All-Star Game Fashions

Agree w/GB. All-Star festivities is now Barnum And Bailey gimmickry – Willy Mays would be pissed. 

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On Jul 16, 2024, at 8:57 PM, Gary Brasco <gabrasco@hotmail.com&gt; wrote:

Not thrilled with “mic’d up” players when in the field.

 

I’m a traditionalist, play the game, don’t turn it into  side show!

 

 

Gary Brasco

Mobile: 516 633-8614

 

From: Gary Brasco
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 8:22 PM
To: Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt;; Blog <fbba@robboc.com&gt;; Richard <dickietruth@gmail.com&gt;; Alan <dkings1264@aol.com&gt;; Mike M <mike@mcnicholl.us&gt;; Mike Loades <xxloades1780xx@yahoo.com&gt;; A. Loades <anthonyloades@gmail.com&gt;; Buf <gugikr@coned.com&gt;; Bill Collins <gueyandpop@gmail.com&gt;; Buff <rgugik@yahoo.com&gt;; Kevin <ko_stalwart@yahoo.com&gt;; John W <jkwuestman@aol.com&gt;; Tom C. <tcomiskey@mtb.com&gt;; Tim <tbarrett2@nyc.rr.com&gt;; Bud <bud.boccone@akc.org&gt;; Eric <sawx0407@comcast.net&gt;; Eric Burckhardt <erictb@comcast.net&gt;; Tom Higgins <tomh889@aol.com&gt;; Tom Comiskey <tcomiskey7@gmail.com&gt;
Subject: All-Star Game Fashions

 

UGLY UNIFORMS!

 

Enjoy the 94th All-Star Game!

 

Gary

 

 

Gary Brasco

SOB

Mobile: 516 633-8614

All-Star Game Fashions

Not thrilled with “mic’d up” players when in the field.

 

I’m a traditionalist, play the game, don’t turn it into  side show!

 

 

Gary Brasco

Mobile: 516 633-8614

 

From: Gary Brasco
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 8:22 PM
To: Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt;; Blog <fbba@robboc.com&gt;; Richard <dickietruth@gmail.com&gt;; Alan <dkings1264@aol.com&gt;; Mike M <mike@mcnicholl.us&gt;; Mike Loades <xxloades1780xx@yahoo.com&gt;; A. Loades <anthonyloades@gmail.com&gt;; Buf <gugikr@coned.com&gt;; Bill Collins <gueyandpop@gmail.com&gt;; Buff <rgugik@yahoo.com&gt;; Kevin <ko_stalwart@yahoo.com&gt;; John W <jkwuestman@aol.com&gt;; Tom C. <tcomiskey@mtb.com&gt;; Tim <tbarrett2@nyc.rr.com&gt;; Bud <bud.boccone@akc.org&gt;; Eric <sawx0407@comcast.net&gt;; Eric Burckhardt <erictb@comcast.net&gt;; Tom Higgins <tomh889@aol.com&gt;; Tom Comiskey <tcomiskey7@gmail.com&gt;
Subject: All-Star Game Fashions

 

UGLY UNIFORMS!

 

Enjoy the 94th All-Star Game!

 

Gary

 

 

Gary Brasco

SOB

Mobile: 516 633-8614

All Trades Have Been Entered

Great day yesterday. A lot of action.  A lot of alcohol. Can’t help but to think there is a direct ratio there.
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All the trades have been entered into the system.  Please double-check your roster to confirm all looks good.  There are still a few teams out of position. Please correct that.  And please report any linkings that are not recorded
NOTE – The waiver wire will execute on FRIDAY @1PM THIS WEEK ONLY.
The Ball Four have NOT used their free move yet.  The move for Montgomery was a straight replacement.
Please continue to monitor your roster for linkings, stacking, etc. 
**IMPORTANT –  See below for changes going into effect for 2025
1.  Once Ohtani’s current FBBA contract expires/terminates he will be considered a two-way player.  That is, the next time he is drafted you will be able to use him as a hitter OR a pitcher.  You will be allowed to move him from hitter to pitcher (or vice-versa) only if you have an open spot to do so.  
2.    ANY player acquired by the use of your “free move”  will get released back into the free agent pool at the end of the season. 
3.  Starting in 2025 the salary scale for minor leaguers will be $2 – $8 – $10.  This does not apply to  minor leaguers currently on your roster.
That’s it.  Good luck.  Let’s go Grimace, I mean Mets.
r

