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3/21/2019 Franchised Players and Career Contracts Read over the rules for Franchising a player (extending his contract by one year) if you are interested in doing so for players currently under contract. Salaries for a franchise player are the average of the top 6 salaries at each position. Here is the salary scale for each position if you wish to franchise a player for next year. These are updated for 1986. Salaries for franchised players count against your cap for the upcoming season. (Updated 3/21/19) C - $13 1B - $16 2b - $15 3b - $13 SS - $13 OF - $16 SP - $25 RP - $17 Franchised for 1985: Bernie Carbo, OF, Braves Charlie Moore, C, Braves Dennis Blair, SP, Orioles Dave Parker, OF, White Sox Gary Thomasson, OF, Indians Bob Lacey, RP, Indians Dan Driessen,3B, Tigers Jerry Hairston, 1B, Tigers 1B Jason Thompson, 1B, Dodgers Fred Lynn, OF, Yankees Mike Schmidt, 3B, Yankees Dennis Eckersley, SP, Pirates Bump Wills, 2B, Pirates Franchised for 1984: Greg Gross, OF, Reds Gary Carter, OF, Reds Bob Robertson, 1B, Dodgers Steve Ontiveros, 3B, Dodgers Gene Richards, OF, Cubs Mike Schmidt, 3B, Yankees Dennis Blair, SP, Orioles Dan Driessen,3B, Tigers Jerry Hairston, 1B, Tigers Gary Thomasson, OF, Indians Career contracts signed for 1984 Biff Pocoroba, Reds, 1984-1993 ($6mil/$4mil in 1989) Mark Littell, Cubs, 1984-1993 ($11mil/$7mil in 1989) Franchised for 1983: Bob Robertson, 1B, Dodgers Steve Ontiveros, 3B, Dodgers Gene Richards, OF, Cubs Mark Littel, RP, Cubs Biff Pocoroba, C, Reds John Mayberry, 1B, Phils Jeff Burroughs, OF, Cards Bart Johnson, SP, Pirates Steve Rogers, SP, Pirates Bobby Grich, SS, Pirates signed to a career contract Franchised for 1982: Andre Thornton, 1B, White Sox Ozzie Smith, SS, Tigers Dave LaRoche, RP, Tigers Mark Littell, RP, Cubs Bobby Grich, SS, Pirates Steve Rogers, SP, Pirates JOhn Mayberry, 1B, Phillies Cesar Cedeno, OF, Phillies signed to career contract Franchised for 1981: Darrell Porter, C, Cardinals Doug Bird, RP, Cardinals George Brett, 3B, Reds Jorge Orta, 2B, Reds Andre Thornton, 1B, White Sox Darrell Evans, 3B, White Sox Cesar Cedeno, OF, Phillies Thurman Munson, C, White Sox signed to career contract Franchised for 1980: Darrell Porter, C, Cardinals Doug Bird, RP, Cardinals Thurman Munson, C, White Sox Dale Murray, RP, Athletics Rick Monday, OF, Tigers Joe Rudi, OF, Tigers signed to career contract Vida Blue, SP, Cardinals signed to career contract Franchised for 1979: Vida Blue, SP, Cardinals Gary Nolan,SP, Cardinals Rick Monday, OF, Tigers Billy Grabarkewitz, SS, White Sox Franchised for 1978: Billy Grabarkewitz, SS, White Sox Rod Carew, 2B, White Sox Catfish Hunter, SP, Braves Rickey Clark, SP, Red Sox Manny Sanguillen, C, Dodgers Vida Blue, SP, Cardinals Gary Nolan, SP, Cardinals Franchised for 1977: Bob Moose, SP, White Sox Rollie Fingers, RP, Phillies Catfish Hunter, SP, Braves Dalton Jones, 2B, Braves Nate Colbert, 1B, Tigers Franchised for 1976: Bob Moose, SP, White Sox Wally Bunker, SP, White Sox Joe Morgan, 2b, Cardinals Billy McCool, RP, Tigers Jim Britton, RP, Pirates Franchised for 1975: Derrell Griffith, 3B, Cardinals Curt Blefary, OF, Braves Tommie Sisk, RP, Braves Tony Conigliaro, OF, Giants Hal