Here's a rundown of the expansion process as voted on in 
October, 1999. Please keep these procedures in mind when 
making personnel decisions.



1. We will be expanding to expand to 22 teams after the 2000 season
and (probably) then to 24 after the 2001 season. After expanding to 24, 
we would change the player usage rule from 105% to 110%. 
Note: we didn't vote on this, but we might need to drop 
the maximum number of players on the major league roster 
to 37 or so.

2. We will start with an expansion draft that would work 
like it did the last time MLB expanded: teams protect 15 
players, after one player gets selected from a team that 
team may pull back two more players. No more than three 
players may be selected from any team. Importantly, *players 
with CABL years = 0 (that is, players who have never been on 
a CABL 40-man roster) would not be eligible for the expansion 
draft and therefore would not have to be protected by their 
current clubs.*

Update (3/22/00): Resigning decisions for contracts that expire after
the 2000 season will have to be made *before* the protected lists are due. 
When teams resign minor leaguers, those minor leaguers must be placed on
the major league roster. Therefore, teams wishing to keep current minor
league players who have a 2000 contract expiration date must resign, 
promote, and protect those players.

Example: The Mules have Ted Lilly, whose contract expires at the end of 
the 2000 season. If the Mules want to resign Lilly, he'll be assigned to
the major league roster. If the Mules want to make sure an expansion team
doesn't grab him, he'll need to be protected.

3. Expansion teams would be allowed to participate in the 
free agent auction, and would be given some cash (probably 
an amount equal to the average available cash for teams 
currently in the league). Also, teams would be allowed two 
free minor league picks right after the expansion draft. 

Update (1/15/00): because we already have our two expansion teams in 
place, we voted to give the teams the first two draft picks
in each round of the 2000 minor league draft.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Jeff