Just four Legacies entering the league this year – among them, one for us.
These are the Legacy Players for the 1950 Season:
Boston Braves: Joe Adcock (33.5; 1207)
Boston Red Sox: Jackie Jensen (27.9; 1039)
New York Yankees: Whitey Ford (57.1; 498 – one-club player)
Pittsburgh Pirates: Vern Law (32.3; 483 – one-club player)
Lew Burdette (28.6; 468) was also eligible for the Braves, but Adcock’s higher WAR makes him the selection.
There are 110 rookies for this season, and the Draft will consist of 6 rounds.
The Draft order will be as follows (winning percentage from 1949 IRL season in brackets; bold indicates Legacy Pick in 1st Round):
Round 1
1. New York Yankees (630; dice roll)
2. Boston Braves (487)
3. Pittsburgh Pirates (461)
4. Boston Red Sox (623; dice roll)
5. Washington Senators (325)
6. St. Louis Browns (344)
7. Chicago Cubs (396)
8. Cincinnati Reds (403)
9. Chicago White Sox (409)
10. New York Giants (474)
11. Philadelphia Phillies (526; dice roll)
12. Philadelphia Athletics (526; dice roll)
13. Detroit Tigers (565)
14. Cleveland Indians (578)
15. St. Louis Cardinals (623; dice roll)
16. Brooklyn Dodgers (630; dice roll)
Rounds 2 thru 6
1. Washington Senators (325)
2. St. Louis Browns (344)
3. Chicago Cubs (396)
4. Cincinnati Reds (403)
5. Chicago White Sox (409)
6. Pittsburgh Pirates (461)
7. New York Giants (474)
8. Boston Braves (487)
9. Philadelphia Phillies (526; dice roll)
10. Philadelphia Athletics (526; dice roll)
11. Detroit Tigers (565)
12. Cleveland Indians (578)
13. Boston Red Sox (623; dice roll)
14. St. Louis Cardinals (623; dice roll)
15. New York Yankees (630; dice roll)
16. Brooklyn Dodgers (630; dice roll)
Our needs as we see them right now are ones of depth, so to have the first pick handed to us as it is works out pretty well.
Here are the new additions to our club:
1.
P Vern Law, 19- A real nice pickup for us. The plan is to give “Deacon” a season or two to mature at AAA and then let him loose.
2.
C Frank House, 19- A decent enough longer-term project, though doubtful he’s a superstar in disguise. We picked him over Billy Martin.
3.
P Billy Loes, 24- We were hoping to nab a couple more position players but the ranks have been thinned so much by this stage that, rather than take average guys we’re never going to use, we instead opt for the best pitchers and will look to acquire whatever we need around the diamond via the trade route.
4.
P Johnny Klippstein, 24- Add him to our burgeoning stock of mid-quality relief pitching.
5.
P Al Aber, 22
6.
P George Spencer, 23- Southpaw Aber might well see action; Spencer is purely AAA.
A pretty good day’s work.
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