One Last New Idea - Eliminating Random Player Seasons

Note:  Input requested at the end!

I mentioned earlier I am searching for new owners.  The reason for this is to shake up the player pool a bit, the more owners the deeper into the player pool we have to search.

Absent an influx of new owners there are others ways to accomplish the goal.  The most common in the world of DMB leagues is a progressive league.  Meaning, a player is drafted and season after season his real life year is to be used.  (Ruth '20 drafted in ATB V, then Ruth '21 be used in ATB VI).  I love this idea, but frankly it is an incredibly arduous task and until DMB allows importing of player data it is off the table for ATB.

Other ideas such as Keeper Leagues or Contract Leagues can work, but that seems to stray to far from what the heart of ATB has always been - a fresh start each and every year and a good old fashion snake draft.

To make sure interest remains high and a fresh crop of talent is always being used, I would like to randomly eliminate some of the Top Seasons from the player pool.  This is not to say eliminate a player entirely, rather remove a single season for certain players

To do this I plan to removed 20% of the top 15 at each position from the draft. To be clear, if 1920 Babe Ruth gets this treatment, then his 1921 season along with every other is available.

Purely as an example, I have done this based upon last years draft, and the following player seasons would be ineligible:

Catcher

Pick 76 - 1933 Mickey Cochrane
Pick 200 - 2009 Joe Mauer
Pick 230 - 1947 Walker Cooper


First Base

Pick 36 - 1969 Willie McCovey
Pick 50 - 1920 George Sisler
Pick 90 - 1977 Rod Carew


Second Base

Pick 27 - 1884 Fred Dunlap
Pick 39 - 1976 Joe Morgan
Pick 155 - 1990 Ryne Sandberg


Third Base

Pick 72 - 1966 Dick Allen
Pick 95 - 2004 Adrian Beltre
Pick 210 - 1894 Lave Cross

Shortstop

Pick 151 - 1936 Luke Appling
Pick 152 - 1884 Candy Nelson
Pick 198 - 1896 Bill Dahlen


Left Field

Pick 12 - 1887 Tip O'Neill
Pick 118 - 1928 Goose Goslin
Pick 123 - 2001 Luis Gonzalez


Center Field
Pick 26 - 1941 Joe DiMaggio
Pick 73 - 1885 Pete Browning
Pick 80 - 1915 Benny Kauff

Right Field

Pick 52 - 1990 Rickey Henderson
Pick 92 - 1914 Steve Evans
Pick 146 - 1927 Paul Waner


Designated Hitter

Pick 97 - 1969 Reggie Jackson
Pick 247 - 1995 Edgar Martinez
Pick 296 - 2006 Travis Hafner


Starting Pitcher

Pick 13 - 1995 Greg Maddux
Pick 30 - 1914 Dutch Leonard
Pick 65 - 1888 Ben Sanders


Relief Pitcher

Pick 167 - 2003 Eric Gagne
Pick 173 - 1999 Jeff Zimmerman
Pick 172 - 2003 John Smoltz

What say you?  Good idea? Bad idea?  Suggested changes?