Waivers, new rule, miscellany

Now that things have slowed down a little I’ve been thinking about how we’re going to handle this new “free pick” rule.  Currently the system is configured to prevent players from being reserved/released unless they are inactive.  So you would not be able to bid on a free agent since you would not have an open spot. I don’t see any setup parameters available to help mitigate this.  I will reach out to the OnRoto guy and see if he has a suggestion. In the meantime if by chance you want to use your free pickup you’ll have to email me the bid.  We don’t have much choice right now.
Please be aware that if you drafted a player on the DL and have not replaced him yet, you have until 4/16 to do so or the spot will freeze. Same goes for minor leaguers who were MLB active on draft day. If you still have them in your minor league system on 4/16 they will be waived.  Assuming of course they stayed active on the MLB roster the whole time.
On a related note –  We still have to keep track of how long active players are reserved. There’s no way for the system to enforce this.  Same goes for players who are inactive in MLB but are active on a FBBA roster.
We still haven’t seen how the waiver claim system works.  Again I don’t see any players on waivers. Nonetheless if you are putting in a claim Tuesday, and are uncertain about the process, you can back up your claim with an email to me.
r

Bids 4/2

Bids entered:

SJ Cardenals:

Love Machine:

SOB:

Amigos:

Zombies:

Bon Vivants:

Amazins:

  1. res AThomas Ari:
    1. pur VScott StL 2
  2. res NLodolo Cin:
    1. pur JMerryweather ChC 0

NY Knights of Ni:

BallFour:

Lupin Express:

   Record of sort results:

Amazins: res AThomas Ari, pur VScott StL 2
Amazins: sal VScott StL 10
Amazins: res NLodolo Cin, pur JMerryweather ChC 0
Amazins: sal JMerryweather ChC 10

Fatal error messages from attempt to insert these moves on 04.02:

none

Roster imbalance warnings resulting from insertion of these moves:

none

Bids 4/1

Bids entered:

Love Machine:

  1. res ESheehan LAD:
    1. pur ABender Mia 12

SJ Cardenals:

SOB:

Amigos:

BallFour:

  1. res SMurphy Atl:
    1. pur JStallings Col 0
  2. res ACobb SF:
    1. pur LSims Cin 0

Bon Vivants:

  1. res LNootbaar StL:
    1. pur LMatos SF 1

Zombies:

NY Knights of Ni:

Amazins:

Lupin Express:

   Record of sort results:

Love Machine: res ESheehan LAD, pur ABender Mia 12
BallFour: res SMurphy Atl, pur JStallings Col 0
BallFour: sal JStallings Col 10
BallFour: res ACobb SF, pur LSims Cin 0
BallFour: sal LSims Cin 10
Bon Vivants: res LNootbaar StL, pur LMatos SF 1
Bon Vivants: sal LMatos SF 10

Fatal error messages from attempt to insert these moves on 04.01:

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Roster imbalance warnings resulting from insertion of these moves:

none

Bids 3/31

Bids entered:

Love Machine:

  1. res ESheehan LAD:
    1. pur GAshcraft Cin 0
  2. res TFriedl Cin:
    1. pur NMartini Cin 10
  3. res PSewald Ari:
    1. pur RYarbrough LAD 2

SJ Cardenals:

  1. res RGrichuk Ari:
    1. pur JWinker Was 15
    2. pur NMartini Cin 15
  2. res BGarrett Mia:
    1. pur DHudson LAD 17

SOB:

  1. res JDMartinez NYM:
    1. pur JProfar SD 6
    2. pur TWade SD 6
  2. res BGraterol LAD:
    1. pur GSoto Phi 4
    2. pur LSims Cin 0
    3. pur BRaley NYM 0
  3. res JSteele ChC:
    1. pur DSmyly ChC 6
    2. pur CRea Mil 4
    3. pur GAshcraft Cin 3

Amigos:

  1. res WMiley Mil:
    1. pur JChavez Atl 0

BallFour:

Bon Vivants:

  1. res CKershaw LAD:
    1. pur MLeiter ChC 2
  2. res TWalker Phi:
    1. pur GAshcraft Cin 1

Zombies:

  1. res SGray StL:
    1. pur JAssad ChC 12

NY Knights of Ni:

  1. res ECabrera Mia:
    1. pur TMegill Mil 10
    2. pur WPeralta SD 10
    3. pur JKelly LAD 5
  2. res TEdman StL:
    1. pur NAhmed SF 10
    2. pur JOrtiz Mil 8

Amazins:

  1. res WBuehler LAD:
    1. pur NMartinez Cin 14
  2. res OKerkering Phi:
    1. pur TyRogers SF 0
    2. pur TMegill Mil 0
    3. pur JMerryweather ChC 0
    4. pur MLeiter ChC 0

Lupin Express:

   Record of sort results:

