League Message Board
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OPL is open for those who finished in the top 6 last season.
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Cubs start spring training tomorrow!
Roca Athletics on
February 8, 2025 10:35 AM
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I am going to pass on the OPL this year. My experience last year demonstrated how far away from being competitive my team was in the broader context. I figured I was at least 2 years away, but I got bounced in the first cut with what is the same team I have now.
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A reminder for those of you eligible for OttoNeu Premier League participation (need to have finished in the top 6 last year). That entry process is separate from our league and has an entry fee of $50 dollars. Geezer (Larry) is our OPL expert and would be happy to discuss with you on the chat platform.
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All rosters are now final (the rules were applied to the two teams with illegal rosters). You can start planning for the draft!
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As we turn toward draft preparation, I thought this information might be helpful. There are 89 open roster spots going into the draft. 10 teams will have $817 to spend. The two teams mentioned in the previous message will have full rosters so will not be able to participate in the draft. Other teams need between 2 and 19 players, and have between $10 and $194 to spend. I anticipate our draft will take less around 1.5 hrs to complete.
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Good morning owners! All owners are paid up! Two owners were not able to get their line ups in order so the league manager will process their additional drops (total of 7 players) tomorrow morning, after confirming who were the lowest salary/lowest points players on both teams. Both teams are under salary, but over players.
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Today is the final day to cut players. Rosters freeze at 2359 ET and no other transactions can occur until our draft. There is one owner who has not yet paid for 2025, but I am certain Paul will take care of that today. Today is the formal end of the 2024 season, and tomorrow is the start of the 2025 season. Good Luck!
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Thank you Zach and Luke for paying! Joshua, JD, Brandon and Paul.....still waiting on you.
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Joshua, Zach, JD, Luke, Brandon and Paul all need to pay the $20 fee. The deadline is 1/31. DM me via the platform if you need help.
Roca Athletics on
January 28, 2025 11:14 AM
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6 owners have paid their $20, and 6 still need to. Message me on the platform if you need help. The deadlline is the 31st.
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Here is the formula: If one player can be dropped to get your team in alignment, the cheapest player that will do so will be dropped. In the event of a tie on your roster, the lowest 2024 scorer will be the player dropped. If one is not sufficient, your most expensive player will be dropped, then the formula will be applied for another round until your team is legal. This process will almost certainly not be good for your team so please take care of your rosters so that this is avoided.
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reminder to everyone that the keeper date (better known as the cut date) is this Friday. Please be sure to manage your roster so that you are legal by then. You must be at 40 players or less, and your salaries have to be 400 or less (minus $1/open roster spot). As a reminder, teams not in alignment with that will have players dropped by formula.
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If any owners (new or old) have questions, feel free to ping me using the message function on this platform (icon looks like an inbox at the top of your league page).
Roca Athletics on
January 22, 2025 12:34 PM
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All 12 owners for this season are now attached to their teams. As a reminder, folks need to pay their $20 dues. To do so log into the OttoNeu page and after you log in you will see an option to extend your membership (requires payment of $20). You need to do so by 1/31 or I will have to unwind the complications. Good luck to all owners this year and remember that trades are open until 1/31. After that rosters are locked until we draft (no trades, no drops, no pick-ups).
Roca Athletics on
January 22, 2025 12:23 PM
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8 owners need to extend their memberships (pay their entry fees). The due date is 1/31.
Roca Athletics on
January 21, 2025 11:29 AM
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Renewal help: to may for your 2025 membership, log onto ottoneu.com, log in with your username, and you will see a link to extend your membership. the cost is $20 and will extend your membership to 1/31/2026. Technically 1/31 is the end of a seaon (having dropped non-keepers).
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We have our 12th owner! Remember to extend your memberships. Last year expires on 1/31.
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We still need one owner to take over Vancouver. If anyone has a friend who is interested (probably needs to be really interested as this is a long term rebuild) let me know.
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We still need one owner to take over Vancouver. If anyone has a friend who is interested (probably needs to be really interested as this is a long term rebuild) let me know.