Lanier, 2B, Tigers Billy McCool, RP, Tigers Rico Petrocelli, SS, Dodgers Wally Bunker, SP, White Sox Franchised for 1974: Derrell Griffith, 3B, Cardinals Curt Blefary, OF, Braves Tommie Sisk, RP, Braves Tony Conigliaro, OF, Giants Jim Ray Hart, 3B, Giants Hal Lanier, 2B, Tigers Willie Davis, OF, Dodgers Bill Freehan, C, Yankees Al Downing, SP, Yankees Art Shamsky, OF, Pirates Don Sutton, SP, Orioles Franchised for 1973: Fred Whitfield, 1B, Tigers Dick Calmus, RP, Athletics Pete Rose, OF/2B, Pirates Franchised for 1972: Fred Whitfield, 1B, Tigers Willie Davis, OF, Pirates Dave Boswell, SP, Cardinals Joe Torre, C, Cardinals Franchised for 1971: Willis Davis, OF, Pirates Ron Santo, 3B, Dodgers Luis Tiant, SP, Cardinals Dave Boswell, SP, Cardinals Denny McLain, SP, Orioles Franchised for 1970: Orlando Cepeda, 1B, Twins Juan Marichal, SP, Phillies Jack Aker, RP, Phillies Ron Santo, 3B, Dodgers Gary Peters, SP, Dodgers Denny McLain, SP, Orioles Bob Miller, SP, Tigers Franchised for 1969: Lee Thomas, 1B, Athletics Gene Freese, 2B, Indians Juan Marichal, SP, Phillies Jim Gentile, 1B, Phillies Orlando Cepeda, 1B, Twins Dick Howser, SS, Pirates Franchised for 1968: Jim Pagliaroni,C, Dodgers Franchised for 1967: Jim Perry, RP, Athletics Sandy Koufax, SP, Cubs Franchised for 1966: Jim Perry, RP, Athletics Johnny Romano, C, Athletics Sandy Koufax, SP, Cubs Franchised for 1965: Ted Kazanski, SS, Dodgers Bill Skowron, 1B, Cubs Franchised for 1964: Ted Kazanski, SS, Dodgers Al Kaline, OF, Indians Ray Herbert, RP, Indians Dick Brodowski, SP, Pirates Bill White, 1B, Pirates Andy Carey, 3B, Athletics Franchised for 1963: Mickey Mantle, OF, Yankees Ron Jackson, 1b,Dodgers Dick Brodowski, SP, Pirates Franchised for 1962: Mickey Mantle, OF, Yankees Curt Simmons, SP, Braves Phil Paine, RP, Braves Ron Jackson, 1B, Dodgers Franchised for 1961: Curt Simmons, SP, Braves Dave Sisler, RP, Braves Don Drysdale, SP, Dodgers Frank Smith, RP, Athletics Franchised for 1960: Gil McDougald, 3b, Reds Roy McMillan, ss, Cardinals Hank Thompson, 3b, Cardinals Franchised for 1959: Carl Sawatski, C, A's Gil McDougald, 3b, Reds Franchised for 1958: Gene Conley, SP, Cubs Carl Sawatski, C, A's Franchised for 1957: Gene Conley, SP, Cubs Nellie Fox, 2B, white sox You can also sign certain players to Career Contracts, if they qualify. See "rules" for more on Career Contracts. PLAYERS CURRENTLY ON CAREER CONTRACTS Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn 1952 -- retired Ewell Blackwell, Reds 1956 -- retired Yogi Berra, New York Yankees, 1956-1965 -- retired Duke Snider, Dodgers, 1961-1966 -- retired Stu Miller, Athletics, 1961-1966 (dropped in player cuts of 1967) Dusty Rhodes, Cardinals, 1960-1967 -- retired Eddie Mathews, Indians, 1963-1971 -- retired Ed Bailey, Twins, 1965-1971 -- retired Steve Barber, Tigers, 1970-1972 (dropped in player cuts of 1972) Johnny Blanchard, Cubs, 1965-1973 ($5mil/$3mil in 1970) -- retired Frank Robinson, Reds, 1967-1975 ($18mil/$12mil in 1972) -- retired Milt Pappas, Phillies, 1970-1979 ($20mil/$13mil in 1975) -- retired Vada Pinson, Dodgers, 1970-1978 ($20mil/$13mil in 1975) -- retired Jim Roland, Athletics, 1973-1982 ($9mil/$6mil in 1978) -- retired Fergie Jenkins, Pittsburgh, 1973-1982 ($21mil/$14mil in 1978) -- retired Ron Swoboda, Atlanta, 1975-1984 ($1mil for duration of contract) -- retired Carlos May, New York, 1979-88 ($10mil/$7mil in 1984) Joe Rudi, Detroit, 1980-86 ($8mil/$6mil in 1984) Vida Blue, St. Louis, 1980-89 ($21mil/$14mil in 1985) Thurman Munson, White Sox, 1981-87 ($7mil/$4mil in 1985) Cesar Cedeno, Phillies, 1982-91 ($13mil/$9mil in 1987) Bobby Grich, Pirates, 1983-89 ($9mil/$6mil in 1987)

