Fifth (2022) Baseball Draft season

The **Fifth (2022) Baseball Draft season** was the fifth season of the Baseball Draft.

Two expansion teams were added (the Sithi of Osten Ard and Interstate 75 Orange Barrels) to bring the team total to 14 for the first time. Accordingly, the playoffs were expanded to 6 teams-- 4 Wild Cards + each Division Winner getting a bye.

It kept the same simulator of Out of the Park Baseball, though shifted its settings from 2019 to the pre-steroid era of 1993. Additionally the draft pool expanded again, this time to include international players.

This draft again gave GMs 3 keeper slots to carry over players from the Fourth Draft, continuing "franchise" play. But this year also introduced the "Franchise Keeper" slot-- a spot given to one player who is then permanently allocated to the franchise (until said franchise folds). The Franchise Keeper is given a full no-trade clause and avoids the Intybucks penalties that normally come with retaining an MVP, Cy Young, Golden Glove, or Silver Slugger player.

dp4m's Family Madrigal would defeat AmazingB's Amazings in an amazing 7-game series to win their first title.

## Standings

x- Division Winner

z- Wild Card Winner

## Postseason

\*North Shore Gales of November\*\* defeated San Francisco Six Demon Bags in a one-game tiebreaker to advance as the #6 Seed

\*\*North Shore Gales of November defeated Sithi of Osten Ard in a a one-game tiebreaker to advance to a second tiebreaker

## Awards and honors

**Vin Scully Memorial Most Valuable Player**

* Arky "Ark Tank" Vaughan (GOT)

**Cy Young Award**

* Sandy Koufax (SDB)

**World Series MVP**

* King Kelly (TFM)

**League Championship Series MVPs**

* Ty Cobb (AMZ)
* Elston Howard (TFM)

**Gold Gloves**

* P: Greg Maddux (LPT)
* C: Charles Johnson (SDB)
* 1B: Dick Allen (PE)
* 2B: Robinson Cano (GONE)
* 3B: Scott Rolen (PE)
* SS: Arky Vaughan (GOT)
* LF: Billy Hamilton (TFM)
* CF: Ken Griffey Jr. (SDB)
* RF: Roberto Clemente (LPT)

**Silver Sluggers**

* P: Bullet Rogan (GONE)
* C: Josh Gibson (GONE)
* 1B: Ted Williams (SHAQ)
* 2B: Ross Barnes (SHAQ)
* 3B: Mike Schmidt (LPT)
* SS: Arky Vaughan (GOT)
* LF: Billy Hamilton (TFM)
* CF: Ty Cobb (AMZ)
* RF: Cleveland's Own Ed Delahanty (SDB)

**Reliever of the Year**

* Dazzy Vance (stsp)

**Manager of the Year**

* Tom Kelly (GONE)

**All-Star Game** **MVP**

* Arky Vaughan (GOT)

**All-Star Game Home Run Derby Champion**

* Babe Ruth (SITHI)

**All-Star Celebrity Softball Game MVP**

* Jon Snow (Clueless MFers)
	+ Controversy surrounded this pick of MVP, with several sportswriters noting that Magnum PI Tom Selleck should have been named MVP, but was blocked. By James.

## Awards voting

### MVP voting

*Players receiving votes but not making the top ten: Smoky Joe Wood, Sithi of Osten Ard (2); Sandy Koufax, San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown (2); Duke Snider - Northern Shores Gales of November (3); Joe Dimaggio, Sithi of Osten Ard (3); Charles Bender, stone temple seattle pilots (3); Babe Ruth, Sithi of Osten Ard (9); Lou Gehrig, Every City Bandwagoners (9)*

**Rank. Player - Team - First Place Votes - Total Points**

10. Mookie Betts - Mandalore Baby Yodas - 0 - 27

.318 / .385 / .519 slash line; 26 HR, 104 RBI, 6.7 WAR; Best Last Name in FODEUSS

9. Nomar Garciaparra - Performance Enhancers 0 - 28

.319 / .341 / .469 slash line; 16 HR, 99 RBI, 6.9 WAR' 18.3 ZR

8. Ted Williams - A Shaq of Their Own - 0 - 34

.304 / .440 / .529 slash line; 26 HR, 113 RBI (lead league); 5.1 WAR; Impressive power for actually *just* being a frozen head

