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Auto League 354 All-Time Greats

Rolen delivers in clutch, Pilots win

Scott Rolen drove in 4 runs, carrying Pinochet to a 6-1 victory over the Dragons. | Box

Boudreau delivers in clutch, SNAKES win

Lou Boudreau drove in 4 runs, carrying STJ to a 5-3 victory over the Dead Possums. Max Scherzer struckout 8 STJ batters in the contest. | Box

Dogs fall to Quacks despite McNally's efforts

Dave McNally whiffed 8 batters, but the Quacks managed to beat the Dogs, 3-2. | Box

Greinke whiffs 8 in 5-2 win

Zack Greinke struckout 8 Peshtigo batters in a 5-2 win for the SNAKES. | Box

Mathewson blanks DC with 7-0 shutout

DC is hoping not to see Christy Mathewson again for a long while. Mathewson went the distance, leading UTICA to a 7-0 victory. | Box


WHO'S HOT - Last 5 Games

M. McGwire, Charlatans .3004 HR6 RBI
H. Greenberg, Pilots .4212 HR7 RBI
A. Beltre, Dead Possums .3813 HR5 RBI
B. Bonds, Quacks .3043 HR5 RBI
C. Delgado, SNAKES .4212 HR6 RBI

WHO'S NOT - Last 5 Games

C. Biggio, Dogs 2 for 22 (.091)
R. Howard, Dogs 2 for 20 (.100)
S. Sosa, Quacks 1 for 19 (.053)
B. Veach, Dogs 1 for 19 (.053)
M. Cameron, Dragons 0 for 17 (.000)

Leaders: OPS

W. McCovey, SNAKES 1.075
L. Gehrig, A's 1.033
M. Mantle, Heroes 1.033
L. Walker, Giants 1.025
B. Harper, A's 1.017

Leaders: SO/9

J. deGrom, Pilots 10.7
B. Snell, Heroes 9.6
J. Richard, Mutuals 9.4
J. Verlander, A's 9.0
P. Martinez, HITMEN 8.7

Welcome to the Auto League

Auto Leagues are seasons that last about two months (baseball) or one month (basketball & football). Baseball and Baksetball sim about 2-3 games per day, while Football sims one game per day. Since this league is run with essentially no commissioner, there is a trade limit. Please be reasonable with your transactions, and report any bad owners using the feedback form.

League Status:
Season underway. Next sim around 10/15/2024 6:37 AM PT.

Draft Type:
Quick Draft

Owners Joined:
12 of 12
You can draft your team as soon as you sign up! You will select one player from each positional group until you have 23 players. (The Draft link appears on the league homepage and your team page when you are signed in.)

The draft only represents a random subset of players available. Once the season begins, you can adjust your roster via free agency or trades. (You can carry up to 25 players on your major league roster.)

Supplemental Draft
Once the season begins, you can start ranking players for the supplemental drafts, which take place after Games 2 & 3. Free agency (waivers) will open after the Supplemental Draft runs on Day 4. Please be sure to read the League Rules for further details!
This is a Keeper League, which means you have $55 million to spend on keepers for next season. You must sign at least one player to a contract before the season ends, or you'll automatically be removed from the league after the World Series. Players under contract remain on their teams, all other players return to free agency for the next Quick Draft.
When do games start?
After all teams have an owner and have drafted, the games will begin. You will get an email after the first game notifying you that the league has started.

What time are games played?
Barring any issues with the servers, games are auto-simmed 2 or 3 times a day, starting as early as 1:00am and ending as late as 11:00pm Pacific Time. Users can sim games from the My League List page every eight hours. This allows the league to keep moving if the server has issues or the participants in the league want to move the season along slightly faster than the auto sims allow. There will always be at least eight hours between games so managers can react if desired.

Can I customize my team?
Yes! You can change your team name, logo, and more via the "Owner Console" on your "My Team" page before the season begins and up until the 5th game of the season.

World Series and post-season
Division winners and three wild card reach the post-season. Owners can leave the league once their team is elimnated, or wait until the playoffs are over and re-draft the next season.

I'm always eager to here what you enjoy or think can be improved with the site, so stay in touch via the feedback form and follow site updates on the news & notes page.
 

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League Settings

Note, in Auto Leagues, some of these will change once the season starts, and as the season progresses.
Year Range of Stats1900 - 2023
Roster Size (Majors)26
Roster Size (Minors)3
Keepers (4 keepers)
Change Stats Allowed (not allowed while under contract or in a trade)
Free Agency
Drops
No-Drop List
Player Fatigue
Batter Injuries (5 games max)
Pitcher Injuries (15 games max)
Use Pitcher's HR Allowed Stats
Allows Max Surprise Bunts
Min Batters Pitcher Must Face0
Slump Buster (3unlimited days)
On FireUses WAR
User Sims (every 8 hours)
Latest Results
10/14/2024Heroes @ HITMENWatch  Box
10/14/2024Pilots @ DragonsWatch  Box
10/14/2024Mutuals @ GiantsWatch  Box
10/14/2024Dead Possums @ SNAKESWatch  Box
10/14/2024Dogs @ QuacksWatch  Box
10/14/2024Charlatans @ UTICAWatch  Box
Previous Games
10/14/2024Giants @ CharlatansWatch  Box
10/14/2024SNAKES @ DogsWatch  Box
10/14/2024Mutuals @ Dead PossumsWatch  Box
10/14/2024UTICA @ HeroesWatch  Box
10/14/2024Dragons @ HITMENWatch  Box
10/14/2024Quacks @ PilotsWatch  Box
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Latest Message
8/22/2024All-Star Selectionsgbacci
This season's all-stars have been selected. Click the link to find out who was honored. https://www.pennantchase.com/lgAllS..
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Latest Transactions
10/13/2024 Automatic Day Off Granted
Charlatans
10/11/2024 Automatic Day Off Granted
Quacks
10/10/2024 Automatic Day Off Granted
Dragons
Transaction Log  |  Trade Block  |  Report Trade

 

Latest Public Board Post
10/14/2024 WAR Budget Adviseragingsol
The strategy you describe is a great way to build a team in any league.

Having recently jumped in to Franchise Leagues because of the fantastic and fair Budget War draft, it seems to me that the real formula to win is: Get very good at using Baseball Reference, master the various Budget War draft tools in PC, play a lot of leagues, try to make your teams incrementally stronger the next season (if possible), make it to the playoffs as often as possible, and have your team get hot in the playoffs. There can be only one, but there always will be one.

Not sure who the best at Franchise Leagues is, but looking at win totals of several very active Franchise GMs, it doesn't seem like anyone has figured out how to win with most of the Franchises.
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