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I will support Commishes' decision
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Sounds good. I'm in support of whatever you decide!
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AHWT, I've reached out to Urbina to make sure we're on the same page. We'll let you know our thoughts before the auction ends. Based on the limitations of the commish tools, I don't thinks there's anything we can do until the auction ends at this point. We would have to wait until Rogers is rostered, then do a no penalty cut (if that's the outcome).
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LOL. Thanks. That said if people genuinely have a problem with my request I will figure it out. I want to preserve league integrity and don't want to open up pandoras box. But i really would appreciate dealing with my pitching situation in another way, if at all possible.
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If it matters - I don't really care. I'd be fine with just cancelling the transaction. I actually think the timing is hilarious, having the baseball world give AHWT the giant middle finger on a random Wednesday.
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That said I don't want to set a precedent. It's just like the worst timing in the world. I personally would be ok if someone else made the same request but like i said it is super unfair to the league and I make a bunch of cuts for the unfortunate timing so be it.
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In full transparency, I just nominated Trevor Rogers like 30m before his start because my pitching staff is so injured (Woodruff and Ashby are probably done for the year, and a new injury for Rodon). Needed to take a shot. Rogers just left the game with an arm injury after 3 innings and it doesn't look good. I was going to have to cut like 20 dollars worth of players. Any chance I can have mercy no nom? I don't want to roster a TJ guy and cut other players to keep him. Just super bad timing.
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You know I picked up Neto at auction because I like the skillset and the word all around was that he was very advanced/likely to be the first up this year from the 22 class. Didn't expect him less than three weeks in though. Let's go!
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Damn, BPM plays to win
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I'm a sucker for .650 ISOs
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oh nice sexy little $1 adell scoop. I hope that dude breaks out. He has been so bad but hes really fun.
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Almost as exciting as this Brandon Marsh mini breakout.
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That Edouard Julien price is looking pretty good right now.
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Who I confuse with Wily Mo Pena. He was a beast in MVP 2004
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We’ll he’s on 33 likewise I also keep thinking he is like 45
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Haha. Dude I was literally thinking the same think. Maybe I’m thinking of Wily Peralta
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Further inspection leads me to believe that I'm confusing him with Wandy Rodriguez, who's 44 years old
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How is Wandy Peralta only 31 years old? I thought he was like 38
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Accidentally hit the "Start Auction" button on Christian Pache. Thank God it makes you confirm before it actually starts it. Saw my life flash before my eyes there.
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Lol. No you good you have the cap space I’d be doing the same thing
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Only picked up Suwinski, T. Walker and Friedl in the last two three days. Already 44 points behind 1st place, got to make some moves to upgrade and fill holes
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Big Papi literally scooping up everyone we all want LMFAO
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Just tried and it worked, don't know why it happened. Thanks for your support, have a nice Sunday
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Hi Papi, I'm not aware of anything that would prevent you from starting an auction. Could you elaborate on the issue?
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Question : why aren't we allowed to start auctions at this time? Maybe I missed something
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Big Papi cleaning up tonight!
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Aggressive cut by Papi. Dansby and Twosies both have the cap room to claim him. Gonna be a tense slate of games today to see who finishes in 12th place haha.
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Looks like it got taken care of, thanks for another great draft everyone!
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Did the draft just end without AHWT getting his final pick?
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Hi, four drafts tonight
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BPM and I can start a side chat while everyone else is drafting exciting players. Serge, how many drafts do you have tonight?
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Patience...patience and patience
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When in doubt, spend money on Jay Bruce.
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DJiB, any advice for going in with $36 and needing 14 players?
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That's correct, draft will start at 8 PM as planned. Thanks for the reminder Howie.
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Hey - just to clarify - the draft is set for 8pm, correct? It will not change to 7 or 9pm?
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Thanks for accommodating me, everyone! And my deepest apologies for screwing up the time zones. I'm really glad we could find a date so close to opening day though. With the free agent pool looking super thin, I'm sure we will all feel more comfortable knowing where our dollars are going.
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Slight change, Doodle did not like Urbina being in Australia and his availability was off by a day. So we're going to move the draft date to 3/29. Guy Frieri may need a slightly later or earlier start time based on his work schedule, please let me know if you have issues with us modifying the start time to 7PM or 9PM EST on 3/29. Appreciate everyone's patience.
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Sad news -- Eric Thames has announced his retirement. I guess we have to bury the past and look ahead to who this season's Spring Training Darling will be.
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Alright, looks like March 27 is the best day for everyone that is closest to the start of the season. Please let us know immediately if this date does not work, or else we'll lock it in and everyone can start their draft prepping!
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If you've already submitted, it is still possible to amend your dates, and if you could use the "if need be" feature for dates that are not ideal but you can make work, that would really help. Thanks in advance for your responsiveness and flexibility!
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Hi everyone, good participation rate on the Doodle so far...looks like we're just missing Escape Pod, Gurri, and AHWT. It seems we're already running low on consensus dates though; the best dates so far only have 8/9 owners available. There are a few owners who have stated that they're unavailable for entire weeks at times. I'd like to emphasise that this the Doodle should be filled out on pure availability, not your preference for a draft date.
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https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/dLZ2Xjwa
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Hey everyone, sorry for getting this out later than I'd hoped. Please see the link in the following post for the draft time Doodle. The plan is for the draft that starts at 8 PM EST to hopefully accommodate east coast and west coast owners (and Urbina will figure it out in Australia). The draft usually lasts about three hours. If you have a special scenario regarding start times please reach out directly and we can tweak things to try and get something that works for everyone.
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Ahem, Ryan McMahon is off the table for bidding wars this year, thank you very much
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Interesting observations! Definitely the shallowest free agent pool I've seen. The new offensive environment certainly has some effect, but this phenomenon is also typical in long-term keeper leagues, and we're one of the longest tenured leagues in the OttoNeu universie. Papi is a wild card too; he plays in so many leagues that he needs to keep mostly full rosters to minimise his reliance on the auction. So boring answer is that it's likely a confluence of factors. Should make for a fun auction!
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I think Bogaerts will end up being my biggest keeper regret, ultimately. But, as mentioned, Lindor isn't *that* much more inspiring.
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Same, kinda. I really thought about cutting Harper but then it was like, he's gonna get up to $50 at auction anyway, even if he misses the first month or two, so why bother.
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No you’re right I kept probably 6 bats I was borderline on cause the cuts as I started looking at the available player pool and past the top 5-6 guys it gets unproven really fast and I didn’t wanna get caught in a Ryan McMahon bidding war
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My quick initial guess looking around the league is that it may have something to do with the change in offensive environment last year. So many pitchers performed so well that even though many got hit with arb, a lot of the salaries look like very nice value. In turn I think that allowed people to hold onto some maybe borderline values for bats in an attempt to try to lock up more of a sure thing offensively in a reduced offensive climate. But idk, just a theory.
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