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I can definitely see and am tempted by an argument (or 2) against voting for RPs. Hoffman got in b/c he accumulated saves—maybe a dumb reason, but a reason. Billy was a more dominant pitcher…but so is, say, Chris Sale, in about 2x Wagner’s IP. You think he’ll make the hall? (Imagine what a RP Sale would have been!)
BatGPT on
December 1, 2023 10:37 PM
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Wagner was so much better than Hoffman, and if you’re not putting him in, you’re basically barring all RPs. Kimbrel will go in one day, I’d think.
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I’d vote for Mauer too—I’d actually have a harder time voting for Wagner but that same argument about representing all the positions would probably get me there.
BatGPT on
November 28, 2023 2:19 PM
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That’s nearly a perfect ballot in my book. I’d vote the same 9 and add Joe Mauer, who was a good defensive catcher, an incredible hitter for C before his transition to 1B, and had an MVP-peak, so I think is not that hard a yes if you’re gonna represent the position evenly in the Hall.
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My HOF ballot. Completed with minimal research. Feels like lots of "HOF close but no cigar guys" to me. https://drive.google.com/file/d/11RbnEA7WddT-ZuXLSucPY-2mOZ5C21Jm/view?usp=sharing
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Sorry been super busy and getting ready to go on vacation so completely spaced it. Sorry gents, but good for you all.
Tradeatron 👣 on
November 15, 2023 12:29 PM
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Anyone heard from Charles? He didn't arb in either league.
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I just spammed the entire league with trade offers. Because we can because it's open season. Didn't put a lot of thought into them, fwiw.
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Just a reminder that Arbitration is over on Tuesday. I'd try to get my allocations in over the weekend. Thanks!
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I think I heard about the sub-dollar bidding from someone in the league, but I never got the "rest of the story".
Double As on
October 14, 2023 8:37 AM
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If someone ever writes a Moneyball style history of Ottoneu, I feel like this should be chapter.
Double As on
October 14, 2023 8:35 AM
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Sure, those were his 2 choices: start from scratch, or fix it ourselves. There was a very small monetary incentive to fix it ourselves, and a much larger "no way we want to do that again" incentive. So we fixed it ourselves, which wasn't straightforward, Kev didn't have enough cap space to just change all his $0 guys to $1, so you had to give him a $6 discount on Beltran. Too bad for whoever bid $19 on him, but no none wanted to spend another 2 nights drafting.
BatGPT on
October 13, 2023 5:33 PM
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I guess "ban" is an exaggeration, but it wasn't an offer. If we didn't redo the dollar guys, he was going to cancel the league.
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I was oblivious to this. I remember the auction stretched over at least two nights and I was traveling out west for work during at least part of it, and it seems like we got word about the “no less than a dollar bids” part way through it, but I had no idea about the rest. But I hadn’t really met most of you and Hook was the only one I knew had set up the league and would have been in touch with Niv (who I didn’t actually know existed back then). Very interesting…
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What? I’ve been wondering the context of Hitch’s comment but if Niv actually tried to drown him….
BatGPT on
October 13, 2023 3:14 PM
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NIV is Christof from The Truman Show
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Yeah, hilarious. Kevin ended the auction with 18 players with $0 salaries (I think this link to a screenshot should work: https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a9vupp7a_0uFoXyXoUB_lS_Q ). I don’t remember Niv threatening to ban us (though mybe he was harsher with people who had $0 guys?), he offered to either cancel and refund our league so we could start over or let us fix it ourselves and refunded the $10 admin part of our fee, which is what we did. So yes, beta testers, but paid a little.
BatGPT on
October 13, 2023 2:59 PM
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Woodruff out for all 2024
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That's hilarious. Not just breaking the system but ensuring the most endless auction.
Double As on
October 12, 2023 2:43 PM
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I completely forgot about that. Those were the good old days…
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We broke the system by bidding in cents. I remember nominating guys for $0.01. I mean, we were just beta testing, right? We were doing him a favor!
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I don't remember the inaugural auction issue. What was that about?
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$35.01 on Justin Upton!
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Did you forget that he threatened to ban the lot of us if we didn't redo portions of our inaugural auction 10 years ago? Unnecessarily defensive is Niv's brand.
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So for the next six months I get to look at a negative 2 next to my team. Sheesh.
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I set up a group, I think you can join from that link.
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https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/sixpicks/group?id=36
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I submitted my picks, but if there’s still some way to put together a group I’m in
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i submitted my picks already
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Hadn't seen 6picks, but I just made an entry. We want to do a group?
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Have folks seen the ottoneu sixpicks on the dashboard?
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Congrats John! (And kudos and thanks to Jeremy and Kevin for keeping it interesting all year!)
BatGPT on
October 2, 2023 5:08 PM
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Great race to the finish year. Congrats Hook on adding to that Trophy cabinet.
Double As on
October 2, 2023 4:52 PM
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Congrats on a great season!
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Thanks. This was a crazy year. I feel like I'm lucky the season ended when it did, another couple days and I'm sure you or Hitch would be back on top.
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Congrats to Hook on a roaring pace in the second half to snatch the title from hitch and I. It was a great exciting race. Lots of moves, injuries, and shuffling standings. Disappointing for sure but fun (stress is fun, right?).
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It is odd not seeing Charles amongst the leaders tier
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Yeah. You'd think I woulda put $2 on Berti to get those extra games. Sheesh. My managerial skill this year has been sub-par at best.
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Kevin's missing games at 2B and MI are looking like a big deal right now.
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OMG that's hilarious. Hook clearly has the backing of the baseball gods. I think he felt guilty enough about the good fortune that he allowed me to finally add another Thurs SP. I thought I was looking at another $50 bid and a Vlad cut.
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Yeah I was certainly in a self-pity party on the couch last night. I'm playing checkers and Hook is playing chess. Ha.
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It gets worse. When Kevin nominated him for $1, I was still in first and put the normal $1 on him. I only won the auction because Kevin passed me and never bid more than $1. I was surprised to see him on my squad when I checked my lineup.
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Really, Hook? A 47 point day out of Berti, who really shouldn’t even be on a roster? You just out-unlikely’d Kev’s 33 inning day. This league, man,
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Devers and Yandy missed the memo that I’m fighting for my life over here
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IP, quality, and context: there were only 5 mlb games last night.
BatGPT on
September 26, 2023 10:28 PM
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Not sure if I'm more impressed by the IP total or the quality but I'm watching to see who blows their wad next.
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1530.1 is incredible. Now that's two league records you have that will never be broke.
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Thanks. I got lucky with some long quality outings. It was a nice score to wake up to. Quite the stretch run we are in. No one deserves to finish third.
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Beautiful use of innings by Kevin.
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But he joins Carlos Correa as cheap and available FA options for those of you with capspace
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