• Guys, if you haven't done a trade with Clever Pun yet, please take a number and get in line. Well on his way to completing a trade with everyone in the off-season (which he came very close to last year as I recall).

  Cruzship on December 6, 2016 1:06 PM

• Clever Pun Coming Soon's trade block has been updated!

  Chief Justices on December 3, 2016 10:36 AM

• Wrigelyville Awakens's trade block has been updated!

  The Bleacher Bums on November 30, 2016 11:16 AM

• Sharks's trade block has been updated!

  Boys of Summer 2.0 on November 26, 2016 8:40 AM

• Turning J.A.Happanese's trade block has been updated!

  Uncle Baby Billy's All-Stars on November 19, 2016 4:15 PM

• I don't understand how people do allocations. the top 3 or 4 teams should have been allocated 33 bucks each. but looks like now team got more than 28. given how little the standings have changed in the top 3, unless people are willing to make it difficult for those guys to carry their star players, it will be very difficult to change the league competitiveness.

  Bazzball! on November 17, 2016 12:19 AM

• King Kang's trade block has been updated!

  Cruzship on November 15, 2016 1:19 PM

• Remember, I have Big Papi really cheap. Don't let that happen! He just might come back!

  Chief Justices on October 24, 2016 3:42 PM

• Mark - I don't think so. I think Kershaw @$64 right now is the highest we've had in our league

  Cruzship on October 14, 2016 9:10 PM

• Arbitration doesn't begin until tomorrow. What's the highest anyone has paid in our league? I don't recall any salaries of $70 that we've had.

  BomboRivera on October 14, 2016 4:21 PM

• Just took a gander at average salary values for players. It shows the highest any owner is paying for that player. Believe it or not, Harper, Machado and Correa all have owners paying them over $100! I don't know if that includes arbitration, but if it doesn't...

  BomboRivera on October 14, 2016 4:18 PM

• Again I sent the message from the wrong account, as Keshav is the one who is regularly checking fangraphs. He is the one who pointed out the messages to me.

  Taking Back Santo on October 8, 2016 11:36 AM

• Yes, Anand beat me this year because I was preoccupied.with other things. Anand better be ready for the usual beat down next year.

  The Bronx Empire on October 8, 2016 11:31 AM

• two years in a row! and this year half our team was on the DL starting August

  Bazzball! on October 5, 2016 8:27 AM

• Wait a minute, I just noticed this. Did Anand finish ahead of Venkat?

  Cruzship on October 4, 2016 1:50 PM

• Correct. Rule VII.c says "c. Owners must always be able to field a 40 man roster for $400; therefore following the keeper deadline, a team salary must never exceed $360 + the number of players on the roster. However, there is no salary cap from the end of the MLB season until the keeper deadline.

  Cruzship on October 3, 2016 5:06 PM

• Correct me if I'm wrong, but we would also need to have $1 available for every open roster spot below 40.

  BomboRivera on October 3, 2016 3:37 PM

• You then have to manage that amount below $400 by the keeper deadline.

  Cruzship on October 3, 2016 2:12 PM

• The easiest way is to look at the Rules tab in the upper right corner and go to Section VII - that has the rules for the off-season. We follow the allocation method for arbitration, which begins on Oct 15 and ends Nov. 14. You can cut players before then. After that, you can trade or cut players until Jan. 31, the keeper deadline. Before Oct. 15 you'll have $2 added for every MLB player on your roster, and $1 for every MiLB player.That plus the amount allocated to you gives you total salary.

  Cruzship on October 3, 2016 2:12 PM

• need a refresher on the offseasn rules. does someone have the info handy?

  Bazzball! on October 3, 2016 2:01 PM

• Congrats to the King, Here's to you and especially the Sharks! Fun season and great participation from top to bottom! Time to tear up my roster and re-build for next year -- needless to say I need to figure out my pitching staff.

  The Life of Riley on October 3, 2016 10:52 AM

• Thank you. I thought I was dead in the water about a month ago and still can’t believe how hot my team got to end the season.

  Boys of Summer 2.0 on October 3, 2016 8:47 AM

• well..looks like sharks did it. amazing job to finish 3rd. congrats to all the winners.

  Bazzball! on September 30, 2016 9:57 PM

• well..looks like sharks did it. amazing job to finish 3rd. congrats to all the winners.

  Bazzball! on September 30, 2016 9:57 PM

• It reminded me right away of Tim Crews and Steve Olin, who played for the Indians and also lost their lives in a boating accident.

