• Arbitration period begins on Friday and runs through November 15 -- please everyone allocate all your arbitration dollars, this is an important feature of the game to keep the league competitive.
  
  After November 15, you can make trades and *penalty-free* cuts until the Keeper deadline which is January 31.
  
  For more information go here,
  
  https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/rules#offseason

  Junior Mints on October 12, 2021 1:48 PM

• Thanks everyone for a great season! There are at least three teams in need of a GM at the moment- if you know of anyone looking for a team, let me know and I will contact them. My goal is to have all teams active by end of October.

  Junior Mints on October 4, 2021 11:40 AM

• Fun season everyone. There were many close weekends...the race for 2nd place came down to the last weekend and Mints seemed.to have better hitting/pitching when it really mattered. Look forward to the next one!

  Foolish Gold on October 4, 2021 9:01 AM

• In case anyone is wondering. We do have a few teams that are (and have been) inactive. Once playoffs begin, I will start to reach out to the Ottoneu community to retain a temporary GM for those teams so they can be active in the Arbitration and other off-season phases of the game. If you know of anyone who may be interested in taking a team over for next season let me know and they will get first dibs on any vacancies.

  Junior Mints on August 2, 2021 7:01 PM

• Anyone interested in Kris Bryant?

  The Van Buren Boys on July 31, 2021 10:40 AM

• Anyone looking to add an outfielder or upgrade? I need either a Catcher or Middle Infielder and looking to deal!

  Junior Mints on June 21, 2021 9:07 AM

• Great battle this week Mullet!

  Junior Mints on May 24, 2021 7:57 AM

• Also just wanted to make sure everyone knew that there are playoffs -- starting Sept 6. Top 6 teams qualify for playoffs .

  Junior Mints on May 4, 2021 5:52 PM

• Update on the money pool. We have 8 teams in: The Professor, SiCKSinker, Mullet, Ballers, Tapia, Poles, 2016Dream, and Mints. These are the teams that will be $$ eligible.
  
  I'm thinking we'll award as follows based on final standings:
  1st: $160
  2nd: $50
  3rd: $30
  
  I'll take Venmo payments @Chet-Gutwein

  Junior Mints on May 4, 2021 5:49 PM

• Yeah, I'll talk to him. He's had a lot on his plate lately, I'm sure he'll be active before too long.

  Junior Mints on April 30, 2021 12:42 PM

• Aaron Judge: "My legs hurt...I'm just going to sit out a few days".

  Foolish Gold on April 29, 2021 11:45 AM

• @Mantequilla needs at least one or two more pitchers on the roster XD

  Foolish Gold on April 20, 2021 11:55 PM

• Just a reminder: tomorrow marks the official start to our league games. Points will count. Don't forget to set your lineups. Hope you all had a safe and enjoyable weekend.
  
  Side note, I'm anticipating this week will still have lots of silent auctions but then things will die down on that front and we will start to see some trade activity.

  Junior Mints on April 18, 2021 10:48 PM

• Also, I had a chance to speak to a few of you who were interested in having some prize money. This will be OPTIONAL - but if you want to throw in $30 towards prize money then your team will be eligible to take home some money at the end of the season. I'll give everyone until 4/26 to decide... Please either post on the message board or send me a message via the 'Trade Chat' function. If I don't hear from you I will assume you're not interested. (I am in.)

  Junior Mints on April 16, 2021 2:31 PM

• Happy Friday!
  
  I hope everyone has enjoyed the silent auctions. Still a lot to process through the weekend - good luck! Just to clarify our season start, what you see now as Week 3 on the schedule will be our first week that counts. Sometime next week the League schedule will no longer show the Week 1/Week 2 games and everyone's record should be 0-0-0.

  Junior Mints on April 16, 2021 2:28 PM

• Paul -- let's talk trade then. Not a big Nimmo or Kepler fan tbh.

  Junior Mints on April 14, 2021 3:43 PM

• I'm glad I could do that research for you Chet / whoever else picked up the OF I was looking for XD. Have a great Wednesday!

  Foolish Gold on April 14, 2021 12:36 AM

• One thing to be aware of with silent auctions, the game allows a team to spend more than its budget. If this happens you will need to make roster moves (i.e. cut players) in order to get back below the $400 salary cap.
  
  BE CAREFUL HOW MUCH YOU COMMIT IN THE AUCTIONS. When you cut a player, you still have to pay half their salary until they are claimed/picked up by another team. If/when I drop my $33 Springer, he'll account for $17 on my books while he's a free agent.

  Junior Mints on April 13, 2021 9:28 AM

• Lastly, the schedule automatically generated and it starts immediately, however, I think it's best if we observe this week (through 4/18) as preseason while we fill our rosters and get settled. So, please do NOT fill lineups for this week.
  
  That's all I got. Goodnight everyone.

  Junior Mints on April 11, 2021 11:33 PM

• To bid on players available for auction...
  
  1. Click 'Players' in the nav bar at the top of your screen.
  2. Click 'Auctions' in the navbar once it appears
  3. There will be a list of active auctions, enter the maximum bid for players you want to bid on and then 'Submit All Bids'
  
  Keep in mind that if you initiate an auction, you are required to bid the $1 minimum.

  Junior Mints on April 11, 2021 11:31 PM

• To nominate a player for auction...
  
  1. Click 'Players' in the nav bar at the top of your screen.
  2. use the search functions (check 'Free Agents only')
  3. Click on a players name and on the screen you'll find a section labeled 'Start Auction'

  Junior Mints on April 11, 2021 11:28 PM

• Wow, time flies when you're weighing the pros and cons of spending an extra imaginary dollar on Joey Bart! Phew! Most of us walked away from the Live Draft with a core team intact. If you did not (mantequilla and Rueb), that's okay...
  
  Silent auctions can now be initiated. I've tested it out by nominating Trent Grisham. (You all probably also got an email about this - you should login and go to your account settings and uncheck the ones you don't want. You may end up with a lot of e

  Junior Mints on April 11, 2021 11:27 PM

• Click 'Auction Draft' in the nav bar at the top of the screen.

  Junior Mints on April 11, 2021 7:24 PM

• Hello Everyone - thank you all for getting your teams registered! We're less than 30 minutes away from draft time and I see that some of you are already in the draft room. I also appreciate you all putting up with my emails! Looking forward to it.

  Junior Mints on April 11, 2021 7:13 PM

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