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Tebow Forever on
August 13, 2024 8:14 PM
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🤣 well I will say making moves as a new GM is definitely a requirement, so here we are. Kevin has been kind enough to make some mutually beneficial moves 🙏🏻
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Settle down there Jealous Jerry 😉 How many titles will this one be this year, 8th??? What else, something like 11 top three finishes in 12 years or whatever it is. Let me have my trades. Theyre fun and keep things interesting. No one is stopping anyone else from making deals. When people are actually willing to move some quality in order to get some quality, trades happen.
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Stephen, just so you know, doing trades with Kevin is NOT a prerequisite for being in this league... I can see how you might have been given that impression, but it really isn't a requirement.
Tebow Forever on
August 13, 2024 4:04 PM
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Welcome to the league Stephen!
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Thanks for the invite @Chris. Looking forward to competing with you all and making some moves before the deadline. That being said, give me some time to get my bearings. I'm new to Ottoneu, but have played a few seasons in this format (12 team but AL only) with a local squad that unfortunately fizzled. Game on!
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Everyone, please welcome Stephen as the new owner of Cedar Rapids Orphans. The previous owner had the courtesy to reach out early to say he would not be continuing in 2025 and offered to let a new owner take over early to get the squad broken as they see fit, with the benefit of the approaching ottoneu trade deadline and arbitration offseason period ahead. With that, as you were. I was going to provoke you all with Ty Fitzgerald hype, but that Jackson Holliday kid looks pretty good too.
Tebow Forever on
August 10, 2024 10:44 PM
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Officially ⅔ of the way through, shiny new draftees all signed and trade deadline fallout in the rearview. If you want to nominate any draftees who have not or will not appear in a game this year but are signed, go over to the Community thread and request their addition to the player pool. Our own Firehouse trade deadline is in a month, with eye catching teal reminder message on the home page, so stay plugged in, grab your popcorn, and let's see how the bloodhorses finish this race.
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Two to tango is the turn of phrase, yeah? New draftee market is... wild is a mild way to put it. Firehouse economy, or maybe house on fire economy, what else is there to say? Get rich or die tryin, ain't that right Joe?
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😂
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new level of lol unlocked and achieved
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LFG, chris. thanks
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I would also be remiss not to point out Joe Gales' exceptional and exemplary performance in the ottoneu Prestige League, where he has advanced to the knockout stage and will be... uh... playing against himself in the first round. In any event, good work and keep repping the Firehouse hard.
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Second half almost underway, hope you all enjoyed the ASB and are not staring at a blue screen of death on your Windows PC or stuck in an airport trying to get home. We're just shy of 60% through it, lots of season to go but the time to make some decisions looms. Please update trade blocks (some of these are covered in a fine layer of dust), stay ready for the new Rule 4 draftee signings and MLB trade deadline moves, and good luck.
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Thanks Chris for setting me up, Thanks Andy for the invite, and thanks everyone for having me. I am ready to wheel and deal!
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Hey, everyone, please welcome Ben as the new owner of The Poo Bandits (shortly renamed, I'd imagine). This is rare, but the former owner Eric reached out to say he couldn't keep up the league pace (thanks Kevin, for all the auction spamming ;) ) and so was prepared to bow out early if we could find a replacement. Hopefully this ends the current ownership sojourn of this team and Ben can try to take it to the top once again.
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Hope everyone had a happy 4th. We tipped past the halfway point last week and are on the downslope for game days left, baseball and summer both. The W category is insanely close and competitive, not sure the last time I saw it that bunched up, keep up the good work everyone and let's see who has the legs to win the race the rest of the way.
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UP ONLY
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Maybe more like a team and 1/2 of salary ;) lets not get too crazy and diminish the GM skills :)...and if I'm not mistaken, there were quite a few of the top dogs last year with some lofty budgets by season end. Anyhow, looking forward to battling it out with any and all who are going for it this season. Best of luck over the next 2/3
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Is two teams worth of payroll really enough to avert a Hot Gale Summer tho? hahahahahaha. TIME TO EAT.
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Gotta strike while the irons hot my man…you only get so many cracks at these things…and trust me, I’m gonna need this to work out…because when I see all the cheap, young, high end talent flourishing for other squads down the road…I’m going to need something positive to hang my hat on. What’s more, I thought it might be nice for someone other than Timmy Tebow Forever getting the biggest slice of pie!
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Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. We're officially one third of the way through the 2024 season, not too late to make a run up the standings but traditionally time to evaluate the spoils to date. I'm mostly here to set an O/U on Kevin's final net loans, would we get enough action on the over at $350? I, personally, would bet that over. Is two teams worth of payroll really enough to avert a Hot Gale Summer tho?
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Here’s to an unseasonably cold summer this year ;))…don’t pack away the sweaters and turtle necks just yet…
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Wise of you to stock up, prognosis negative. The Gales are coming. I’m activating Hot Gale Summer !
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Both lol! I had the Red Sox for 84 wins before Opening Day, but now it's going to be tough. As for me, I lost Cole right after the draft. Strider, Jung and Robert week 1. Suzuki after week 2 and now Cassas...it's going to be a struggle.
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Not sure if you meant your squad or the Red Sox, Paul, but maybe someone here can make you both your own personal "how it started / hw it's going" memes... not what I would have expected first week of March, looked like you had the primo starting pitching staff. Then again, we're only 15% of the way in and things can and will change... I don't think the Astros are one of the worst teams in baseball (one's definition of "worst" being key here).