7. Josh Gibson - Northern Shores Gales of November - 0 - 44

.352 / .399 / .531 slash line; 13 HR; 78 RBI; 5.0 WAR; tied for third longest hitting streak in the league at 15 games

6. Bullet Rogan - Northern Shores Gales of November - 0 - 66

.305 / .355 / .441 slash line; 6 HR; 65 RBI; 2.1 WAR for Batters

14 - 12 3.15 ERA; 1.06 WHIP; 5.3 WAR for Pitchers

Unofficially the unanimous bad-ass of Two-Way FODUESS

5. Ed Delahanty - San Francisco Six Demonbags of Chinatown - 0 - 70

.355 (lead league) / .435 / .591 (lead league) slash line; 22 HR; 78 RBI; 6.9 WAR; 1.026 OPS lead league; From Cleveland, Ohio

4. Billy Hamilton - The Family Madrigal - 0 - 104

.317 / .413 / .438 slash line; 11 HR; 78 RBI; 9.0 WAR; 141 Runs Scored lead league; 118 stolen bases lead league; *not* actually the subject of a Broadway Musical

3. Ty Cobb - Amazings - 1 - 122

.331 / .385 / .530 slash line; 19 HR, 72 RBI, 6.6 WAR; 206 hits lead league; 14 triples lead league; 7.51WPA lead league; 330 Total Bases Lead League; unofficially lead the league in broken up double plays and hard slides

2. Ross Barnes - A Shaq of Their Own - 3 - 126

.337 / .458 (lead league) / .558 slash line; 19 HR, 84 RBI, 8.9 WAR; 172 OPS+ lead league; unofficially lead the league in number times telling a teammate to "stop throwing up the suck it sign while stealing bases"

**1. Arky Vaughan - Game of Throws - 10 - 172**

159 Games Played

.323 (5th) / .419 (6th) / .535 5th) slash line

10.8 WAR (lead league)

26 HR (t-4th)

89 RBI (12th)

29.3 Zone Rating (lead League)

182 hits (8th)

301 Total Bases (4th)

149 OPS+ (4th)

5.42 Win Probability Added (5th)

.417 wOBA (4th)

533 Fielding Assists (Lead league ... by 70)

Longest Hit Streak in FODEUSS - 22

### Cy Young voting

**Rank - Player - Team - First Place Votes - Total Points**

9 - Christy Mathewson - The Family Madrigal - 0 - 1

7(t) - Hilton Smith - Sithi of Osten Ard - 0 - 2

7(t) - Greg Maddux - Let's Play Two - 0 - 2

5 - Walter Johnson - The Family Madrigal - 0 - 3

4 - Old Hoss Radbourn - Performance Enhancers 0 - 29

3 - Toad Ramsey - Mandalore Baby Yodas - 1 - 41

2 - Pedro Martinez - stone temple seattle pilots - 5 - 61

**1 - Sandy Koufax - San Francisco Demon Bags - 8 -**

### Reliever of the Year voting

**Rank - Player - Team - First Place Votes - Total Points**

6 - Curt Schilling - Seorak Steel Tiger Cranes - 0 - 1

5 - Al Orth - The Family Madrigal - 0 - 3

4 - Joe Nathan - Northern Shores Gales of November - 1 - 7

3 - Cy Blanton - A Shaq of Their Own - 0 - 13

2 - Eric Gagne - A Shaq of Their Own - 0 - 34

**1- Dazzy Vance - stone temple seattle pilots - 13 -**

### Manager of the Year voting

**Rank - Player - Team - First Place Votes - Total Points**

7 - Jon Stewart - Performance Enhancers - 0 - 1

6 - Jon Snow - Game of Throws - 0 - 3

5 - Tom Selleck as Magnum PI - stone temple seattle pilots - 0 - 4

4 - Mirabel Madrigal - The Family Madrigal - 1 - 11

3 - Davey Johnson - Amazings - 1 - 12

2 - Shaq as Barnes as Jimmy Dugan - A Shaq of Their Own - 2 - 47

**1 - Tom Kelly - North Shores Gales of November - 10 -**

## See also

* First (2018) Baseball Draft season
* Second (2019) Baseball Draft season
* Third (2020) Baseball Draft season
* Fourth (2021) Baseball Draft season
* Sixth (2023) Baseball Draft season

## External links

* The Baseball Draft Five - Into the FODEUSS-verse