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Lead Story - 5/7/2026

1915 off-season schedule & information

May 1st 1915 logistics actioned, trades on, team details on, 1915 rookies unveiled, draft room opened, player retirements.
Friday May 1st rookie draft starts

Free agent auction information:
First round deadline is Friday May 8
second round deadline Saturday May 9
third round deadline Sunday May 10
final round deadline on Monday May 11
( all deadlines are 6pm)

Send bids in this format:
Position, name, bid details

Examples of bids:
OF John Smith $5/6 years =$30
RP Dave Brown $3+1/3 =$12
SS Joe Young $10-2/4 yrs=$28
Please no line spaces between multiple bids
(Common formatting makes processing bids quicker & easier. I filter by position firstly in Excel)

Important notes about bidding:
***Minimum 2 years (any 1 yr bids sent become, by default, two year bids)
****maximum 10 years
**** contracts not to exceed 40 years old (retirement at 41)
****contracts can have $1 or $2 annual increases
****or, $1 or $2 annual decreases
***Keep in budget - opening day overages will result in lost players & 1st rd pick forfeit
****trade your way out of overages before Opening Day.
****winning bids are those that carry over from one round to the next without opposition
**** if you have top bid after round 3, you can outbid yourself but if no one offers a final round bid, the final bid will revert to your 3rd rd bid

Drops Tuesday May 12 noon
Adds Wednesday May 13 noon
Opening Day Thursday May 14 noon

Paddack's 11-K performance not enough

Chris Paddack whiffed 11 batters, but the Orioles managed to beat the Twins, 4-3. | Box

Flaherty blanks Los Angeles with 4-0 shutout

Los Angeles is hoping not to see Jack Flaherty again for a long while. Flaherty went the distance, leading Pittsburgh to a 4-0 victory. | Box

Urias's 9-K performance not enough

Julio Urias whiffed 9 batters, but the Athletics managed to beat the Tigers, 3-2. Joe Wood struckout 8 Detroit batters in the contest. | Box

Huge night for Vaughn carries Indians to victory

Bobby Vaughn was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Cleveland's 11-8 victory over the Yankees. Vaughn also had 3 hits in the game. Chief Johnson struckout 8 New York batters in the contest. | Box

Huge night for Lewis carries Pirates to victory

Royce Lewis was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Pittsburgh's 7-1 victory over the Dodgers. Lewis also had 3 hits in the game. | Box

6/15/2026

Trades with picks

1912 draft pick trades
Brewers trade 2nd rd pick to Yankees for Rutchman—Gilbert—-Miller.
Red Sox trade 1st rd pick to Cubs as part of Syndergaard-Beals deal
As part the Volpe-Skubal trade, Cubs receive Giants 1st rounder and Cubs send 3rd rounder
Tigers send SP Casey Mize for Giants' 3rd round pick.
Indians ship their 1st rd pick to Cubs for Stanton
Braves send 1st rd pick to Cubs as part of Henry-Ozuna deal
Cubs send Braves 1st rounder to Dodgers as part of Vaughn/Chourios for Conforto/Rogers deal

1913 draft
Cubs send 1st rd pick to Tigers as part of Fulmer-Rixey/Alonzo trade
Dodgers send 1st rd pick to Twins as part of Strunk for Cravath/Kimbrell deal

1914 draft
Cubs send 1st rd pick TO Brewers as part of Munoz for Kirk/Marshall/Drucke trade
Twins trade with the Dodgers includes Minnesota acquiring Dodgers 3rd rd picks

1915 draft:
In the trade between the Red Sox & Cards (Harvey/Seranthony for Dominguez)
—-The Red Sox get the cardinals 2nd rd pick
—The cardinals get the the Red Sox 3rd rd pick

Pirates send OF Duffy Lewis to the Red Sox for their 2nd round pick in next year's draft.

Pirates sending Red Smith to the A's for their 2nd round pick in next years draft
The Cardinals send their 3rd draft pick to the Giants as part of the Lucas Giolito trade
As part of Bellinger/Wheat deal, Tigers also give Giants their first round pick.
Seranthony Dominguez from the Cards for A’s 1st rd pick

1916
White Sox trade traded my 3rd round pick next season for Pirates 1B Fred Merkle and their 2nd round pick next season

Included the Res Sox 2nd round pick to Giants as part of verdugo-Evans deal

Pirates sending a 2nd-round pick in next year's draft to the Tigers as part of the Bellinger/Alsonso for Stuffy trade.