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We're sorry to have missed you in the draft Squirrels! These things do happen and I'm still of the mind that any ottoneu team can compete in two years at the latest no matter their position. One important thing of note: Jarren Duran would be eligible in the MiLB draft that is going to start soon, and he is currently being auctioned. I think the smart thing to do would be to not allow MiLB guys to be auctioned til the end of that draft.
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I guess I'll be in full rebuild mode now... no way I can compete this year after missing the auction.
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Sorry I missed the auction guys. I was traveling home and supposed to be back in plenty of time, but I broke down... super sad I missed it I had been looking forward to it!
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We'll start our MiLB draft soon, give me a day or so to update you on here as to the structure.
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Great draft everyone! Trades are back on the table and good luck this season!
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looks like you're not locked out so probably just the issue balco had, try again and we'll wait for you. paused for now.
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booted and can't get back in, help
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weird it doesn't say you're locked out, try entering again?
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anyone else locked out from draft-room?
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I may be a handful of minutes late for the draft. Obstinate toddler problems.
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Hey everyone! Just wanted to say that I'm excited for the draft tomorrow, but I can only make it for the first 45 minutes or so. A's minor leaguer Cole Irvin asked to come on my podcast, and I set the record time for 5 p.m., completely forgetting about the draft. I'll nominate guys later to fill any holes I still have on the roster, but I also can't wait to start trading again! - Jason
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Let me just remind everyone that in our charter we follow ottoneu rule 1a) which states you must maintain a roster of 18 major league players who can fill out your starting lineups at all times. In other words, it is against the rules to only hoard minor leaguers so keep this in mind if you're already keeping a fair amount of prospects entering the draft. With the MiLB rosters I am less worried about this rule becoming an issue but just thought I'd remind everyone.
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One last important note I thought of: Reminder that of course you can nominate minor leaguers in tomorrow's draft. After the draft, the players which will be available in the MiLB draft will be those that are 1). not on a roster (obviously) and 2). do not have any Major League PA/Batters Faced.
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The draft would take far too long if we allowed owners to try to game the draft by intentionally skipping their nominations. If an owner violates this rules too many times we reserve the right to kick that player from the draft. That's all i wanted to mention, let me know if you have any questions about the draft in the meantime.
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Hi folks, Just wanted to give a friendly reminder that our draft is this Sunday starting at 7 PM Eastern. I anticipate the full draft will last about 3 hours, maybe a bit less, but some teams have less spots to fill than others so some teams could be wrapped up within an hour and a half even. An important reminder about draft etiquette: We do require that you nominate a player every single time your turn comes around.
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bummed to see a streak in this league will come to an end: with Diamond Dawgs owning Brandon Belt currently I will not be able to draft him in a 4th consecutive draft, lol. Curious if any other teams have players they've drafted in every single auction draft of this league.
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Yep. After we finish the draft this Sunday we can start the MiLB draft shortly thereafter. Teams will get 24 hours or so to announce their picks on the forum here (we can be lenient since there will be plenty of time between the draft and opening day). Teams will be allowed to draft players until their MiLB roster hits 5 total players at which point there subsequent picks will be skipped. Thunder Gun Express was the only team to keep 5 MiLB players so they will not have any picks in the draft.
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Hope everyone is well. Will there be a MILB draft this year again?
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March 7 works fine...I'll make sure Phil is well prepared.
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Thanks. Hopefully we will be finished with the rolling blackouts in Texas by then.
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Hey everyone. I've set the draft date for Sunday March 7 from 7-9 eastern time, which all but two of us voted for in the poll and I already checked that those two owners can also make this time work. Please let me know asap if for whatever reason you cannot make this time, otherwise good luck with your preparations for the draft!
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If weekend evenings are bad for you let me know as soon as possible so I can make a different poll with different options. Please fill this out at your earliest convenience so we can get a date set asap. Here's the poll: https://doodle.com/poll/ar8ugt9nss5zikpi?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
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Hey Folks, With the season looking like it has every intention to start on time, I've made a doodle poll to try to set a draft date. For now I've just listed fri/sat/sun options in the month of march since we should be able to find an option from those. Times should hopefully display in your time zone but do make sure when you open the poll that the time zone is correct. As the poll notes I anticipate this draft will last about 2 hours at the longest given the number of keepers.
