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I also think we should wait until the CBA has been signed. There's going to be at least 3-4 weeks of spring training to get the arms where they need to be to be healthy. We're going to have plenty of time to draft. At this rate, Who knows when the MLB and MLBPA will sign and agreement. It's best to wait.
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I see no reason to rush the draft just to draft. I would prefer waiting on cba and waive of FA to sign. We will have plenty of time to draft. Initial draft didn’t take 10 days and this will be shorter.
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I agree with Legends. March 1 is reasonable and with how many cuts were made it guarantees we will be done by the start of season, whenever it is. It's not like all free agents will magically sign right when new CBA ink dries. There's supposed to be no contact between teams and players, so there could still be plenty that sign after spring training starts. I vote solid deadline to draft March 1 because that gives everyone time to evaluate the available players and their individual situations.
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I agree with Chico on all accounts
Shoeless O's on
February 16, 2022 11:06 PM
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I don't think they'll just go straight into a season without there being some form of spring training. There be arms blowing out left and right (see what I did there? lol). There'll be time to get a draft done once a new CBA is in place.
With that being said, if the majority of teams want to get the draft done early I'll be ready to roll
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All right gents. We have quite an exciting draft ahead of us. My general assumption is that we are going to use Couch Managers to slow draft again based on schedules. I would like to suggest that we aim for a draft starting March 1st. I know there was talk about waiting for a CBA. But my position would be that everyone is on equal footing with the unsigned FA so we would all kind of know the risks. I just think I’d rather make sure we get the draft done in time for season. Open for discussion!
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I'm so excited to see all of these cuts. Keep'em coming boys!
Shoeless O's on
February 15, 2022 11:01 PM
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A little under 6 hours until cut deadline! Snip snip!
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Gallo is available if anyone want to swing one more trade before the deadline. Mainly interested in 3b and pitchung
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Ugh. I've done that twice in the last two days. Yes, CBB is correct. It's Tuesday 11:59. Not Monday. Fine. More time for trades!
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Isn't keeper deadline Tuesday Feb 15th at 11:59pm? That's what it says on the home page.
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Just wanted to let you all know I changed my teamname from Chicobrew to this. It's a new day a new team.
Shoeless O's on
February 13, 2022 10:56 PM
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Remember that the cut deadline is tomorrow night! I’m hoping for a league full of a random flurry of trades in the final 24 hours!
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Well, Devers, it was a fun day and a half but I’m afraid the organization has decided to make a change.
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Welcome aboard
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Welcome Shane. Happy to have you on board.
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Hey all. Betts didn't renew, so we do have a new owner. Everyone is officially in and paid up. The Wall Street Betts (name to be changed, I'm sure) will now be managed by Shane. Remember to get your cuts in by the Tuesday deadline! We are finally set for the upcoming season (well...once we draft!).
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I'm waiting until after we find a new owner
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Ok just see some teams at or above cap so assuming just late cuts....I get it but pulled trigger tonight.
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Yes. And I have a feeler out from balls deep recommendation. So if he accepts then we will be set. Everyone else is paid up.
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Are we just short 1 owner?
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I only rule with an iron fist when necessary. :D So I’m cool waiting for a deal. This might mean everyone will need to be ready to slow draft on the quick if things develop late. But I’m fine waiting as long as we can (not sure how long ottoneu system allows. Hopefully that won’t factor).
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Oh wow that’s progress then! I’ve been head down at work for way too long.
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We should wait to draft until a deal is finalized. There's no way they want to miss/delay many games (if any). We'll have lots of time.
MLB agreed to universal DH today
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When deal is met no way the skip warning pitchers up. We would have more than a chance to auction. If I remember right it only took a week to 10 days the first time and like someone said this will go faster. As stoked as I am to go I think it’s best to wait as long as possible. Rules could change in this next deal for minor leaguers or even DH in NL which would have major impact.
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I had planned to wait until Feb 15 to broach this, but I figured we could start slowdrafting anywhere between March 1 and March 15 and likely be done before season starts. We will have a lot fewer players in the pool this year.
I don’t know that we will have the luxury of waiting until the season is confirmed before drafting. I’d like to. But there’s also a very real chance this isn’t solved until April and then we have too quick a turnaround before games start or something.
Arthurian🗡Legends on
February 10, 2022 4:54 PM
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I would suggest we wait until the season is a go and FA's sign with teams. I'm guessing things will happen fairly quick after it's announced. I don't think we should draft if the lockout is still in effect.
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Do we have an idea when we are starting the auction? If we are doing a slow one we should probably start it fairly soon
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I have someone to fill the spot
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Well as you probably all saw, Betts didn’t renew and the system automatically booted him. So now waiting isn’t an option and we should try to find an owner. Anyone have leads on a new manager? I think it might be claimable to anyone so if you have someone you wanna ask about, let me know and let’s find a replacement in house if we can!
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Thanks for having me. I'm ready to get to work. Verrrry bored. Hit me up if you see something on my roster that you like.
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Welcome Brandon and fellow Canadian :) We're happy to have you and from the looks of things, you will be a great addition to our league. You will enjoy Ottoneu 110%. Cheers!!!
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Well that was quick! Brandon will be taking over the new team after a hot tip from Balls Deep on a replacement owner. Welcome Brandon!
Hopefully we are good to go moving forward for the year now. Someone just needs to tell MLB to get on the same page as us!
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I may have someone, he's active and willing to join. Hardcore poolie
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Definitely. Figured I would give it a few days to try and figure something out internally amongst everyone.
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Well that was short lived. That's too bad. Will you be advertising in the league message board if we can't find anyone internally?
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Hey all, we are now looking for a new owner for the Tuscaloosa Moose. He messaged me and had some reserves about playing and said he would rather opt out. No worries there but it does mean that we will want to find a new owner to take over that team and will want to get it done before we (likely) draft in March. Anyone have a line on someone interested?
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Keeper deadline has been moved back to Feb 15 by Niv, runner of all ottoneu. So you have two extra weeks to make decisions!
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I am totally fine keeping slow draft. Anyone who wants a live draft can always get sucked into the black hole of other ottoneu leagues. :D
Assuming regular season, we will have to figure out when to start it in order to get done on time. But that won’t be until March anyway so we have time.
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i def prefer the slow draft on couchmanagers. i think last years worked well. live drafts are so hard to schedule with 12 people spread out amongst diff time zones. for example i work a weird shift where i go in around 4am est so im usually in bed by 8pm most nights.
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I liked the slow draft. Not sure what everyone's time zone is for a live draft but I'm open to whatever the group decides.
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I did a live draft in another ottoneu league, it was a lot of fun, but draining. An auction with just free agents won’t take nearly as long though
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Yes. That would seal it as continuing down one matchup per week for this year. But in this process we have a good start in the 9/12 for future voting issues.
The next step, I suspect, will eventually be if we want to try and find a live draft date that works. I actually enjoyed the slow draft process but if we can get a time when everyone can live draft then that could be fun too.
But for now, I’ll just remind everyone to pay league dues on the dashboard and make cuts
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At least for this season
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So four one votes pretty well seals it right?
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I just got here, so ill abstain for now. not really sure what I want really so i'm fine with whatever the league chooses
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