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DM, did you mean to do that trade? The comment seems...less than enthused lol
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Yes, being in the same league for more than a decade certainly helps. I just wish I was successful in other aspects of my life as I am with fantasy baseball haha. Very open to changing the league name if anyone has suggestions. I could never come up with a suitable alternative so it just stuck out of inertia.
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Good Grief!
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That is great to know. All along I was assuming original founder was a fan of Charlie Brown
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That is actually a very cool story. Thanks for sharing and no wonder Jeff is so good. He’s got a decade of expertise lol
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I'll steal Urbina's thunder while he's sleeping in Oceania. This is one of the original Ottoneu leagues and to drum up interest, Fangraphs got "celebrities" involved in some of the inaugural drafts. So this league was founded by Craig Brown, who used to write for Baseball Prospectus, with an original draft date of 3/23/2011. And we just never changed it, but at this point it's kind of a badge of honor. Urbina is the sole remaining owner from that original draft.
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Does anyone know why our league name is Baseball Prospectus - CBROWN 3/23? I'm just curious if there is an orgin story there, LOL.
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I wanted him because I have an open roster spot and he seemed like such a hot commodity. Turns out not so much haha.
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Wow good job all of us for letting urbina get a 1 dollar player he wanted at 5 Lolol
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Goddamn, after that bidding war on Gonzales at auction, I'm shocked I got him unopposed.
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Just got back from my first game of the season. Clippers vs. Syracuse Mets. Pretty rough game, prospects-wise, but a rehabbing Josh Naylor had some loud outs, if anyone wants to start that auction.
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Welcome to the league Sandlots! Look forward to a great season!
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Thanks for clarifying, Urbina. Was curious about that!
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We've given Sandlot a round of penalty-free cuts so he can clean his roster of all the marginal keepers Syndergaardians held on to so he could minimise his auction involvement. Notably, these cuts bypass waivers and are added directly to the player pool. So if any of the names he cut interest you, you can start an auction at any time. Unsure if Sandlot can rebid on those guys though. We'll see!
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Dang. That was nice of you to do that sandlot! Good luck!
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Welcome to the league!
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Hello everyone. New owner of the Sandlot Prophets here. Give me a few minutes to get this squad up and running and I’ll do my best to make it and the league as competitive as possible.
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Hi all, I've just spoken with Syndergaardians and he tells me that he doesn't have the time availability to keep up with OttoNeu baseball. As such, he's stepping aside and we've sourced an experienced owner from the Community message board to take his team over and see it through to the end of the season. While turnover at this stage in the season is hardly desirable, I'm grateful that Sydergaardians helped us through another offseason and put his hand up early rather than stringing us along.
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Double homecoming!
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https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/118/viewtrade?id=67703&pending=1
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Woohoo!!! Tied for first!
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Now that's what I call a blockblister.
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Goddamit. Between my 2 leagues, I've lost 4 consecutive coin flips.
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Bonus points if you buy both!
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Alright, who decided to be the joker and concurrently nominate the Diegos Castillo?
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Just took a look at it. Clarke Schmidt and Josh Winder are 2 and 3. Waiver Boys!
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Did someone just see Eno's tweet? Lol
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Shocked to see Moustakas and JD Davis still on waivers. LOL
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Literally can't believe i accidentally nominated Niko Goodrum lol
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The quesadillas I made were awesome, so watch out: I'm on the top of my game for tonight.
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Glad to hear it. It seems each year the varying time differences and work commitments get increasingly difficult to accommodate, but things always seem to work out. There's probably a life lesson in there somewhere.
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Oh junk is the draft tonight?! Well, in a turn of holy fate, I don't work tomorrow (meaning I don't have to be up at 3 a.m.) which means I may just be able to participate live wit the $3 I have to work with
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Looking forward to the draft, folks. I'm gonna get some serrano braised chicken thigh quesadillas going for this evening. Can't wait for either!
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Thank you everyone for participating and accommodating. If only we could get as much cooperation from the MLB owners.
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Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that we now have a date and time for our 2022 auction draft. It will be held Wednesday 30 March at 830 PM Eastern time. Thanks to everyone for providing their availability and to Ephs and Syndergaardians specifically for their flexibility. I hope everyone is equally pleased as I am to have come to an agreement on a date so close to the intended date for Opening Day.
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If anyone subscribes to MLB.tv, today is your last day to cancel before it auto-renews tomorrow. No sense paying full price when the league is still considering cancelling games.
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Thanks for everyone who has provided their availability so far. Still waiting on Sonny Gray, Ephs, and Escape Pod.
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Bed time for me is usually 8 p.m. (I've shifted to working mornings with my new gig) so I have a lot of Thursday/Friday nights available
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Ideally we'd like to get a date reserved because the OttoNeu system can only support so many live auctions at the same time. My worry is that if we don't set a date now, the open time slots will get snapped up and we'll be left choosing from dates that don't work for everyone. If Opening Day ends up being pushed back, we will take a second poll and reassess.
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https://doodle.com/poll/x7s85qk6p2kqmie7?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
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date that all are available. I'm trying to be optimistic and not showing any days after the currently scheduled opening day (although that seems highly unlikely at this point in the negotiations). Thanks in advance to all those who fill out the poll quickly and for those who don't, I'm coming for you.
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Hey everyone, a couple days late on the draft Doodle poll. Per usual, we expect the draft to take about 3 hours and are looking at an 8(ish) PM EST start time to accommodate those in the midwest and west coast. If you have consistent issues with making an 8 PM draft time, please let me know and I'll see what we can do to make something work. The 8 PM start time is approximate and can shift by a half hour or so to meet everyone's needs. Please fill out the poll and we'll select the latest
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Talked to Syndergaardians over email and helped him get his roster legal again. Next step is scheduling the draft!
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Thanks to all who submitted their cuts on time. Looks like we have 1 illegal roster. Syndergaardians is a newbie, so DJIB and I will get on top of that and try to resolve it ASAP. Stay tuned, as we will be circulating a poll to suss out draft availability soon.
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2 hours to go! Just a reminder, your team must be at least ($1 x # open roster spots) under the $400 cap to be legal.
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24 hours remaining until the deadline! Please make sure you finalise your keep-cut decisions by midnight eastern tomorrow. If you're planning to take things down to the wire so you can see how the free agent pool develops, please consider setting yourself a reminder or alarm so you don't miss it.
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Final update: all 12 owners paid! That hurdle is officially cleared, so the next deadline to keep in mind is the (new) cut/keep/trade deadline of 15 February. Thanks to all!
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We've heard from syndergaardians, the rumors of his demise have been greatly exaggerated. We should be at full strength going into the 2/15 cut deadline.
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If any of you have owner recommendations, please let Urbina and I know and we can make arrangements for the transition.
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Alright, we're down to one team left to renew. It's Syndergaardians, who has not logged in for ever a month. He's also not acknowledged mine or Urbina's attempts to reach out over the past couple weeks both on the Ottoneu platform and to his direct email and Reddit. If we don't hear from him before noon EST on 1/29, we are going to vacate the team in an effort to fill his spot before there's a bunch of teams vacated after the deadline.
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