must be released before the next series is played. Any trades agreed will not be executed until all the teams involved have the same amount of games played.

Waivers takes place after the sixth series. Teams make waivers picked based on their current record and are made from the undrafted players not on rosters.. If a pick brings a Roster over 35 a player must be released or an injured player not on the DL must be placed there to make room.

The DL:

Players on the DL do not count toward Roster limits. If a player comes off of the DL and brings the Roster of a team over the 35 man limit a player must be released or and injured player must be added to the DL before the next series is played.

Playing Games.

Be aware that if you have your team on AUTO and your opponent requests a rescheduled in the system Dynasty will automatically allow it so keep this in mind when or if you turn auto on.

Expansion and Expansion draft

I have a firm commitment for three new players for expansion and have at least two players who have inquired about joining. The expansion rules will take place as follows:

Selecting a franchise:

New players will be allowed to select any of the currently open franchises for 1970 they are:

Chicago White Sox (current player is moving to the Red Sox he made this request mid season and it was granted)
California Angels Taken by S. Murray
Kansas City Royals
Detroit Tigers

Philadelphia Phillies Taken by M Kennedy
Chicago Cubs
San Diego Padres
Houston Astros

They will automatically gain the rights to any rookies for the 1970 team of that franchise.

Teams coming in expansion will pick franchises in the order that they confirmed their intent to join the league the current list is

M Kennedy Picked Philadelphia
S Murray Picked California
K Hazan Took the existing SF Franchise
J Messner Took the existing Cle Franchise

~~The next tentative player on this list is F Abboud (Declined)~~

Expansion Draft:

At the end of the season each team will have two weeks to submit a list of protected players currently on their 35 man rosters. These players will not be eligible to be drafted in the expansion draft. There will be a maximum of 7 players on each teams protected list. it is recommended (but not required) to submit an additional twelve players to be protected once a player or two is drafted from their team.

As soon as all expansion teams have completed their drafts two things happen

All Rookies become property of their franchises and count toward their current rosters.
All teams must submit the list of players retained in the regular draft. The players drafted by the expansion teams are considered to be that list.

Franchise locations and parks

Every team is presumed to have the park their team played in during the season they entered the league.

Old parks

A team MAY move into an old park from the same city under the following conditions:

The park was once the home park of the franchise OR
The franchise that once owned the park is now located in another city

Examples,

the Seattle Pilots move to Milwaukee the Mariners if taken MAY move into Sick Stadium.
The Cardinals may move into sportsman park because it was once their old stadium.
Both the Yankees and the Mets may move into the Polo Grounds because the park is in NY and both teams were once based there.

Rookies

A “Rookie” is define as any player who did not have a card for the previous season.

All teams retain rights to their rookies prior to the draft and rookies for a franchise are not eligible to be drafted in any expansion draft.

A Rookie becomes a part of a team after said team names their protected players for the draft. They count toward the 35 man roster

Any team that doesn’t want to retain a rookie may release them before the draft to open up a roster spot but once release all rights to said player are surrendered.

Players retained list

All teams may retain a number of players based on their finish in the 1969 season as follows :

World series winner 4 players (Mets/ Daytraders)
World series runner up 5 players (Pilots)
non-world series Division winners 6 players (Dodgers, Indians)
Non division winning teams with the best & 2nd best record 7 players (Minnesota Montreal)
Non division winning teams with the 3rd and 4th best records 8 players (Pittsburgh, Baltimore)
Non division winning teams with the 5th and 6th best records 9 players (Oakland, Washington)
Non division winning teams with the 7th and 8th best record 10 players (St. Louis , Chicago AL)
Teams with the 3rd and 4th worst records 11 players (San Francisco, Cincinnati)
Teams with the worst and 2nd worst record 12 players (Atlanta, Yankees)

Example: Rico Carty lead the AL in batting in 1970 but was out for all of 1971 due to injury. Presuming we play 1971 & 72 the team that holds Carty can choose to hold his rights when his season ends. He will pay 1971 with 34 players and in 1972 will hold the rights to Carty. If at any time he chooses to release him Carty will be considered a rookie for Atlanta Rookie because

He had no card the previous year
No team held his rights
His 1972 card says “Atlanta”

