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Well the cards are released and the protected list are made so today we get ready to start the expansion draft for the 1971 Dynasty draft league.

Two teams will be drafting the Chicago Cubs and the Minnesota Twins. Because the twins got first choice of franchises the Cubs will get the first pick.

Expansion teams must draft a minimum of 4 players up to a max of 12. The number of players they draft will determine where they draft in the regular season from position 3 to position 20

Each existing team was able to protect a Maximum of 7 players from the expansion draft. Here are the players who were protected

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
Kansas City	Ralph Garr	Harmon Killebrew	Willie Stargell.	Bert Blyleven	Nelson Briles	Lew Krausse	Bill Stoneman
Atlanta	Al Oliver	Cesar Cedeno	Ron Santo	Bob Watson	Mike Cuellar	Catfish Hunter	Fergie Jenkins
Baltimore	Jerry Johnson	Mickey Lolich	Andy Messersmith	Bobby Murcer	Boog Powell	Frank Robinson	Billy Williams
Boston	Willie Davis	Ray Fosse	Frank Robinson	Rico Petrocelli	Phil Niekro	Gary Nolan	Rick Wise
California	Tom Bradley	Tommy John	Sandy Alomar	Felipe Alou	Matty Alou	George Mitterwald	Lou Piniella
Cincinnati	Dick Allen	Johnny Bench	Joe Morgan	Joe Rudi	Don Gulliett	Pete Mikkelsen	Fritz Peterson
Cleveland	Ron Reed	Mel Stottlemyre	Sal Bando	Dave Cash	Tony Perez	Paul Schaal	Jimmy Wynn
Los Angeles	Reggie Smith	Rollie Fingers	Sparky Lyle	Mike Marshall	Nolan Ryan	Don Sutton	Don Wilson
Milwaukee	Al Downing	Jim Ray	Ken Sanders	Frank Howard	Tommie Agee	Tommy Harper	Pete Rose
Montreal	Tug McGraw	Luis Tiant	Jerry Grote	Chose not	to protect	any others	?
NY Mets	Hank Aaron	Norm Cash	Richie Hebner	Ted Simmons	Carl Yastrzemski	Steve Carlton	Tom Seaver
NY Yankees	Dave Roberts	Wilbur Wood	Roberto Clemente	Thurman Munson	Graig Nettles	Amos Otis	Roy White
Oakland	Paul Blair	Reggie Jackson	Don Mincher	Vida Blue	Jim Brewer	Bill Hands	Sonny Siebert
Philadelphia	Stan Bahnsen	Clay Carroll	Larry Dierker	Dick Drago	Larry Bowa	Joe Torre	Felix Milan
Pittsburgh	Johnny Briggs	Rod Carew	George Scott	Davey Johnson	Jim McGlothlin	Gaylord Perry	Bill Singer
San Francisco	Dock Ellis	Dave McNally	Jim Palmer	Bobby Bonds	Lou Brock	Don Buford	Lee May
St Louis	Vic Davalillo	Tommy Helms	Cleon Jones	Cesar Tovar	Bob Gibson	Reggie Cleveland	Claude Osteen
Washington	Joe Coleman	Pat Dobson	Jim Kaat	Juan Marichal	Willie Mays	Jim Northrup	Chris Cannizzaro

One a player is picked off a team they will be able to protect five additional players, if a 2nd player is picked they may protect five more. No team can lose more than 3 players. I will be liveblogging the picks as they are made.

Round	Team	Player	Position	From
1	Cubs	Steve Garvey	1B	Washington
1	Twins	Bobby Grich	2B	Baltimore
2	Cubs	Rusty Staub	OF	Kansas City
2	Twins	Nate Colbert	1B	New York Yankees
3	Cubs	Manny Sanguillen	C	San Francisco
3	Twins	Marty Pattin	P	Atlanta
4	Cubs	Clyde Wright	P	Philadelphia
4	Twins	Sam McDowell	SP	Cleveland
5	Cubs	Rudy May	P	Yankees
5	Twins	Steve Blass	P	Milwaukee
6	Cubs	Ray Sadecki	P	Montreal
6	Twins	Joe Horner	P	Boston
7	Cubs	Freddy Patek	SS	Los Angeles
7	Twins	Merv Rettmund	OF	Cincinnati
8	Cubs	Jerry Kooseman	P	Oakland
8	Twins	Andy Eichabarren	C	Los Angeles
9	Cubs	Dave LaRoache	P	California
9	Twins	Tom Hall	P	San Francisco
10	Cubs	Diego Segui	P	St Louis
10	Twins	Richie Hebner	3B	Mets
11	Cubs	dropped out		drafting 16th
11	Twins	dropped out		drafting 15th

Teams that have not submitted a list of additional players to protect once they lose a man prior to the draft will have five minutes to list additional players to be protected. Those additional protected players will be liveblogged here

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Round
Kansas City	Ken Henderson	Bud Harrilson	Claude Raymond	Jim Rooker	Duke Sims	2
Atlanta	Tony Oliva	Tom Burgermier	Ron Hunt	Deron Johnson	Fred Scherman	3
Baltimore	Mark Belanger	Ray Culp	Rich Reichhart	Eddie Waitt	Woodie Fryman	1
Boston	Jack Billingham	Wes Parker	Vada Pinson	Ted Sizemore	Jay Johnstone	6
California	Bob Locker	Don Money	Bill Russell	Don Kessinger	Carl Morton	9
Cincinnati	Dave Concepcion	Ted Abernathy	Jack Aker			7
Cleveland	Al Kaline	Carlos May	Roger Repoz	Steve Mingori	Roy Foster	4
Los Angeles	Willie McCovey	Willie Horton	Joe Pepitone	Steve Renko	Daryl Evans	7
Milwaukee	Ken Holtzman	Ron Fairly	Jack Haitt	Bob Miller	Denny LeMaster	5
Montreal
NY Mets	draft complete					10
NY Yankees	Joe Gredenza	Dick Dietz	Gary Gentry	Steve Kline	Clay Kirby	2
Oakland	Bert Campanaras	Woody Woodward	George Stone	Darold Knowles		8
Philadelphia	Ollie Brown	Tony Taylor	Bob Robertson	Denny McLain	Dick Selma	4
Pittsburgh
San Francisco	Glenn Beckett	Bill Melton	Jose Cardinal	Bill Freehan	John Cumberland	3
St Louis	Blue Moon Odom	Jerry Reuss	Fred Norman	Hal McRae	Rick Monday	10
Washington	Orlando Cepeda	Eddie Brinkman	Billy Cowan	Cookie Rojas	Ken McMullen	1

If a team loses a 2nd player they may protect up to five more from their roster. Those names will be liveblogged here if necessary.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Round
Kansas City
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
California
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Los Angeles	Davey May	Skip Lockwood	Bill Buckner	Mike Andrews	Tom timmerman	8
Milwaukee
Montreal
NY Mets
NY Yankees	Dave Gusti	Mel Queen	Jim Spencer	Bill Sudakis	Dave Nelson	5
Oakland	Oscar Gamble	Gail Hopkins	Leo Cardanals	Gene Tenace		9
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
St Louis
Washington

As teams can only retain 4-12 player you might ask: Why bother to protect any players beyond what they can keep? The answer: Protecting such players means they will go into the main draft giving said team a chance to pick them up again.

Since there are only two teams drafting I suspect it will go pretty fast. This post will be updated as picks are made.