Love Machine: res PSewald Ari, pur RYarbrough LAD 2
Love Machine: sal RYarbrough LAD 10
SJ Cardenals: res RGrichuk Ari, pur JWinker Was 15
SJ Cardenals: res BGarrett Mia, pur DHudson LAD 17
SOB: res JDMartinez NYM, pur JProfar SD 6
SOB: sal JProfar SD 10
SOB: res BGraterol LAD, pur GSoto Phi 4
SOB: sal GSoto Phi 10
SOB: res JSteele ChC, pur DSmyly ChC 6
SOB: sal DSmyly ChC 10
Amigos: res WMiley Mil, pur JChavez Atl 0
Amigos: sal JChavez Atl 10
Bon Vivants: res CKershaw LAD, pur MLeiter ChC 2
Bon Vivants: sal MLeiter ChC 10
Bon Vivants: res TWalker Phi, pur GAshcraft Cin 1
Bon Vivants: sal GAshcraft Cin 10
Zombies: res SGray StL, pur JAssad ChC 12
NY Knights of Ni: res ECabrera Mia, pur TMegill Mil 10
NY Knights of Ni: res TEdman StL, pur NAhmed SF 10
Amazins: res WBuehler LAD, pur NMartinez Cin 14
Amazins: res OKerkering Phi, pur TyRogers SF 0
Amazins: sal TyRogers SF 10
Love Machine: res TFriedl Cin, pur NMartini Cin 10
SJ Cardenals: mov JWinker Was UT

Fatal error messages from attempt to insert these moves on 03.31:

none

Roster imbalance warnings resulting from insertion of these moves:

none

SOB

OF          Schwarber, K    PHI        26.00

1             Tellez, R               PIT         1.00

2             Turang, B            MIL        10.00

3             Bohm, A              PHI        5.00

C             Ruiz, K                  WAS      3.00

U             Martinez, JD      NY          10.00

P             Steele, J               CHI        5.00

P             Webb, L               SF           2.00

P             Keller, M              PIT         1.00

P             Minter, AJ           ATL         10.00

P             Helsley, R           STL         10.00

P             Graterol, B         LA          1.00

Lupin Express Keepers 2024

Lupin Keepers

OF   J Walker   $10   (2)

OF   S Suzuki  $15   (1)

OF   J Fraley   $6   (1)

1B   B Harper   $19   (2)

1B   M Olson    $33   (2)

SS  CJ Abrams $15 (2X) Extending

SS   O Cruz   $15   (1X)

C   L Campusano   $1   (2)

P   R Iglesias   $15   (2)

P   F Peralta   $13   (1X)

P   E Phillips   $10   (1)

Keeping 11 for $152

1 Extension

Need 13 for $110

2 Minor League Keepers:

J Chourio   ML  (non-pitcher) [OF]

J Lawler   ML (non-pitcher) [SS]

Need to Draft 1 Minor Leaguer

Love Machine 24

OF Jones $11.00
OF Nimmo $8.00
OF Friedl $2.00
2/S Estrada $10.00
C Wm Contreras $ 10.00
P Luzardo $15.00
P Megill $1.00
Total 7 for $57.00
Draft Budget 17 for $205.00
Retain Minor Leaguers
Hence,Wood (which also happens to be the title of a love poem I'm writing)

Roster freeze

Player

Pos

Salary

McNeil

OF

$11.00

OF

OF

OF

OF

Alonso

1B

$37.00

Stott

2B

$10.00

3B

SS

CI

MI

Alvarez

C

$10.00

C

U

B. Garrett

SP

$1.00

Puk

SP

$7.00

Senga

SP

$23.00

Miller

SP

$10.00

SP

SP

Diaz

RP

$10.00

RP

RP

RP

ML

ML

ML

$119.00

 

9 players for $119 no ML kept

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Trade made

Zombies trade Sheehan/McCuthen/Vientos to LM for Outman/Rojas/Manaea
Outman attached to Carlson.  Rojas attached to Hall.  Manaea attached to Lauer.  

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Waiver Claims

If you hadn’t noticed, the waiver claim process did not run Tuesday.  I reached out to Custom Stat.  He fixed it today and processed the claims retroactively.
-rob

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Trade Cards/Ball Four

Ball Four trades Alvarez, Shuster and Peralta

for Soler and Taillon.
Cards activate K. Wright move B. Edler/J. Shuster (res)
to open spot (Taillon) 
Activate F. Alvarez release Austin Nola

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FBBA – Bids on Record – Sun Apr 9 13:00:02 2023


Team Bid Player Won Player Moved
SOB 1 H DELAY,J  RLS PEREZ,R 
Ball Four 0 H MCCUTCHEN,A  RSV HARRIS,M 
SOB
1

RLS H PEREZ,R 
Bid:1 H DELAY,J
11:44 Sun Apr 9
2

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Bid:0 H BARNHART,T
11:45 Sun Apr 9


