Hi Guy's & Gall's!
The NCML 2 is now filled, but you can still get in on the fun & your foot in the door, by taking over one of our 4 orphaned teams. Don't let this oppurtunity to join a great contract league, slip through your hands. If you have some spare time & are in search of a contract league, which is heavily into prospects, we've got it. We are building franchises in these leagues, not just teams.
Here are some URL's (from the NCML) & other dope on what this league offers. John Cassielo is the commissioner & will not own a team. That will enable him to spend more time on league matters. Howe many leagues have you been in before, where the commissioner, ONLY runs the league. So far we have signed only owners some of us have played with before. They are all very good. We have yet to sign one owner from an ad. If you're interested, let me know, since I'm handling the recruiting, end of things.
The advantage to the NCML, would be, it's 1 year ahead of the NCML 2, therefore you would see better FA sooner. 5 orphaned teams.
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The new league is a Scoresheet League. This will be the main aspects of the league, but it will be very involved with a ton of new twists.
* If you'd like a real challenge, are interested in building a franchise (rather than just a team) & are really into MiLB, the NCML is for you.
* It will be a contract league, with 45 years to doll out to your players.
* 8 teams will make the playoffs. 4 division winners & 4 wild cards.
* There will be 40 man rosters.
* We will have a bi-weekly waiver wire. There will not be any supplemental drafts, like most SS leagues. The waiver will be selected on the usual worst to best record for said waiver period. There will be a 3 player limit per team, per period. The add/drops will be just like a mini draft every other week. You put in the players you wish to add, on the SS drafft site. You will not need to drop your players, to get back to the 40 man limit, UNTIL you know which players, you actually received. That's pretty awesome!
* We would hold a yearly 4 round amateur draft, every year during the off season. After the owners know if the amateurs actually signed and after they've played awhile. In that way you would have a better idea of their skill sets..
* You will be able to keep 15 MiLB players on the farm. There will be no penalties levied for keeping MiLB players. No loss of draft picks or anything else. They will be yours to trade or keep and develop. The only stipulation will be, before the draft next year, if you currently have more than 15, you'd have to drop some to get back down to 15.
* Once your MiLB players join your roster and lose there rookie status, after a certain amount of IP or AB, per MLB rules, they will be yours for 3 more years. You would have to sign them to a contract before their 3rd year kicked in, or lose them to free agency, at the conclusion of the 3rd year. With this rule, you'd have a fairly good idea, whether or not they would be worth signing to a contract.
* Every owner can have 1 franchise player. Franchise players are yours to keep and are completely free. The contracts they are signed to, DO NOT count against the allotted years, which gives you more years to doll out to other players. You may sign them twice, to maximum 6 year contracts, which means the longest you can keep a franchise player is 12 years. Your best player costs you nothing.
* The contracts, per player, are limited to a maximum of 6 years. However the more players you give a 6 year contract to, the less you have for other players. This will be a thinking mans league.
* Of course you will be able to make all sorts of trades, but will have to take into consideration, the # of years left on the contracts of the players you're trading for as well as receiving. You can also trade your Franchise player.
* With 20 owners and all of the Major & MiLB players being kept, there wouldn't be much to pick from at the beginning of year 2. Going into the 3rd year it would be a better draft and after the 3rd year, it would be amazing, with a lot of players being signed to 3 year contracts, becoming FA. You will see players becoming available , you would never see in a normal SS league, as the contracts started expiring. In years 4, 5, & 6, etc., it just gets better & better.
* Oh! By the way, all American & National League players would be available. I would never be in anything but a BL format.
I really hope this interests you. I'll be looking forward to your reply. If you do decide to join either league, I will send you our constitution.
These are some of the key players available on these four orphaned teams.
Team #6 J. Zimmerermann, T. Ross, A. Wainwright, K. Stewart, Betances, Street, A. Gonzalez, Kinsler, Ad. Russell (SS), Polluck & G. Stanton.
Team #8 Archer, C. Carasco, Cobb, DeGrom, Encarnacion, Ky. Seager, Ru. Castillo & Ca. Gomez.
Team #9 J. Weaver, Strassburg, Appel, De. Holland , Britton, Swihart, Fielder, Ca. Santana, Dozier, Altuve, Iglesias, & Bruce.
Team #10 Teharan, McHugh, Nola, Nicolina, L. Sims, Crick, Rizzo, Longoria, Calhoun, Cain & AL. Almora
Don L.
P.S. There are currently 5 orphaned teams available, which will be filled on a first come, first served basis. There are some really good teams available. Some of them even made our playoffs.
P.S.S. If you know anyone that would be interested in a league of this nature, please have them contact me. Thanks bunches!
Don L.