With the formation of a brand new league of teams, the ownership of the Waffletown Syrups have decided to make the transition and try their luck in a brave new world. The one commonality that will follow the team from their previous incarnation to the next is the owner's passion for old timey baseball. The GM has been instructed once again to construct a squad of quality players in the mold of Boots Poffenberger, Peanuts Lowery, Carlton Molesworth, Phenomenal Smith, Sugar Cain, and Pretzels Geitzen.
Slightly behind schedule, as a good number of teams have already completed their training season and moved on to their regular placement in a set league; the GM of Waffletown wasted no time in scouring the waiver wire for players to fill the squad. The initial draft class for Waffletown provided three players to fit the mold:
2B - Tony Cucinello (1938) - 60
CF - Kiddo Davis (1933) - 54
SS - Johnny Berardino (1940) - 56
In a flurry of penny-pinching activity into the wee hours of the night, the Waffletown GM made deal after deal to pull in as many old timey players as he could find to fill out the rest of the squad. He was able to obtain 13 players after the first day of work, and spent a total of 1484 points in the process: (price / position / name / year / rate)
42 pp - OF - Peanuts Lowery (1943) - 62 (right off the owner's wishlist
)
145 pp - OF - Heinie Manush (1934) - 67
31 pp - CL - Johnny Murphy (1938) - 62
33 pp - SS - Ray Chapman (1913) - 62
60 pp - SP - Harry Kelley (1936) - 60
50 pp - SP - Johnny Allen (1941) - 60
131 pp - 3B - Billy Johnson (1943) - 64
10 pp - SP - Schoolboy Rowe (1940) - 51
94 pp - SP - Elden Auker (1935) - 64
50 pp - OF - Jo-Jo Moore (1934) - 68
48 pp - 2B - Frankie Frisch (1933) - 63
40 pp - 1B - Frank McCormick (1940) - 68
750 pp - C - Rick Ferrell (1936) - 72 (the GM would like to thank the great and glorious PT gods for providing more old timey catchers to assist in filling the lineup
)
That leaves 9 players (2 position players, 7 pitchers) to locate in the next week to complete the roster before opening day of the season.