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The sooner we draft there are options available to ALL teams. You can trade for players, you can cut players (with penalty) and you can start auctions. The longer we wait the clock runs faster toward the beginning of the season. Right now, we are sitting on our hands.
Him Edmonds on
March 7, 2022 6:37 PM
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Sorry for the tardy response. The link also did not work for me. I'm mostly good either way. The only thing I feel strongly about is not waiting once they agree. IF we are going to wait for them to agree, we should be ready to start almost immediately after they agree. The timelines will likely be very compressed and we will need to move quickly once an agreement gets signed as I expect we will have 4 weeks at the most.
Poseylicious on
March 7, 2022 1:41 PM
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Thanks to those who voted, those who tried, and those who posted their thoughts on the board. As much as I want to get the draft going, I think we will wait a little longer. I hope the two sides can come to an agreement soon. Thanks for your patience.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
March 6, 2022 8:51 PM
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Link didn't work for me either...I'm good with whatever decided
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As of this morning, there were five votes; three to wait and two to start. One vote on the board suggested we wait, another fine with the majority, and another ready to start this weekend. We’re still missing a couple to vote.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
March 5, 2022 2:28 PM
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I'd be down to start tonight or tomorrow afternoon!
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The link works fine for me. Do we have a majority of the votes?
Bye Tork on
March 5, 2022 12:20 PM
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I can't get the link to work. I'd prefer to wait, I think it's important to know where the FA's sign and there are a lot of big names still out there.
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Not sure what's up with the link. I've tested a few different times and each time worked fine. Thanks for the added responses here.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
March 3, 2022 8:59 PM
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@Blue Crew Oooh, thanks for the recommendation on espn+. The link doesn't seem to work on me as well, but I am good to go whenever!
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I’m good to go when y’all are
Him Edmonds on
March 3, 2022 7:20 PM
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Never mind. Got it to work!
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That URL did not work for me. Any way you could send it in slack as a hyperlink?
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Draft Relater -
Be sure to vote by visiting the link posted at the bottom of this message.
I’m fine either way, but think it’s important to get updated thoughts from others. Starting the draft now could be a way to break the boredom of no fantasy baseball.
Visit the below link to vote. You can also post here any thoughts related to waiting or starting the draft.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtn0RU3-8iH8nO6PHqBwyWNNMH3dLYJOizuVwMLPOmh7
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
March 3, 2022 1:29 PM
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IMO I think we should go ahead with the draft, let’s have some fun. Is it really going to change things much. How long does it usually take for a slow draft, especially since we are starting from scratch? My guess it will be three or four days, or more.
Him Edmonds on
March 2, 2022 9:36 PM
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Damn...too much wine tonight....D1 Baseball is a great resource.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
March 1, 2022 10:53 PM
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@Fortunevill Magnets - You're welcome. That is the challenge. I watch games on ESPN+. There are times you can to the team website or conference to see where to watch. Hope that helps. DQ
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
March 1, 2022 10:53 PM
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@Blue Crew - Thanks for the recommendation! Is there any website where you can watch the college baseball games either live or recorded prior?
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This is a sad day for MLB, but there’s an alternative. Several years ago, I fell in love with college baseball. Since then, I’ve been a subscriber to D1baseball.com. It is the best site out there for college baseball. They also have a really good podcast. Baseball America is good (I subscribe there as well), but D1 baseball is my go to. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
March 1, 2022 7:15 PM
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"MLBPA player leaders agreed unanimously not to accept MLB's final proposal"
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@blue crew - Thanks for the clarification! And @ Hebrew Hammers - Ottoneu isn't a two catcher league at least as far as I know.
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ALSO..... WHO CHOSE 2 CATCHERS, THERE ARE BARELY 12 ROSTERABLE CATCHERS TOTAL, LET ALONE 24
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GOT THE AUCTION SITE LOADED IN MY BROWSER ON MY PHONE NOW, SO I CAN PAY ATTENTION WHEN I'M NOT AT WORK LOL
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Sounds like they're close...
Bye Tork on
March 1, 2022 12:20 PM
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@Champioship Beltre - Sorry for not responding before now. For now, the plan is to wait until the end of the lockout. Fingers crossed that happens in the next couple of hours.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
March 1, 2022 12:07 PM
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So it appears there will be no deal as things don't seem good right now. Are we going to fire up the draft tonight?
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I’m good either way.
