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Sunday update:
3 teams have completed a run at allocating arbitration, and 52 players across the league have tentative salary increases attached, including multiple players from every team.
Note that a) you can see every player who has a potential increase on the arbitration overview page, and b) you can change your allocations at any time before arbitration closes.
Once arbitration closes and increases have been applied, trading will be possible again.
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Salary arbitration is now open.
There is an 'Arbitration' link at the top of the league homepage.
It leads here:
https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/1323/allocations
Instructions are on the top of that page.
This your chance to increase player salaries as you see fit. Please participate!
Hakuna Machado on
October 15, 2021 12:09 AM
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Arbitration begins October 15th: this Friday.
Chad Young wrote an intro article about it:
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/new-and-improved-ottoneu-arbitration-process/
Key quote: "Each team gets $25 to allocate to players on other teams. Every owner has to allocate at least $1 to every other team and can allocate no more than $3 to any given team. The dollars to a given team can be given all to one player or split among up to three players (due to the $3 limit)
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First go here and click on Off season for the process:
https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/rules
Then click the little wrench icon near the top of most team/league pages for important dates.
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So when is and how do we participate in arbitration?
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Annual salary increases have taken effect, and existing loans and cap penalties have been removed.
On the community site, Niv has asked us *not to cut anyone* until after arbitration/after November 15th. Between now and November 15th, cap penalties will be added when cuts are made, and Niv has had to clear penalties manually, which is labor intense for him.
Quote: "You really should not cut players until the keeper deadline."
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...etc.
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Thanks Chris! I played in 'win now' mode from the start, and it worked out. I expect a lot more teams to be in the hunt for the title late in 2022 as some prospects hit and a lot of great players recover from injury.
In other news, Niv has an end of season megathread running on the community site here: https://community.ottoneu.com/t/end-of-the-2021-baseball-season-megathread/10153
I recommend following it for details on salary increases, position eligibility changes, e
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Congratulations to All Nations, who met and exceeded expectations, inspiring these rhyming orations.
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There will be no tiebreaker games, so the regular season and Ottoneu season ends today.
Salary arbitration begins on October 15th.
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Update on the end of auctions this season: I linked to an old community post that got bumped. The date is not correct for 2021.
Since the season ends on October 3rd this year, the last time an auction can be started is 11:59 PM Eastern on October 1st.
That's this Friday night.
Hakuna Machado on
September 27, 2021 2:40 PM
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Yep, that's it.
Current cap penalties and loan details are listed on your team's roster page.
Hakuna Machado on
September 27, 2021 2:30 PM
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Sorry, I was too eager. New guy. Yes, the half salary rounded up penalty exists until the player is rostered by another team or is reauctioned and won by the cutting team or the season ends. All cap penalties and loans are wiped out at the end of the season.
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Unrelated question.
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Any new manager taking over a team is granted one round of penalty-free cuts per Rule V i - "If a team's manager changes, the new manager is given the opportunity to make one round of penalty-free cuts"
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I'm somewhat confused. According to the rules, the salary from any dropped player is wiped during the off-season. "If a player passes through waivers, 50% of his salary, rounding up, counts against his previous team's salary cap as a cap penalty, until he is claimed by another team, reauctioned by the cutting team (see rule g. below) or until the end of the current season. " Is my understanding correct? I want to confirm before making any dumb drops.
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Welcome to the league!
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Hello, I'm Chris, I will be taking over for All Betts Are Off. It's an interesting team in what I expect is a fun league and I'm glad to be here.
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A very warm welcome to the new manager of All Betts Are Off!
As is traditional when a new manager inherits a roster, you get one round of penalty-free cuts.
Please batch them up and do them all at once.
Hakuna Machado on
September 27, 2021 11:15 AM
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There may have been a glitch - not all of Whales' cuts were penalty free. I have fixed this, which is why you see (C) next to some of the cuts on the transactions list.
I don't expect things like this to happen often - everything went fine for Country Rhodes - but when they do, I'll post about it here.
Hakuna Machado on
September 27, 2021 1:34 AM
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Friendly reminder to all: 11:59 PM Eastern on September 30th is the last time to start an auction for a player this year. (48 hours before the end of the last day of the regular season, Eastern Time.)
https://community.ottoneu.com/t/the-last-day-to-start-auctions-is-2-days-before-11-59pm-et-of-the-last-day-of-the-season/587/2
So if you have a mind to do some roster tweaking as we head into the offseason, get those auctions started.
Hakuna Machado on
September 27, 2021 1:23 AM
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Appreciate it! It’s funny I’m born and raised in Chicago but now live in Texas. So the team name is appropriate
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There's been a manager change for the Chicago Whales. (The previous new manager stepped away due to new time pressure at work.)
A very warm welcome to the new manager of the Whales!
As is traditional when a new manager inherits a roster, you get one round of penalty-free cuts.
Please batch them up and do them all at once.
Hakuna Machado on
September 27, 2021 12:58 AM
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I have posted about All Betts in slack. I'll report back on that in a few days.
In the meantime, if you come across someone interested in a rebuild, let me know, here or in DMs.
