Ottobot Ep 40: Buying, Selling Memorial Day Edition

A trade has been accepted between Chico's Bail Bonds and Meddles' Heavies

Current Auctions

NameEnd TimeMin. Bid
Nick Senzel CIN 2B/OF R 60IL  Tue Jun 15 11:34 PM $4
James Paxton SEA SP L 60IL Wed Jun 16 4:13 PM $2
Miguel Andujar NYY 3B/OF R  Wed Jun 16 10:37 PM $1
Alex Cobb LAA SP R  Wed Jun 16 10:44 PM $1

Players on Waivers

Claim

Name Cut By Claim Deadline Salary
Brian Anderson MIA 3B/OF R 60IL  North Stars Tue Jun 15 9:44 PM $7

Last 10 Transactions

All Transactions

Transaction Date Team Player Transaction
Jun 14 2021 10:46 PM Baby Bears Christian Arroyo BOS 2B/3B R $1  add
Jun 14 2021 9:44 PM North Stars Brian Anderson MIA 3B/OF R $4 60IL  cut
Jun 14 2021 1:57 PM Meddles' Heavies Patrick Wisdom CHC 3B/OF R $3  add
Jun 12 2021 10:42 PM Baby Bears Carlos Carrasco NYM SP/RP R $9 60IL  cut
Jun 12 2021 6:25 PM Ghost Mago on Third Jonathan Schoop DET 1B/2B R $2  add
Jun 12 2021 5:39 PM Chico's Bail Bonds Trevor Rosenthal OAK RP R $2 60IL  cut
Jun 12 2021 5:38 PM Chico's Bail Bonds Marco Gonzales SEA SP L $2  cut
Jun 12 2021 5:35 PM Chico's Bail Bonds Trevor Rosenthal OAK RP R $3 60IL  add
Jun 12 2021 5:33 PM Chico's Bail Bonds Marco Gonzales SEA SP L $3  add
Jun 12 2021 1:21 PM Chico's Bail Bonds Joey Gallo TEX OF L $21  move

League Message Board

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  • Thanks guys. Very helpful.

    Meddles' Heavies on June 13, 2021 4:49 PM

  • The mechanic is in place to allow leagues (the market in this case) have a way to, over time, reset overpriced or injured players to their actual market value. Most people do if just to free up a couple extra dollars or cap space here and there, but there are greater underlying economical mechanics at play because without it available resources (dollars) in the league would be wasted in unusable resources.

    Ghost Mago on Third on June 13, 2021 10:01 AM

  • Aces has it on point. After 30 days you can reduce a player’s cap penalty by half via reauctioning them, winning them, and cutting them; this then restarts the 30 day clock allowing you to repeat the process until they get down to the minimum $1 or they reach a price that someone else (or you) may actually want to keep them at.

    Ghost Mago on Third on June 13, 2021 9:50 AM

  • When you cut someone you get half back. After 30 days you can bid on them again if someone else wins you get other half back if you win you can cut again for another half back.

    Aces Full ♠️ on June 12, 2021 6:51 PM

  • All right. I've seen this several times now, but I can't figure out the logic. A team wins an auction for a player and almost immediately cuts him. I'm thinkiing there's some sort of tactical advantage, but I can't figure it out. Anyone care to share?

    Meddles' Heavies on June 12, 2021 6:47 PM

  • I have Duran, Sanchez, waters and Greene all available for some high priced stars.

    Aces Full ♠️ on June 10, 2021 4:23 PM

  • That wasn't even a cup of coffee....

    Meddles' Heavies on April 12, 2021 12:38 PM

  • Thank you for your help.

    Meddles' Heavies on April 2, 2021 5:48 PM

  • (2/2) You may not put a claim in or bid on a player if you have an illegal roster. The site will force you to make a cut before you can do so. The general rule of thumb is $1 available for every active roster slot (whether it's filled or not). Where it gets weird is SUSP/60IL players as they temporarily grant you an extra roster slot. My current roster is 41 of 43 because of that. However, when they come off the IL the extra slot is lost and a player needs to be cut to become legal again.

    Ghost Mago on Third on April 2, 2021 5:45 PM

  • (1/2) Yes and no. No cuts need to be made to put a bid on a player via auction or waiver. If successful, you will need to cut a player to get your roster legal again, but remember that you only get half a cut player's salary back. So you really need to cut someone 2x (or more) the price of whoever is signed to have a legal roster again. Example: If you sign someone for $2, you would have to cut a $4 player to have a legal roster ($2 cap penalty + $2 free cap space = $4).

    Ghost Mago on Third on April 2, 2021 5:42 PM

Standings as of June 14, 2021

Team Pts Chg
North Stars 7804.6 119.3
Aces Full ♠️ 7743.8 132.3
Meddles' Heavies 7706.6 108.6
Hamsters 7473.7 87.8
Chico's Bail Bonds 7285.3 99.8
Ghost Mago on Third 7081.2 116.2
Baby Bears 7022.6 56.3
The Muddy Chickens 6844.6 64.8
🪐ManInThePlanet🪐 6568.7 59.8
⚾️ Amazins 🍎 6545.1 76.3
Iron Butterfly 6267.6 59.8
LosDoyers 6026.4 76.9

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