Ball Four
1

RSV H HARRIS,M 
Bid:0 H MCCUTCHEN,A
12:07 Sun Apr 9


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The Lupin Express (It’s a holdup, not a botany lesson)

OF  J Fraley  $6  –  2
OF  J Profar  $1  –  2i
OF  S Suzuki  $15  –  2
2B  J Cronenworth  $12  –  1
3B  A Riley  $15  –  1X
SS  O Cruz  $15  –  2X [Extending]
SS  C Abrams  $10  –  2
C  T D’Arnaud  $8  –  2
Minors — J Walker  STL
P   T Walker  –  $9  –  1
P   N Lodolo  –  $10  –  2
P   E Phillips  –  $10  –  2
P   R Contreras  –  $10  –  2
P   F Peralta  –  $13  –  2X [Extending]
13 Keepers for $134
Need 11 for $128
1 Minor League Keeper
Need 2
2 Contract Extensions
Owe $485

Amazins Protected List 2023

1B – R Tellez $1

SS – F Lindor $28
SS – E Tovar $10
OF – C Carroll $10
SS/OF – F Tatis $15

P – M Scherzer $37
P – J Musgrove $8
P – S Strider $10
P – R Helsley $10

Minors – Z Veen

No contract extensions.

Total = 9 players for $129

Minions Keepers 2023

1b           VARGAS,M         $10        2

ss            ADAMES,W         $20        2

3b           HAYES,K               $10        1

p             GALLEGOS,G      $2           1

p             GREENE,H           $7           2

p             WILLIAMS,D       $12        2

p             HUDSON,D          $1           2

 

p             PEREZ,E                MIA        ML

 

   

Cardenal Protected Roster 2023

Player Pos Salary
OF
T. O'Neill OF  $6.00
Bellinger OF $10.00
B. Nimmo OF $8.00
OF
1B
J. Segura 2B $11.00
3B
B. Stott SS $10.00
CI
McNeil MI $11.00
A. Nola C $2.00
C
U
DH
K. Wright SP $5.00
A. Nola SP $30.00
SP
SP
SP
SP
A. Diaz RP $10.00
RP
RP
RP
RP
B. Davis ML protected
B. Baty ML protected

10 players for $103

SOB Roster 2023

Myers, W            CIN        10.00

Schwarber, K      PHI        26.00

Bryant, K             COL       21.00

Cron, CJ               COL       18.00

Donovan, B        STL        10.00

Bohm, A              PHI          5.00

Rojas, M             LA             2.00

Arenado, N         STL        35.00

                            

Offense Salary                127.00

Players Needed:             6           

                            

Webb, L              SF             2.00

Trieinan, B          LA            1.00

Graterol, B          LA            1.00

Minter, AJ           ATL        10.00

 

Pitching Salary                  14.00

 Players Needed:             6

 

Total Salary Retained:     41.00

 

Available: 121.00 for 12 players

 

No Minor Leaguers being kept.

 

 

 

Gary Brasco

Mobile: 516 633-8614

 

Love Machine 23

Hey fans, look! All your favorites have returned!
2/s Estrada $10
2/3 Rojas $6
2/3/s Wendle $10
C Wm Contreras $10
P Gallen $13
P Luzardo $15
P Wainwright $3
7 kept for $67
No minor leaguers

NY Knights of NI Keepers (of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch)

Correction (Will Smith is $12) 

FBBA$

Player

Team

Pos

13

Carlos Carrasco

NYM

SP

10

Camilo Doval

SF

RP

10

Kyle Finnegan

WAS

RP

5

Avisail Garcia

MIA

OF

10

Merrill Kelly

ARI

SP

4

Miles Mikolas

STL

SP

10

Marcell Ozuna

ATL

OF/DH

1

Victor Robles

WAS

OF

12

Will Smith

LAD

C/DH

39

Trea Turner

PHI

SS

8

Joey Votto

CIN

1B

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 10:10 AM Mike McNicholl <mike@mcnicholl.us> wrote:

FBBA$

Player

Team

Pos

13

Carlos Carrasco

NYM

SP

10

Camilo Doval

SF

RP

10

Kyle Finnegan

WAS

RP

5

Avisail Garcia

MIA

OF

10

Merrill Kelly

ARI

SP

4

Miles Mikolas

STL

SP

10

Marcell Ozuna

ATL

OF/DH

1

Victor Robles

WAS

OF

10

Will Smith

LAD

C/DH

39

Trea Turner

PHI

SS

8

Joey Votto

CIN

1B

Happy Birthday Captain!