Hakuna Machado on
September 26, 2021 5:36 PM
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A good thought. I'll post All Betts in #managers_wanted this week.
Hakuna Machado on
September 26, 2021 12:17 PM
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If you are trying to find a replacement for All Betts, Slack might be a good place to post the opening. Just a thought.
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I'll make a small number of cuts later today. Glad to be in the league.
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A very warm welcome to the new manager of Voitron!
As is traditional when a new manager inherits a roster, you get one round of penalty-free cuts.
Please batch them up and do them all at once.
Hakuna Machado on
September 21, 2021 1:12 PM
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My brother in law is going to stick with one team. Feel free to keep looking.
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Let me reach out to my brother in law to confirm. I will message him tonight.
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Voitron has confirmed that it's OK to shop their team.
And I haven't heard back from All Betts Are Off, so I'm declaring that team abandoned.
Devil Dogs Redux, you mentioned in DMs you had a candidate for a team?
Hakuna Machado on
September 20, 2021 11:45 AM
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A very warm welcome to the new manager of the Chicago Whales!
As is traditional when a new manager inherits a roster, you get one round of penalty-free cuts.
Please batch them up and do them all at once.
Hakuna Machado on
September 19, 2021 2:46 PM
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If any of you are interested in adding a team from a $50 H2H points league, message me. There's one team available now that made the playoffs and the owner is not renewing, and there soon will be a rebuild project come open as well. Thanks!
⚾️Otto Three⚾️ on
September 14, 2021 1:00 PM
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I just posted a link to Whales' roster on the community Managers Wanted board. Did the same last night for a much worse team in a different league and had a taker pretty fast. Hopefully this will do the same.
⚾️Otto Three⚾️ on
September 14, 2021 12:54 PM
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Otto Three, you've got first crack at recruiting a new manager for Whales' roster.
Let me know what you need.
Hakuna Machado on
September 14, 2021 12:48 PM
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That's nine teams confirmed returning. Excellent!
Whales isn't returning, we can recruit someone new for that roster as of now.
I have messages out to All Betts Are Off to see if they're coming back, and to Voitron to confirm that it's OK to shop that team now.
I'll give them both until the weekend to respond; if they don't, I'll consider those teams abandoned.
Hakuna Machado on
September 14, 2021 11:48 AM
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Sorry everyone - I was on vacation and hadn't been checking since I am out of contention. I am planning on returning next year.
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Thanks to All Nations for taking over as Commissioner. I have handed over the reins to him.
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I took a look, and game caps aren't up to the league. Niv discusses the catcher slot situation here:
https://community.ottoneu.com/t/two-c-slots/1473/2
Hakuna Machado on
September 9, 2021 10:32 PM
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One request into next year, can we have the games played for catchers increased due to carrying 2 catchers on starting lineup. I have one full time and one part time starters and already maxed out? Thanks.
Team baseball on
September 9, 2021 10:18 PM
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Sweet, that's eight confirmed teams returning.
I have a note out to Voitron RE: changing commissioners. Once I have the commish keys I'll send notes to the teams that haven't touched the site for a while, to find out how many new managers we need to get a full slate.
Then we can get recruiting rolling.
Hakuna Machado on
September 9, 2021 7:00 PM
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I plan on it. I've tried to set my team for the future.
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Barkaneers FBC, Who's Your Vladdy: You out there? Are you interested in coming back next year?
Hakuna Machado on
September 9, 2021 11:03 AM
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Looks like the system cut off my OPL message:
This year's OPL tournament has been wild. There are monthly roster snapshots and cutdowns/relegation until the All-Star break, after which the surviving teams go head-to-head in a random draw. Teams have been winning and losing matchups by a fraction of a point.
Hakuna Machado on
September 6, 2021 11:41 AM
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Let's get one more confirmation before we start recruiting. Then, yeah, Voitron is up for grabs, and I'll send Whales a courtesy message, expecting not to hear.
Hakuna Machado on
September 6, 2021 11:36 AM
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All Nations, please go ahead and take the reins. I'll contact you if I get new owners. So I'm good to go to recruit for Whales and Voitron rosters?
⚾️Otto Three⚾️ on
September 6, 2021 11:31 AM
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That's seven confirmed returning teams: we need at least one more.
Hakuna Machado on
September 6, 2021 11:31 AM
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Checking activity: Chicago Whales hasn't been on the site since June as Redux mentioned earlier, and All Betts Are Off hasn't been on in two weeks. I bet they're out, along with Voitron. Vladdy's been away for a few days, but mentioned he's looking forward to next year. Everyone else has touched the site today.
Let's give everybody the week to respond. I don't want to pull a team out from under somebody because some unexpected life event came up in the last several days.
Hakuna Machado on
September 6, 2021 11:24 AM
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ACC Bulldogs will be returning. Thanks.
Team baseball on
September 6, 2021 11:23 AM
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That's six confirmed returning teams.
I'm happy to be permanent commish if the league continues. I suspect we're not going to hear from the teams who are out, other than Voitron, who has been clear.
Otto, if you want to be temporary commish, go for it: please ask Voitron for the keys.
Hakuna Machado on
September 6, 2021 11:18 AM
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