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Welcome to our new owner. Just a further reminder since it has been a year but you may also have to drop players you don't want to drop as your roster must also be legal by 1/31 -- 40 players or less and enough $ left over to be able to roster 40. Plus you will only have available at auction the slots and cash you have after your 1/31 cuts. I have a couple of trade offers out so check your in boxes. I am open to moving the guys on my trade block.
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We have one new owner, and two in evaluation mode. If we are not full by this weekend, Larry has some potential owners.
At this point, I am thinking we will draft on the evening of 3/17. Opening day is 0600 ET on 3/18, so this would be the latest we could draft (so that there is more clarity on the outcome of spring training) but still have teams set for the first game of the year.
Remember to drop players you do not want to keep before 1/31 at 2359 ET.
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We need three new owners this year. Let me know if you have ideas. I have one local person here who is interested. I will be meeting with them next week to discuss and review the game. I am looking for more.
Roca Athletics on
December 10, 2024 1:55 PM
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Arbitration is now complete. Teams are free to trade until the keeper deadline (1/31). Owners who are not playing next year, we request you not trade or cut players, as the new owner would like to make those decisions. As a reminder, you need to drop players by 1/31 that you do not want to keep.
Roca Athletics on
November 15, 2024 9:46 PM
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3 to go to finish arbitration
Roca Athletics on
October 28, 2024 11:53 AM
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4 owners left to do arbitration.
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7/12 owners have completed arbitration, perhaps the other 5 can do this weekend?
Roca Athletics on
October 24, 2024 12:00 PM
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5/12 owners have completed arbitration
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Owners! Today arbitration is open. For owners who are leaving, this is your last obligation to our league....to complete arbitration. DM me if you have questions but you get $25 to add to salaries. The max you can apply to any team is $3, and you must apply $1 to each team, and must spend all $25. For teams where you allocate more than $1, you can put multiple dollars on a player, $1 on multiple players, or any combination.
Roca Athletics on
October 15, 2024 11:48 AM
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So, what happens to the players in KC Moneybags if we cannot find a new owner?
Hudson Duffers on
October 11, 2024 11:40 AM
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At this point, I have one owner (KC Moneybags) who is NOT coming back. Private message me if you have not already let me know you intentions for next year. Also private message me if you have potential new owners. We could get them involved to do their own arbitration if you have folks now.
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Owners: Congratulations on completing the 2024 Season! Double Congratulations to Geezer Ripkens who defended his championship! For all owners, there is one more task to complete, even if you have decided you are not coming back next season. Arbitration starts on 10/15. It is important that you complete arbitration before leaving. If we have a new owner for your team before that, we will let you know, but please plan to conduct arbitration.
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GTown has a 174 and 190 lead over KC (Stephan) and Hickman (JD). More interestingly, KC has a 16 point lead over Hickman for 10th. Finally, Vancouver (Elliot) is a lock as no one is able to pass him.
All the OPL positions are secure.
The only thing left this week is bragging rights for the teams whose positions are not yet firm.
Roca Athletics on
September 23, 2024 12:57 PM
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This is the final week of the seaon! Geezer (Larry) has defended his championship (as well as making our league proud in the OPL). Roca (Tyler) will finish 2nd. Hudson (Bruce) is within striking distance of Freshmeat (Brandon), but since Bruce has exhausted his pitching points, Freshmeat is solid in 3rd, with Hudson 4th. JBO (Stephen) and Portland (Graeme) are 6 points apart, so too close to call for 5th/6th. Maple (Joe) is secure in 7th. Beef (Luke) has a 72 point lead over GTown (Paul) for 8/9
Roca Athletics on
September 23, 2024 12:53 PM
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200 for Portland and Maple Bats!
Roca Athletics on
September 23, 2024 7:42 AM
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So, I did not too badly misjudge my pitching this year, just got greedy sometimes. But if all goes well with Cole today, I am out of pitching innings for the season. Nothing like offering up an incentive.
Hudson Duffers on
September 20, 2024 4:27 PM
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Could you imagine what it might have been if he were able to pitch too?