In the example above if we don’t play the 1971 season but not the 72 Carty would be a rookie for the A’s because his 1973 dynasty card says Oakland

The draft order of teams will be the inverse of this list Expansion teams will be inserted based on the number of players they draft in the expansion draft inversely applies to the above list

Worst team (12) Atlanta Braves
2nd worst team (12) NY Yankees
Team(s) if any that draft only 4 players in the expansion
3rd wort team (11) San Francisco Seals (Giants)
4th worst team (11) Cin City (Cincinnati Reds)
Team(s) that draft only 5 players in the expansion draft (if any)
5th worst team (10) St Louis Cardinals
6th worst team (10) Boston Red Sox (formally White Sox)
Team(s) that draft only 6 players in the expansion draft (if any)
7th worst team (9) Washington Senators ²
8th worst team (9) Oakland A’s²
Team (s) that draft only 7 players in the expansion draft (if any)
9th worst team (8) Pittsburgh Pirates
10th worst team (8) Baltimore Orioles
Team(s) that draft only 8 players in the expansion draft (if any)
11th worst team (7) Montreal Nos Amours (Expos)¹
best non-playoff team( 7) Minnesota Twins¹
Team(s) that draft only 9 players in the expansion draft (if any)
Division winning Pennant runner up with the worst record (6) Cleveland Indians
Division winning Pennant runner up with the best record (6) LA Dodgers
Team(s) that draft only 10 players in the expansion draft (if any)
World series loser (5) Seattle Pilots
Team(s) that draft only 11 players in the expansion draft (if any)
Word series winner (4) New York Day Traders (Mets)
Teams that draft 12 players in the expansion draft (if any)

NOTES:

^1. Minnesota and Montreal finished with Identical records but Minnesota won the season series so they are considered the higher team

2. Washington and the A’s finished with identical records AND split their season series the next tie breaker is draft order and since the A’s drafted ahead of the Senators the previous year they are considered to be the higher team.

Examples:

Example 1: S Murry takes California as their expansion team and drafts four players (Don Kessinger, Ron Fairley, Ken Berry and Blue Moon Odem and stops. Because he stops at four players the minimum he will draft 3rd after the two worst teams

Example 2: K Hazan takes Houston and drafts the maximum twelve players. Because he has taken the maximum he will draft after the world series winner.

Example 3: M Kennedy takes Philadelphia and drafts 8 players he will pick after the team with the 10th worst record in the 1969 season.

If two or more expansion teams draft the same number of players their draft position will be determined by a dice roll

When all teams have drafted that will be considered the end of a round and the next round will commence.

Teams will continue to draft in this order until:

Their team reaches 35 men OR
A team with 25 or more players on their roster voluntarily drops out

Once a team has dropped out of the draft they may not re-enter it and must increase their roster either through trades or waivers.

Draft on designated Draft day(s):

A date and time will be set for the initial rounds of the draft. It will almost certainly be a Saturday or Friday as those are the days I have off. All teams will be expected to be either:

Available in the slack chat room (preferred)
Available by phone
With me in my home at the time of the draft
Have a list of players to be drafted submitted

All currently players are presumed to have looked over the card(s) for 1970 online. All expansion teams are encouraged to start doing so at once.

There will be one designated draft day per week.
On a designated draft day a strict 5 minute limit will be allowed to make a pick.
If a team misses their pick will be moved to after the next player on the list who will be considered on the clock and allowed to pick. Example Seattle misses their pick and Montreal is next, Montreal is allowed to pick and Seattle picks after them
If a team who has been skipped has to be skipped twice their pick can be made any time before the end of the round. Example Washington is scheduled to pick 10th They miss their pick If they figure out who they want they can make a pick or submit a list any time before the end of the round and that pick will be valid.
If a team that has been skipped has not picked by the end of the round then a pick will be made for them by me. Said pick will be the player from your franchise who played the most games that season based on their card. Example: Boston does not pick or submit a list for round 5 I will look at the Roster for the actual 1970 red sox to see who is available. If Billy Conligiliaro has the most game played among unpicked players he will be Boston draft pick. If Boston already has 6 outfielders that will not matter Billy C becomes the pick.
The opening Scheduled draft days will go on for 100 picks. Other scheduled draft days will be 60 picks. Once the number of picks is reached the clock is turned off

Picks off the clock and on non-draft days

The season will begin one week after the draft is complete.

