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It's been fun for sure. Hopefully whoever fills your spot has the same dedication as you've shown. If I wasn't already in a couple leagues, I'd try to get in on that.
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If any of you are looking for another league, I'm also in the following league: https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/606/home It's ftps, 100$ and adds 5MILB rules as well (which are awesome!). I just can't do two leagues, so I needed to downsize. I'll abandon the team shortly, to get a new owner on board looking towards 2017. Thanks everybody!
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Special thanks to the commish, for keeping things together. And thanks for all the great competition!
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well, folks, it's been an awesome league. I've finally accepted the fact that I'm not going to be able to make a push for 3rd place, and unfortunately this is going to be my last year with the league.
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Extremely good values are the coolest thing about this game, such as $3 Familia. Quite a gem.
Coastal Empire on
September 16, 2016 12:53 AM
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Anyone who wants that can play Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball or some sh%t
Coastal Empire on
September 16, 2016 12:46 AM
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No yeah I'd never argue for any system like that. Surplus value is the name of the game.
Coastal Empire on
September 16, 2016 12:38 AM
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Solves everything right? Market's always gonna right itself ;)
Dog eat dog fantasy baseball, ftw!
Coastal Empire on
September 13, 2016 11:19 AM
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Not that I'm complaining. Laissez-faire! haha
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Fangraphs would almost have to make a arbitration system that increases salary relative to performance to avoid teams from hoarding huge surplus in values. I know we all allocate arb. dollars to players at the end of the year, which helps, but it still doesn't account entirely for this surplus.
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You almost have to throw those averages out when dealing with an old league, and kind of recreate your own.
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I think this league has aged to the point where you see inflation. A player's salary, even with the two dollar increase over the previous salary, is usually lower than what new or second year leagues would spend on him. So therefor most teams have a relative surplus of value on their roster, leaving a lot of free cash to throw at whatever players remain. I think that's why we spend a lot, relatively, on prospects in this league. Also why FG had to pay $42 on J. Upton, when he has a $30 average.
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Actually I have noticed that in my other league guys tend to use the average and in this league guys tend to bid whatever the hell they want haha (including myself).
Coastal Empire on
September 13, 2016 12:50 AM
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Yeah, his publicity created demand, but the average, this arbitrary misrepresentation of the player's value also drove up his price.
Coastal Empire on
September 12, 2016 11:19 PM
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A handful of overvalues can really skew the average, and people base their bids off of the average. Say player is only owned in 33.3% of leagues. He gets publicity, and people notice, so they jump on it and start auctions. Then, if his average is already $5, but two thirds of the 33.3% had him at $2 and then the rest had him at $7 to $11, bidders start thinking $5 is a decent value, and the player's price just gets driven up from there. The whole time his median price had been $2.
Coastal Empire on
September 12, 2016 11:17 PM
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I wish they would give the median salary instead of or in addition to the average.
Coastal Empire on
September 12, 2016 10:56 PM
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Midland's trade block has been updated!
Coastal Empire on
September 12, 2016 12:06 AM
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No worries. Sounds like Finnegan is getting shut down anyway. Not sure what happened to my bid, but I'll chalk it up to a glitch and move forward.
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What I could do is move Finnegan from Al to Fake, and then change Finnegan's salary to $8, but it's up to the league to agree upon that.
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Lol yeah, the voice of Boras must have been muffled for once. I swear it was confirmed on my screen for 8, but no way for me to prove it. I'd give you $8 for him, but now we can't trade, so I guess it depends what the league wants.
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I could have sworn I heard Boras say "4"......However, if you'd like to give me 8 for him, I'll take it.
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Scott Boras told me he'd be worth it lol. I guess it's a glitch, I don't know.
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Not sure what happened. I had an $8 bid on Finnegan and didn't win him.
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Han Solo's Blaster's trade block has been updated!
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Lol
Coastal Empire on
September 1, 2016 6:14 PM
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Haha. I think it's more like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeldwfOwuL8
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http://m.mlb.com/video/v37043189 how Fake Girlfriends negotiates
Coastal Empire on
September 1, 2016 5:51 PM
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Deadline Day--I'm still interested in acquiring pitching if anyone is selling today.
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When it comes down to it, there are only two reasons to stand in staunch opposition to a trade: 1) One person has somehow taken advantage of the other, and 2) There is the possibility of collusion. Given the setting, #1 is unlikely - this isn't a casual league. And there is simply no reason to propose #2. It's good to have discussions about value - but at the end of the day, two parties agreed to an exchange they thought was fair, and we can't expect that to align with our own assessments 100%.
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Han Solo's Blaster's trade block has been updated!
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Midland's trade block has been updated!
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Pretty tough criticism brother. There was little demand among contenders for outfielders this season and I'm not sure a $31 CarGo or $19 Fowler have tons of future value at those prices. A loan can give leverage to a seller, but a lot of other factors can give leverage to buyers as well. I wouldn't at all say those were deals I wouldn't have made of rebuilding. It all depends on the market and what other offers are being made.
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If FG were rebuilding, he would never in a lifetime make the reverse of those trades.
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Why is a #1 OF only worth one marginal future piece? Fake Girlfriends has made two trades giving up a pittance (O'Neill or Iglesias) and for #1 OF and a full loan. Not saying that these are invalid trades, or that these two returns can be valued more highly than I do, just letting people know that THEY should be the ones with the upper hand in trade talks when offering a loan.
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Clash City Rockers's trade block has been updated!
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Looking to trade Wieters or McCann with a loan covering full cost. Send offers if interested.
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It's a re-auction for Prince and I'd assume a cut for HK to save money...
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Why is there a waiver claim for Prince Fielder?
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the man on top wanted him
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how the heck did I end up paying 9 dollars for the name matt strahm
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LT Cascade's trade block has been updated!
LT Titans ⚂ on
August 22, 2016 9:11 PM
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Wenny Bear's trade block has been updated!
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Midland's trade block has been updated!
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LT Cascade's trade block has been updated!
LT Titans ⚂ on
August 17, 2016 3:18 PM
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LT Cascade's trade block has been updated!
LT Titans ⚂ on
August 16, 2016 11:39 PM
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Han Solo's Blaster's trade block has been updated!
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Is there any interest in Duda?
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Hello Kitty's trade block has been updated!
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Welcome JWTHF!
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No. 1 Catcher at 1/33 of the price.
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