3/20/2019 1985-86 Post-Season and Off-season Schedule -WE-SA, 3/20-3/23 - Voting for 1985 Player Awards. -SA, 3/23 – Final regular season games. -SU, 3/24 - One-game playoffs for playoff berths, if needed; Day off for playoff teams to set rosters. Player Awards announced. -MO, 3/25 - Division Championship games 1-4 in AL and NL; sims run at 7 am, noon, 6 pm and 10 pm (ET). Playoff teams given 2 days rest before start of DCS. (Any teams involved in one-game playoff only get 1 day of rest.) - TU, 3/26 – DCS games 5-7 in AL and NL, as needed; sims at 7 am, noon and 6 pm (ET). (DCS games 1&2, 6&7 at home field of Division regular season leader. If tie for 1st, home field decided by head-to-head record or run differential, if head-to-head tied. Teams get 1 day rest for travel when a Series moves from one city to another.) - WE, 3/27 – LCS games 1-4 in AL and NL; sims run at 7 am, noon, 6 pm and 10 pm (ET). Playoff teams given 2 days rest between end of DCS and the start of the LCS, plus extra days if a DCS does not go the full 5 games. - TH, 3/28 – LCS games 5-7 in AL and NL, as needed; sims at 7 am, noon and 6 pm. (LCS games 1&2, 6&7 at higher seeded team. Teams get 1 rest day for travel when a Series moves from one city to another. ) - FR, 3/29 – WS Games 1-4; sims at 7 am, noon, 6 pm and 10 pm (ET). (NOTE: WS teams will be given 2 days rest between the end of the LCS and the start of the WS, plus extra days if an LCS does not go 7 games.) -SA, 3/30 - WS Games 5-7, as needed; sims at 7 am, noon, 6 pm. (WS games 1&2 and 6&7 at AL Park. Teams get 1 rest day for travel when Series moves from one city to the next). - SU, 3/31 –10 pm ET deadline for signing rookies and unsigned free agents, and for signing players to a franchise or career contract. All players not under contract will be returned to FA pool after the 10 pm deadline. You may NOT exceed salary cap for upcoming year or successive years in signing players to contracts, and you may not exceed limit of 30 players under contract for any one season (see rules). Rookie listing on Rookie Holding Team cleared; rosters cleared; progression run; free agents moved to holding team; rookie list moved to free agent listing for ranking purposes prior to rookie draft. Draft room opened so that teams can begin selecting players for the Rookie Draft. -MO, 4/1 – Day off to prepare rankings for Rookie Draft. -TU, 4/2 - Rookie Draft concludes with live draft at 10 pm ET; 3 rounds total in 1986 draft; teams select in reverse order of finish; owners present for the draft will have 60 seconds to make a pick; owners not present will have picks made for them based on owner’s or computer’s ranking. When draft is concluded the Free Agent pool repopulated with unsigned free agents and rookies. -WE-SA, 4/3-4/6 – Free Agent Bidding. Free agent bidding will be over 4 