Thanks boys!!! Gotta make ’em count. Saw Yanks shellac Pirates in Bradenton but got to shake hands with McCutcheon. Tomorrow Os v Pirates in Sarasota. East Coast Fla. trip in ’24. Lets gave out March mtg. In sunny Fla. lol

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 2, 2023, at 2:42 PM, Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

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On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 02:07:09 PM EST, Mike McNicholl <mike@mcnicholl.us&gt; wrote:
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 6:20 PM Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com> wrote:
SOB’s trade Mikolas to the Knights for K. Bryant & E. Diaz

Zombies trade….   just kidding.

Happy Birthday Captain!

Happy Birthday, Cap! Hope you're having a great day. I can remember when your and Ed's team was the forty-somethings! Time flies.

On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 2:42 PM Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com> wrote:

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On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 02:07:09 PM EST, Mike McNicholl <mike@mcnicholl.us> wrote:



On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 6:20 PM Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com> wrote:
SOB’s trade Mikolas to the Knights for K. Bryant & E. Diaz

Zombies trade….   just kidding.

[EXTERNAL] Re: Happy Birthday Captain!

Long may he wave
From: Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt;
Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2023 2:42 PM
To: Mike McNicholl <mike@mcnicholl.us&gt;
Cc: A. Loades <anthonyloades@gmail.com&gt;; Alan <dkings1264@aol.com&gt;; Bill Collins <gueyandpop@gmail.com&gt;; Blog <fbba@robboc.com&gt;; Bud Boccone <BJB@akc.org&gt;; Buf <gugikr@coned.com&gt;; Buff <rgugik@yahoo.com&gt;; Eric <sawx0407@comcast.net&gt;; Eric Burckhardt <erictb@comcast.net&gt;; Gary <gbrasco@optonline.net&gt;; John W <jkwuestman@aol.com&gt;; Kevin <ko_stalwart@yahoo.com&gt;; Mike Loades <xxloades1780xx@yahoo.com&gt;; Mike O’Neill <mctboneill@msn.com&gt;; Richard <dickietruth@gmail.com&gt;; Tim <tbarrett2@nyc.rr.com&gt;; Tom C. <tcomiskey@mtb.com&gt;
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Happy Birthday Captain!

 

CAUTION: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

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On Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 02:07:09 PM EST, Mike McNicholl <mike@mcnicholl.us&gt; wrote:



On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 6:20 PM Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com> wrote:
SOB’s trade Mikolas to the Knights for K. Bryant & E. Diaz

Zombies trade….   just kidding.

Winter Meeting Notes

Draft day is 4/1 at Nazareth in Brooklyn @ 1PM.  All are encouraged to arrive early.  Please bring an extension cord / power strip if you have.  We agreed we’d bring our own food.  The league will supply some basic snacks. And if some want to order out that’s a possibility.  Please come prepared to to pay the $225 fee. If you’d like to pay in full for the season that’s fine too. Paper checks/cash are preferred. We will have Zoom capability if necessary.
We agreed to impose a “luxury tax” on transactions made from Aug 15th till the end of the season.  A $5 fee will be assessed for acquiring and reserving players during that period.  We can quickly review/confirm this on draft day.
The summer meeting will be held on July 15th.  Location TBD.
Protected rosters are due on 3/25.
I made some more roster edits based on Eric’s findings: Rosters
And we had our first trade.  Cards trade Hoerner to Ball 4 for I. Anderson.
-rob

Put it in the Book!

Congratulations to Ball Four, the 2022 FBBA Champions!

 

A special Thank to Comish Robert Boccone for another fabulous season keeping the FBBA running like a well-oiled machine.

 

I also want to thank my FBBA Brothers for their friendship.

 

Looking forward to FBBA XXXV!

 

Gary

 

 

Gary Brasco

Mobile: 516 633-8614

 

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(workin on our) Night Moves

Complementary to my FA bids today: 
  • Activate Crawford (goes to MI)
  • Release Tsutsudio and move Votto over Dom (1B)
  • Move Arcia to OF (where Garcia was) 
And the complementary FA moves result in:  
  • JD Davis lands over Garcia @ CM
  • Montero lands over Bryant @  3B

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Transaction week

Correct.

On Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 08:20:16 PM EDT, Kevin ONeill <ko_stalwart@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
We can make transactions anytime between now and 1st pitch Thursday, right?

On Sunday, July 17, 2022, 12:47:08 PM EDT, Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:


The transaction week for the All-Star break normally begins at first pitch of the first game after the break. That’s essentially true for this year too however since the waiver claim process is now automated waiver claims will post @1PM this Tuesday as usual.  

r

Transaction week

We can make transactions anytime between now and 1st pitch Thursday, right?

