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No more than 3 hours. Is 8 est ok for everyone?
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Time of day is the big thing for me. I will be on Spring Break on the 12th, but could make that day work. I would love for the draft to start 7 PM CT or later. for whatever date we choose. I can't remember how long the draft takes? I believe, at this stage in our Ottoneu maturation, it only takes 2-3 hours. Is this correct?
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Saturday’s usually tough for me. What time is it?
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Some of the guys in this league have several drafts. I would like to lock in a date now to avoid any conflicts. Please check your schedules by Tuesday and let me know if u have a conflict with the March 12 date.
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League fees are still due by Jan 31
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Ottoneu has moved the keeper deadline from 11:59p ET on 1/31 to 11:59p ET on 2/15. This should be reflected on every league’s Tools page, where you can see the league calendar.
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Looking to move one of $16 J Turner / $12 Donaldson. Looking for OF, MI, 1B. $5 Eovaldi also available.
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Looking to move JDM for cheaper OF or a MI or beastly RP.
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Looking to possibly move JDM. Turner. Happ and / or Donaldson. Hit me up on slack (preferred) or here.
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Let's spice it up boys! Thanksgiving is over. Time to hit the trading pavement. JDM & Gallen opted in but do not have no trade clauses. Bring some offers. Any and all are available. Just ask.
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Fellow baseball nerds. PSA: wouldn’t take much to get Betts if interested. An interesting prospect or RP
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Florida man placed arb but must not be correct. Owner is still in the RED which means improper allocation aka all arb placed by this owner will zero out / go away if not fixed. Just an FYI. Probably something like didn’t place $1 on each team
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Would be nice to hit up slack and try to PROXY tonight. lol
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I have message the teams involved that have not completed arb. My thought are if teams dont complete arb by the Friday before the deadline next year we proxy out their arb? Any thought or Ideas?
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4 guys have a few hours to do arb it would appear...
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Please try and get your Arb done before Sunday. I will check with teams that didnt get their arb in to confirm they are coming back.
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Friendly ARB reminder. I see some red yet. Few days left.
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Private slack channel created for league. Send or create and send slack IDs and I’ll add you to channel.
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If you’re not on slack send me a message on here when you get a chance with your name / alias so I can add it to your team notes. That will help me acclimate myself to the league and each owner.
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I never did a live NFBC. I only played the last two years. Just one league. Finished 2nd in mind this year but just don’t feel like grinding those Sunday waivers away. I also like ON format better
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Ak welcome... We are glad to have u join the league. Did u ever do a live draft in Nfbc? I did one in NY it was fantastic.
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Hey All! I’m Andrew. That’s correct. I prefer communicating on slack but will also communicate in the ON platform itself. I’m hyper active / borderline annoying. I’m in 2 other leagues but I am probably not going to play in a season long NFBC next year other than best ball (Sunday waivers too annoying) so I was in the market for a 3rd team and I’ve found the $250 tier leads to more activity and competition.
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We have a new owner for the Chicago Orphans franchise- Welcome Cards737 also known as A K for those on the Ottoneu slack channel. Glad to have you aboard!
LFGM ⚾️ on
October 7, 2021 5:06 PM
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Chicago Orphans is not coming back. Does anyone have someone that wants a team? I will put it up to be claimed on Thursday. Anyone not coming back please let me know.
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Thanks, and good season, everyone! I really enjoy the competitiveness of this league.
Here’s to the MLB playoffs. Go Brewers!
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Congrats on the win Gaussian Rounders! Good season all. Looking forward to next year.
LFGM ⚾️ on
October 3, 2021 8:33 PM
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Congrats Gaussian Rounders!
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Fake news! There was no player I liked less in the league prior to his administrative leave. But I'll take a fantasy deal if it's given away. I don't have any illusions that these players are saints.
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Merkle is into the same stuff as Bauer
Foulest Tips on
July 16, 2021 11:17 AM
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Happy for us to vote on it in the off-season
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Not particularly upset here but I do think that it's good to set expectations about how long we are comfortable with teams being illegal to prevent people from getting mad in the future
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I don't want to do it this year. I don't really have a problem with how this particular situation unfolded, but I am not really in the title race. This issue came up with a league I play in with Chicago (league 504) last year. I checked the message board, and at that time, Chicago said he normally had a 48 hour grace period for teams to become legal. I say this to support my argument that allowing a playing to clear waivers and then be reauctioned is too much time.