days. All bids posted on a player will be posted each day so that everyone can see how everyone else is bidding. (Leading bid each day will include years/bid/raise (if any) and total. Other bids will just show total.) To win a player, you have to have the top bid for a 1-day period, from one update to the next. Bidding will close each day at 10 pm ET and if you are not outbid during the proceeding 24 hours, you win the player. If you are, you have the next period to re-up your bid. On the last day (Day 4), team with leading bid gets the player. On Day 2, or 3 or 4, if your bid was not the leading bid on a player you can choose not to re-bid and use that money on another player. But if yours is the leading bid, you can not alter or reduce that bid even if no one else is bidding. You also CAN NOT re-up your bid if you have the leading bid, except on the final day of bidding. -SU, 4/7 - Day off to evaluate players left in free agent pool. -MO, 4/8 - Supplemental Draft; live draft at 10 pm ET; 3 rounds; owners present for the draft will have 60 seconds to make a pick; owners not present will have picks made for them based on owner’s or computer’s ranking. When draft is concluded the Free Agent pool repopulated with unsigned free agents and rookies. -TU, 4/9 –FA Pool opens to all teams at 10 pm ET; first-come, first-served; teams must fill rosters to minimums as per rules. - WE, 4/10 – Day off to set rosters. - TH-SU, 4/11-4/14 -- 1986 ST games begin; 24 games per team over 4 days; 1986 regular season to begin approximately TH, 4/18. NOTE: Rookies and unsigned free agents currently on your roster that you wish to sign for 1986 must be signed by 10 pm ET Sunday, March 31. You may sign them using money for 1986 budget, but be careful not to exceed that budget, or the budget for future years. Once rosters are cleared and progressions are run in advance of the Drafts and FA bidding, team pages and contract pages will advance to reflect budgets for teams for 1987. DO NOT use those figures when bidding on free agents. Your cap money and money available for bidding will be listed on the home page. You CAN NOT exceed cap money available. Bids or signings that put you over cap will be disallowed. Also, signings that put you over the max of 30 contract players per team will be disallowed.

3/17/2019 Traded picks Here's the list of picks that have been traded for upcoming Rookie drafts. Please let me know if I have missed anything. (Updated 3/17/19) Giants trade 1st round pick in 1986 to White Sox (SP Balor Moore) White Sox trade 2nd round pick in 1986 to Cardinals (RP Larry Demery) Cubs trade 2nd round pick in 1986 to Indians (Robinson/Darling, Wynne, Hudson) Dodgers trade 1st round pick in 1984 to Giants (Candelaria, Zisk/Nichols, Gullickson) Red Sox trade 1st round pick in 1984 to Cubs (Pena, Dawley, Barfield/Hoffman, Murphy) Cubs trade 2nd round pick in 1984 to Red Sox (same trade) Pirates trade all 3 picks in 1984 to Red Sox (for Lemon and Barrios) Twins trade 2nd round pick in 1983 to Pirates (Frank Tanana) Dodgers trade 1st round picks in 1982 and 1983 to Athletics (Stanhouse) Pirates trade all picks in 1982 and 1983 to Red Sox (Bare, Figuero, Henderson/Anderson, Murphy, Hargrove, Geronimo, Gullett) Yankees trade