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I don't think I have a vote in this type of situation, as I'm somewhat party to the trade. I knew what was going on and I do support them having their trade, as I knew what was going on (didn't know the details of the trade as Darvish pointed out). But, it isn't about me, but more about what the rest of the league thinks as they are more impartial in this. Happy to provide any confirming texts or other information.
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As our Commish said, I was well aware that Springer was going to be flipped and that he was going to do this trade only if he could do the follow-up trade to Vinscully. I was the one accepting the trade and I needed time to think it over if I wanted to follow-through with it. But I also made the trade thinking that Darvish and Scully had an extra three hours of deadline left. We all ended up confused with the time zones, and to me it made sense that it would be midnight PST.
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Sorry for third message but ugh just realized I even posted a league wide message a week ago w the right time and then still forgot. I’m a genius
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I’m happy to provide whatever backup texts, etc if requested. Please let me know if any issues or hard feelings if I push the trade through manually as it was agreed to before the deadline, just not in the system, and we messed up on the time zone. We’d both like to push it through, but also don’t want to create bad feelings. Thank you
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Hey - sorry about the snafu, but when I executed the Abrams for Springer trade two days ago I did so with a firm agreement to quickly trade springer and Houck for sale and Javier. I let Hits for Dejong know ahead of time that I was flipping Springer, just not for who. Tonight Vin Skully and I thought the deadline was midnight PST not EST so he was getting his daughter to bed not realizing the deadline to log on and approve was an issue
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FYI - trade deadline is 9PM PST on August 31
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NY let me know right away that his Contreras drop was an accident (he meant to drop Vazquez) so I resolved
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Did anybody get there August issue of baseball America in the mail yet
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It’s official! Slob surprisingly will no longer have a catcher on their roster after a teetering imbalanced draft we came to the conclusion it was strictly a love for the position … Happy Sunday Funday! GO GIANTS!
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One Slob should wear only upper body clothing, one Slob should wear lower body clothing
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your call, but we'll be checking for sticky stuff [insert photo of Sergio Romo here]
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Clothing optional?
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Save the Date - Last day of regular season MLB games is Sunday October 3. Most games start around noon PST with two games a bit earlier. For those interested, let's try to get a Zoom together to watch the last day of games and put some faces with names before the offseason. Will coordinate the details closer to the date
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For a guy who knows how to name kids how about Criss Cut Fry?
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Mets
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Shoulda been Yancy Fry
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Who would name their kid
Paul Fry?
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PSA (part 5) - there's no particular rush, but I appreciate your attention to this and feedback. I believe the league will work best if I listen to any and all opinions and then make a commissioner decision and/or sponsor a vote, as appropriate, to ensure that we have as clear of rules as possible and are all enjoying the league. Luckily for me, Ottoneu doesn't actually leave much for me to do in the way of rules. Thank you
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PSA (part 4) - once we are solidly in the offseason, there are no salary cap or roster limit rules and I am ok with that. If people make an offseason trade that increases their salary or roster size, it just has to be fixed by the keeper deadline in the spring.
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PSA (part 3) - therefore, I propose that for all moves in-season and until 48 hours after the season ends (when last day auctions conclude), there will be a 48 hours deadline to fix your roster so that it fits within in-season roster limits/salary cap rules. If a roster is illegal after 48 hours, I will reverse the move that made it illegal......
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PSA (part 2) - apparently there is the opportunity for someone to claim a ton of players or a ton of salary that puts them over the limits and just let their roster lock until the offseason, thus allowing them the advantage of heading into the offseason with more players or salary than Ottoneu dictates in-season. I don't personally believe that that type of exploitation of the website rules to horde players is in the best spirit of the league....
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PSA (part 1) - something has come to my attention that I would like to clarify and confirm consensus on. To my knowledge, you cannot pickup players during the offseason, although you can trade and you can initiate auctions up to the last day of the season. Ottoneu message boards discuss a potential exploitation of roster management rules. As people should know, the website locks your roster if you are over the salary cap or roster limit.....
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Taking offers on Castellanos, looking for a high quality young bat
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Bangers let me know right away of an accidental drop and I fixed as soon as I could
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Public Service Announcement - if you have dropped a player that wasn't picked up and now is giving you a cap hit of $2 or more, after 30 days you are allowed to nominate that player for auction again. If someone picks them up, you wipe away the cap hit. If you end up picking him up, you can drop them again right away which cuts your cap hit by 50% again. More explanation is in the rules, but I saw this on message boards as strategy for minimizing cap hits
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Hello - Bunch Bangers and Pocketful of Aces contacted me regarding an issue with their trade yesterday (after the trade was accepted but before it processed) and the issue was resolved today where it was agreed upon that the accepted trade was not meant to be proposed (it was sent by mistake). I have therefore reversed the trade to the satisfaction of both teams. Thank you,
Ben
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Selling Sonny Gray for your finest prospects, hit me up
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It's only banned in Georgia
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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 steroid era.
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also didnt see the texting group. I'd be happy to join. (408)973-1201
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sounds good! I appreciate the flexibility and use of common sense!
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Ugh, that sucks. Please all consider this a notification and warning that if you don't have 40 players, $1 for each open roster spot counts against your cap. I won't reverse moves anymore if you fail to account for this now that we're making a point to notify everyone. That being said, if someone contacts me "immediately" following a move and tells me that it was an accident (i.e., hit the wrong button, kid got my phone, etc.) I will reverse as long as nothing fishy is evident. mistake
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I have no problem with it you can do whatever you wish.
But the same thing happened to me last year and I wound up having to drop seven players to get underneath the cap so I know how frustrating it is.
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FYI - VinSkully contacted me within minutes of dropping Danny Jansen because it triggered an error with him being over the cap. He is still learning the roster management rules in that you have to reserve a dollar per open roster spot. On account of this being an honest mistake due to rules learning curve and it seems quite unimpactful, I'm just going to undo his drop. If anyone has issues with this, please let me know within 48 hours and we'll have a simple majority vote as to my action
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I'm in Canada, but happy to join in discussion. Mine is 647 818 8461
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I'd join the text group! (647) 261-8370
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Sure, 501.617.1343
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About 6 of us have a group text going for baseball chatter outside of the league message board. If you’d like to be added and/or would like your phone number available for trade discussions via texting, you can post here. My number is 510.520.9238 if anyone wants to text about trades, the league, etc
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Jeffers and Ramos are available for those who may be interested but don’t check the block
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Stop. The. Count.
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I just realized ottoneu has two C slots, but the max number of games for C is still 162. I like this system!
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is it just me or is the fangraphs homepage not loading properly?
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If you want to remove someone from your trade block just click the little trash can next to his name.
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One other thing. You can set your trade block by clicking trade and adding players to your Available list. type in the player's name and click add.
You can also add Players, Stats or Positions wanted.
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Thanks for the pointers! Much appreciated
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No Problem
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Thanks for looking out, I just woke up!
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As for side pot, I’m thinking if people want to raise the stakes over the $50 entered through the website, as many people as are interested (no requirement) can but an additional sum into a side pot. It would be awarded to 1st, 2nd, 3rd place out of those who entered. Just floating the idea
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Thanks for helping Wolfpack!
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Lineup set - thanks for the help!
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