Him Edmonds on
February 26, 2022 8:13 AM
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I agree with waiting until monday as well!
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I think waiting till Monday could pay off as well. But I doubt it will get done by then.
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Agree with waiting until Monday.
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I think we should wait at least until Monday to see if anything is agreed upon, as unlikely as that is. I'm eager to draft, but also would like to see where some of these FAs sign and whatnot.
Bye Tork on
February 24, 2022 5:18 PM
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We are full and everyone has signed up on Couch Managers. Like me, I know several of you are eager to get the draft started. I'm fine with that, but would like to get an idea of what you think. Should we wait to get an update regarding the lockout or just push the draft start button? I read yesterday that if there's not an agreement by Monday, the start of the regular season may be delayed. Post here what you think we should do and we can then decide. Thanks.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 24, 2022 5:07 PM
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I've requested access to Slack as well as joined the CM draft. Sorry for the delay.
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@Navy Street. All good. Enjoy your time at Disney. Thanks!
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 24, 2022 12:04 AM
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I will switch up my team name in CM. I'm reading all the messages...but down in Disney for the week...so will not be particularly responsive...will also do the otto slack when I return
Broken Clocks on
February 23, 2022 9:14 PM
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To get caught up with messages, click on "All Messages" to the right of the league message board. There are several posts on the second page. The post regarding the draft and CMs is from February 17th.
Draft site: https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=83
Password: otto2022 (case sensitive)
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 23, 2022 2:32 PM
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How do I join the Couch Managers draft? Did I miss a link somewhere? Thanks
BUTTSMELLA on
February 23, 2022 1:16 PM
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Hey Nelson! My intention was to send an email yesterday, but the day got away from me. I'll send one today. On CM, robgal23 is Navy Street. I'm not sure who LerobJames is. Hoping to get this all set by Friday at the latest so we can get started.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 23, 2022 12:59 PM
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Who still needs to join the CM draft? I see a couple with different names than their team names on here, but the ones unaccounted for are Fishheads, JZ, American History xFIP, Championship Beltre, and Navy Street. Let's get this thing going!
Bye Tork on
February 23, 2022 12:16 PM
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For those who did not use their team names on Couch Managers, please go to CM and edit so your team name for the league is the same in the draft room. This will make it easier to follow.
Nine players have signed up, so we're close.
Thanks!
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 20, 2022 11:36 AM
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Some of you familiar with Otto may know Chad Young (he does a lot of writing regarding Otto on Fangraphs, Otto Slack and Pitchers List), but if you're not, he is one of the most knowledgeable Otto players (I believe he was in league 1 along with Otto founder, Niv. He's in a league doing a slow draft on Couch Managers, which you can follow along. You can get a feel for Otto slow auctions and Couch Managers. You can follow along here:https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/index.php?auction_id=70
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 19, 2022 10:28 PM
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Got it, thanks
Bye Tork on
February 18, 2022 5:36 PM
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@Hey Nelson. Just added you. Let me know if you didn’t receive the invite.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 18, 2022 5:29 PM
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Ok I'm on the Otto slack. Can someone add me to the league one? User Name is Matt Nielsen.
Bye Tork on
February 18, 2022 5:13 PM
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Just got into the CM draft. I need to get added to the Otto slack; waiting on their response.
Bye Tork on
February 18, 2022 12:56 PM
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To get an idea of auction prices for players on Otto (5x5), go to this link: https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/averageValues?gameType=2
So far we have six signed up for the draft on Couch Managers. There are still a few who need to sign up for Slack. Scroll down to find out what needs to be done to get started.
Even though we're still in a lockout, there's a chance the draft will start next week; possibly Friday. Looking forward to getting started.
Let me know
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 18, 2022 12:25 PM
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ok i got logged into the draft, got a few players set up for the first round of nominations - here comes Frank Schwindel, Levi Stoudt and JP Feyereisen
Hebrew Hammers on
February 18, 2022 10:10 AM
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Yes, you have to create an account.
Him Edmonds on
February 18, 2022 7:13 AM
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I made a couchmanagers account to enter the draft! I think its mandatory for you to make an account.
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I had an account already and don’t recall if I had to create one when I joined a few years ago. Fortunville Magnets and Fungoes and Bunts joined after I sent the link so they may have the answer.
Blue Crew 🇺🇸 on
February 18, 2022 12:54 AM
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