  BomboRivera on September 25, 2016 11:46 AM

• Having trouble thinking of a similar situation. Clemente, Munson, Oscar Taveras- but all were at different points in their careers and JFer had an incredible life story.

  Cruzship on September 25, 2016 11:31 AM

• Yeah the Fernendez news was the first thing I saw when I read the news this morning. It is very sad.

  Taking Back Santo on September 25, 2016 11:10 AM

• Awful news about Fernandez. Puts our silly baseball game into perspective.

  Uncle Baby Billy's All-Stars on September 25, 2016 9:41 AM

• So sad about Jose Fernandez- unbelievable really.

  Cruzship on September 25, 2016 9:38 AM

• From the who'da thunk it department: I did some calculations on points per PA of some of my players. Would you believe Robbie Grossman and Jose Abreu are dead even?

  BomboRivera on September 24, 2016 11:14 AM

• Probably McCutchen's down year didn't help either

  Cruzship on September 21, 2016 10:44 AM

• Gary Sanchez is the difference between third place and fifth place this year for me. One dumb move decided it.

  BomboRivera on September 21, 2016 9:39 AM

• No kidding, it seems unreal. It'll be interesting to see whether teams view him more as a pitcher or hitter.

  Cruzship on September 16, 2016 11:24 AM

• Are you sure his real name isn't Sidd Finch and that he can throw 168 mph?

  BomboRivera on September 16, 2016 11:02 AM

• Fun fact I heard today - Shohei Otani is the lastest Japanese phenom who is likely headed to the MLB at some point. He is only 21 so it's unclear on when he'd get posted. He is both a pitcher and a position player (RF). He throws 102 mph and is considered the top SP prospect since Darvish. But, he plays every non-pitching day in RF and leads NBP in OPS at over 1000 OPS. Never seen/heard of a guy like that even in US college ball.

  Cruzship on September 16, 2016 10:55 AM

• So when is someone starting the auction for Tebow?

  Cruzship on September 14, 2016 10:55 PM

• Nathan - can you check with Niv to see if he can allow me extra games or innings? That would give me a better chance of catching you :) More seriously, very cool that we still have 5 teams with a real shot at the money positions at this late stage of the season.

  Chief Justices on September 13, 2016 5:29 PM

• Thanks Mark. I've checked with the site administrators and will let you know. May be a glitch and you get the extra game.

  Cruzship on September 13, 2016 1:56 PM

• I just tried all three of my catchers – yeah, I know – and it is not allowing any of them at the C position with today's lineup.

  BomboRivera on September 13, 2016 12:30 PM

• Mark - let me know if you can roster a C today?

  Cruzship on September 13, 2016 12:15 PM

• I will alert the authorities. That is not something I can fix.

  Cruzship on September 13, 2016 12:14 PM

• Hey Commish, my catcher games played didn't shut off at 162. If my California math is correct, it did allow Castillo 0.60 last night and now shows I have 163 Games played at the catcher position. Would you please correct this? Also we'll have to keep an eye on things, as others may have this situation occur. Thanks.

  BomboRivera on September 13, 2016 10:56 AM

• Was on fire? Last 6 starts JD has 334 pts from 43 IP, which is 7.8 pts/IP. That is on fire. And that included 7 perfect innings from Rich Hill and 8 no-hit innings from Kyle Hendrcks (when was the last time an Ivy-league product pitched a no hitter?).

  Cruzship on September 13, 2016 9:44 AM

• Was on fire for awhile, then gave up 2 HR to 3 hitters. Down the tubes we go in this great game of ottoneu!

  Chief Justices on September 12, 2016 10:51 PM

• Nathan did send the change in how to divide the winnings at the start of the year. I am indifferent as to the division, so if others feel strongly about one or the other, I'm cool with either, but I obviously also have a conflict right now, so will recuse myself.

  Chief Justices on September 12, 2016 4:04 PM

• Mark - that's correct. I'd proposed the change at the beginning of the year, but at this point I feel like I have a conflict of interest so would defer to the league on this.

  Cruzship on September 12, 2016 2:35 PM

• Regarding the commish's message, I know at one time we had a 250/125/75 payout. I'm guessing we must've changed it in the last year or two?

  BomboRivera on September 12, 2016 2:13 PM

• $&@! Sanchez, for one thing. Say, could you use Bryant?

  BomboRivera on September 11, 2016 2:29 PM

• I don't know what has gotten into my team, but I like it! They're getting hot at the right time.

  Boys of Summer 2.0 on September 11, 2016 9:21 AM

• And it's a team well set up for next year

  Cruzship on September 10, 2016 12:47 PM

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