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U guys want to do a vote? The only thing I ask is that any rule change has to be by 3/4 approval rate by all league teams. That would mean any rule change would need 10 vote to pass. Anyone with any ideas on bettering the league post up a rule and I will get the league to vote on it. All ideas and opinions are welcome.
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I’ll also say it was reasonably possible that someone would’ve claimed Machado. This wasn’t dropping an injured player. I had zero doubt he’d either get claimed or picked up within 72 hours (24 waivers, 48 auction). I really think those roster restrictions are extreme enough that it doesn’t make sense to lock up your team much beyond 72 hours.
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I do think the benefits are overstated. No one would be holding out for a month: if you’re competitive, you lose too many ABs/IPs no matter how far out you set lineup (days off, rain, injury, etc.); if you’re out of contention, you blow your chance on rebuilding your roster. The restrictions are extreme—nothing, total lockdown.
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He gets short term loan without having to make some very painful cuts to his roster, which imo is a HUGE benefit. That benefit far outweighs not getting 3-4 games from Lindor.
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It is a salary cap. I could set my lineup for month, bid $26 on Machado, get him, and and be at $429 out of $403 for month? Then at the end of the month, if my team hasn't improved, I could just called it quits, function above the cap for the rest of the year and have a $26 Machado for next year.
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If there was no advantage, he wouldn't be in an illegal state. The temporary loan is the advantage. There are fewer advantages to being illegal for competing teams, but more to non competitive.
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It would seem to me that the rules allowing a team to be illegal indefinitely doesn't really give the team much of an advantage. In this case, gaussian can't play lindor until his team is legal so he's getting no benefit from the acquisition until the Machado auction is complete. He runs the risk of not getting those stats plus making any other moves and is hamstrung until someone puts up Machado. If he were able to play Lindor right away it would be another discussion but that's not the case.
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I agree, but just trying to make sure I understand what the current set of rules are.
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Maybe I do care. I don’t think at the owners discretion is in the spirit of the rules or a good idea. I go back to the red box that says fix immediately.
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So I could go over on Machado and stay illegal for a month?
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In other words, each owner can stay invalid at their discretion, correct?
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Kc and I are a few leagues together. My position on this at this point of the year is that Ottoneu locks the roster til it become legal. The team currently in question has a player acquired in the pickup on the bench with their roster locked. If anyone tho wants to make a motion for a change or amendment to the current way Ottoneu handles this situation we can put it up for a vote. Anyone with anything they want to try and change we can always vote on it. This league is run by all 12 of us.
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I have not cut him, partly because he would not be claimed at $85 and I was operating under the assumption that I couldn't wait for him to be reauctioned. Even though I am bringing this up, I don't have a strong opinion on what the league decides. I just ask for a decision, and I will abide by that decision.
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To be clear, this situation is fine. But this is a competitive league with lots of money at stake. In my opinion, the parameters need to be clear. How long are we going to allow a team to be illegal. The notice says to fix this immediately, and I think each league retains autonomy to make the decision. If we are going to allow big bids like this, and then cut a big contract, let the player clear waivers and then be re-auctioned, I want to know. Especially since I hold an injured Trout.
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Kc, u and I are both in a lot of ottoneu leagues. Some leagues have come up with additional rules in addition to the rules set forth by Ottoneu. This league is starting its third year and if anyone would like to motion for additional rules to be added for next year I will gladly put it up for a vote. I would just request a unanimous vote for any rule change during the year. Majority for the fall.
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I’ll comply with whatever the league decides, obviously. But it’s not against Otto rules and still carries some risk/cost. I’m blocked from bidding on Corbin, for instance, and would’ve liked to.
Am I understanding that all right?
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I am wondering about how long this league allows a team to stay illegal? My other leagues normally allow 48 hours, so that is the number I have used in here. Machado’s auction will end beyond that, obviously. Just wanting to know the limit because it can be a favorable strategy. So if you tell me I can stay illegal for 3-4days, I would use that number in the future. Thanks.
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Gaussian owes someone a thank you for that bailout.
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