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My 13 year old self would be incredibly disappointed in what I’ve done
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When the Olson twins are on the table, you just say "Yes."
HoJo23 on
December 23, 2024 11:36 PM
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ahh a trade for the Olson twins
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Hey all, looks like most of the league has paid for the 2025 season, but a quick reminder for the rest to please extend for next season soon!
Sixto Midnight on
November 18, 2024 9:58 AM
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Looks like we all got our arb selections in on time! thanks again, and happy trade season :)
Sixto Midnight on
November 14, 2024 2:59 PM
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Welcome to the league! Glad we were able to get all the new owners on board before the end of arb! Should be a good offseason
Sixto Midnight on
November 13, 2024 10:09 AM
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welcome timmy
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Welcome to the league! Happy to have you aboard.
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Welcome Forest
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Welcome to the league, Forest Greg Swindell!
Sixto Midnight on
November 12, 2024 6:38 PM
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Thanks, I’ve been in my annual offseason slumber/decompress but will be working through arb for all my leagues today and tomorrow!
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Quick reminder for GC and Neanderthal to please finalize your arbitration selections by Thurs Nov 14!
Sixto Midnight on
November 12, 2024 11:02 AM
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Going to focus on learning more about advanced stats in the other scoring formats. Thank you for having me.
HoJo23 on
November 3, 2024 11:35 AM
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Hey all a few callouts with the offseason getting underway
1. I abandoned Papis team and will post on the Ottoneu message board for a new owner. Could someone please reach out on the slack or any other groups so we can try to find a new owner to take over during arb?
2. Reminder to please renew your teams for next season ahead of the Jan deadline
3. Lastly (and I haven't heard from anyone besides Papi on this) please let me know ASAP if you will not be renewing so we can find a
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Hi Commish and owners, wanted to say it's been a pleasure playing with all of you this season. Got way too many leagues and cannot maintain the rythm (time consuming and $$$). So I won't be renewing many of my leagues like this one, got some talent to attract new owner for next year so you should be able to quickly fill vacancy. have a good arb and a great future season! Thanks Commish for great work
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Congrats Billboard Heroes! Another awesome, competitive year and a new league winner.
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congrats to BH, GC & FF
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Congrats BH!
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Thanks all, was a fun season, ran pretty pure to hold off some loaded teams.
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Congratulations BH!
Kind of Blue 2 on
September 30, 2024 10:56 PM
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Congrats on the win BH! Not our first final week tussle but you were having none of my comeback attempts this year! Very well deserved.
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Gift baskets are already in the mail! Looks like things are gonna go down to the wire, good luck the rest of the way.
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LOL thank you, good sirs!
Shaping up to be quite a finish in this league.
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I would like to publicly thank Brandon Pfaadt, Reid Detmers and Craig Kimbrel for taking my team ERA from 3.40 to 3.55 at this late stage of this season :)
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Thank you for the messages. Decided on Yelich and cash
HoJo23 on
August 17, 2024 2:27 PM
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Looking at JRam and a loan for the best young player(s), prospect(s), injured player(s) I can find for next year.
HoJo23 on
August 15, 2024 8:26 PM
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Let’s get this party started!
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Rebuilding around my Pitching staff and Contreras, Guerrero, Bichette and other younger players. Make me an offer for other mostly older players. Bello and/or Gore may be available as well.
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Don't worry man, been there done that
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It's nothing I haven't done myself... Several times. And will almost certainly do again in the future. It's easy to get caught up in FA bidding when you see a new toy available.
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didn't mean to pick up rice and then cut him, but apparently I've over extended myself and had to let him and 3 others go to get even..my apologies to the league, I'm better than that
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Betts is available, send your offers
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Since our trade, FFF has ascended from 91 to 98 points, and I've tanked from 104 to 96.5. Still very very early to judge, but there's almost never a reason for a veto. Especially when you see a shark like FFF swing a questionable deal.
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Well whatever the reason for the injuries, an independent study needs to be done , not a study by the league which they quote from. The pitcher is the most important athlete on the field. It is like putting a limit on the qb and say he cannot hold the ball for more than 5 seconds or there will be a penalty. I know it is not exact parallel but just saying.