If you have any questions not covered here please let me know.

1969 League FYI How to set up your lineup in case the CPU has to play a game for you.

I’ve been very lucky in the sense that I’ve only had one game that the CPU had to take over. But when I looked at that game I noticed that the lineup the CPU used wasn’t the same as the one I would normally use.

However there is a way to make sure that if the PC take over your game, they will at least use a lineup approved by you

Step 1 Save a lineup:

When you play a game and get to the LINEUP check out the section in the upper right

that area is where lineups can be saved. Once you have a lineup you want to save hit the SAVE button

Hit save to create a permanent lineup option

Once you hit “Save” a popup menu will appear. Type in the name you wish to use for said lineup

The nice thing about saving such a lineup is it becomes permanently available to you on the drop down list before each game.

OK once you’ve made your lineup now you have to save it for the PC

Step 2 Set it as a default lineup

Now that we have a lineup saved you need to tell the system this is the lineup you want in a given situation. This involves a few step. First go to your team’s home page:

Just below the standings is a button that says “Select Manager Profile” click on it.

This will take you to the 1st page of the manager profile section which is lineups. To see the saved lineups you have available click on Saved Lineups:

Now choose the situation you want your saved lineup to be used in. As you can see here Seattle has a lineup to use VS LHP. You can also choose what the system does in case one of the players in the saved lineup is not available. Either plug in another player in that spot or set preferences for various lineup spots if you want the PC to totally rebuild the lineup if someone is out.

When you’re finished hit save and viola the CPU has your lineup ready to roll with if needed

There are as you can see many other categories you can set for your team when the CPU is in charge but I’ll let you explore those yourselves

A 1969 League rules Reminder UPDATE: Waivers list and Keeper rules for next years draft

There have been some issues with games missed against opponents so I thought I should republish the rules on playing (particularly since the old blog is having issues)

Playing games and rescheduling

Real life always takes precedence over games and on occasion players will miss games or might be in a situation where they have to leave the league either temporarily or permanently

If the scheduled game time comes and your opponent is not there you are encouraged to give him 5 or 10 minutes to show up. If he does not show up or contact you by the 2nd 5 min wait period it is acceptable for you to being play

If a player is unable to play a series at the allotted date and time he is encouraged to contact his opponent & reschedule before the scheduled game time. If it is not possible to reschedule said player should put his team on auto for that series so his opponent can get the games in so as not to force an autoplay with the system taking both teams.

If due to illness or some other cause a player has to leave the league for a few weeks he is encouraged to find a replacement player to take over on a temp basis, if that is not possible he should put the team on autoplay until such time as he recovers.

If a player has to permanently leave the league and does not provide a replacement his team will go on autoplay and I will attempt to find a replacement manager.

REMEMBER IF YOUR TEAM IS ON AUTOPLAY AND YOUR OPPONENT REQUESTS A RESCHEDULE THE RESCHEDULE WILL AUTOMATICALLY TAKE PLACE AND IF SAID RESCHEDULE REQUEST IS FOR “NOW” THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED.

Also be aware that unlike the pervious version of the game if you are playing against the computer it does not say “computer manager” it has the name of the owner of the team so your opponent might not know you aren’t there. (some folks just don’t like to use the chat).

Auto Settings

If your team is on Auto Pilot that means that if a game is played the computer will take over as manager.

Be aware that you can set auto pilot for a single series so if you have to be away, or if work is particularly busy or even if you just don’t like the guy you are supposed to play that week you can check off the box and once the series is complete auto pilot will shut off.

On your team’s screen there is a Manager settings page that allows you to set how the pc manages when you are on Autoplay. You can set a default lineup vs lefties and righties, set up a rotation (and decide if a pitcher can go on short rest, when relievers come in. who your closers and setup people are, how aggressive to steal or run or take a base, pinch hitting and the lot.

You can set as little or as much as you want to set.

Even if like me you don’t plan on playing any auto games, things happen so if you want your team run the way you want it, make sure you check these settings.