10.J. Expansion drafts
1. Each year that there is expansion, all players who appeared on the expansion teams that entered Major League
Baseball will be removed from their respective SPB rosters and drafted by the new SPB expansion teams, in
order for the SPB league to remain at the actual number of MLB teams minus two.
2. All drafting and trading should be conducted with the knowledge that expansion-eligible players will be
removed from their respective rosters prior to the expansion season.
3. Before the beginning of each new expansion season, two (2) new expansion managers will enter the league.
The first pick of available players will be randomly generated, and will rotate back and forth throughout
the draft. The loser will then receive the first pick of the available stadiums to play in.
4. Each expansion manager will then select thirty five (35) players from the rosters of the actual expansion clubs.
The following expansion seasons will choose from the following clubs:
1961: Washington Senators and Los Angeles Angels
1962: New York Mets and Houston Colt 45's.
1969: San Diego Padres and Montreal Expos
1977: Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays
1993: Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins
1998: Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays
5. There will be no limit on the number of players an existing team may lose. After each expansion team has
picked his 35 players, the remaining unselected players will return to their respective SPB teams. The 2
new expansion managers will draft in Positions #1 and #2 in the first round of the Rookie Draft. In the
third round these teams will join the random draft pick process. In the remaining rounds, these expansion
teams will draft in Positions #1 and #2.