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River City nailed the rationale there - no sense in holding a draft this early with so many FAs unsigned.
Junior Mints on
March 4, 2022 5:55 PM
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As much as I hate to say it, I vote #2. So looking forward to a fun draft. But a draft should be based on the latest intel, and there just isn't any information about injuries, player developments and where the free agents have signed to make the Mar 12 date practical.
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option 2 works
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My vote is #2. Try to see where the last FA’s sign.
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#1...but I'm interested to hear the rationale around why we might push it out
Mantequilla on
March 4, 2022 1:23 PM
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I agree with #2- let's postpone until early April.
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I'm good with 4/2 or 4/3. Thanks! Let's play ball!
Puddy on
March 4, 2022 12:44 PM
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In light of the canceled games and what is expected to be an even further delayed start to the season, I’d like to push the draft date back a few weeks. How does everyone feel about moving the draft day? If you could respond on the message board with one of the following numbers I’d appreciate it:
1 - stay put (March 12)
2 - move to 4/2 or 4/3
3 - don’t care
My vote is #2
Junior Mints on
March 4, 2022 11:39 AM
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Im terrible at checking the message board bc I filtered out the messages in my email (so many emails otherwise…). I think the $50 prize tier works. Thanks for putting all of this together Chet!
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Racing the clock now — deadline is midnight ET, trades are frozen when we hit the deadline until the draft as well. Good luck with any last minute decisions!
Junior Mints on
February 15, 2022 9:20 PM
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Another deadline approaching… 10 days left of penalty-free cuts. For the few teams still over budget, don’t forget to make your cuts before the deadline. Only way to free up cash for the draft.
Junior Mints on
February 5, 2022 12:53 PM
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Thanks to everyone who has promptly paid their dues. A few of you still need to do so, just a friendly reminder that the deadline is coming up fast - end of day on Monday!
Junior Mints on
January 29, 2022 9:32 AM
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Is there ANYONE who is interested in trading for Lindor? Bet he has a great bounce back year!
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Cut deadline has been extended to February 15, just FYI.
Junior Mints on
January 15, 2022 11:04 AM
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I’m good with what ever everyone else wants to do.
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Aroldis Chapman, Whit Merrifield, Eugenio Suarez, Josh Bell all open to trade. I am looking for 3B, Catcher and possibly outfielder or righthanded reliever.
Puddy on
January 10, 2022 8:12 PM
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I'm indifferent on free tier or prize tier. I think March 12, 4pm can work. Thanks Junior Mints for good communication. Hoping the lockout ends in reasonable time!
Puddy on
January 10, 2022 8:10 PM
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March 12 evening would be best. However the 4pm EST works. In favor of the $50 prize eligible tier. Its seems to make things a bit more competitive.
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3. The penalty free cut deadline is also end of this month. It's a good time to make any last minute trades before making final cuts. A reminder that your team salary must be below the $400 cap.
4. The draft - we need to find a draft date that works for everyone. I think mid-March on a weekend would work best so I'll pencil in Saturday March 12 at 4:00 PM ET. If everyone could post their preference for Sat/Sun and morning/afternoon/evening to the message board that would be great.
Junior Mints on
January 9, 2022 3:39 PM
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Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a safe and relaxing holiday. A few things to check in on:
1. Welcome to the new GM's - we have a full league now. the due deadline is the end of this month.
2. Speaking of dues. We are currently set up for the free tier, same as last year, which is $20 per team. Anyone who would vote to move to a prize eligible tier (next level is $50 per team) either send me a TC message or post to the board.
Junior Mints on
January 9, 2022 3:36 PM
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Willing to trade Gleyber Torres if anyone is interested
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full support for shortened trade deadline to 24 hours
Puddy on
November 21, 2021 4:08 PM
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Considering reducing the trade wait time from 48 to 24 hours... Anyone in opposition?
Junior Mints on
November 20, 2021 3:26 PM
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Most teams still need to allocate Arb $$. Needs to be done by end of weekend. Thanks!
Junior Mints on
November 13, 2021 11:11 AM
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If anyone has a friend who is interested to join the league, Team Rueb, Pesky Poles, and New Haven Ballers have all communicated that they are out for next season, so those teams are available. If we're still looking to fill on November 1, I'll open it up to the "Ottoverse" for GM's to take over these teams.
Junior Mints on
October 18, 2021 10:34 AM
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Arbitration period begins on Friday and runs through November 15 -- please everyone allocate all your arbitration dollars, this is an important feature of the game to keep the league competitive.
After November 15, you can make trades and *penalty-free* cuts until the Keeper deadline which is January 31.
For more information go here,
https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/rules#offseason
Junior Mints on
October 12, 2021 1:48 PM
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Thanks everyone for a great season! There are at least three teams in need of a GM at the moment- if you know of anyone looking for a team, let me know and I will contact them. My goal is to have all teams active by end of October.
Junior Mints on
October 4, 2021 11:40 AM
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Fun season everyone. There were many close weekends...the race for 2nd place came down to the last weekend and Mints seemed.to have better hitting/pitching when it really mattered. Look forward to the next one!
