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Thanks, Urbina. I agree there’s no place for the jabs and arguing and I’m sure many of you were versed in his agressivly bad trade offers and rudeness when you didn’t want to accept giving up Fernando tatis for Pablo Lopez 10 times over. I was reading on slack today about league 1006 where they had a similar situation with an owner although much much worse and they waited to long to kick him out so nice move on the swift action. On a side note I would encourage you guys to read through the
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will be keen to take over his roster. Considering the time difference, I will send those feelers out tomorrow morning Sydney time. If anyone has someone in mind they would like to claim the team, please let me know. Otherwise, we will go with the first suitable replacement owner we can source from Slack or the Otto Community message boards.
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This is not a prize league and his team was prepaid, so there is no reason for him to take the Scherzer trade so personally. Still, his refusal to let it go makes it clear that he cannot be trusted to participate respectfully, so he is no longer welcome in this league. I will reach out to some owners on Slack who I consulted when he first claimed the league. I'm sure they will appreciate the update and considering the team is still free, I am confident there will be plenty of candidates who
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Hi everyone, I have made the difficult decision to remove 5Tooler from the league. For anyone who is unaware, this user is somewhat famous in the OttoNeu community because he was kicked off the Slack channel for repeatedly violating community guidelines with trolling, needless antagonism, and ad hominem attacks. However, those who have played with him told me he is usually better behaved in leagues than on Slack. For this reason, DJIB and I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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I was very clear that the matter is now behind us. If you can't be respectful to your fellow owners, you are no longer welcome in this league. Goodbye, 5Tooler.
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Duran optioned and Max coming. What a deal.
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You're entitled to your opinion but the only ones that matter are the two parties involved in the deal. You've heard from both sides now, and there is clearly a logic to it. Whether you approve of that logic is immaterial. It's over and we're moving on now.
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Well, the Mets are paying Scherzer $43M per for the next 3 years. The 2023 season isn’t really the issue, the getting him for virtually free for the rest of 2022 is. Both those trades are terrible, but people can play as they want, I guess. Little early to be destroying any semblance of competitive balance, but do as you will.
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Scherzer is two years older than Michael Brantley, if you want to put that in perspective. He'll be 38 in a month. We've been spoiled a bit by Verlander but I can't imagine many would be willing to bet on a 38/39 year old pitcher for the 2023 season. I certainly wouldn't.
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I can certainly appreciate the perspective of those who view trade as one sided, but the fact that DJIB is a commissioner had nothing to do with the trade. My team has underperformed miserably and Scherzer is worthless to me rest of year and,given age and price, not likely a keeper. Also given his age, return to ace form is not assured and I derisked.
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Ezequiel Duran is a nice keeper and Scherzer isn't exactly easy to move right now. I didn't have a problem at all with the trade.
Twosies on
June 16, 2022 10:31 AM
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It's an arms race. I know Twosies is out there trying to deal Trout and I couldn't afford his asking price so I took a different approach. I will not be able to afford either guy this winter, so both owners know that they'll get a shot to reacquire in the off season. I hope this kicks off trade season and that Trout is the next domino to fall.
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Lol same
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On a personal note when Scherzer went I was like ohhhh bummer I should’ve made an offer too! Lol
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While I am in agreement that both those deals seem somewhat one sided, it’s also completely up to the team owners to decide their preferences. While we have the power collectively veto or approve I can attest that DJIB, Micks and JBE are good and rational owners and while we may not like it up for the teams in the deal to decide what they think is right and talk about what players they like.
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What are we doing here? Why is our commish getting top 30 players and cash for middling prospects, not even halfway through the season? Someone explain what I’m missing.
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I agree, but as a Sale owner I can attest to how a pitcher's timetable to return can quickly crumble. Micks likely could have gotten much more if he waited until he was healthy, but I understand the motivation to take a bird in hand rather than gambling on an immediate return to acedom. If anyone disapproves of the trade, I invite you to vote to veto. But unless there's evidence of collusion, I see no reason it should be overturned.
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Return seems more than a little light for Max.
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If anyone has interest in taking on Walker Buehler let me know. Shut down with an elbow strain 6-8 weeks. I haven’t read anything about TJ but obviously understand the risks associated with a pitchers elbow. If you want him let me know. I’m still hoping to compete this year.
