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Welcome sir choir boys!
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Hey everyone. I appreciate the welcome. Looking forward to evaluating my ream and getting started. Thanks!
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What's up, Blue Crew! Welcome aboard!
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Welcome! :D
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Additionally, Blue Crew (team name TBD) will have 48hrs to make their round of penalty free cuts as a new manager as the official Ottoneu rules allow.
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Alright everyone, please welcome the "New Sonders," Blue Crew! Blue Crew reached out to me after I had some questions about the manager replacement process, and had a keen interest towards taking over the Sonders squad. Blue Crew is a veteran player looking to get back in the game after some time off. Welcome!
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No objections from me. I would like give a shout-out to the comish for his oversight to ensure we have an active league.
NYS on
May 3, 2021 9:57 PM
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https://community.ottoneu.com/t/unreachable-owner/9144/3
^^ This is informing how I'll approach the situation with Sonders (Sonders let me know if you see this!). I sent the first email to them on Apr. 30 - will follow-up later this week, and then will post for replacement manager the following week if still MIA. Any objections (or other ideas), please let me know.
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Niv just replied on the Ottoneu Forums: "Oh yeah you can get a replacement manager. Search the forums for “replacement owner” to get an idea on how to do this."
On it!
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Rules for*
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Is there any messaging in the rukesfor in-season takeovers?
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Don't think there is much you can do, since they paid for the year. More than likely they won't re-up in the offseason and it will be an available team to the public.
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Sonders hasn't checked since 4/2; I sent an email to check-in, but no word yet. Anyone have any past exp w/ an owner who ducks? Obviously want to get in touch first - they paid the fee and all - but I think everyone would appreciate a more active player. Got some attractive pieces too... alas. Have a nice weekend, everyone!
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Appreciate the added perspective Krang and LB. All salient points made... as Krang said, will always prefer some rigor behind any decision than blind or unthoughtful decision-making, regardless of leaning!
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I respect your opinion & appreciate that you would raise concerns with a trade rather than just blindly approving it
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Good evening gentlemen. Just to give an insiders perspective, I just lost Morejon for the season due to TJ surgery, and I was approached about the possibility of trading Yermin. Being as I had 4 catchers, & all of them I’m very confident in. I felt that trading Yermin for a RP who has been having a comeback season & also wouldn’t break the bank, would be a mutually beneficial transaction. And if I end up being wrong then so be it, but IMO it’s a very low risk transaction for both
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Suppose it's only fair I make my case after stirring this up. if I don't see how anyone can consider $2 Yermin's current market value anywhere close to that of Alvarado. Multiple owners bid on him when his auction ended on April 5th and he has done nothing but rake and solidify his role since then- if he were cut right now, how many teams would be immediately bidding $9+ for him?
Krang on
April 20, 2021 11:31 PM
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Even if we differ in our opinions of Alvarado's value (IMO none: only PHI LH RP, bad last 2 years, no throne), I'm guessing the range of potential values owners would currently bid on him at auction would be $0-2, and I would assume that no other owner in the league is interested in giving anything of substance for him.
Krang on
April 20, 2021 11:31 PM
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I'm fully aware of small samples and that players can fall off, but Yermin has absolutely mashed in every sample of substance/at every level and was only a lower ranked prospect because he has no defensive value whatsoever. For us, he's a c-eligible DH that's likely to exceed the starts of anyone other than Kiner-Falefa and might actually be top 3 in per game production as well. He won't hit .400...but he’s also probably twice as valuable as an actually closing Alvarado if he hits .250 with pop?
Krang on
April 20, 2021 11:31 PM
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People don't have to make optimal decisions, and every trade will have a winner and loser, but I don't see how a Mercedes owner shouldn't expect MUCH more in trade - like at least half of the actual closers in the league at their existing valuations.
Krang on
April 20, 2021 11:30 PM
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Granted, this looks bad to me because it seems like trading huge upside and current stats for nothing, and if other's opinion is that Alvarado is the new hotness, Yermin the old + busted...fair enough. But to me, all this trade does is incentivize me to spam you all with bad offers for my Hunter Harvey.
Krang on
April 20, 2021 11:30 PM
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Totally agree with the commish here, I've got no problem with the trade. Yermin's hot start could easily crash just as Alvarado could stumble into the closers role. Although I do tend to only velo in truly exceptional circumstances and this trade definitely doesn't fit that for me.
