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In a league where our best team has nearly $500 in incoming loans there's an argument that overbidding here is less problematic than elsewhere
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Bidding ridiculously high to make sure guys get back to auction very valid if you have the cap space.
Caimans 🐊 on
August 25, 2014 9:46 AM
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5) Another reason to root against the Sox so they hurry him to Bahston. As if we needed any more reasons.
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4) I hadn't done anything stupid in a while. Got to keep you guys honest.
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3) I was getting tired of WAR outbidding everyone. He must know something I don't.
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2) We might get to see him this year, which is far different than many prospects
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There were a few things there with that bid: 1) No problem cutting him and putting back in the auction
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I didn't want him 18 just knew someone would bid higher and wanted price to be at least that. I'd be comfortable at about 10 for him.
Caimans 🐊 on
August 25, 2014 3:51 AM
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Fwiw:https://twitter.com/hypeprospect/status/503735969355669505
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I was legit afraid of homer-winning Castillo at $15.. Wow
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Per Niv, you cannot trade after the season before the arb deadline. Just wanted to confirm.
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Quick reminder, but the trade deadline is next Sunday. Question: Can we trade between the end of the season and the arb deadline? I remember thinking that we cannot, but not sure.
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Seeing Rusney Castillo added in other leagues for $17, $14, $7, $8, $21...Pretty sure we beat that mark in this league
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Schwarber now slugging .761 over last 19 games. I think he may have figured out high-A pitching. September call-up...? Him and Bryant, now THAT would be fun to watch.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 24, 2014 4:18 PM
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Not sure if you guys have checked in on Kyle Scwharber's recent tear, but I may end up keeping both him and Rodon at this rate. Wow.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 24, 2014 2:56 PM
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Strasburg might be the poster child for how crushing the HRA stat can be in Ottoneu
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Speaking of Twins, thanks to that doubleheader, my offense put up 139 points yesterday!
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 24, 2014 9:03 AM
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Could the Twins offense be a powerhouse next year? Lineup could include Mauer, Santana, Vargas, Dozier, Arcia, Buxton, Sano, Meyer and even Berrios possibly in rotation? That could be a mlb.tv mainstay for me.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 23, 2014 2:42 PM
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Puig? Yeah right.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 23, 2014 2:19 PM
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Have discussed Puig today with two teams. Just making it known in case he's moved before the trade deadline.
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Could be a very interesting auction next year with all the cuts necessitated by lucky/Chicago rosters and this years chase
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Chicago Chiefs's trade block has been updated!
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Lucky Strikes's trade block has been updated!
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Danny Salazar, Pedro Alvarez, Dom Brown.....some guys who have fallen a long, long way over past 12 months.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 23, 2014 10:16 AM
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I've nearly cut Panik like 8 times this year. Looks like patience may finally be paying off. Zero power, but the guy can apparently hit.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 23, 2014 8:37 AM
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Could be a good thing time off from throwing at that velocity not a bad idea
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Hey, he'll back on a mound in Feb, March, or April, and it wasn't arm-related. Doesn't impact me in the least. Oddly I only own him in the leagues where I'm no longer contending!
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 21, 2014 9:14 PM
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...too soon. Sorry, WAR.
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Guys...I told you that Garrett Richards guy wouldn't last...
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Prospects: http://www.gammonsdaily.com/peter-gammons-the-struggles-of-top-prospects-in-mlb/
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It's way more common in h2h to have 7-8 teams alive in August.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 20, 2014 9:05 PM
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The lack of league-wide parity is a roto thing, not an ottoneu thing, though.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 20, 2014 9:05 PM
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Who wants Richards?
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 20, 2014 9:04 PM
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...and Garrett Richards just ended any hope of Jed getting back in this season's race...
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Thanks to Nate for all the data...
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Parity certainly exists from year to year, but in-season, this format doesn't seem to lend itself to a standings-wide competition. Kind of surprising/disappointing that no league has 5 or more teams in the race with 6 weeks to go...
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In other words, only 17% of leagues (14 of 82) have more than two teams truly competing for a title this year. Seems pretty low. Our league doesn't seem to be much different from the norm.
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As of 8/18, 55% of leagues (82 total) currently contain a 1st place team > 300 points ahead of the 2nd place team. 28% of leagues have a two team race; 16% have a 3 team race. Only one league has 4 teams within 300 points of 1st place.
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Jed recently mentioned he was working on a proposal to bring more parity to the league. Should be interesting to review and discuss, but I just ran the numbers for how many "tight" races there are in Ottoneu, and it's surprising:
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As of 8/18, Knights was the 3rd furthest out of first place at -7,822 points back, and PPI was 5th furthest at -7,220 points back. Furthest team out of 1st place was -8,943 points out of 1st place in their league...
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Our league includes 2 of the top 7 highest scoring teams in Ottoneu partly because we have 2 of the 5 "least competitive" teams as measured by points out of 1st place.
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Man that trade was dumb in retrospect. Seemed like a good idea at the time, though. I think at that point I was 50/50 that I could win a title.
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 20, 2014 6:50 PM
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One Year Trade Review: These two trades were made one year ago - http://bit.ly/1AxEDY1
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Interesting hypothetical: If Byron Buxton were cut in the off season, would he go for more or less than $13 in next year's draft?
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Speaking of replacement level, working on a new, simple way to ID replacement level in-season, but pretty sure I've identifed 2013 SP replacement level to be 4.64 P/IP, and 7.54 P/IP for RP. Kershaw was 1.65 P/IP above replacement last year.
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(Cut me some slack....I need something to cheer for here.)
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 19, 2014 9:39 PM
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Replacement-level Iwakuma strikes again!
Eckfords ⚾ on
August 19, 2014 9:38 PM
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If I'm reading this right it seems offense is down 5-6% from last season (and pitching up a little less). Seems consistent with the trend of how offense has dried up overall in MLB this season.
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Top 10% of overall FGPts scorers: http://imgur.com/5CnEPs1
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P/G - Strikes was 2nd overall on 8/1/14 @ 5.88, one other team at 5.90. Five teams were >= 6 P/G on 8/27/13, only one stayed over for the whole season.
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