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I vetoed the Yaong Star Cespedes Heels trade - seems pretty one-sided to me. Just asking everyone to evaluate the trade and vote.
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Godspeed, La Potencia. Hopefully heel be back next year.
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It is with great sadness that Cespedes' Calcified Heels announce a name change to Cespedes' Opted-Out Heels.
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As you all know, Thursday is the proposed opening day for MLB. So, get your lineup ready, make your last minute trades to bolster your team and make sure your roster is within the rules. I hope everyone is healthy and safe through these unusual times. Good luck to all and hopefully we can enjoy some resemblance of a baseball season. Stay well, stay safe, now go wash your hands! Unfortunately, this pandemic is far from over, don’t let your guard down!
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Hi all! I've just claimed an expired team here. Things look active so I'm excited! GLHF
LIMA.STS on
March 1, 2020 5:36 AM
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I agree with OE, TTSGB’s still hasn’t responded and he waited to the 11th hour to voice his objection. I suggest we keep it at 4:30. I try to make it accommodating to all of you so we can all participate in the draft, but things happen, so be it.
Pine Tar Rags on
February 6, 2020 8:33 PM
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I may still be in transit at 4pm, not exactly sure if we'll be home at 4 or 4:15 or 4:30. That's why I suggested 4:30, just to be certain. But if it needs to be at 4 or 4:15, we'll do our best to be on time.
I would just point out that there were almost two weeks of messages about changing the draft time before Try Throwing voiced an objection. Now the commissioner has tried to reach him and again there's been no response.
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Since Ordinary Effort and Wacha 500 Miles need the time to be "anytime after 4PM" my suggestion is to move it to 4:00. This would give TTSGB 2 hours of auction time before needing to be off and hopefully not affect OE and W5M greatly. Not sure other options other than to move the date but that will most likely result in others having conflicts.
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I’ve reached out to TTSGB’s regarding his objection to holding the draft at 4:30 pm est on Saturday, asking him for a suggestion on how to remedy his situation, but he has not responded. So, has anyone have a viable remedy to his objection?
Pine Tar Rags on
February 6, 2020 7:40 AM
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OBJECTION: I have a dinner that I must be at by 6pm that saturday EST. I would just draft on my phone, but I have to sit at the front table.
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Since there were no objections to the proposal to change the time of the draft to 4:30 EST, I went ahead and made the change.
Pine Tar Rags on
January 31, 2020 3:01 PM
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Who wants to make me an offer for Rendon? I would ask for two full-time infielders (SS/2B/1B) in return, and I'd like their combined salaries to be less than Rendon's $39. Please don't offer me pitchers; I don't need those for now.
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My favorite message board post of the year: I take the unusual step of advertising my cuts a few days in advance in case anyone has interest - see it as guaranteeing that you won’t have to bid against others for them. Let me know if you have interest, I’m not looking for much: $8 Murphy, $6 Schoop, $19 Puig, $7 Piscotty, $5 Frazier, $40 Kershaw, $7 German, $7 Clase
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4:30 works for me.
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I haven't seen any objections to moving the auction draft a little later on Feb 8. (My hope would be 4:30, or anytime after 4pm Eastern.) If possible, I'd like to see us nail down the auction time because it may affect my strategy for the keep/cut deadline. (If I can't make the auction, I may keep more players.) Can we lock in a time now?
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I’m open to change to a time that best suits everyone. I chose the same time as the same as last year. Just let me know through the message board and I will change it to a time we can all agree on.
Pine Tar Rags on
January 22, 2020 7:55 AM
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That time, or any time after it on the 8th is fine by me.
Bullpen Beers on
January 20, 2020 10:35 PM
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Is the 3:00pm start time for our auction on Saturday Feb 8 definite? I'm asking because it would be a lot easier for me and Wacha 500 Miles if we could start a little later, like 4pm or 5pm. But I don't want to open a whole can of worms with scheduling, so if that's definitely the start time, we'll join as soon as we can. But probably not at 3:00 sharp.
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Hey everyone. Open to moving everybody. Send over offers or messages to get negotiations going!
LIMA.STS on
December 17, 2019 8:33 PM
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I want to thank everyone for participating in the arbitration process. However, I am sad to report that House Lannister and Brewster’s Millions will not be with us for 2020. Both owners were very gracious to complete the arb process before leaving the league and I would like to thank them very much for doing so. I would also like to wish them well moving forward, they will be missed.
Pine Tar Rags on
November 11, 2019 10:57 AM
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Arbitration period begins tomorrow and ends on November 15th. I encourage everyone to participate, which is vitally important to the financial balance of the league as a whole. Which brings me to the question: Should an owner that does not participate in the arbitration process be allowed to stay in the league? This topic arises every year throughout many leagues in Ottonue. Please feel free to express your opinions on this subject. I will send out weekly reminders for all to participate.
Pine Tar Rags on
October 14, 2019 10:06 AM
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Congrats to TTSGB, House and CCH and their battle right down to the last day. We had a very competitive league, 11 teams amassed more than 15,500 points. Kudos to all. We will miss you House, good luck to you!
Pine Tar Rags on
October 1, 2019 8:17 AM
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Great job Hitch, you have been very fun to compete against the last few years.
Dem Bums on
September 30, 2019 8:10 AM
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Thanks, Hitch. It was a great three-way race right to the last day. Sorry to see you go.