On Sunday, July 17, 2022, 12:47:08 PM EDT, Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
The transaction week for the All-Star break normally begins at first pitch of the first game after the break. That’s essentially true for this year too however since the waiver claim process is now automated waiver claims will post @1PM this Tuesday as usual.  
r

Transaction week

The transaction week for the All-Star break normally begins at first pitch of the first game after the break. That’s essentially true for this year too however since the waiver claim process is now automated waiver claims will post @1PM this Tuesday as usual.  
r

Summer Meeting 2022 – Post Meeting Notes

Wonderful day spent with good friends! Thanks Rob for all fabulous gala!

Gary

Gary Brasco

Cell: 516-633-8614

On Jul 10, 2022, at 5:24 PM, Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

Beautiful day at the shore. Low-tide for trading as sellers were few.
Not much in the way of business. We agreed to hold off on making any modifications to the rosters to accommodate DH. We will monitor the number of players who qualify only at DH and determine if any changes are necessary.
Looks like we’ll stick with the same draft format for next season.
Thanks to Kevin for the amazing trophy.
Trades:
Knights trade Marte, Cooper, T. Walker, & Abrams to Lupin for Castellanos, Edman, Bassitt, & Votto.
Cardenals trade Rogers & hand to Amazins for Perdomo/Segura & Brubaker.
Cardenals trade Reynolds & Voit to Minions for Nimmo & Serven/Schwindel.
Lupin trade Marte & Arcia to Amazins for O. Cruz, Herrera & J. Walker (ml).
Zombies trade Suwinski, Farmer, Robertson for Pederson, Castillo & Manea
Ball Four trade Moran (reserved) to SOB
Lupin trades Boxberger to Cardenals for D. Hudson.
Zombies trade Pederson & Floro to Minions for Ortega & Kershaw.
Lupin trade N. Cruz & D. Smith to Knights for Kim & Profar.
Good luck,
r
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Summer Meeting 2022 – Post Meeting Notes

Beautiful day at the shore. Low-tide for trading as sellers were few.
Not much in the way of business. We agreed to hold off on making any modifications to the rosters to accommodate DH. We will monitor the number of players who qualify only at DH and determine if any changes are necessary.
Looks like we’ll stick with the same draft format for next season.
Thanks to Kevin for the amazing trophy.
Trades:
Knights trade Marte, Cooper, T. Walker, & Abrams to Lupin for Castellanos, Edman, Bassitt, & Votto.
Cardenals trade Rogers & hand to Amazins for Perdomo/Segura & Brubaker.
Cardenals trade Reynolds & Voit to Minions for Nimmo & Serven/Schwindel.
Lupin trade Marte & Arcia to Amazins for O. Cruz, Herrera & J. Walker (ml).
Zombies trade Suwinski, Farmer, Robertson for Pederson, Castillo & Manea
Ball Four trade Moran (reserved) to SOB
Lupin trades Boxberger to Cardenals for D. Hudson.
Zombies trade Pederson & Floro to Minions for Ortega & Kershaw.
Lupin trade N. Cruz & D. Smith to Knights for Kim & Profar.
Good luck,
r
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2022 Summer Meeting Info – Update

For those of you who are not paid in full for the season please come ready to do so on Saturday. You can settle up with Cap.

Just to refresh your memory trade restrictions are lifted for the summer meeting. No asterisk restrictions and we allow “trade-back” trades.  This essentially means you can trade reserved players while retaining the active player. This exception is only for the meeting. We’ll set the expiration time when we’re together. It’s usually around 9-10PM. 

Whoever has the trophy please bring it. Sox got gypped this year.

Lastly there will be an unveiling of a new league artifact.  That’s all I’ll say for now.

r

On Friday, July 1, 2022 at 05:52:31 PM EDT, Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
We’re all set for the summer meeting on 7/9. As mentioned we will be gathering at a rental in Seaside Heights. See address below. I strongly urge everyone to leave extra early to beat, or at least mitigate, the traffic. A few of us will be down there the day before so we’ll be there as early as you want to come. Also as mentioned we will need to shell out some money out of pocket to cover the costs.  We’ll be collecting $40 per head for the house.
There is parking there but you need a pass ($10). When we go down Friday we will find out about the passes. I’ll send a note out Friday night regarding the parking.
As for food we will have something – just not sure what yet. We would like to keep the cost of food down since we’re splurging a little for the house. There are plenty of places to get food around there. The Friday crew will check out the options.  Wouldn’t hurt to bring some snacks. And of course it’s BYOB.  We’ll pick up a case of water.
Business-wise we need to discuss the DH going into next season. There were some ideas about adding the DH position as a roster requirement.  I’d also like to talk a little about the stat services. I want to see how everyone feels about the bid/claim processes in Custom Stat, and in general talk about using (and paying for) both CBS and CS going forward.
That’s all I can think of right now. If something else comes up I’ll send an update. Should be fun.
r
Here’s the address:
32 Blaine Ave Unit 1
Seaside Heights

