• 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

• welcome timmy

  Dangerous Toys🔪🔫 on November 13, 2024 9:52 AM

• Welcome to the league! Happy to have you aboard.

  🌽 Cans of Corn and Worm Burners 🪱 on November 12, 2024 10:38 PM

• Welcome Forest

  Dangerous Toys🔪🔫 on November 12, 2024 10:34 PM

• Welcome to the league, Forest Greg Swindell!

  Sixto Midnight on November 12, 2024 6:38 PM

• Thanks, I’ve been in my annual offseason slumber/decompress but will be working through arb for all my leagues today and tomorrow!

  Generous Carriage on November 12, 2024 11:06 AM

• 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

• Going to focus on learning more about advanced stats in the other scoring formats. Thank you for having me.

  Team To Be Named Later on November 3, 2024 11:35 AM

• 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

  Sixto Midnight on October 8, 2024 10:07 AM

• 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

  Forest Greg Swindell on October 8, 2024 12:32 AM

• Congrats Billboard Heroes! Another awesome, competitive year and a new league winner.

  Sixto Midnight on October 1, 2024 9:36 AM

• congrats to BH, GC & FF

  Dangerous Toys🔪🔫 on October 1, 2024 9:33 AM

• Congrats BH!

  FlagsFlyForever on October 1, 2024 12:31 AM

• Thanks all, was a fun season, ran pretty pure to hold off some loaded teams.

  Billboard Heroes on September 30, 2024 11:07 PM

• Congratulations BH!

  Kind of Blue 2 on September 30, 2024 10:56 PM

• 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.

  Generous Carriage on September 30, 2024 7:48 PM

• Gift baskets are already in the mail! Looks like things are gonna go down to the wire, good luck the rest of the way.

  FlagsFlyForever on September 18, 2024 1:02 PM

• LOL thank you, good sirs!
  
  Shaping up to be quite a finish in this league.

  Generous Carriage on September 18, 2024 12:56 PM

• 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 :)

  Billboard Heroes on September 18, 2024 12:12 PM

• Thank you for the messages. Decided on Yelich and cash

  Team To Be Named Later on August 17, 2024 2:27 PM

• Looking at JRam and a loan for the best young player(s), prospect(s), injured player(s) I can find for next year.

  Team To Be Named Later on August 15, 2024 8:26 PM

• Let’s get this party started!

  FlagsFlyForever on July 17, 2024 10:29 PM

• 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.

  Kind of Blue 2 on June 22, 2024 2:53 PM

• Don't worry man, been there done that

  Forest Greg Swindell on June 21, 2024 10:55 AM

• 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.

  🌽 Cans of Corn and Worm Burners 🪱 on June 21, 2024 8:01 AM

• 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

  Dangerous Toys🔪🔫 on June 21, 2024 7:49 AM

• Betts is available, send your offers

  Forest Greg Swindell on June 11, 2024 5:54 PM

• 🔥🔥🔥

  🌽 Cans of Corn and Worm Burners 🪱 on May 9, 2024 1:24 PM

• 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.

  🌽 Cans of Corn and Worm Burners 🪱 on April 16, 2024 10:28 PM

• 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.

  The Neanderthal on April 8, 2024 4:02 PM

• 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.

  🌽 Cans of Corn and Worm Burners 🪱 on April 8, 2024 11:04 AM

• 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.

  The Neanderthal on April 6, 2024 2:10 PM

• 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

  The Neanderthal on April 6, 2024 2:03 PM

• 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.

  🌽 Cans of Corn and Worm Burners 🪱 on April 6, 2024 12:17 PM

• 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.

  🌽 Cans of Corn and Worm Burners 🪱 on April 6, 2024 11:43 AM

• 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.

  🌽 Cans of Corn and Worm Burners 🪱 on April 6, 2024 11:40 AM

• I had him in 2 leagues, they way he pitched first 2 games..I did not see this coming

  Dangerous Toys🔪🔫 on April 6, 2024 11:38 AM

• Hat tip to whoever voiced concerns about Bieber’s health during the draft

  Team To Be Named Later on April 6, 2024 11:36 AM

• 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.

  Sixto Midnight on April 6, 2024 10:11 AM

• Good idea Big Papi. Why not suggest that tax idea to Ottoneu? It could make things more competitive in football as well.

  The Neanderthal on April 6, 2024 9:53 AM

• 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

  Forest Greg Swindell on April 6, 2024 9:43 AM

• 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 🍿

  🍳Green Eggs & Heim on April 6, 2024 9:38 AM

• 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.

  The Neanderthal on April 6, 2024 9:32 AM

• 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

  The Neanderthal on April 6, 2024 9:23 AM

• As a sidenote, I love that GMs in this league are engaged enough to talk about trades and daily happenings. Appreciate being allowed in.

  Team To Be Named Later on April 6, 2024 9:00 AM

• Isn't that how dynasty leagues work? Gotta give something to get something, or in my case "nobodies". Still waiting for an answer on a side bet...

  FlagsFlyForever on April 6, 2024 12:15 AM

• Well I guess time will tell but one team is betting on the come so to speak and the other on established players

  The Neanderthal on April 6, 2024 12:08 AM

• I actually voted to approve this trade previously. In my estimation, Jones could be the best player in the deal next year along with a healthy Felix and for better prices

  🍳Green Eggs & Heim on April 5, 2024 11:55 PM

• Thanks for your concern. Since I’m an incompetent owner that trades for “nobodies” would you care to make a side wager this year or next on who finishes with more points?

  FlagsFlyForever on April 5, 2024 11:13 PM

• I vetoed the trade between Cans of Corn who trades 2 nobodies and a guy out for year for George Kirby and Jordan Walker. I am new to this league but not to fantasy baseball and Ottoneu and this is one of most outrageous trades I have seen I would like to hear from the team who traded Walker and Kirby an explanation of the trade

  The Neanderthal on April 5, 2024 10:31 PM

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