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Congrats to Lagamer on catching me from behind on game 162 and preventing the 3-peat. Perfect symmetry from last year when I stole it from his predecessor. It's been 3 straight years, maybe 4, of fun, close finishes, but I'm gonna have to let this league go, along with many others. Ottoneu is so much fun, but 10 teams is a job, and I'm cutting out all the non-cash-prize leagues. Thanks for having me and good luck to you all.
LIMA.STS on
September 29, 2019 8:00 PM
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The season is winding down, so I just want to remind everyone that the Annual Draft day is the second Saturday in February. The date is February 8, 2020. Mark your calendar. I will enter date on the league page as soon as it allows.
Pine Tar Rags on
September 25, 2019 10:09 AM
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Shit... tonight it’s playing a -33 Ray and sitting a 33 Means for a 66 point difference. My manager is submarining the season
LIMA.STS on
September 11, 2019 8:48 PM
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Good job benching Miley, though.
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Lesson number one: "don't think, it can only hurt the ball-club".
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Sat Berrios last night and started Ivan Nova, cause matchups, costing me 50 points. Classic case of overthinking which could end up costing me big-time
LIMA.STS on
September 11, 2019 10:13 AM
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Urgently need a 2B fill-in, so feel free to take advantage of me and shoot me an offer.
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If anyone wants to trade an expensive pitcher you might not keep for Kieboom, you can be assured said pitcher will soon be on the 60-day DL, like every other pitcher I’ve traded for this year
LIMA.STS on
August 2, 2019 5:35 PM
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Infielders of all sorts available. 1B, SS, 3B in high supply, both cheap keepers and veteran studs. Looking for SP innings in return.
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Uh oh, looks like somebody just Fkd with the Jesus Aguilar.
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Rich Hill owners in all leagues should expect less than 100 innings every year
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I missed this conversation the other day. The loans are a feature of Ottoneu. A $55 loan isn't at all unusual (although Giolito for Bogaerts AND Harper certainly is), and teams making multiple trades and ending up with $600+ in payroll is how most leagues are decided. The teams that get there are to some degree mortgaging their future for a title. That's just the way the standard setup works. There are, however, ottoneu leagues out there that cap salary or even prohibit loans.
LIMA.STS on
June 15, 2019 9:42 AM
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I agree with X
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I may be off base here as I don't have any of the prior year history and am happy to be told to go back in my newbie box, but to me this seems to indicate the league economy is working quite well.
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As a new Ottoneu player this year I'm finding the loan system an interesting one. The way I see it, cap space is just as much of a commodity as players and the way the system is set up, can be used to tip a trade over the edge, with the obvious caveat that it shouldn't be unfair. If you take a look at the top four in our league you have a perfect example of vastly different roster construction methods all being effective so far, but only some are sustainable long term.
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Let's just agree to disagree, you don't see my point and I think your logic is flawed. I seem to be the only one that has a problem with it so I will play by these rules.
X on
June 12, 2019 2:38 PM
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One more example: let's say I have a $90 Trout and you have a $30 Yelich. Yelich goes down with a season-ending injury and you need to acquire someone to try to win this year. I trade you Trout with a $60 loan for Yelich (I assume everyone would agree this is a fair trade). Now, assume that Trout is $120 and the loan is $90. Does it make the deal any less fair because the loan is so much larger? I would argue no, and that the size of the loan simply reflects how much I overpaid for Trout.
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I know it looks like I am talking my book, but think about this near-real life experience: I have a $6 Giolito and a $23 Nola. I am going to trade one of them for a $66 Harper. I think we can agree that my team is better with Giolito and Harper than Nola and Harper. But, if I trade Nola the loan is only $43 and if I trade Giolito it is $60. So, I have a better team with a smaller loan and a worse team with a bigger loan. Because the size of the loan doesn't matter, what matters is the players.
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Says the guy with $108 in incoming loans and $508 of cap. LOL. Listen, I get it to a degree but the whole loan thing is out of control. How else can someone build a team that enables them to afford Trout ($73), Harper ($66), Altuve ($35), Bregman ($27), Bogaerts ($28), Sale ($47), Sherzer ($38) & Nola ($23). I could almost accept it if the league voted on these trades but 98% of the time only 2-3 of the 12 members in this league votes. I'm just looking for some semblance of parity.
X on
June 12, 2019 6:29 AM
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Guys, the size of the loan is really irrelevant if it just balances salaries. It reflects historical prices that might be totally off based on current performance. The issue (if there is one) with the trade in this case is that the loan is much larger than necessary to balance the salaries. So, the trade is not Hicks/Richards for Kershaw/Canning, but Hicks/Richards for Kershaw/Canning and $17 in cap space, which is a very valuable commodity.
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I thought it was insane back then...I might have to become a bannermen for House Lanister....
X on
June 11, 2019 8:40 PM
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How about $109? https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/220/viewtrade?id=32823&pending=1
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$51 Outgoing loan on a trade???? Common........
X on
June 11, 2019 7:48 PM
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If anyone else decides to make a huge tear-down/rebuild type trade, please talk to me. Have 2 of the top-10 prospects and other FV assets I’m willing to part with for 2019 points
LIMA.STS on
June 7, 2019 1:46 PM
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Looking to trade a 2B/SS or OF for pitching.
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Cespedes' Calcified Heels's trade block has been updated!
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