all picks in 1982 and 1983 to Red Sox (Martinez, Nash/Forsch, Barr, Rettenmund) Red Sox trade 2nd round pick in 1982 to White Sox (Bosclair, Nelson, Castro/McBride, Hendricks) Cubs trade 1st round 1982 pick acquired from Giants to Red Sox (Urrea, Stone/Murphy) Giants trade 1st pick in 1982 to Cubs (Zisk, Kison/Murphy, Tanana, Richards) Pirates trade all picks in 1981 draft to Cubs (Rogers/Cruz,Minton) Indians trade 2nd round pick in 1981 draft to Yankees (for Rorric Harrison). Giants trade 1st round picks in 1980 and 1981 to Dodgers for Richie Hebner. LA trades 1st round picks in 1980 and 1981 to Orioles for Andy Messersmith. Braves trade 1st in 1979 to dodgers (Moose/Taylor, Mingori, Hardin) White Sox trade 2nd in 1979 to Dodgers (for LA RP Ron Cook) Cardinals trade 2nd round pick in 1978 to Indians (Carbo/Thomasson) Cubs trade 2nd round pick in 1978 to Yankees for Richie Zisk. Yankees trade 1st round pick in 1978 to Cubs (Harrah/Concepcion) Cardinals trade all 3 picks in 1977 to Indians for Indians 1st pick in 1977 (and Abbott) Braves trade first round pick in 1977 and 1978 to Dodgers (for Hunter/Johnstone) Red Sox trade 1st round pick in 1977 to Yankees (Jackson,May,Sutton/Remy) White Sox trade 1st round pick in 1976 to Cubs, and Cubs trade 2nd round pick acquired from Pirates (see below) to White Sox (Zisk,Hiller/Clines,LaRoche) Orioles trade 1st pick in 1976 to Cards for their 3 picks in 76 (and Dan Ford and Oscar Gamble) Yankees trade 1st round in 1976 to Boston (Carty,Aker,Geronimo/Kubek) Red Sox trade 2nd round pick in 1976 to Yankees (same as above) Yankees trade 2nd round in 1976 to Red Sox (pepitone/charton ) Pirates trade 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick in 1976 to Cubs (Parker/Otis) Twins trade 1st round pick in 1974 and 1975 to Yankees (McDaniel, Alou(s), 2 others/Adair) Reds trade 2nd round pick in 1975 to Yankees (Garr, Blasingame, Walker/Gentry) Boston trade 1st round pick in 1975 to Yankees (Bosman/Bell) Yankees trade 1st and 2nd round picks in 1975 to Boston (Bosman/Bell) Dodgers trade 1st round pick in 1975 to Yankees (Ken Tatum)

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-WE-SA, 3/20-3/23 - Voting for 1985 Player Awards. -SA, 3/23 – Final regular season games. -SU, 3/24 - Day off for playoff teams to set rosters. Player Awards announced. -MO, 3/25 - Division Championship games 1-4 in AL and NL; sims run at 7 am, noon, 6 pm and 10 pm (ET). - TU, 3/26 – DCS games 5-7 in AL and NL, as needed; sims at 7 am, noon and 6 pm (ET). - WE, 3/27 – LCS games 1-4 in AL and NL; sims run at 7 am, noon, 6 pm and 10 pm (ET). - TH, 3/28 – LCS games 5-7 in AL and NL, as needed; sims at 7 am, noon and 6 pm. - FR, 3/29 – WS Games 1-4; sims at 7 am, noon, 6 pm and 10 pm (ET). -SA, 3/30 - WS Games 5-7, as needed; sims at 7 am, noon, 6 pm. - SU, 3/31 –10 pm ET deadline for signing rookies and unsigned free agents, and for signing players to a franchise or career contract. - TU, 4/2 - Rookie Draft
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3/17/2019 Trade Don Robinson to Chicago Cubs Ron Darling to Cleveland Indians Marvell Wynne to Cleveland Indians Charles Hudson to Cleveland Indians Commish: Revert Trade

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