B4 Ni Trade & Transactions

Ni trade Suter+Ashcroft to B4 for Scott+Warren
B4 waive Suter and activate Clevenger
Ni Waive Warren and activate Woodruff
B4 end with Clevenger and Ashcraft In their own/
separate spots
Ni end with Scott and Woody in their own separate spots.
M

2022 Summer Meeting Info

We’re all set for the summer meeting on 7/9. As mentioned we will be gathering at a rental in Seaside Heights. See address below. I strongly urge everyone to leave extra early to beat, or at least mitigate, the traffic. A few of us will be down there the day before so we’ll be there as early as you want to come. Also as mentioned we will need to shell out some money out of pocket to cover the costs.  We’ll be collecting $40 per head for the house.
There is parking there but you need a pass ($10). When we go down Friday we will find out about the passes. I’ll send a note out Friday night regarding the parking.
As for food we will have something – just not sure what yet. We would like to keep the cost of food down since we’re splurging a little for the house. There are plenty of places to get food around there. The Friday crew will check out the options.  Wouldn’t hurt to bring some snacks. And of course it’s BYOB.  We’ll pick up a case of water.
Business-wise we need to discuss the DH going into next season. There were some ideas about adding the DH position as a roster requirement.  I’d also like to talk a little about the stat services. I want to see how everyone feels about the bid/claim processes in Custom Stat, and in general talk about using (and paying for) both CBS and CS going forward.
That’s all I can think of right now. If something else comes up I’ll send an update. Should be fun.
r
Here’s the address:
32 Blaine Ave Unit 1
Seaside Heights

Ni Transactions

  • Reserve Crawford
  • Move Hampson over Crawford
  • Activate Abrams into Hampson OF spot
  • Activate Bryant (waive Longoria) 
  • Activate Van Meter (waive Heineman).

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TRADE:

 

SOB’s trade AV. Garcia (MIA) and M. Kelly (ARZ) to the NY Knights of Ni for T. Pham (CIN) and A. Gomber (COL).

 

Once recorded, the SOB will release A. Gomber (COL) and activate B. Snell (SD)

 

Gary

 

  

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Minions cash in

Thank You. I prefer chocolate chip cookies from the jar, but I’ll take the $25.

Sent from my iPhone

On May 13, 2022, at 8:51 AM, Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

Congratulations to the Minions on their first Cookie Jar in franchise history.  Cycle for Yelich – 25 bucks.

New Summer Meeting Date

Please be advised that the summer meeting will now take place on 7/9. I reached out to most of you individually to confirm so we should be good.
Still working on a location but save the date.  July 9th
-rob

FA Bids


1

RSV P DEGROM,J
Bid:15 P SMYLY,D
15:46 Sun Apr 24
2

RSV P DEGROM,J
Bid:10 P KUHL,C
15:46 Sun Apr 24
3

RSV P DEGROM,J
Bid:0 P CASTELLANOS,H
15:47 Sun Apr 24
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RSV H VOIT,L
Bid:10 H PUJOLS,A
16:40 Sun Apr 24
5

RSV H VOIT,L
Bid:5 H CHAVIS,M
16:42 Sun Apr 24
6

RSV H VOIT,L
Bid:5 H FRANCO,M
16:42 Sun Apr 24

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Bid Manager made it’s first run today.  I encourage everyone to check out the Bid Report using the Last Report function. Good job by Anthony and Alan christening the new process.
I’m not sure if the system keeps a running log of these reports or if they’re over-written daily. We’ll see. If they’re over-written I can always paste onto the blog for a permanent record.
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Bid/Claim cheat sheet – BONUS

So as you saw by my typos I kind of rushed that email out.  Here’s a few bonus bullets. Plus I cleaned up the original a little.  Honestly, it’s worth  taking 3-4 minutes to read the Custom Stat doc. It does a good job explaining these things.

  • I should have mentioned that when making bids you can enter multiple bids in one submission. You can click on multiple free agents and they will appear in the bottom text boxes.  You can then enter separate bids for each.  Same goes for waiver claims.

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  • Contingency bids:  Occasionally someone will enter a transaction based on the success/failure of another.  For example: 1) Claim player X off waivers and reserve player Y.  2) If I don’t get player X bid $10 for player Z and reserve player Y. This could conceivably work if you put both transactions in the Bid  and Claim managers. But it would depend on which runs first. So until we get the hang of this I suggest posting these types of transactions to the Journal and then we’ll sort it out, or if it’s not any type of completive disadvantage you can contact me in advance and we’ll figure it out.
Again it’s a good idea to backup your transactions on the Journal. At least for a while.

