The World's League

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This won't be anything long term. Just a quick fun "what if?"

I loaded up every league the game comes with, released everyone into free agency.
Then deleted all leagues except the MLB and AAA.
After that I shrunk the Majors down to the 16 original teams. 8 teams in each league.
Then an inaugural draft was set to take place with the 17,000 players available in 65 rounds meaning only the best 1,040 baseball players in the world would be taken (750 MLB players will make opening day rosters by comparison)
Injuries were turned off.
Anyone previously injured or suspended was given a reprieve and the slate wiped clean.

Probably only simming 5 or 6 years of this before the fake players start to come up.

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INAUGURAL DRAFT

ROUND 1
NYY - Mike Trout, OF
BOS - Bryce Harper, OF
SFG - Clayton Kershaw, SP
STL - Manny Machado, 3B
LAD - Jose Fernandez, SP
CHC - Giancarlo Stanton, OF
DET - Andrew McCutchen, OF
PIT - Chris Sale, SP
ATL - Carlos Correa, SS
PHI - Paul Goldschmidt, 1B
CLE - Sonny Gray, SP
CIN - Buster Posey, C
MIN - Stephen Strasburg, SP
OAK - Gerrit Cole, SP
CHW - Byron Buxton, OF
BAL - Billy Hamilton, OF
ANALYSIS: No surprise in the first 3 choices. All top tier MLB talent fill the first round. The Yankees and Red Sox look to build around the two premier young outfielders in the game.

ROUND 2
NYY - Miguel Sano, OF
BOS - AJ Pollock, OF
SFG - Kevin Kiermaier, OF
STL - Francisco Lindor, SS
LAD - Jose Altuve, 2B
CHC - Kris Bryant, 3B
DET - Jacob DeGrom, SP
PIT - Alfredo Despaigne, OF
ATL - Mookie Betts, OF
PHI - JD Martinez, OF
CLE - Yasiel Puig, OF
CIN - Corey Kluber, SP
MIN - Nolan Arenado, 3B
OAK - Salvador Perez, C
CHW - Jorge Soler, OF
BAL - Starling Marte, OF
ANALYSIS: There was no shortage of outfield talent to be drafted and seemingly every team tried to grab a top name. Kris Bryant gets picked by his actual team. The Yankees pair Sano with Trout and the Giants give Kershaw an excellent defender in Kiermaier. Only two pitchers go in the second round and 9 teams are still without a hurler.

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Round 3
NYY - Noah Syndergaard, SP
BOS - Dallas Kuechel, SP
SFG - Jason Heyward, OF
STL - Joc Pederson, OF
LAD - Gregory Polanco, OF
CHC - Lorenzo Cain, OF
DET - Josh Donaldson, 3B
PIT - Xander Bogaerts, SS
ATL - Madison Bumgarner, SP
PHI - Carlos Carrasco, SP
CLE - Dee Gordon, 2B
CIN - Jose Abreu, 1B
MIN - Dai-Kang Yang, OF
OAK - Jackie Bradley Jr, OF
CHW - Kyle Schwarber, OF
BAL - Matt Harvey, SP
ANALYSIS: The Yankees and BoSox continue the same draft strategy as they add a top tier pitcher to go with their two young outfielders. The White Sox have the first complete outfield in baseball with Scwarber joining Soler and Buxton. Still some great talent left pitching like Scherzer.

Round 4
NYY - Jonathan Lucroy, C
BOS - Rougned Odor, 2B
SFG - Anthony Rendon, 3B
STL - Felix Hernandez, SP
LAD - Blake Swihart, C
CHC - Jake Arrieta, SP
DET - George Springer, OF
PIT - Yan Gomes, C
ATL - Michael Brantley, OF
PHI - Carlos Martinez, SP
CLE - Luis Yander La O, 3B
CIN - Jonathan Schoop, 2B
MIN - Jason Kipnis, 2B
OAK - Christian Yelich, OF
CHW - Shelby Miller, SP
BAL - Marcus Stroman, SP
ANALYSIS: Scherzer and David Price remain available as more top arms disappear. Infield is now being drafted with more urgency. Stroman joins Matt Harvey in Baltimore who become one of the first teams with 2 pitchers. The Cubs grab Arrieta adding another real life player.

Round 5
NYY - Devon Travis, 2B
BOS - Michael Pineda, SP
SFG - Neil Walker, 2B
STL - Jose Quintana, SP
LAD - Martin Perez, SP
CHC - Travis d'Arnaud
DET - Yu Darvish, SP
PIT - David Peralta, OF
ATL - Delino DeShields, OF
PHI - Randal Grichuk, OF
CLE - Steven Matz, SP
CIN - Hyun-Jin Ryu, SP
MIN - Chris Archer, SP
OAK - Zack Wheeler, SP
CHW - Christian Bethancourt, C
BAL - Ender Inciarte, OF

Round 6
NYY - Jon Gray, SP
BOS - Steven Souza Jr, OF
SFG - Max Scherzer, SP
STL - Joe Panik, 2B
LAD - Tyson Ross, SP
CHC - David Price, SP
DET - Kenta Maeda, SP
PIT - Carlos Rodon, SP
ATL - Shohei Otani, SP
PHI - Matt Carpenter, 3B
CLE - Garrett Richards, SP
CIN - Josh Reddick, OF
MIN - Carlos Gonzalez, OF
OAK - Maikel Franco, 3B
CHW - Alex Wood, SP
BAL - Julio Urias, SP

Round 7
NYY - Michael Wacha, SP
BOS - Yasmani Grandal, C
SFG - Tetsuto Yamada, SS
STL - Lance Lynn, SP
LAD - Jonathan Villar, SS
CHC - Corey Seager, SS
DET - Jay Jackson, SP
PIT - Yordano Ventura, SP
ATL - Anthony Rizzo, 1B
PHI - Collin McHugh, SP
CLE - Stephen Piscotty, OF
CIN - Jordan Zimmerman, SP
MIN - Andrelton Simmons, SS
OAK - Yoan Moncada, 2B
CHW - Cory Spangenberg, 2B
BAL - Nick Castellanos, 3B

Round 8
NYY - Danny Salazar, SP
BOS - Nathan Eovaldi, SP
SFG - Gio Gonzalez, SP
STL - Christian Vazquez, C
LAD - Freddie Freeman, 1B
CHC - Andrew Cashner, SP
DET - Raisel Iglesias, SP
PIT - Zack Greinke, SP
ATL - Luis Severino, SP
PHI - Andrew Heaney, SP
CLE - Jon Lester, SP
CIN - Aroldis Chapman, RP
MIN - Zach Britton, RP
OAK - Javier Baez, SS
CHW - Kevin Gausman, SP
BAL - Aaron Nola, SP

Round 9
NYY - Wil Myers, 1B
BOS - Brandon Belt, 1B
SFG - JT Realmuto, C
STL - Kenley Jansen, RP
LAD - Ben Revere, OF
CHC - Ken Giles, RP
DET - Brian Dozier, 2B
PIT - Trevor Rosenthal, RP
ATL - Jeurys Familia, RP
PHI - Justin Upton, OF
CLE - Dellin Betances, RP
CIN - Adam Wainwright, SP
MIN - Johnny Cueto, SP
OAK - Patrick Corbin, SP
CHW - Cody Allen, RP
BAL - Masahiro Tanaka, SP