JungBloodz on
April 20, 2021 8:52 PM
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Last point I'll make is that it can be easier to evaluate if you take a step back from the short samples. This is a trade of the White Sox preseason #20 prospect for a committee closer who just entered COVID protocol. Sounds to me like a couple of fliers.
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...I can't tell which side either of you find this unreasonable for, and that just solidifies the case in my mind. Happy to hear objections, and I suppose the vote is entirely up to you (I run no caucus but my own), but I'll always go into a trade with a prior that there is a reason behind each trade and that it may not be YOUR strategy, who are we to muddle with someone else's (obviously true outlier cases excused).
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Suppose I should weigh in as commish here! I have no problem with the deal. IMO it's reasonable because there's not a whole lot of YTG guarantee here. Yermin is off to a tremendous start; but also has no pedigree. I've seen Jake Fox, Shane Spencer, et al. Alvarado could return and rack up 30 saves. Or Yermin could continue at this pace and Alvarado could get one of those long cases. Who knows. And that's ultimately why I side on this being A-OK. I think the telling thing from my POV is that...
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don't see it either, personally.
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Kind of curious- can anyone see how that deal is reasonable? Looking for why I should give it a pass...
Krang on
April 20, 2021 6:26 PM
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They are talking about moving back the mound to reduce the number of KO's. Testing it out in one of the minor leagues. Not a fan of changing the game for the most part.
NYS on
April 18, 2021 11:17 AM
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I think MLB just needs to figure it out once and for all and stop 'experimenting' with a new ball each year.
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I’m all for the league cracking down on foreign substances as I believe they also stopped utilizing juiced balls. 3 true outcome baseball in my opinion is bad for the game
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If the MLB is truly serious about cracking down on pitchers using “Sticky stuff” it will truly change the game as we have known it for the past several years as did the crackdown on the steroid era.
NYS on
April 13, 2021 7:03 PM
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Pitcher's stats only count if the team uses them in the role they are slotted on your team. So correct, if you had Gregory Soto as an SP, but he came out of the pen those stats would not count.
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SP/RP Question: The rules appear to say I need to play a pitcher in my lineup the same way that he is used. Does that mean that "SP/RP" eligibility doesn't matter as much as the way that the team actually uses him? In other words, if I put Gregory Soto in an SP slot (his position shows "SP/RP"), but he only comes out of the pen, will he not accrue stats for my team?
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If you go to your team (or click your team name somewhere), your players should all be present but unassigned to positions. You click to highlight and then click to place within the lineup. Let me know if that doesn't work for you, or if you're not seeing that.
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how do I set my lineup?
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hit batsman
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Thanks everyone for showing up and sticking around... I guess now we play? Good luck!
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That's ok, the order of nomination doesn't matter too much. Everyone has a shot at every player, unlike a snake draft.
Colonel Kurtz on
March 24, 2021 12:02 PM
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"Hey Dan,
The auction draft nomination order cannot be changed.
Thanks,
Niv Shah
Founder, Ottoneu Fantasy Sports"
...well then!
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Looks like 5 SP/5 RP on a daily basis. I have opted for all default settings for a 5x5 Classic Roto, so this site (https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/rules) is the best repository for any of the roster or day-to-day questions. It's where I go to answer them!
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How many SP slots will we have on a given day then?
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GS cap might be a h2h setting. Ok nothing to worry about then!
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Nope, I didn't set that (and in just scanning didn't actually see where I'd even toggle that...). We're going to follow the standard rule that "...Season-long leagues without playoffs have a 1500 IP maximum for all pitchers" - so however you want to get there (or not) is the approach.
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Do we have a Per Week GS Cap setting for starting pitchers? "The number of starting pitcher slots depends on the league's Per Week GS Cap setting".
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Sounds good
NYS on
March 22, 2021 1:56 PM
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Im good with that as well
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Fine by me.
JungBloodz on
March 18, 2021 2:58 PM
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Hey everyone - just poking around the auction portal - I think the nomination order was set based on when you joined. Everyone OK if I do a random.org randomized list to shuffle? Will plan on doing that in the next week or so (in case this affects anyone's strategy; will have plenty of heads up).
-Dan
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Sounds good to me. Can't wait!
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Alright gang, going to lock it in given that there has either been acceptance or tepid uncertainty - March 28th it is. Idea would be to start at noon (12PM EST), and take it to completion. With this date/time set, hopefully plenty of time in advance (about as much as I can give!) if this doesn't work out for you and you want to explore a different league - though I hope of course you'll stick around. Thanks, and have a great rest of the weekend.
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