1903 Free Agency Thread

[Wade8813]

close - since we are allowed to keep all of our players active there are no september callups. anyone with les than 100 cannot be assigned a slot in a rotation or lineup, but can be assigned as an injury replacement (backup with no percentage playing time.)

Since we run 10 game sims we decidd that this would be he best course of action and actually makes managing usage a lot easier.

Wait, when did this happen? I'm pretty sure last offseason, I was acquiring people based on someone telling me that players from 50-100 PA could be called up at the end of the season (and that's what I had remembered it as being as well).

[rmadachik]

What figures are you using Rich? I won't have any problem with innings, but I can see some serious issues with PAs, especially at a couple of positions I need to fill. What happens if I don't get sufficient PAs at a particular position? I'm not trying to be difficult, but I can see a real issue for me at one position. I don't think it will even be possible to get enough PAs there.

What I want is owners to be responsible in assembling their rosters and not hoarding players at one position to the detriment of another. I have even considered placing a limit on the number of pitchers that teams can have on their rosters. also I have wondered if we should place a limit on the number of free agents a team may sign during the course of a season.

To answer your question though more specifically - each eam should make an effort to have at least 500 plate appearances per position (based on 130% usage) This should take into account players who can play a position even if they are not necessarily rated there this season. I don't plan on being a roster policeman regarding this, but I believe strongly that we owe it to each other to be thoughtful and responsible in assembling our rosters. , while putting the same type of thought into fielding a team that a real-life owner would have to.

[scubadan]

What figures are you using Rich? I won't have any problem with innings, but I can see some serious issues with PAs, especially at a couple of positions I need to fill. What happens if I don't get sufficient PAs at a particular position? I'm not trying to be difficult, but I can see a real issue for me at one position. I don't think it will even be possible to get enough PAs there.

I don't know what figures Rich is using but at 130% usage I am estimating 500-550 RL PA's to cover each position depending on where a hitter bats in the lineup. For me pitching is a little tougher to guesstimate. With 156 games and assuming 9 IP per game that would be 1,404 IP. After you adjust for the 130% usage you come up needing 1,080 RL IP. But I think the difficulty with pitchers is you need bodies too. Theoretically you could cover a season with just McGinnity (434), Mathewson (366) and Pittinger (351) but I don't know if that passes the test or not; especially if anyone would get injured.

Without doubling up on anyone I think I can put a body on the field for every position. But with up to a 35 man roster, some teams could really get squeezed if teams with considerably larger rosters outbid those with smaller rosters and buy those PA/IP during free agency.

[rmadachik]

I'm pretty sure anyone with less than 50 is relegated to injury replacement, and anyone with less than 100 but more than 50 can be a September call-up

close - since we are allowed to keep all of our players active there are no september callups. anyone with les than 100 cannot be assigned a slot in a rotation or lineup, but can be assigned as an injury replacement (backup with no percentage playing time.)

Since we run 10 game sims we decidd that this would be he best course of action and actually makes managing usage a lot easier.

[Wade8813]

1. Cy Young 01-08 15 million
2. Fielder Jones 01-08 10 million
3. Freddy Parent 01-06 8 million
4. Ginger Beaumont 01-06 7 million
5. Wid Conroy 01-06 6 million
6. Togie Pittinger 01-05 5 million
7. Emmet Heidrick 01-04 4 million
8. Danny Hoffman 03-?? 2 million
9. Harry Bemis 02-08? 2 million
10. Doc Scanlan 03-?? 750k
11. Jack Thoney 02-08? 250k
12. Dutch Jordan 03-04? 250k
13. Harry Kane 02-06 250k

13 players = 60.5 million

--As far as I recall you can not have a guy with less than 100 serving as anything but an injury replacment, although they will be active to jump in for in-sim injuries. I don't remember the roster increase from 30-35 either. Hope that is a max not a requirement, because there really don't seem to be enough players to support that roster size.

I'm pretty sure anyone with less than 50 is relegated to injury replacement, and anyone with less than 100 but more than 50 can be a September call-up

[rmadachik]

Here are the available fee agents

[BigRon]

LIGHTHOUSE POINT BUMS

1903 ROSTER

Eddie Plank P 8 years $15.0 last 08
Bobby Wallace SS 6 years $10.0 last 06
Ed Delahanty LF/1B 3 years $8.0 last 03
Jim Powell P 6 years $7.0 last 06
Sam Mertes- OF/2B 5 years $6.0 last 05
Jimmy Barrett CF 4 years $6.0 last 04
Willie Sudhoff P 3 years $5.0 last 03
Jimmy Callahan P/3B 5 years $4.0 last 05
Bill Coughlin 3B 5 years $4.0 last 05
Hobe Ferris 2B 4 years $3.0 last 04
Ollie Pickering CF 4 years $2.0 last 04
Ed McFarland C 4 years $2.0 last 04
Lou Criger C 4 years $1.0 last 04
Frank Isbell 1B/2B/3B 3 years $1.0 last 03
Jack Ryan C 3 years $.5 last 03
Johnny Evers 2B 7 years $2.0 last 08
Barney Pelty P 7 years $2.5 last 09
Norwood Gibson P 7 years $1.0 last 09
Henry Schmidt P 1 year $0.5 last 03
Tommy Raub C/1B/OF 2 years $0.25 last 04
Jack McFetridge P 1 year $0.5 last 03
Ed Householder OF 1 year $0.25 last 03

22 players Total $81.50 million

[buppers]

What figures are you using Rich? I won't have any problem with innings, but I can see some serious issues with PAs, especially at a couple of positions I need to fill. What happens if I don't get sufficient PAs at a particular position?

