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[Thracken]

On a different note...that hamilton trade seem crazy to anyone else?

Did you see Olt and a farm pick are also involved on the MadBum side?

Is that supposed to matter? Pick 2 of these 4 in a keeper league: Hamilton, Hellickson, MadBum, Olt

Hamilton and Hellickson and I don't even think it's close. But, that's just my opinion.

[Bwanna]

On a different note...that hamilton trade seem crazy to anyone else?

Did you see Olt and a farm pick are also involved on the MadBum side?

Is that supposed to matter? Pick 2 of these 4 in a keeper league: Hamilton, Hellickson, MadBum, Olt

Hamilton and Hellickson and I don't even think it's close. But, that's just my opinion.

You and I have a different valuation of Hellboy and Bum. Age, division, health, physical size, K/9, BB/H, pitch selection are all factors in my evaluation and it's not that close IMO. But it's just my opinion, and I can't forecast the future (although I keep trying, usually failing miserably).

I know giving up Hamilton was questionable, but I'm rolling the dice a bit here fer shure.

[WaCougMBS]

I'm all for a moves limit if we promise to call it the "Bwanna Rule" , and 6-8 sounds
Iike a good happy medium for allowing spot starting and/or prospect calling up/sending down. I don't understand the sentiment/need for reducing it in the playoffs though. Other than not wanting to self police it, I think it's a needles stipulation. I say pick a reasonable number and stick with it. My $0.02

I'm cool with whatever has been suggested so far. Maybe 1 more OF and P for next year and another P and MI/CI for the following year.

I think I like the idea of going OF/OF/P or OF/P/BN and then MI/CI/P the next year rather than vice versus. I think the related ideas we might need to discuss would be do we want 2 catchers (not advocating, just asking) and how we want those P spots allocated (force another SP and/or RP spot or just load up on general spots). I thought of something else a while ago but it's escaping my mind for the moment

Can we get a few thoughts on this before I throw up a poll (or two)?

[sportsguy138]

I'm cool with whatever has been suggested so far. Maybe 1 more OF and P for next year and another P and MI/CI for the following year.

I think I like the idea of going OF/OF/P or OF/P/BN and then MI/CI/P the next year rather than vice versus. I think the related ideas we might need to discuss would be do we want 2 catchers (not advocating, just asking) and how we want those P spots allocated (force another SP and/or RP spot or just load up on general spots). I thought of something else a while ago but it's escaping my mind for the moment

Can we get a few thoughts on this before I throw up a poll (or two)?

6 moves a week sounds good to me.

I'm also ok with the addition of OF/P/BN for next year.

[WaCougMBS]

Here are the first polls, simply a pass/fail measure for whether or not we should have a weekly roster add limit and what positions we're adding next season for 2013. Need to get everyone to chip in on both, please

Weekly roster add limit: viewtopic.php?f=247&t=450779&p=3549057#p3549057

Roster spots to add for 2013 and beyond: viewtopic.php?f=247&t=450780

I believe we've used a 2/3 majority in the past, though I was having a really hard time finding "proof" - need to get a decision on that as well and get it in the constitution ...

[WaCougMBS]

Holy Hell, I would have given so much more than that for Price and Zobrist

[A Fleshner Fantasy]

Holy Hell, I would have given so much more than that for Price and Zobrist

Ughhh, me too. Also, 2 picks for a 6th waiver priority???

[Bwanna]

Congrats to Jake on his team's first two saves of the season.

[Bwanna]

Anyone playing for next year interested in dealing some of their older players on a downhill slide for some youth and/or 2013 draft picks?

Take a look at my roster and my farm, then PM me if you have any interest.

