A nice spread of players coming in again, with 6 Legacies and 1 Marquee among them.
These are the Legacy Players for the 1960 Season:
Chicago Cubs: Ron Santo (70.5; 2126 / 95% - MARQUEE)
Cincinnati Reds: Jim Maloney (37.5; 258 GS)
Detroit Tigers: Dick McAuliffe (37.6; 1656)
Los Angeles Dodgers: Willie Davis (60.7; 1952)
Milwaukee Braves: Joe Torre (57.5; 1037)
Philadelphia Phillies: Tony Gonzalez (27.0; 1118)
San Francisco Giants: Juan Marichal (62.9; 446 GS)
Leo Cardenas (27.2; 1157) was also eligible for the Redlegs, but Maloney’s higher WAR makes him the selection.
There are 105 rookies for this season, and the Draft will consist of 6 rounds.
The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1959 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round):
Round 1
1. Chicago Cubs (481; dice roll)
2. San Francisco Giants (539)
3. Los Angeles Dodgers (564)
4. Milwaukee Braves (551)
5. Detroit Tigers (494)
6. Cincinnati Reds (481; dice roll)
7. Philadelphia Phillies (416)
8. Washington Senators (409)
9. Kansas City Athletics (429)
10. St. Louis Cardinals (461)
11. Baltimore Orioles (481; dice roll)
12. Boston Red Sox (487)
13. Pittsburgh Pirates (506)
14. New York Yankees (513)
15. Cleveland Indians (578)
16. Chicago White Sox (610)
Rounds 2 thru 6
1. Washington Senators (409)
2. Philadelphia Phillies (416)
3. Kansas City Athletics (429)
4. St. Louis Cardinals (461)
5. Cincinnati Reds (481; dice roll)
6. Baltimore Orioles (481; dice roll)
7. Chicago Cubs (481; dice roll)
8. Boston Red Sox (487)
9. Detroit Tigers (494)
10. Pittsburgh Pirates (506)
11. New York Yankees (513)
12. San Francisco Giants (539)
13. Milwaukee Braves (551)
14. Los Angeles Dodgers (564)
15. Cleveland Indians (578)
16. Chicago White Sox (610)
It will take a few goes to hone my process under the new rules and, of course, it makes is more vulnerable than ever to the luck of the draw. I’ll have no problem taking quality guys knowing we will have to hold them for a year and trade them on without ever using them – in fact this will become an ever more important skill for me to perfect.
There are just 10 eligible players for us to pick from in the entire Draft, but if we can nab the first two of them I’ll be stoked.
Call it beginner’s luck, but that’s precisely what happens:
1.
OF Matty Alou, 20- We add to our burgeoning Alou collection with Felipe’s little bro, our inaugural CC inductee. He should play all 3 OF slots eventually, but only the corners for now.
2.
P Joe Gibbon, 24- His availability this deep undoubtedly has a lot to do with him profiling as a reliever for the first few years, but he should graduate to the spin after that and is a really handy southpaw who’ll be a walk-up starter for us out of the BP in 1960.
3.
P Earl Francis, 24- We were sweating utility IF Julio Gotay for this pick but just missed him. Earl is a fine consolation prize who burned brief but bright IRL and who profiles as a spot starter at best.
4.
OF Gary Kolb, 24
5.
P Bill Short, 22
6.
P Georges Maranda, 27 (ineligible)
Worked out way better than we expected.
FULL DRAFT LOG