Hudson Duffers on
September 20, 2024 4:26 PM
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Ohtani scored 65 as a hitter for Geezer yesterday! That was awesome!
Roca Athletics on
September 20, 2024 9:25 AM
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200 for GTown!
Roca Athletics on
September 19, 2024 9:28 AM
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I'll be back. Count me in. At some point the kids in my team have to start consistently playing the game.
Hudson Duffers on
September 16, 2024 12:28 PM
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As we start to turn out attention to next season, please confirm to me by the message platform if you would like to return next season.
Roca Athletics on
September 16, 2024 12:10 PM
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With two weeks left teams need to be with 400 points to have a chance to move up. Given that, I declare that Geezer is the 2024 League Champion as he now leads the league by 600. Hudson still has a chance to catch Freshmeat for 3rd, trailing by 235. Portland still has a chance to catch JBO for 5th, trailing by 275. Beef is in 8th, but KC trails by 149, GTown by 146 and Hickman by 306 so 8-11 are still in play. 2025 OPL eligiblity appears set with our current top 6.
Roca Athletics on
September 16, 2024 12:09 PM
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The season is 91% complete, with 149g and 1379ip being on pace. There are 14 calendar days left in the season. Last week Freshmeat and Geezer were over 700 (actually both were over 800). Freshmeat, Geezer and Portland are over 3K for the past 30d. The top 6 hitters are unchanged from last week (Geezer, Roca, JBO, Portland, GTown and Freshmeat. The top 6 pitchers are also unchanged (JBO, Freshmeat, Hudson, Geezer, Roca, and Portland).
Roca Athletics on
September 16, 2024 12:05 PM
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If scores remain as they are now, on Monday with 2 weeks left, teams need to be within 400 points to have a shot at the team above them in the standings. Hudson would still have a shot at Freshmeat, Portland at JBO, KC & GTown at Beef and Hickman at KC and GTown. The other spots would be "clinched".
Roca Athletics on
September 13, 2024 2:15 PM
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I will drop the projected standing after this week, for reasons that will be clear below.
Projected standings are: Geezer, Roca, JBO (but not really), Freshmeat, Portland (but not really), GTown (but not really) and Hudson. The but not really refers to the fact that those teams are short on games played or innings pitched, so they cannot get to the level that the batting number or hitting numbers project to. That is they will not get to 1944 games played and/or 1500 innings pitched.
Roca Athletics on
September 9, 2024 1:30 PM
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The current standing remain the same as last week but Geezer has opened a gap on Roca for the lead. Freshmeat and Hudson are battling for 3rd having dropped JBO. Portland has work to do to catch JBO and Maple is at the verge of elimination (behind 608 and with 3 weeks left 600 is my practical elimination number, so I am leaving him in this week). Maple is the only player outside the top 6 with a chance to get to OPL eligible.
Roca Athletics on
September 9, 2024 1:28 PM
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3 weeks left in the seaon. 143g/1324ip is on pace. Last week 2 teams were over 700: Geezer and GTown. Only 1 team is over 3K for the last 30d, Portland. The top 6 hitters are Geezer, Roca, JBO, Portland, GTown (up from 6) and Freshmeat (down from 5). The top 6 ptichers are JBO, Freshmeat, Hudson (up from 4) Geezer (up from 6), Roca (down from 3) and Portland (down from 5).
Roca Athletics on
September 9, 2024 1:25 PM
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In the race for the final OPL spot, only Maple is within 800 points of 6th. Beef is close at 960. The next week may see the clarification of 2025 OPL eligibility.
Roca Athletics on
September 2, 2024 3:02 PM
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The projected top 6 are:
Geezer
Roca
JBO (curious in light of my comment below)
Freshmeat
Portland
Hudson
Roca Athletics on
September 2, 2024 3:01 PM
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The top 6 teams are:
Geezer
Roca 0.2
Freshmeat 16.0
Hudson 17.2
JBO 25.4
Portland 27.8
Geezer and Roca are still battling for first. JBO has dropped off the pace for 3rd, which is not a battle between Freshmeat and Hudson.
Roca Athletics on
September 2, 2024 2:58 PM
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