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In general I like to wait as late as possible to draft, but we could conceivably draft earlier in this league since the player pool is so tiny.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 25, 2014 8:35 AM
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I know for sure you cannot trade or cut players during the draft, so keep that in mind too. If you bid up a player and end up with a contract you don't want, you'll need to wait till after the draft to cut them - with penalty.
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Casey Janssen was my last cut. Open to trading but done axing.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 25, 2014 8:31 AM
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I know it keeps track of your maximum allowable bid, so I don't think it's built to allow you to exceed $400. It wouldn't be fair to let someone at $397 bid up players.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 25, 2014 8:29 AM
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I really do not believe you can go over the 400/40 cap limit, but seems half of us remember it differently. I have not heard back from Niv yet to confirm...
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Was there a conclusion to he 400/40 caps at the auction? That might influence my decision on a fringe guy or two.
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Kudos to EP for being the first team to announce all cuts. On his roster I see $8 left to fill 7 remaining spots. Anyone else want to announce early? I'm still on the bubble about two of my own players...
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nah -- just forgot to list Felipe Paulino - he's the other guy but hell I will cut him right now
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Who else are you cutting? Because that would only leave you a couple $ to fill 6 spots......hmmmm, you must have something sneaky planned.
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The Syndicate's trade block has been updated!
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You're cutting your bullpen?!?
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One you reach the cap, you CAN NOT bid anymore. Ruined my season last year when I agreed to trade Pujols and tried to build my roster as if I didn't have him.
Caimans 🐊 on
January 24, 2014 6:03 PM
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doesn't have to be a superstar, but I'd rather make teams bid for most of these guys than hand them away for someone I'd cut anyway
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Ok guys, I just listed on the block all the guys that I'm cutting as of now, if you have any interest email me -- but to trade them, I'd need to get back something that I'd keep
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Enrico Palazzo's trade block has been updated!
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no emails for me. you can't bid over $400, but if you have money left, you can have more than 40 roster spots, then you have to cut back down (with penalty) to get your roster legal.
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I don't remember exactly but I was almost positive I could not bid past $400 last year when I wanted to bid up some prospects....could be wrong though
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I haven't received email notifications for weeks. I emailed Niv a while ago. He didn't know what was going on.
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+1
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If a value presents itself that is better than what you already have, why wouldn't you go over the cap? You can get the penalties back.
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No emails here either.
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Why would you go over in the draft? That's a good way to screw up your team out of the gate b/c of the ripple effect of the cap penalties
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By the way, anyone not receiving emails? Didn't get trade offer notifications for a couple today and didn't get one when I cut the immortal Emilio Bonifacio.
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So do I, Durham
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I have a pretty strong memory of people going over the $400 budget during the auction.
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I was also recently asked if you can cut players during the auction. I don't believe you can but will try to confirm soon.
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Pujols was traded for the opposite reason - empty roster spaces but no cap room to fill them.
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You can't bid beyond $400 (salary used + $1 reserved for each empty space). You can bid on other players if you have money but no roster spots, though you lose the ability to nominate once you hit 40.
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I'm pretty sure you can eclipse the cap. Isn't that how Albert Pujols ended up getting traded for $3 last year?
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I honestly can't remember, so it's a good question
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I'm fairly sure that isn't right (Lucky) but I'd love to confirm. I seem to remember being surprised that teams were allowed to blow through the 400/40 limits but if I'm wrong that would be good to know
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I'm not sure you can exit the auction with a roster over $400 (I think I limits you from nominating players if you've reached the 40/$400) threshold. If I'm wrong, you'd incur cap penalties for those players cut after the auction
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I believe that's correct.
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Also, can someone confirm: In the auction, you can spend whatever you want, but if you spend beyond $400 you need to cut/fix your roster immediately following the auction correct?
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Though I think we found out last year that you can execute trades on the 31st that will process after the cut date
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Friday is cut day, right?
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Durham Tobacconists's trade block has been updated!
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Of course 8 minutes after I trade Betts Callis starts to dub him the best 2B prospect. Knew he would be a riser this year. He is blocked though, makes me feel slightly better.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 24, 2014 12:07 PM
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And that Correa was likely next year's #1
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In a tweet Callis said that Eddie Butler and Mookie Betts were two guys most likely to vault into the top 10 in next List.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 24, 2014 8:52 AM
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I agree that hiring Jim Callis adds credibility to MLB's prospect rankings. The only guy worse in the industry than J. Mayo is M. Hulet...
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I think that's selling Gausman short - he's got better control than most of those SP ahead of him and scout's have always projected a plus slider to go with elite FB/CHG. BP just ranked him #1 on players 25 and under, ahead of both Bundy and Machado
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I don't think it's just a rough debut, he's really good but as a college product doesn't have much projection left and seems mostly FB/change with a FB that is oddly more hittable than it should be
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Here's the 2014 Top 100: http://bit.ly/19Rw0hN
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Gausman's ranking seems way too low and much too influenced by rough debut. I'd put him head to head against all but just a small handful of SP ranked ahead of him on MLB's list easily.
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Didn't they hire Jim Callis though? Their list would mean a lot more from now on...
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Granted this is the same list that had bubba starling at 26 last year, so...
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 23, 2014 11:15 PM
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Alex Meyer leapfrogged Gausman, BOOM.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 23, 2014 10:52 PM
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What's also cool is Jonathan Gray officially cracking a top 15 list.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 23, 2014 10:49 PM
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Are you guys watching prospects live tweet the mlb top 100? Pretty cool.
Eckfords ⚾ on
January 23, 2014 10:48 PM
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