6 On-Base/2 Control Challenge

Time to show some love for the poor man Showdown cards. You know, the ones you were always mad about in your booster and draft packs (still no idea what John Valentin 00 brings to the table). Everyone typically builds their teams around high ob/control guys, maybe throwing in one low guy here or there to save some money on points. For this challenge, you must construct your entire roster with lower end guys. A true chance for them to sine!

As we've been floating around the idea of total on-base and control points, this is the format that your roster construction must follow for this challenge. The rules are as follows:

-You may select players from 00 (base and PR), 01 (base and PR), 19 (base), and 20 (base) sets (those are the sets that I have).

-A specific player may only be used one time on your roster. You may not carry multiple version of the player. So no 01 or 20 Pujols, but you have to respect the fact he's got cards on both ends.

-You must use players from at least two different sets.

-You must select at least one foil on your team from the 00 or 01 sets (there are 19 different options to choose from).

-For your hitters, you have a total of 53 on-base points to use.

-As a bonus to add a big bat to the lineup, you may select one 7 ob player. This player must be swapped out for a 6 ob, so your roster construction will consist of 1 7 ob, 6 6 ob, and 2 5 ob.

-DH is required for this challenge.

-You must have 9 hitters/batters.

-You may not use any 4 ob hitters. Sorry to Elí and Alex.

-You may only have pitchers of 2 control on lower.

-For your rotation, you must fill a 4-man rotation using 5 total control points.

-You may carry only 2 starters that are capable of throwing 7 innings or more.

-For your bullpen, you must carry 5 relief pitchers using only 5 total control points as well. These pitchers must be relievers.

When you are done with your roster, please share your team name and players: on here in the comments section, send it to me directly on discord or ping me in the discord channel under challenges.

The format for this challenge will be:

-Every team will play 12-15 regular season games, depending on the number of entries and teams.

-From there, every team will be seeded in the playoffs.

-Every round will be a best of 7 series. Depending on how your team does will impact your rotations ability to reset and rest properly (if you sweep a series v having to play 7).

-House rules will apply throughout the entire challenge.

Rosters will be accepted through November 22.

Good luck and have some fun using these guys you used to frown upon when opening the packs back in middle school.