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If Team 2 bids a dollar more on Acuna, then Acuna's clock would reset and if there are no other higher bids after 24 hours, team 2 would win.
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/thinking-about-auctions-fast-and-slow-logistics-and-details/ is more reading.
Last year, it took a bit of time to work through all the auctions. I think it took a couple of weeks
Rocinante on
February 7, 2024 2:47 PM
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Basic idea is that every team nominates X number of players, for example 3 players, all at the same time. Teams can bid on any player at any time. Every time you bid on a player, their auction clock gets reset. Once there is no more bids on a player after a set amount of time, whoever bid last wins the auction and they can bid again. For example, I can start the bidding process on Soto, Acuna and Carrolll all at the same time. If there are no other higher bids after 24 hours, I would win.
Rocinante on
February 7, 2024 2:46 PM
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I am game for a slow draft. I did a slow draft last year (standard, not auction) and it was a ton of fun. That draft took a week to complete. Is this like a 1 day event? Is there somewhere I can read up on how it works? Just curious as I’ll have to balance my attention to the draft without totally mailing in my work day 😂.
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ready when you are
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Welcome Wrecking Crew!
Rocinante on
February 6, 2024 1:24 PM
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Welcome to the new guys! Thanks for jumping in. This should be fun!
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Welcome to the wrecking crew! We now have a league that is paid in full. Let’s help our new manager get settled and start talking about the draft soon.
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Team marked abandoned. We will set a slow draft start time when a new manager signs on.
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please do
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as I communicated to everyone via league email, I will abandon a1-b1 in the morning if the fees are not paid. I get up early!
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Not yet! I have reached out. It auto abandons on 2/10 according to Niv
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I'm good with slow draft....has that manager renewed his team?
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Welcome to the Bandits! I am temporarily setting the draft back to the end of the month for now until we reach a concrete decision, but all input so far has been in favor of/ok with slow draft using Couch Managers
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I have reached out to the manager a couple of times
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I know I'm brand new but what's the deal with Al_B1 and his $67 over?
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Good Morning all, I've taken over Beachboys...I'll make my round of cuts soon
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Beach Boys decided they were out the day before cut day. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I made a post on the "managers wanted" community page and will give the new owner a round of penalty free cuts AFTER they pay.
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Please get in there today and make cuts AND RENEW YOUR TEAM IF YOU HAVE NOT (2 TEAMS LEFT)! TODAY is the LAST DAY.
Remember that you have to cut the players; your roster organizer will not automatically make cuts. You can use the Cut Players screen under your team's tab or indvidually click on each player you would like to cut and click the red CUT button in the window that pops up.
Draft on the horizon- leaning hard to couch managers slow auction but please give me input.
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Welcome to the league! If you have any questions about how anything works just give me a shout. It took me…two seasons to figure it out lol so I’m glad to help
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Hey all. Excited to join my first Otto league. I remember reading about the launch of this platform all those years ago and feeling a little intimidated. My obsession with fantasy baseball has grown over the years so I am pumped up for the year round activity. Looks like I might have my work cut out for me but am up for the challenge. Please feel free to send me any advice you have. Good luck this year to all.
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I like the slow draft personally!
Rocinante on
January 22, 2024 1:28 PM
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So, the website for slow auction is couch managers. I’m not an expert on it (remember I am only commish now bc the last one quit in October) but a lot of leagues use it and I prefer it, honestly, as someone in multiple leagues and a job and kids etc. We don’t have to coordinate 12 managers to be online at once if we use it.
How does everyone else feel about a slow draft again? I think 1 or 2 people didn’t prefer it last year
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Any chance we use the slow auction again like last year? I really liked that! What was the name of that site does anyone remember?
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I'm putting pressure on my buddy to take the team but he's iffy on the idea to say the least. He only plays normal roto so this league seems like a lot to take in. We'll see. How soon do we need to have it filled?
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I say be patient. It’s early. Somebody will pick up the team. I’m not the least bit interested in having a player or two taken off my team.
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but... if you guys know anyone who wants to play the best fantasy baseball there is please let them know a team is available! easiest way to fill is through connections/peer pressure
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Niv himself checked in on the thread and called that guy out. Have a different guy interested right now
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I'd prefer paying an extra $5 or so for his team, but I'll go with the majority.
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Two seems like a lot. I'll be ok with just dropping one player from each team as an expansion draft sorta vibes.
