Just six Legacies again this year, amid a fascinating rookie class filled with guys whose MLB careers shone brightly but only briefly.
These are the Legacy Players for the 1976 Season:
Atlanta Braves: Dale Murphy (46.5; 1926)
Baltimore Orioles: Dennis Martinez (48.7; 233)
Kansas City Royals: Willie Wilson (46.1; 1787)
Milwaukee Brewers: Jim Gantner (22.5; 1801 – one-club player)
Montreal Expos: Andre Dawson (64.8; 1443)
San Diego Padres: Garry Templeton (27.8; 1286)
Scott McGregor (20.2; 309 GS – one-club player) was also eligible for the Orioles, but Martinez’s higher WAR makes him the selection.
Dennis Martinez was also eligible for the Expos, but Dawson’s higher WAR makes him the selection.
There are 106 rookies for this season, with another 320 historical MiLBers also added and the Draft will consist of 8 rounds.
The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1975 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round):
Round 1
1. Montreal Expos (463; dice roll)
2. Baltimore Orioles (566)
3. Atlanta Braves (416)
4. Kansas City Royals (562)
5. San Diego Padres (438)
6. Milwaukee Brewers (420)
7. Detroit Tigers (358)
8. Houston Astros (398)
9. California Angels (447)
10. Chicago Cubs (463; dice roll)
11. Chicago White Sox (466)
12. Minnesota Twins (478)
13. Texas Rangers (488)
14. Cleveland Indians (497; dice roll)
15. San Francisco Giants (497; dice roll)
16. St. Louis Cardinals (506; dice roll)
17. New York Mets (506; dice roll)
18. New York Yankees (519)
19. Philadelphia Phillies (531)
20. Los Angeles Dodgers (543)
21. Pittsburgh Pirates (571)
22. Boston Red Sox (594)
23. Oakland Athletics (605)
24. Cincinnati Reds (667)
Rounds 2 thru 8
1. Detroit Tigers (358)
2. Houston Astros (398)
3. Atlanta Braves (416)
4. Milwaukee Brewers (420)
5. San Diego Padres (438)
6. California Angels (447)
7. Chicago Cubs (463; dice roll)
8. Montreal Expos (463; dice roll)
9. Chicago White Sox (466)
10. Minnesota Twins (478)
11. Texas Rangers (488)
12. Cleveland Indians (497; dice roll)
13. San Francisco Giants (497; dice roll)
14. St. Louis Cardinals (506; dice roll)
15. New York Mets (506; dice roll)
16. New York Yankees (519)
17. Philadelphia Phillies (531)
18. Los Angeles Dodgers (543)
19. Kansas City Royals (562)
20. Baltimore Orioles (566)
21. Pittsburgh Pirates (571)
22. Boston Red Sox (594)
23. Oakland Athletics (605)
24. Cincinnati Reds (667)
Eligible PIT players: 4 position players + 4 pitchers = 8.
No Legacy for us this year and our clear first pick has little (read:
no) chance of still being available for our late R1 pick. So we keep him only in the back of our mind and go into the Draft with a clearly-formulated more realistic plan of how to proceed, although with just 8 eligibles from which to choose a fair few of those we take will likely be depth pieces or trade bait. Not far away from ’79 now and so those we do take for keeps need to be useful to us then.
Here's our new batch of Buccos:
1. OF Lee Mazzilli, 20
- Surprise, surprise, our favoured guy does indeed make it through and we take him gladly. He’ll need to solidify his ability to play the corner OF spots and the crew at AAA will have explicit instructions to get him to do so in the next year or two.
2. P Doug Bair, 26
- Only two eligibles left by this point and we’re on the hunt for RP anyway, so Doug suits us fine.
3. P John Verhoeven, 22 (ineligible)
4. IF Francis McCann, 22 (ineligible)
5. P Mike Burns, 22 (ineligible)
6. P Bob Mayer, 21 (ineligible)
7. OF Robert Bryant, 21 (ineligible)
8. SS Charles Diering, 24 (ineligible)
- The aforementioned AAA depth / potential tradees.
We are hopeful that the Mazzilli get alone made this worth the effort.
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