With so many recently-added clubs still finding their feet, the challenge here was to find the sweet spot that doesn't decimate them but allows the Jays and M's some recourse to assemble a semi-decent squad and at least not embarrass themselves.
To which end, I settled on the following settings for the ED:
A bit of confusion with our Protected List after the Hebner trade, in that I have Madlock being past the cutoff but they are showing him as auto-protected. I will be undoing the pick if he gets taken here.
So, without him in it, here are our 18 protected players:
We lose the following five guys:
