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I talked to Ryan (our other commissioner) the other day, I'm going to move it if possible. It's not great to be bidding on players that are currently injured and may be healthy by start of season.
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So, any final word on what to do with the draft?
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I don't really have an opinion myself, though I agree it might be a good quiet period to get it done.
Just FYI, the innings/games limit will be adjusted to account for the shortened season.
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I don't have a strong opinion on this. Delaying it does make sense, though if we end up on lockdown we might actually have some free time to get it out of the way...
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I think we should delay it, yeah
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Since we won't have a season for a while, should we postpone the draft? Never know what this thing will look like once everybody's back and ready.
Bugs on
March 15, 2020 11:37 PM
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Sorry 3/22...the Sunday before opening day.
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Temporarily set the draft for 3/21 at 7pm EST. Please let me know if this doesn't work.
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REMINDER: Please pay your fee to Ottoneu by your team's deadline otherwise your team can be claimed by other owners. Also please make sure all player cuts are done before 1/31!
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Stop taking my beautiful son Acuna away from me!!
Tune Squad on
November 15, 2019 8:12 PM
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Leave Vlad Jr alone!
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Only heard back from a couple of people that remembered what they paid for players that got voted off and it seemed to have been working. So I just assumed it likely worked for everyone given I only heard the one complaint.
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Was the issue with the $5 discount not showing up ever fixed?
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Please remember to complete your Arbitration Voting by 11/14/19! Click "Arb Voting" in the top-left of the home screen and go through each team, voting off one player from each team. The voted off player will be entered into the auction draft pool but will be available to the previous owner at a slight discount.
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Thanks for playing everyone, it was an exciting season! Make sure to pay attention to the offseason calendar and adhere to the deadlines.
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(Real) Trade Deadline REMINDER: Our League trade deadline is Aug. 31, hopefully it's a little more active than MLB has been so far!
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Team Stokes's trade block has been updated!
Team Stokes on
May 14, 2019 1:07 AM
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Jose Canseco's Option Strategy's trade block has been updated!
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The Coom Dogs's trade block has been updated!
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My discount wasn't applied for DeGrom. Drafted for $39 and should be $34, but he is listed at $39
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Can everyone do an investigation of their team and see if you got the $5 discount for re-signing a voted off player? I got a complaint that the discount wasn't applied and it looks like it was the case with my Gerrit Cole signing (I honestly can't remember if $29 was the actual bid but that's what it says). IF its a problem for everyone I can retroactively apply the discount.
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Only regular season games count so the Japan games would reduce your playing time limits. Spring training games won't.
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Position and innings pitched, does playing our players take away from our regular season and player position limits ?
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That's okay, I would have gotten negative points anyway
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Looks like its not possible to retroactively set the lineups so we are all stuck with no points for yesterday. I'm mildly irked with Ottoneu that when I hit "done with draft" it didn't end it and I actually had to let it cycle through all owners before it realized we were done but it is what it is.
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Thanks! Things are working now. Not sure if the commish can set lineups retroactively. If so, to be fair, we would all have to agree to play everyone who played in today's game just so we aren't cherry-picking just the guys who did well today
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Thanks! And just to clarify that means we’re not receiving points from the game played today, yes?
Tune Squad on
March 20, 2019 5:00 PM
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I just forced the draft to end. Hopefully that clears it up.
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Looks like the draft is still "in-progress" for some reason. Could be why we haven't been able to set lineups or start auctions yet.
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Are we getting points for today? Don’t see a live tracker
Tune Squad on
March 20, 2019 1:27 PM
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Everyone don't forget the draft is Sunday at 7pm; I just now noticed it was this Sunday, so figured I'd give a heads up to all. Don't remember if Ottoneu sends out a reminder
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Hey thanks for playing and welcome!
RyanR on
March 7, 2019 7:50 PM
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Hi all, thanks for letting me join the league. This is my second year playing Ottoneu--I was in a startup league last year where half the owners lost interest midway through. I plan to be in it for the long haul, so I wanted to be sure I joined an established league this time around.
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Jose Canseco's Option Strategy's trade block has been updated!
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Tune Squad's trade block has been updated!
