Negro League

Drafting January 21, 2019

This is possibly the worst concept for a theme league ever conceived. It has effectively made rounds 2 through 9 of a live draft irrelevant. And it will require each team to carry 8 players who they do not want to allow to play regularly.

Much better would be to just list the top 36 black players and require them to go in the first 3 rounds. That would be, by my count:

Bonds, Barry
Gibson, Josh
Charleston, Oscar
Mays, Willie
Aaron, Hank
Sosa, Sammy
Rodriguez, Alex
Larkin, Barry
Jeter, Derek
Stearnes, Turkey
Pujols, Albert
Morgan, Joe
Kemp, Matt
Griffey Jr., Ken
Gonzalez, Luis
Jackson, Reggie
Wells, Willie
Beckwith, John
Cedeno, Cesar
Lezcano, Sixto
Cabrera, Miguel
Ordonez, Magglio
Guerrero, Vladimir
Delgado, Carlos
Robinson, Frank
Banks, Ernie
Lee, Derrek
Alomar, Roberto
Dihigo, Martin
McCovey, Willie
Martinez, Pedro
Tiant, Luis
Gibson, Bob
Marichal, Juan
Paige, Satchel
Gooden, Dwight
Santana, Johan

That's 36 guys, and is the sum total (I think) of all players of color with salaries over $9.1 million. This would have the beneficial effect of making the value of the 12th pick about equal to the 1st pick.