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  1. BigbadB
    On a related note, why on earth were there like 20 guys all dressed in blue to go clean up the mess? I hope it was the grounds crew. I'd hate to think they had 20 guys all standing around game after game waiting for the field to get littered with trash.
  2. BigbadB

    week 16

    BigbadB replied to abuck1220's topic in Fantasy Sports

    'bout time he gets his head out of his ass. I was growing quite impatient. :D
  3. BigbadB
    Cool. By my calculation, that's Henry Blanco money. Any chance we could trade Blanco, Hill and Kendall for a starting catcher? I'd rather have Piazza.
  4. BigbadB
    Actually, it could be done. Juan or someone else could go in and sign each guy and then turn around and drop them again within a week of the draft date. Then each guy goes in and puts in a claim on each guy they want, and players are selected based on waiver order. Only problem is everyone would know what players are available based on the transactions made to put the players on waivers and Juan would have to dig them all up to make them waiver players. :D But hey, I'd love it.
  5. BigbadB
    Everyone's responses so far x 2
  6. BigbadB
    What I did was send a PM to Juan that listed the players I was interested in, and in the order in which I would want them if they are available at my turn to pick. I also specified how many I was willing to pick up and who I would drop if I get any of the requested players. Of course, I went into a bit more detail because I won't be in town during the waiver process.
  7. BigbadB
    Hard to say. They are always looking to dump payroll. Yunel Escobar hasn't been horrible filling in where needed. If they felt they could improve the team elsewhere, it wouldn't be a huge shocker. But, the likelihood decreases the longer they stay in the thick of things. Other teams (especially the AL) could potentially offer more for Renteria, however.
  8. BigbadB
    I did. But, it was mentioned in an existing thread.
  9. BigbadB
    I'm sure Lilly and Fontenot would like to have some speaks with him. And once they speak, all will be just fine.
  10. BigbadB
    I'm hoping the same thing. I would hope that they could make a trade rather than send someone down in return for bringing up Petrick.
  11. BigbadB
    A lot of teams are waiting out the next few weeks to see if they will be buyers or sellers. I'm hoping the Braves dump over the next two weeks and make Renteria available.
  12. BigbadB
    Cubs pitchers need to start throwing at the ribs of all star outfielders in the playoff hunt. That will help us move Jones. :D Seriously, I think Jones, Eyre and Izturis will be moved at the deadline. Some team will want these guys, but who really knows why?
  13. BigbadB
    Wait, so you say that getting DeRosa "was a buy high move" then suggest Ray Durham. You know, the same Durham who had a career year in 2006. Oh, and Durham is three years older and was going to cost a few million more than DeRosa. So how was getting DeRosa buying high but Durham wouldn't be? because durham had already put together a solid career. derosa was a bench player before last year. it may have been buying high, but in all likelihood you were going to get a good player out of it. Giles was the only buy-low guy available last year, and he was non-tendered long after Derosa was signed. Plus, he was nearly a sure-fire thing to go to San Diego. Loretta was a buy low guy as well.
  14. BigbadB
    He's got it tough in Toronto, also. Players don't get all excited about playing in Toronto. They overpaid for players, but they pretty much need to if they want players to sign there. Tough division, another country, semi-small market.
  15. BigbadB
    Agreed. Heck, JD Drew hasn't set the world on fire either, and he was who I wanted to fix the outfield.
  16. BigbadB
    Well.. he beat me head to head. I'd think record vs one another would make me be the worst in the league... :oops: Makes Juan's job harder though. I sure wouldn't want to go through and look up match ups once a month to determine waiver orders. It would be easier to assign waiver orders breaking ties based on team points. But hey, I'm not Juan. :D
  17. BigbadB
    What I talked about with Juan is that Snyder and Chamberlain should work just the same as normal, since they came into the db just like any number of other existing minor leaguers. It's really the 2007 draftees that made this situation exceptional. So for the good of the league, I volunteered to drop those guys. It seemed the most fair way to handle things for everyone. Agreed. But, because the problem is only players from the June draft, once a month waivers shouldn't really be needed. At least I don't see a reason to do once a month waivers. Just do it when the database is stocked up with the June draft players and let everyone else be signed as a free agent like normal. I'm fine with however you all want to do it, but that's just my opinion on the best way to handle this.
  18. BigbadB
    Wouldn't Juan have the first pick?
  19. BigbadB
    Just thinking that might be a good date, because most of the guys people would want to draft would likely be signed by that date. What do we do with guys who are added to the database but don't sign with their teams? Can I draft a guy who goes back to college for another year or do I lose him?
  20. BigbadB
    The new signing deadline is August 15. Sounds like a good day for a minor league draft.
  21. BigbadB
    Isn't this really only going to be a problem once a season and sometime after the draft? Why not just disallow June draftees to be picked up until the season is over? How many are going to actually make it to the big club between June and the end of the season? 1? None? Then those guys could be part of the draft process and maybe add an extra couple of rounds to the draft? Those not drafted become free agents just like the rest of the player pool. A lot of these guys may not even sign with their respective teams until the end of the season. I forgot what the new deadline is, but it seems a whole easier to do this than to have each team submitting bids on players and dealing with waiver orders, etc.... And you want to set this up for once a month? How exactly will this work? I submit a list of names like the guys Tim just drafted? Depending on the waiver order and what players are left will determine which player I get? I think I'd rather just let Tim have all those players back rather than create a nightmare of combing the database once a month for newly added names. But, to me an easy fix is just don't allow June draftees from being eligible to be picked up as free agents until the following year's manager fantasy draft.
  22. BigbadB
    NO!
  23. BigbadB
    Looks even worse if you think that Mitre may have netted us Salty.... :cry: Nah. Mitre wouldn't be the guy. Atlanta would want a guy like Lincecum who is in his first year. Mitre has too much service time.
  24. BigbadB
    This team should kill LHP. Now would be a good time to start.
  25. BigbadB
    I've seen the stat for inherited runners and the amount that score somewhere. Just don't remember where.
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