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In case anyone is wondering. We do have a few teams that are (and have been) inactive. Once playoffs begin, I will start to reach out to the Ottoneu community to retain a temporary GM for those teams so they can be active in the Arbitration and other off-season phases of the game. If you know of anyone who may be interested in taking a team over for next season let me know and they will get first dibs on any vacancies.
Junior Mints on
August 2, 2021 7:01 PM
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Anyone interested in Kris Bryant?
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Anyone looking to add an outfielder or upgrade? I need either a Catcher or Middle Infielder and looking to deal!
Junior Mints on
June 21, 2021 9:07 AM
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Great battle this week Mullet!
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Also just wanted to make sure everyone knew that there are playoffs -- starting Sept 6. Top 6 teams qualify for playoffs .
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Update on the money pool. We have 8 teams in: The Professor, SiCKSinker, Mullet, Ballers, Tapia, Poles, 2016Dream, and Mints. These are the teams that will be $$ eligible.
I'm thinking we'll award as follows based on final standings:
1st: $160
2nd: $50
3rd: $30
I'll take Venmo payments @Chet-Gutwein
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Yeah, I'll talk to him. He's had a lot on his plate lately, I'm sure he'll be active before too long.
Junior Mints on
April 30, 2021 12:42 PM
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Aaron Judge: "My legs hurt...I'm just going to sit out a few days".
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@Mantequilla needs at least one or two more pitchers on the roster XD
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Just a reminder: tomorrow marks the official start to our league games. Points will count. Don't forget to set your lineups. Hope you all had a safe and enjoyable weekend.
Side note, I'm anticipating this week will still have lots of silent auctions but then things will die down on that front and we will start to see some trade activity.
Junior Mints on
April 18, 2021 10:48 PM
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Also, I had a chance to speak to a few of you who were interested in having some prize money. This will be OPTIONAL - but if you want to throw in $30 towards prize money then your team will be eligible to take home some money at the end of the season. I'll give everyone until 4/26 to decide... Please either post on the message board or send me a message via the 'Trade Chat' function. If I don't hear from you I will assume you're not interested. (I am in.)
Junior Mints on
April 16, 2021 2:31 PM
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Happy Friday!
I hope everyone has enjoyed the silent auctions. Still a lot to process through the weekend - good luck! Just to clarify our season start, what you see now as Week 3 on the schedule will be our first week that counts. Sometime next week the League schedule will no longer show the Week 1/Week 2 games and everyone's record should be 0-0-0.
Junior Mints on
April 16, 2021 2:28 PM
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Paul -- let's talk trade then. Not a big Nimmo or Kepler fan tbh.
Junior Mints on
April 14, 2021 3:43 PM
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I'm glad I could do that research for you Chet / whoever else picked up the OF I was looking for XD. Have a great Wednesday!
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One thing to be aware of with silent auctions, the game allows a team to spend more than its budget. If this happens you will need to make roster moves (i.e. cut players) in order to get back below the $400 salary cap.
BE CAREFUL HOW MUCH YOU COMMIT IN THE AUCTIONS. When you cut a player, you still have to pay half their salary until they are claimed/picked up by another team. If/when I drop my $33 Springer, he'll account for $17 on my books while he's a free agent.
Junior Mints on
April 13, 2021 9:28 AM
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Lastly, the schedule automatically generated and it starts immediately, however, I think it's best if we observe this week (through 4/18) as preseason while we fill our rosters and get settled. So, please do NOT fill lineups for this week.
That's all I got. Goodnight everyone.
Junior Mints on
April 11, 2021 11:33 PM
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To bid on players available for auction...
1. Click 'Players' in the nav bar at the top of your screen.
2. Click 'Auctions' in the navbar once it appears
3. There will be a list of active auctions, enter the maximum bid for players you want to bid on and then 'Submit All Bids'
Keep in mind that if you initiate an auction, you are required to bid the $1 minimum.
Junior Mints on
April 11, 2021 11:31 PM
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To nominate a player for auction...
1. Click 'Players' in the nav bar at the top of your screen.
2. use the search functions (check 'Free Agents only')
3. Click on a players name and on the screen you'll find a section labeled 'Start Auction'
Junior Mints on
April 11, 2021 11:28 PM
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Wow, time flies when you're weighing the pros and cons of spending an extra imaginary dollar on Joey Bart! Phew! Most of us walked away from the Live Draft with a core team intact. If you did not (mantequilla and Rueb), that's okay...
Silent auctions can now be initiated. I've tested it out by nominating Trent Grisham. (You all probably also got an email about this - you should login and go to your account settings and uncheck the ones you don't want. You may end up with a lot of e
Junior Mints on
April 11, 2021 11:27 PM
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Click 'Auction Draft' in the nav bar at the top of the screen.
Junior Mints on
April 11, 2021 7:24 PM
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Hello Everyone - thank you all for getting your teams registered! We're less than 30 minutes away from draft time and I see that some of you are already in the draft room. I also appreciate you all putting up with my emails! Looking forward to it.
Junior Mints on
April 11, 2021 7:13 PM
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