Expansion

jeffurso · 03-15-2023, 10:41 PM

I am sure this has been discussed at great length around here, however I am not great with the search feature ...

I have a plan to expand my MLB by 4 teams in a couple of seasons ... I have done this with just two teams before ... is there any thing I should do differently with a 4 team expansion? I was thinking of decreasing the expansion draft to 20 rounds instead of 25 and extending the protected list to maybe 30 ...

any advice would be most helpful ... even if its just a link to somewhere else in the boards ...

also I generally expand the league on the first day of the offseason. is there a better time to do this?

koohead · 03-15-2023, 11:06 PM

Does not answer your question regarding number of rounds for the expansion draft but this is a great read and what I plan to follow when I expand my game from 30 to 32 starting this offseason.

Bobbyraz49 · 03-16-2023, 12:24 PM

What cities have you chosen for the new teams?

jeffurso · 03-16-2023, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobbyraz49

What cities have you chosen for the new teams?

Montreal, Indianapolis, Omaha, Charlotte ...

I have a second 4 team expansion planned for much later with San Antonio, Memphis, Salt Lake City and Portland

Brad K · 03-19-2023, 12:37 AM

Setting the size of the protection list requires consideration of how many teams there are versus the number of expansion teams and how many players if any are automatically protected by the less than three years of service rule. However protecting more than the ML roster plus the less than three years players sounds like the way to 40-122 expansion teams regardless of the existing team count.

03-15-2023, 10:41 PM	#1
jeffurso Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 29	Expansion I am sure this has been discussed at great length around here, however I am not great with the search feature ... I have a plan to expand my MLB by 4 teams in a couple of seasons ... I have done this with just two teams before ... is there any thing I should do differently with a 4 team expansion? I was thinking of decreasing the expansion draft to 20 rounds instead of 25 and extending the protected list to maybe 30 ... any advice would be most helpful ... even if its just a link to somewhere else in the boards ... also I generally expand the league on the first day of the offseason. is there a better time to do this?

03-15-2023, 11:06 PM	#2
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,209	Does not answer your question regarding number of rounds for the expansion draft but this is a great read and what I plan to follow when I expand my game from 30 to 32 starting this offseason. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

03-16-2023, 12:24 PM	#3
Bobbyraz49 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 926	What cities have you chosen for the new teams?

03-19-2023, 12:37 AM	#5
Brad K Banned Join Date: May 2016 Location: St Petersburg Florida USA Posts: 6,693 Infractions: 0/2 (4)	Setting the size of the protection list requires consideration of how many teams there are versus the number of expansion teams and how many players if any are automatically protected by the less than three years of service rule. However protecting more than the ML roster plus the less than three years players sounds like the way to 40-122 expansion teams regardless of the existing team count.