Rocinante on
January 18, 2024 7:12 PM
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Only had one response to my community post on Managers wanted so far: I’ll claim IF the rest of the league covers the first year league fee for the rebuild OR I can select two players from every team to drop so that all teams have a chance at auction to get SBs & Saves, which are largely locked up it seems.
Do we want to do this? If not might need to ask around in your other leagues here and elsewhere to get it covered!
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team is marked abandoned and listed on the managers wanted community page.
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Looks like we are losing one owner- if anyone knows a player interested in picking up the bat flips team, send them my way
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Hey Everyone, I hope the holidays were kind to you. 4 of 12 owners have renewed for 2024 season so far, which is pretty good! Everyone else, you are pretty good, too, but please note you have about 3 weeks to make that $75 commitment. Please note the new payment system this year that otto is using, so probably a good idea to get extension out of the way before the 31st of January. And if you are leaving the league, just give us a heads up ASAP! In February we can start talking draft.
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Hi everyone!
Next step is renewing league fees- 41 days til they are due!
Talk to you in 2024. (PS I am still very agreeable to someone else taking on the commissioner job).
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I can (I think we all can) see when owners check in to Ottoneu and it looks like everyone has been actice recently, so cheers to a scorching hot trade season
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Dear Summer Classic-als,
The Arb season is over. Thank you for your timely participation (save for a single exception ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ). You will notice that your trade functions are now functional, so go at it if you wish. I would only ask that if you are on the fence or leaning "no" to renewing league fees, leave your roster as is and let me know asap so we can find another owner with no hard feelings!
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HI everybody. We still have a couple days left to set arb amounts. If you havent done it at all, please get in there. If you want to make revisions, also please get in there.
Next up will be renewing your league fees and setting up a draft day!
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We have a few owners who have not yet done arbitration- if you haven't, worry not because there's still time! 8 days to be precise.
If anyone is planning to leave the league/not renew their team, please give me some fair warning. I am not going to pester everyone through the holiday season over league ownership, but expect an ottoneu dm or two if the pace of your managerial duties slips.
Also, I would be 100% cool to have someone else take over as LC.
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The Fall Classic is all wrapped up, and now the nation turns its eyes to The Summer Classic. As we enter real-life baseball's hot-stove season, I hope everyone keeps at least a peripferal eye on how their roster is changing in fantasy and real life! makes it a lot of fun when everyone has all the information out there.
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Well done! We are almost all caught up on arbitration allocation. 2 weeks left for the remaining four. Don't wait too long, folks! Rotographs has had some articles the last couple weeks about Ottoneu arb srtategy if anyone wants to check them out.
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World Series set! D-backs and Rangers, just like we all thought it would be!
There is plenty of time, but fwiw this league's arbitration participation is the lowest of any I am in; there is always plenty of time until there isn't! Anyway enjoy the Fall Classic and maybe some otto sixpicks. If you are like me, football offers no hope for entertainment this year, and probably not hoops either, so draft season can't come soon enough..
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Hello everyone. I I am really not considering remaining the commissioner, unless it is by default.
That being said, consider this the first “pay your league fee and don’t forget to do your allocations/inflations” post.
Thank you for piloting the ship so far, Drunk Mike
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Rockout is going to take over as interim commish while you guys figure it out. Best of luck to you all and thank you!
Wrecking Crew on
October 3, 2023 2:35 PM
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Joe Buck- Congratulations on a dominant season!
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Well I think it is safe to say Joe Buck will claim the title. Congratulations!
In other news, unfortunately, both of our lives have gotten a little to crazy to continue to run this league. We are sad to step away, but have enjoyed doing this with you all over the past few seasons. For the league to continue, a new commish will have to be put in place. Would anyone be interested? If so, we can hand the power over next week when the season finishes.
Wrecking Crew on
September 28, 2023 10:30 AM
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Dodgers was refunded his cap penalty for Espinoza because he did not draft him on couch managers. Just for transparency
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Thank you!
Macho Row on
March 15, 2023 2:42 PM
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You did. I swapped them out
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Can you doublecheck mine? I may have messed something up, but I thought I drafted Endy from the Pirates.
Macho Row on
March 15, 2023 2:33 PM
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Thanks Trout! Much appreciated!
Rocinante on
March 15, 2023 1:28 PM
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