Buster Posey (SF - C,1B)
Brian McCann (Atl - C)
Adrian Gonzalez (Bos - 1B,OF)
Michael Morse (Was - 1B,OF)
Miguel Cabrera (Det - 1B,3B)
Pablo Sandoval (SF - 1B,3B)
Jason Kipnis (Cle - 2B)
Emilio Bonifacio (Mia - 2B,3B,SS,OF)
Carlos Gonzalez (Col - OF)
Ryan Ludwick (Cin - OF)
Carl Crawford (Bos - OF)
Carlos Gomez (Mil - OF)
Alex Rios (CWS - OF)
Travis Snider (Pit - OF)

Clayton Kershaw (LAD - SP)
Cole Hamels (Phi - SP)
Max Scherzer (Det - SP)
Jake Peavy (CWS - SP)
A.J. Burnett (Pit - SP)
Chris Capuano (LAD - SP)
Madison Bumgarner (SF - SP)
Roy Halladay (Phi - SP)
CC Sabathia (NYY - SP)
Jim Johnson (Bal - RP)
Ernesto Frieri (LAA - RP)
Carlos Marmol (ChC - RP)
Chris Perez (Cle - RP)
Andrew Cashner (SD - SP,RP)

Farm
Todd Frazier 3B, CIN - 2009 5.12
Martin Perez P, TEX - 2010 1.04
Chris Carter 1B, OAK - 2010 1.09
Tyler Matzek P, COL - 2010 2.09
Miguel Sano SS, MIN - 2010 4.09
Shelby Miller SP, STL - 2010 5.04
Jean Segura 2B, LAA - 2011 2.01
Zack Cox 3B, STL - 2011 3.12
Hak-Ju Lee SS, TB - 2011 5.12
Pete Kozma 2B, STL - 2011 Pickup #2 (5/22/11)
Jose Ceda RP, FLA - 2011 Pickup #4 (6/17/11)
Chris Parmelee 1B, MIN - From 2011 MLB roster
Javy Guerra RP, LAD - From 2011 MLB roster
Dylan Bundy SP BAL - 2012 1.12
Archie Bradley SP ARI - 2012 2.01
Xander Bogaerts SS BOS - 2012 2.06
Bryce Brentz OF BOS - 2012 3.12
C.J. Cron 1B LAA - 2012 4.01
Brandon Jacobs OF BOS - 2012 5.12
Rex Brothers RP COL - 2012 Pickup #1 3/16/12
Jeremy Jeffress RP KC - 2012 Pickup #2 4/21/12
Drew Smyly SP DET - 2012 Pickup #3 4/22/12
Rafael Dolis RP CHC - 2012 Pickup #4 5/22/12
Stephen Pryor RP SEA - 2012 Pickup #5 6/5/12
Brayan Villarreal RP DET - 2012 Pickup #6 (#5 from sportsguy) 6/24/12
Mike Olt 3B TEX - 2012 2.05 (from sportsguy - Hamilton/Hellickson for Bumgarner/Olt/2nd 2013 pick 7/18/12)
Jordany Valdespin 2B/SS NYM - 2012 Pickup #7 (#5 from Boomer) 7/21/12
Ryan Wheeler 3B ARI - 2012 Pickup #8 (#4 from Boomer) 7/25/12

[jake_harv88]

Ugh, hey guys I'm really sorry for "ignoring" this league. I put that in quotes because I set my lineup daily, I just rarely actually come to this thread...or even check my PM's. Seriously, is there a way to send PM's to email because I can't figure that out? It would also be sweet if you could just send the forum threads to an RSS feed. Anyone know if that's possible? At first attemp, I can add ALL the threads to a feed but not a specific thread. I'm also almost always available on gchat (j.harv8@gmail.com).

I voted in the two polls. I voted to add a bench spot. Honestly, despite this being my only free league, I love it to death and really dont want or feel the need to change anything. The phrase, dont fix it if it aint broke comes to mind here. So I picked the lessest (is that a word) of the evils and added a vanilla bench spot.

I voted for adding a weekly limit because let's face it, streaming is for losers.

On a random note, with Machado's call up this week I took a glance back to see what I traded to get him. Turns out it was Jon Lester for Mat Latos/Manny Machado. I also just traded Jon Niese for Lester so really its Niese for Latos/Machado. Where is the "pat yourself on the back" emoticon?