Six new Legacies again this year including two of my personal faves as Marquees in a pretty interesting broader pool.
These are the Legacy Players for the 1981 Season:
Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripken jr (95.9; 3001 – one-club player MARQUEE)
Chicago Cubs: Ryne Sandberg (67.9; 2151 MARQUEE (conceded))
Los Angeles Dodgers: Steve Sax (25.7; 1091)
Minnesota Twins: Gary Gaetti (42.1; 1361)
Philadelphia Phillies: Von Hayes (29.9; 1208)
Toronto Blue Jays: Jesse Barfield (39.4; 1032)
Kent Hrbek (38.6; 1747 – one-club player) was also eligible for the Twins, but Gaetti’s higher WAR makes him the selection.
There are 184 rookies for this season (including some carry-over MiLBers from last year), and the Draft will consist of 7 rounds.
The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1980 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round):
Round 1
1. Baltimore Orioles (617)
2. Chicago Cubs (395)
3. Minnesota Twins (478)
4. Toronto Blue Jays (414; dice roll)
5. Philadelphia Phillies (562)
6. Los Angeles Dodgers (564)
7. Seattle Mariners (364)
8. California Angels (406)
9. New York Mets (414; dice roll)
10. Chicago White Sox (438)
11. San Diego Padres (451)
12. St. Louis Cardinals (457)
13. San Francisco Giants (466)
14. Texas Rangers (472)
15. Cleveland Indians (494)
16. Atlanta Braves (503)
17. Oakland Athletics (512; dice roll)
18. Pittsburgh Pirates (512; dice roll)
19. Detroit Tigers (519; dice roll)
20. Boston Red Sox (519; dice roll)
21. Milwaukee Brewers (531)
22. Cincinnati Reds (549)
23. Montreal Expos (556)
24. Houston Astros (571)
25. Kansas City Royals (599)
26. New York Yankees (632)
Rounds 2 thru 10
1. Seattle Mariners (364)
2. Chicago Cubs (395)
3. California Angels (406)
4. Toronto Blue Jays (414; dice roll)
5. New York Mets (414; dice roll)
6. Chicago White Sox (438)
7. San Diego Padres (451)
8. St. Louis Cardinals (457)
9. San Francisco Giants (466)
10. Texas Rangers (472)
11. Minnesota Twins (478)
12. Cleveland Indians (494)
13. Atlanta Braves (503)
14. Oakland Athletics (512; dice roll)
15. Pittsburgh Pirates (512; dice roll)
16. Detroit Tigers (519; dice roll)
17. Boston Red Sox (519; dice roll)
18. Milwaukee Brewers (531)
19. Cincinnati Reds (549)
20. Montreal Expos (556)
21. Philadelphia Phillies (562)
22. Los Angeles Dodgers (564)
23. Houston Astros (571)
24. Kansas City Royals (599)
25. Baltimore Orioles (617)
26. New York Yankees (632)
Eligible PIT players: 3 position players + 5 pitchers = 8
As I mentioned in my previous post, we go into this Draft with a specific goal but are utterly dependent on things falling our way as to how we go. We’re slightly better positioned with our first pick around the middle of the order, so we have to ride 11 picks after the Legacies before we get our first crack at them. Fingers crossed, with slim pickings again among the eligibles this has got “hit or miss” written all over it.
Our picks are as follows:
1. OF Dave Henderson, 22 (ineligible)
- Not our first choice, but featured on our SHORT shortlist and we’re happy to have him; will have to bide his time down at AAA for ’81 unless one of the CC slots frees up—we are slated to get two of them back next year with the Thomases Derrell and Gorman in their walk year.
2. P Dave Rucker, 23 (PIT IRL: 1988)
- Only the fact that he’s a southpaw gets him even close to consideration at some point; the only eligible guy we get to take this time around.
3. C Chris Bando, 23 (ineligible)
4. OF Gene Roof, 22 (ineligible)
5. IF Pedro Medina, 17 (ineligible)
6. P Dave Wilhelmi, 20 (ineligible) no relation to Hoyt, I’m afraid
7. C Jeff Remo, 19 (ineligible)
A close call but we got there.
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