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Still it wouldn't hurt if you could message me generally what days and times you think will work best for you so I know what options to put on such a poll. Also if you could please remind me what time zones you all are in so I can plan accordingly.
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Thanks everyone for having your cuts in on time. A few things of note: Please check your MiLB roster is correct in our spreadsheet, as we've noted over the last few weeks, there have been a few mistakes here and there when it comes to removing players from rosters. I want to send a doodle poll out soon to start finding a draft time but I also want to wait a bit to see if there's any news on a delayed start to 2021. I'll check back in on that in about a week or so.
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Phil and I thank you for the MiLB draft information. Phil doesn't drink coffee and was confused that a single game in The Show would make a guy a non MiLB player. On my MiLB roster, please erase Estevan Florial, as I think his presence there was an oversight. I will retain the other two on the list, Groshans and Freeman, leaving us three picks in the MiLB draft.
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Here's how the MiLB will work: After our auction draft we will hold the MiLB draft on the message board here, each team will get 24 hours or so to make each pick. Teams will able to participate in each round until they have 5 total players on their MiLB roster. So for example if you keep 2 players on your MiLB roster, then you will be allowed to draft in rounds 1-3 of the draft and after that since you will have 5 players on the roster, your pick will be skipped in the following rounds.
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And while I'm sure most people know this, just wanted to say please make sure you all make your last cuts by 11:59 EST this evening, the team you have at midnight eastern will be the team you take to the auction draft. Likewise announce any cuts from MiLB rosters on this message board by then. Also be sure to pay your $20 to the site to keep your team active if you have not already.
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The requested cuts have been made. Re: the question about florial, since he has MLB service time if he is cut from your roster he can only be drafted in the auction draft and is not eligible to be selected in the MiLB draft. The only players who can be selected in the MiLB draft are those without ML service time. Now if you have a player on your 40-man roster who has no MLB service time, cutting him would leave him eligible for the MiLB draft.
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Please cut George Valera, Travis Swaggerty, and Lazaro Armenteros from my MILB Roster, thanks.
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I will cut Jhoan Duran and Jackson Kowar from MiLB roster. Thanks.
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MiLB roster question: I inherited 3 players on my MiLB list from Giancarlos team (renamed Phil's); One of them, Estevan Florial, came up for a cup of coffee with NYY in August, one game with 3 PAs. He's now on my 40 man roster. Does he come off the MiLB list and I must decide to keep or cut on my 40 man? Or does he stay on my MiLB roster if I cut him from the 40 man? This may be obvious to all of you...thanks for entertaining the query...I'm asking for Phil :-)
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Entertaining offers for those on my trade block if anyone is interested in last minute deals! Disclaimer: these players are not on my cut list, no complete low ball offers please!
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I will cut Xavier Edwards and Miguel Vargas from MiLB roster: these changes already reflected in the spreadsheet.
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All 3 cuts are now reflected on the spreadsheet.
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SR&K cuts Hunter Bishop, Ronaldo Hernandez & Bryston Stott
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There’s some reporting that AZ wants to delay the start of spring training because of Covid cases there. It’s about to get interesting
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hey everyone. just a quick reminder that you must cut players from your roster by 11:59 pm EST this coming Sunday. Also please announce any cuts from you MiLB roster here on the message board by then as well. After the cut deadline we can start planning a draft date. It does appear that the season will start on time this year, but nevertheless we should keep potential delays in mind when planning and consider trying to have as late a draft day as possible for this reason.
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with our trade going through, I have moved Daniel Lynch onto my MiLB roster on the spreadsheet.
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Thanks!
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dxnwbfEB0SaT0ba_GxeefxSiZy1Yym9iHmJ0D8r20q0/edit?usp=sharing
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Could someone link me to the 5MiLB sheet? Can't find it for some reason. Thanks!
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the spreadsheet has been updated to reflect this cut and also to reflect that I have cut Alexander Canario from my MiLB roster.
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Please cut Alek Manoah from my MILB roster
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The spreadsheet has been updated to reflect this cut.
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I will cut Jonathan India from my MiLB roster.
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January 20, 2021 9:43 AM
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Okay sounds good. I’ll do that when I’m ready. Thanks!
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just go ahead and post who you are cutting here on the message board and then I will get around to updating the spreadsheet.
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Regarding MILB Draft: Where do we mention if we would like to drop someone from our current 5 before the final cuts?
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Ha thats funny, I didn't even register that!
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