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Lead Story - 6/17/2024

Season 15 Award Voting

Click here to vote for the Season 15 individual awards

6/10/2024

Rookie Draft Lottery

Here are the groups for the rookie draft lottery, to take place Sunday.

The order in which teams are listed below is irrelevant. Actual draft order will be determined Sunday eastern. All teams are equally weighted.

Lottery One: Picks 1 - 6
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, New York, Washington, Philadelphia
Click here for lottery results, to be drawn Tuesday 6/11 @ 12PM ET

Lottery Two: Picks 7 - 15
St. Louis, Chicago, Seattle, Birmingham, Troy, Boston, Detroit, Brooklyn
Click here for lottery results, to be drawn Tuesday 6/11 @ 12PM ET

Lottery Three: Picks 15 - 18
Syracuse, Providence, Montreal, Kansas City
Click here for lottery results, to be drawn Tuesday 6/11 @ 12PM ET

Pick 19: Louisville Colonels
Pick 20: Hartford Dark Blues

5/27/2024

Season 15 - Post Season Playoffs

Major League World Series
Hartford Dark Blues defeat Louisville Colonels (4-2)

First Round
Louisville Colonels defeat Kansas City Monarchs (4-3)
Hartford Dark Blues defeat Montreal Expos (4-3)

Kansas City: 5th straight regular season Champion
Hartford: 5th career playoff appearance
Montreal: 1st ever career playoff appearance
Louisville: 2nd career playoff appearance

Minor League Championship
Brooklyn Dodgers defeat Boston Braves (4-1)

First Round:
Brooklyn Dodgers defeat Detroit Wolverines (4-3)
Boston Braves defeat Troy Haymakers (4-3)

Youmans tosses shutout for Pilots

Philadelphia is hoping not to see Floyd Youmans again for a long while. Youmans went the distance, leading Seattle to a 4-0 victory. | Box

Hunter powers Athletics to win over Pilots

Torii Hunter blasted 2 homers, lifting the Athletics to a 7-4 win over Seattle. Barry Bonds recorded 4 hits. Chris Sale struckout 9 Seattle batters in the contest. | Box

Big game for White lifts Dark Blues to victory

Devon White drove in 4 runs, carrying Hartford to a 9-4 victory over the Monarchs. | Box

Huge night for Ashburn carries Pilots to victory

Richie Ashburn was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Seattle's 9-2 victory over the Athletics. Ashburn also had 3 hits in the game. | Box

Huge night for Aaron carries Pilots to victory

Hank Aaron was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Seattle's 6-5 victory over the Athletics. Aaron also had 3 hits in the game. | Box

1/19/2024

Hall of Fame

Our first Hall of Fame voting process recently completed, and I'm thrilled to announce the inaugural HOF class.

Max Scherzer 80%
Craig Biggio 60%
Albert Belle 90%
George Foster 60%
baltimorechop 60%

Those who were not selected:
Juan Marichal 20%
Don Sutton 10%
Curt Schilling 0%
Jered Weaver 10%
John Jaha 0%
Ted Kluszewski 0%
ironmen 0%

At the end of this season, 12 new candidates will be on the ballot, and those above that were not selected will join the backlog.



Thanks to all that voted!

3/20/2023

Contracts Guide

There is a rookie clause (see rules), for those players newly introduced in the last offseason prior to season 12. Those 40 players will be eligible for rookie deals. These players can all be found currently with the season 12 rookie tag. If you want a rookie contract, send a message to the commish. It will not be granted if it places you over budget however.

Contracts can be extended indefinitely upon expiration. This means, you could theoretically draft a player, and sign them to a contract (max 5 years at a time) and continue resigning that player until retirement.

If you are not familiar with contracts in PennantChase, there is essentially a free year baked into the end of the contract.

For example:
You sign Babe Ruth for $15 for 5 years. You will pay him $15 in the current year, then 15 in years 2,3,4,5. In year 6, he will remain on your roster for $0, or basically a free contract. This is just how PC works.

So, when you sign a player for 1 year now, you are signing him for the year we just completed. Next year, that player remains on your roster as a contracted player for $0. You won't be able to cut that player when they are in the final $0 year. If you choose to resign that player, you are replacing the $0 contract with his requested amount. If you decide it's the end of the road for him, he stays on your roster at $0 and becomes a free agent next year.

My tip in this league is to make the best use of your budget by trying to max it out with young and peak players, while keeping older players on shorter contracts, such as the 1 year.

For example:
You have a 35 year old above average outfielder. He wants $8 per year. If you have the $8 to spend this year, use it to offer him a 1 year contract. It will only count towards the budget this year, and next year he will be $0. Rather than letting him go to free agency, you have the money, so spend it short term and bring him back next year for nothing. It's highly unlikely you'll get a better player for nothing next year. Considering this league offers up to 25 contracts, you'll likely have extra contracts available after your big spends.

Hope this is helpful. If you have more questions feel free to reach out.