Tune Squad on
July 10, 2018 10:42 AM
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Jose Canseco's Option Strategy's trade block has been updated!
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I thought the link below was an interesting read, as I think it applies to how teams should evaluate their trades in this league. Sometimes success can be realized in the short-term (next year), and rebuilding for prospects may actuallly be the bigger risk.
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/trading-jacob-degrom-would-be-foolish/
RyanR on
June 13, 2018 10:48 PM
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Jose Canseco's Option Strategy's trade block has been updated!
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Tune Squad's trade block has been updated!
Tune Squad on
June 13, 2018 3:05 PM
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The Coom Dogs's trade block has been updated!
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I will contact them on this matter...Ottoneu does allow leagues to manage their own specific trade rules, which were never stated at the outset of the season. This is my fault. I will work on a way to better resolve this issue going forward and clearly state trade parameters.
RyanR on
June 12, 2018 11:53 PM
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For this trade, because you both feel strongly about this, and as an act of good faith, just re-submit and I will not veto. Statistically, if trades of a certain degree of imbalance are made, the league could be fixed (and thus ruined). I of course don't want anyone to feel they are being overruled or taken advantage of. While there is no discussion of the matter, the reason that Ottoneu includes the 'veto' option in my LM dropdown menu is probably due to errors/abuses relating to trades.
RyanR on
June 12, 2018 11:50 PM
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Ryan, I understand your argument, I frankly just have a different valuation of these players and that's the whole point of trading imo. Second, LM veto & owner's veto is 2 separate systems when 1 should do. Third, this system only makes being 1st matter; there's no playoffs so that affects who I keep & how I structure my team. Last, I think with trades we're getting a little into "perfect is the enemy of good" with these expectations for exactness in talent/cost.
Tune Squad on
June 12, 2018 7:03 PM
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I assume you care for this league which is a good thing because feel like you that bad trades ruin leagues. I have two points to make. First is that in the rules listed it doesn't list that the Commissioner can veto trades. Niv needs to be contacted and have this included in the rules hard to play by rules if only the Commissioner knows them. Second I felt this was a fair trade because I see Kluber as a descending talent because of his age while the two I was trading are ascending talents.
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I apologize if this feels strong. Again, I do not do any trades myself. I am doing this because I want the league to be competitive. There are a lot of potential trades that could happen, but would distort balance too far. Please just add one player and then this can be equal consideration. If a deal is not deemed to have adequate consideration, it will not be allowed. These leagues get ruined because people take advantage...this is what I am attempting to avoid.
RyanR on
June 12, 2018 12:22 PM
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I don't have a problem with the Commissioner having veto power, each trade should be reviewed independently by both the league participants and Commish, it reduces subjective interpretation of player valuation and collusion. I wouldn't want someone whose having a difficult season trading his best assets to help the other team win then dump those players before the draft. I think we should add a rule that if you trade, the players traded must remain on both teams the following yr including dl.
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Both teams followed the rules of this site I have no problem with a trade being vetoed by my fellow owners but I do have a problem with the league comish vetoing like a dictator. I would like to see the complete wording giving this power.
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the next 3 years may be expected to be similar to an average outfielder (who is worthy of starting in our shallow league).
RyanR on
June 11, 2018 6:18 PM
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additional consideration toward the side receiving Acuna and it will be approved. The expected performance of Acuna over the next 3 years or so is not enough by itself to justify the expected performance of a top 5-10 starter over the same period. Compared to the MLB and its 30 teams, prospect value is worth relatively less due to the shallower player pool of a 10 team league. In order for a player to have significant value in a 10-teamer, they must really stand out. Acuna's performance over
RyanR on
June 11, 2018 6:17 PM
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I apologize for the late veto...that can be done sooner in the future. I cannot find anything listed on the blogs...only in my commissioner tools section I have 'veto' as an option. I won't make any trades, so nobody has to worry about my influence as impartial. If we want the league to function OK we need our trades to be as fair as possible. If some teams make trades that are too uneven this will likely occur. In regards to this trade, re-submit the initial trade with
RyanR on
June 11, 2018 6:14 PM
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