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Tribe1450 · 01-23-2021, 08:51 AM

Major League Baseball
Thursday, April 8, 1954

Opening Day

The start of the 1954 regular season is upon us. The league schedule remains balanced, but for the first time ever the leagues have been broken into and Eastern and Western division.

The restructuring of Minor League Baseball (MiLB) took a toll on some of the massive farm systems that had been accumulated by some of the major league clubs. While teams were able to keep their AAA level players heading into the new year (and some teams actually had two different AAA treams), all other players in a teams farm system became free agents.

There were a few big names (known stars after their real careers played out), but remember the game only sees ratings / stats of a 19 or 20 year old with no big league history yet.

The league year began with a 150 round free agent draft to disperse and allocate and fill the entire "new" system of MiLB. Each team now has just four levels of minors, AAA, AA, A, Rookie. Roster limits are described earlier in this narrative.

I will try to post updates weekly (related to the sim), so hopefully I will be able to post quite a few updates on days when I have a few hours to push through some simming.

01-23-2021, 08:51 AM	#27
Tribe1450 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Sandusky, Ohio Posts: 152	Major League Baseball Thursday, April 8, 1954 Opening Day The start of the 1954 regular season is upon us. The league schedule remains balanced, but for the first time ever the leagues have been broken into and Eastern and Western division. The restructuring of Minor League Baseball (MiLB) took a toll on some of the massive farm systems that had been accumulated by some of the major league clubs. While teams were able to keep their AAA level players heading into the new year (and some teams actually had two different AAA treams), all other players in a teams farm system became free agents. There were a few big names (known stars after their real careers played out), but remember the game only sees ratings / stats of a 19 or 20 year old with no big league history yet. The league year began with a 150 round free agent draft to disperse and allocate and fill the entire "new" system of MiLB. Each team now has just four levels of minors, AAA, AA, A, Rookie. Roster limits are described earlier in this narrative. I will try to post updates weekly (related to the sim), so hopefully I will be able to post quite a few updates on days when I have a few hours to push through some simming.