Tebow Forever on
April 24, 2024 11:15 AM
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These injuries are brutal.
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Didn’t even get a chance to start him lol
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Sorry, Josh, I did not intend to jinx Cody Bradford. FWIW, I do not believe it is possible to jinx someone in a high risk occupation like oil rig worker, lumberjack, or MLB baseball pitcher... but there you go, nonetheless.
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About two weeks in, 8% of the season already in the books, can you believe it? And the #1 SP in the game (thru three games, yeah) just went for a $1... no one trusts any of the arms to do anything but break your heart, it seems. And yet we have a team named with a Beach Boys reference, always good vibes... or vibrations, as it is. Keep it up, everyone, even when your team lets you down. Good to have baseball back, except in CLE tonight, where it is miserable out.
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Great luck all
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Thanks everyone, excited to jump in. Just getting the lineup set for now but I'll check out the trade proposals out there and get back to them asap. Happy Opening Day!!
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Welcome to the league Eric. Best of luck! Looking forward to battling it out with you. Good luck to the rest of you all this season as well. Hopefully it’s as exciting and competitive as ever.
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Welcome Eric! Good luck!
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We have a new "interim" owner for Chaz Jism... something like the Angelos to Rubenstein transition, perhaps? Please welcome Eric to the Firehouse and let's get 2024 going in earnest.
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Happy Opening Day Eve everyone! Our own version of the Kimbrel 2015 trade just agreed to b/w Harry and Andy and will help us kick things off... Heads up, we are unable to contact the new owner (Sean, Chaz Jism) and, after consulting with Paul, we are looking to find a replacement owner who will take the team "on consignment" in a sense. Hope to have that in place before things get rolling tomorrow, will announce here once in place.
Tebow Forever on
March 27, 2024 10:31 AM
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Will hold it open a bit longer in case there are other opinions, but the upshot for the Firehouse seems to be that legal rosters are best, going over for an extended period to accommodate tardy 60IL placements by MLB teams is acceptable, and stuffing your roster with players after starting 15-20 auctions for speculative purposes is no bueno.
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We're about 20 hours away from the Seoul Series... not quite Opening Day, but a reminder nonetheless to set your lineups if you have Dodgers/Padres who you want in there.
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I want to say that a pre-season roster overrun that is proprtional to anticipated IL spots seems reasonable, but at the same time I can also imagine a way or two that could be abused.
Violent Phams on
March 12, 2024 11:11 AM
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maybe a few more of your players can just get suspended, then youd be in the clear ...woof
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And full disclosure, I put in for the Luke Jackson as well so I don’t want anyone thinking more shinanigans after all this. Again, all these auctions were placed before I had an illegal lineup.
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Mention the 60 day dl anticipation…so I found myself with way more filled roster spots than I thought so before I made crazy cuts I wanted to know what people thought about non season rosters…I didn’t want to be unethical that’s why I asked. Really just amounted to that. Not trying to gain some sneaky advantage. Just thought if I was cutting/keeping “x” RP vs another I’d wait a few more ST games before I made a move (if that was deemed legit” if not, I’d just make the cuts based on my gut.
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This has actually become much bigger issue than I intended…really there was no malice here. I was in the red, was going to cut some guys, but I thought I’d find out what everyone thought. I was under the roster limits by multiple spots before I started any auctions and knew there was a couple positions of need for my squad and was afraid I wasn’t going to get many of the guys at the bids I felt comfortable with so I did numerous ones “just in case” well I got more guys than expected, not to
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The "how much over the roster limit can I go" topic has been batted around at length over on the Community (and Slack, apparently), with the resolution as "whatever your league is comfortable with" (though this is generally with regard to the END of the season going into arbitration). Read up here (https://community.ottoneu.com/t/illegal-roster-between-end-of-season-and-arbitration/6191), from our own former Firehouse champ Russ, and follow the link in Niv's reply for more.
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...though that hasn't done much to slow you down in the past, given the generally easy money policy around the Firehouse and concomitant loan availability. Me, I'm more of a stickler, but if you were to ask I'd suggest loosely that not going over the number of anticipated 60IL placements already on your roster is a fair way to proceed. In the end, though, carry on as you do and maybe we'll codify something like NRIs a bit better once a few more owners have chimed in.
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Kevin, if that was a shot then I'd call it friendly fire... seems most here aren't feeling terribly put upon by your NRIs. Niv writes these rules to give some flexibility, as was pointed out below with the section V citation; however, note from section I that the application will not allow you to make or edit bids with your roster in an illegal state and the language about not "...willingly go(ing) over roster and salary cap limits". There are also the ensuing cap penalties to consider
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My two cents: I'm readings this as you shouldn't be bidding on auctions when your roster is in a "not legal" state. Of course with so many auctions ending at the same time, you ran the risk of going way over the roster limit. I've always tried to get my roster legal as soon as possible, even if it means making difficult cuts. But to be honest, I'm okay with you holding off in this pre-games period as long as you're not bidding on more auctions.
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Rules state:
Teams are allowed to bid such that they would go over roster or cap limits if they win the auction. If they do win the auction, they will have to get under roster and cap limits before they can set their lineups, make trades, or bid on other auctions.
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The reason I asked the question in the first place was because I was actually going to make the cuts, but if ethics/protocol suggested it’s normal/fine to sit on these guys a few more days (since there’s no games) then why not? However, if it was poor fantasy ethics I would make the cuts. Haven’t been in Ottaneu that long so I thought it was a legit question. Anyway.
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If that wasn’t a shot i apologize, but seemed like a shot.
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