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Be gone, Yoan! You have sufficiently tormented me this year.
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Wow! The auction results for Brayan Bello are awesome! Seems like $4 is a perfect valuation lol
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As a foil to the absolute blockblister I just pulled off with Ephs, I thought everyone might like to know that one guy in my alternate league where I picked up a rebuild this offseason just went rogue and cashed in all his prospects to try to brute force his way to the championship. I just traded him Altuve, Nola, and Stanton for JRod, Baz, and Torkelson. He also swung trades for Scherzer, Trout, and JRam and is now running a salary cap of $627.
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George Kirby time! I’m so excited.
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I hope Jonah is a good player and doesn't fumble it when it comes down to the wire :o)
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My plan was to grab him for a buck so he would make the OPL snapshot and then cut him immediately after.
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"Bundy allowed just one run through his first 15.1 innings this season, but he's surrendered 15 runs over his last two starts." You're welcome, Urbina.
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Lol, I learned my lesson the first time.
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Sorry, DJiB. That's two AAAA Guardians players that weren't nominated by me.
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So I just found that the same recent promotion glitch that affected Bradish caused me to miss out on 7.5 points from Trevor Larnach on 15 April. But 1) I found it at 3 am Eastern time when Niv is offline and can't do anything about it, and 2) I would still be 0.15 points short.
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Looks like I'm gonna miss the cut for OPL round 2 by 7.65 points. All in all, it was closer than it should have been considering that my only 3B for the month were Josh Harrison and Kevin Smith. Really disappointing because I put a lot more work into this year than last but whatchyagondo.
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Thanks, Urbina! Wouldn't've been a big deal if Civale would've pitched competently against the A's but...
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Sorted
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@SGRE, I've posted to the community message board about Bradish not receiving any stats for yesterday. Niv is super active there so I'm sure it will be resolved shortly.
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Kyle Bradish definitely started for the O's tonight but my page isn't showing any of his stats. Anybody know if this is a thing I should report or will it populate later?
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Damn, Joe lol. That is wild. All I know is this version of baseball sucks in my opinion. Elite pitching performances rule but not at this rate. So boring. I loved the rabbit ball albeit more base hits would be fun too.
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What's super crazy is that my league leading HR/9 from last year would be just a bit above the 11th ranked so far this year. The ball is dead.
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Here’s a fun stat. Right now 35% of qualifying major league batters are hitting at or below replacement level. I’m genuinely curious if this April is setting records
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Those 7 players have combined for .6 WAR so far lmfao
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Not than anyone cares about anyone else’s team lol just mind blowing how bad everyone has been. Not just my players.
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It is mind boggling to me that my team with Vlad, Lowe, Olsen, Reynolds, Winker, Robert, Ketel Marte has like a combined negative a 280 obp and a 370 slg. Cmon baseball be more fun than this!!
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May 8th, 2018. I can pull up the exact spot on Google Maps and post it for all to see. I got home from work, parker my car, and was walking the block or so back to my house. Decided to check my fantasy scores on the way. No outs, seven earned runs. I swore, that day, never again. I've bought in to Bundy twice, maybe three times since then. I can't handle another.
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Don't tempt me with Bundy!
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First place baby!!! Insurmountable lead.
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New ball. Cold weather. Snore! I want Dingys
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Wow look at that standings cluster. You think that’s cause all our team offenses suck? I’m pretty my team has hit 1 homer in like 10 days.
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Eloy out 4-6 with a hamstring strain. Considering moving him so I can maintain a healthy lineup for OPL round 2. Any interest let me know.
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lmao would've been a very good guess! I saw him blast a homer out of the AAA park last week. Most Guardians beat writers comp him to Brett Gardner so I'm most more excited to watch him than have him on my team at the moment. The cornerstone of the Mike Clevinger trade!
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I would have bet the farm that a AAA Guardians player I've never heard of was nominated by SGRE.
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Micks, the trade is going to be processed in about 4 hours. If you inadvertantly accepted the offer, please let me know ASAP so I can cancel it. If I don't hear from you and the trade goes through, I won't take any further action.
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Yes, from the comment it appears as if you may have intended to reject it. Please advise if you'd like me to cancel the trade.
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