You come to The Inmates for a Catcher, a 1B and a CF . (No, seriously, I have enough for both of us.)

[catcher24]

owners are required to have enough plate appearances and innings to cover the season though.

What figures are you using Rich? I won't have any problem with innings, but I can see some serious issues with PAs, especially at a couple of positions I need to fill. What happens if I don't get sufficient PAs at a particular position? I'm not trying to be difficult, but I can see a real issue for me at one position. I don't think it will even be possible to get enough PAs there.

[buppers]

INMATES ROSTER

# Player Contract 1903
1 Ames, Red 1903-R01-07 2.000
2 Casey, Doc 1901-R12-04 2.000
3 Clark, Boileryard 1901-R10-03 2.000
4 Davis, Harry 1901-R04-06 7.000
5 Deering, John 1903-R04-01 0.250
6 Donovan, Bill 1901-R03-05 8.000
7 Evans, Roy 1902-FA-02 5.500
8 Gessler, Doc 1903-R01-07 2.500
9 Hemphill, Charlie 1901-R11-03 2.000
10 Hess, Otto 1902-R01-07 2.500
11 Hulswitt, Rudy 1902-FA-04 5.000
12 Lajoie, Nap 1901-R01-08 15.000
13 McCormick, Barry 1901-R19-03 0.750
14 McFarland, Chappie1902-R03-05 0.500
15 McFarland, Herm 1901-R08-03 3.000
16 Moran, Charles 1903-R03-03 0.500
17 O'Neill, Mike 1901-R09-04 2.000
18 Phelps, Ed 1902-R02-05 1.000
19 Piatt, Wiley 1901-R13-03 1.000
20 Reidy, Bill 1901-R15-03 1.000
21 Ryan, Jimmy 1902-FA-02 15.000
22 Smoot, Homer 1902-R01-05 2.500
23 Strang, Sammy 1901-R06-03 5.000
24 Tannehill, Lee 1903-R02-07 0.750
25 Thomas, Roy 1901-R02-06 10.000
26 Weaver, Art 1902-FA-02 0.250
TOTAL 97.000

[Sockeye]

Taking bets on how big a salary Patsy Flaherty draws. My bet is 25M

He sure would make a nice mopup guy for our 1904 staff! :o

[rmadachik]

due to the limited number of available players the minimum roster requirement is 30. owners are required to have enough plate appearances and innings to cover the season though.

[leecemark]

--As far as I recall you can not have a guy with less than 100 serving as anything but an injury replacment, although they will be active to jump in for in-sim injuries. I don't remember the roster increase from 30-35 either. Hope that is a max not a requirement, because there really don't seem to be enough players to support that roster size.

[catcher24]

35 man rosters going into the season, 130% playing time in 1903. Is that correct?

Also, did we decide to reduce the number of PAs/BFs from 100 to a smaller number in order to have a guy in the lineup from 1901-1903? Seems like we did, but I might be thinking of CKL during the 1981 strike season.

[catcher24]

Express Roster and Cap Space

Nick Altrock, P 14.5M 1902 FA Five years 02-06 (via trade)
Andy Coakley, P 2.5M 1902 Rookie 1902-1908
Ernie Courtney*, Utl 500K 1902 Rookie 1902-1908
Monte Cross, SS 1M 1901 Draft Three years 01-03 (via trade)
Red Donahue, P 7M Draft Three years 1901-1903
Patsy Donovan*, OF 3M Draft Three years 1901-1903
Danny Green*, OF 6M Draft Four years 1901-1904
Tom Hughes, P 2M Draft Five years 1901-1905
Joe Martin, Inf 250K 1903 Rookie 03-09
Roy Patterson, P 4M Draft Five years 1901-1905
Ambrose Puttmann, P 500K 1903 Rookie 03-09
Jimmy Sheckard*, OF 10M Draft Five years 1901-1905 RFA eligible
Jake Stahl, 1B 2M 1903 Rookie 03-09
Tom Walker, P 1000 1902 Rookie 1902-1908
Jake Weimer*, P 2500 1903 Rookie 02-09
Vic Willis, P 8M Draft Six years 1901-1906
Harry Wolverton*, 3B 2M Draft Four years 1901-1904

17 Players 66.75M