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  • Side note: A few interesting players have been cut that might have garnered trade interest. As Niv noted on Slack today, there's not much reason to cut until the deadline, unless you're *absolutely* sure no one will be interested.

    the balking dead on November 17, 2020 2:13 PM

  • It's definitely right that vote-off injects this talent *directly.* But allocation can have the same effect indirectly, and has the additional features of a) hitting multiple players (e.g. you could have two players with, say, $5 surplus each who each receive $8 of allocation, and thereby become cuts) and b) hitting teams unevenly (e.g. my team in league 120 gave $25 in allocation but received $28--a balancing effect towards league parity, as that team won the championship).

    the balking dead on November 17, 2020 2:05 PM

  • One thing I like about vote-off is that it provides an injection of otherwise-unavailable talent into the auction draft -- makes the auction a bit more exciting, and introduces some unpredictability into roster building. As I understand it, allocation wouldn't provide that directly. That said, I don't feel particularly strongly either way. Would be interested to hear what others think.

    Urbina Blight on November 17, 2020 1:22 PM

  • What Bobblehead is referring to is listed in the rules as "allocation" fwiw; vote-off and allocation are both forms of arbitration. Allocation I believe guarantees inflation season to season in a way vote-off doesn't, since you can't have the situation I got two years ago -- $50+ Kershaw voted off and won back at auction for half what I had him for. It could go the other way too, of course. Any seconds on allocation? I'll collect any rule-change proposals into a form/survey at some poi

    the balking dead on November 17, 2020 12:51 PM

  • Yeah, I mean...everyone should participate in arbitration, whether it's through vote-off or allocations. Weeghman is right that allocation provides a range on increases ($25 per team, so up to $300 injected into league salaries in each offseason, or ~6.25% inflation), the ceiling of which would decrease without full participation; however, some leagues add a rule like, "teams that do not allocate will have their allocations made automatically following X rule."

    the balking dead on November 17, 2020 12:39 PM

  • The potential problem I see with that is that there would be a hard cap on salary increases and that cap would be lower if we didn't get full participation.

    Weeghman's Whales on November 17, 2020 11:52 AM

  • I propose moving from vote off to arb for next offseason.

    Bobblehead on November 17, 2020 10:38 AM

  • Vote-off is complete! Teams can cut and trade until 1/31/21, at which point your roster *must* be legal. Three notes on vote-off: One, Solar Sox did not complete vote-off; hopefully they just tuned out after playoffs and will be back for cut deadline. Two, remember the voted-off player is now a "restricted free agent." The old owner receives a $5 discount if they win the player at auction. Finally, now is the time to bring up any proposed rule changes.

    the balking dead on November 16, 2020 11:51 AM

  • There is less than one week until vote-offs are due on Saturday, 11/14. Please complete these to remain a member of the league in good standing. Vote-offs are a core mechanic for maintaining parity in our league. Starting Saturday, 11/14 to the keeper deadline of January, 1/31, you can fire up the hot stove: trades will once again be allowed. Note that you cannot trade salary during the offseason. I know Brexit and I made a very interesting trade last winter, I'll be looking to deal again!

    the balking dead on November 8, 2020 12:23 PM

  • Half of the league has now completed vote-offs. If you're in the half that hasn't, be sure to pencil in a reminder to do so before 11/14. If you have any questions about the process, let me know. PS Good luck to any Dodgers or Rays fans in the house, I'm just rooting for as much baseball as possible!

    the balking dead on October 23, 2020 5:09 PM

Standings

Schlitz
the balking dead 8-24120.2
Weeghman's Whales 8-23744.6
Solar Sox5-53314.3
Peons4-63126.9
Yaong Star3-72898.3
Tea Totallers3-72587.5
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Scotty Smalls 7-33297.7
Bobblehead6-43580.2
Urbina Blight 6-43225.8
St. Clair Gorillas5-53165.6
Clueless Joes3-72867.8
Brexit Velocity2-82592.4

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