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I can see how the pitch clock can affect some pitchers who aren't conditioned to work that way, but I'm not sure it's as impactful for injuries as you claim. There have always been quick workers on the mound, and I don't recall any relative prevalence of TJS in quick workers vs slow workers. In my (non medical and completely baseless) opinion, it's the velocity emphasis and the pursuit of spin rate that has UCLs going wonky.
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the presses to allow the muscles to come back. Pitchers until recently have worked at their own pace to essentially allow that. Now the muscles are subject to an 18 or 20 second time clock which they were never trained for in high school or college. Finally the pitch clock creates some anxiety in the pitcher's mind which gets transferred to the muscles. I think we will see more injuries. Last year we saw an increase in injuries to pitchers which I said was the time clock. More are coming.
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Referencing the comment byCans of Corn about the injury to Bieber, I predicted that after the pitch clock we would see a raft of injuries to top pitchers . We have Cole , now Bieber and now also possibly Strider. The players union was against the pitch clock bc of possible injuries. I am hold that trainers say there needs to be time for the muscles to relax after they have been extended.For example when someone is doing presses at a gym, there needs to be a certain amount of time between
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I also want to stick up for Ottoneu as a format. I enjoy rebuilding and competing almost equally, really. But the overall point is to compete. Hoarding surplus and prospects is a blast, but if you don't cash those in (and receive loans to facilitate the deals), you aren't competing at the level required to beat sharks like GC and FFF. Loans are a tool for rebuilders to boost their ability to compete the following year, more than they are a tool for current competitors.
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Oh dang! Just saw the Bieber news. I think that was me, rubbing my crystal ball during the draft. Too many red flags there to not take notice.
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I also really appreciate the discussion here, and see it as a good sign for the health of the league.
I want to speak up and vouch for FFF, as I know him to be a truly exceptional 5x5 Ottoneu owner who is more than capable of handling his business. I understand the concern for the deal on the surface, but there's a possible outcome where I got absolutely swindled in this deal, and with FFF's reputation, I consider that outcome fairly likely to manifest.
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I had him in 2 leagues, they way he pitched first 2 games..I did not see this coming
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Hat tip to whoever voiced concerns about Bieber’s health during the draft
HoJo23 on
April 6, 2024 11:36 AM
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Thanks for the concern, Neanderthal. I agree with others that this is always a good sign to see everyone engaged like this :)
I can see both sides of the argument here, but since Flags has no doubt proven himself in this league, and Jared Jones could end up the best player in this trade (at $2) by end of season, let’s let this one play out. If others feel strongly that this is imbalanced, please use your veto.
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Good idea Big Papi. Why not suggest that tax idea to Ottoneu? It could make things more competitive in football as well.
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You're absolutely right Neanderthal, I am the proof being an addict of abandonned teams every year. If there are 7-8 intersting guys and some high ceiling prospects, I like to try building it up. There's only one thing I don't like is some teams being allowed to carry more than 200$ over the budget, buying a championship, there should be a limit in loans and money you can go overboard, and if you do so a tax to pay like in real MLB. Outside the subject, but makes me feel good to talk about it
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It’s all good - that’s why there are votes for trades. Every year I too pick up an abandoned team that finished last the season before (this team in here is my rebuild this year). Rebuilding and making them Prestige eligible is the fun part to me. I get bored when the team is loaded and floating between 1st and 3rd haha
It’s a long season, I like to see a little friendly competition. I know I’ll be watching where each of you finish now 🍿
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Bums . There were a few good core players like Harper which attracted me to the team but its pitching was a disaster. I tried to fix it with draft and trade here and there but it is not fixable in a month and accordingly I am currently at 56 points and Flags is at 90 something .So yes you will beat me but I would say you had a head start of maybe more than 50 yards or 40 points. By the way Ottoneu would never work if there were not people like me to take a chance on buying into abandoned teams.
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To follow up on Larry Bird’s upbeat comment about GM’s being engaged, I agree. And here goes. As to the challenge to me by the team I was critical of (I never used the word or said anyone was incompetent ) of course you are going to wind up with more points than me. That is like starting a track competition with one team 50 yards in front of another and then asking why the team behind lost. I picked up an abandoned team a little before the draft and why was it abandoned Because it had a lot of
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As a sidenote, I love that GMs in this league are engaged enough to talk about trades and daily happenings. Appreciate being allowed in.
HoJo23 on
April 6, 2024 9:00 AM
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