My last two cents (maybe):  Learning the tools is easy. In a short time you’ll get the hang of it.  Knowing the status of your players and the free agents is what will make or break this. And for that you just need to check the transaction pages on MLB.com and CBSsports.com. Technically that’s what you should have been doing all along.  You can still send screen shots/links to the Blog or Journal to backup your transactions.

First claims processed on 4/5 @ 1PM
r
On Monday, April 4, 2022, 12:23:51 PM EDT, Robert Boccone <rboccone@yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
Here’s a quick cheat sheet for using Bid/Claim Manager.  If you’re interested I’ve attached the long version of the instructions which I got from the Custom Stat web site.
In League Office click the Bid/Claim button and all of the associated tools will appear Here you can bid for a free agent, claim a player off waivers, edit pending bids/claims, or check the log for all previous bids/claims league-wide (“Last Report”).
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Click the make Bid button to bid on a free agent.   On the left you’ll see your roster. Start by selecting the player you want to reserve/release. The player will appear in the top text box. Then select whether you are releasing or reserving.  Don’t use the DL option. 

Then select a player from the free agent pool. That player will appear in the bottom text box. Enter the amount of your bid next to the free agent. If you want to start over click Reset.  Once you think it looks good click Submit
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You can always go back and edit your claims. Click Edit Bids (below).  Although it’s called “Edit Bids” your only option is to delete bids.  Then if you want to change your bid click Add Bid and submit a new bid. NOTE: After deleting/adding a bid you must click Accept Changes for it to execute. If you’re unsure you can always go back into the Edits Bids screen and see what’s pending.
From this screen you can also click View Budgets to see remaining budgets for the whole league.
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Claim Manager (Waiver Claims)


Claim Manager works very much like the Bid Manager except instead of seeing the free agent list on the right side you’ll the see the list of players on waivers. Plus there will be an extra option, Waive, in the drop-down list.  If the player you are replacing is active then he should be waived. If he’s inactive he can be released or reserved. Don’t use DL option.
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Bid/Claim cheat sheet

Here’s a quick cheat sheet for using Bid/Claim Manager.  If you’re interested I’ve attached the long version of the instructions which I got from the Custom Stat web site.
In League Office click the Bid/Claim button and all of the associated tools will appear Here you can bid for a free agent, claim a player off waivers, edit pending bids/claims, or check the log for all previous bids/claims league-wide (“Last Report”).
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Click the make Bid button to bid on a free agent.   On the left you’ll see your roster. Start by selecting the player you want to reserve/release. The player will appear in the top text box. Then select whether you are releasing or reserving.  Don’t use the DL option. 

Then select a player from the free agent pool. That player will appear in the bottom test box. Enter the about of your bid next to the free agent. If you want to start over click Reset.  Once you think it looks good click Submit
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You can always go back and edit your claims. Click Edit Bids (below).  Although it’s called “Edit Bids” your only option is to delete bids.  If you want to change your bid delete it then go back to Bid Manager and make a new bid. NOTE: After deleting a bid you must click Accept Changes for the deletion to execute. If you’re unsure you can always go back into the Edits Bids screen and see what’s pending.
From this screen you can also click View Budgets to see remaining budgets for the whole league.
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Claim Manager (Waiver Claims)


Claim Manager works very much like the Bid Manager except instead of seeing the free agent list on the right side you’ll the see the list of players on waivers. Plus there will be an extra option, Waive, in the drop-down list.  If the player you are replacing is active then he should be waived. If he’s inactive he can be released or reserved. Don’t use DL option.
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Draft/Position Eligibility

A few points regarding players eligible for the draft and position eligibility.
Position Eligibility:

* I’m sure most of you have been checking out the player lists in the draft room.  Keep in mind that the players who appear in a list for a specific position (1b, 2b, MI, etc) are there because they made 20+ appearance at that position in 2021 (which is in line with our rule).  Our rule also states that players with less than 20 games at any one position qualify at the position they played most. Players in this category do not appear on a specific position list. These players are only listed in the U (utility) list. If you look up one of these players you’ll see they will have position eligibility for the position they played most. Edwin Rios is a good example. He qualifies at 1b because he played 10 games there, more than any other position, yet he’s only on the utility list.  I just want everyone to be aware of how to find these players.  Of course you can always use the search tool to find any player.  
* Nelson Cruz is the exception to the above.  Since his primary position (DH) is not defined as an FBBA position CBS has him qualifying only as U. However he should qualify at 1b since he made one appearance there. That’s our rule. It may change next year but for now Cruz should qualify at 1b.  If you draft him specifically at 1b I will need to pause the draft and manually move him there. 
Draft Eligibility:
In case you haven’t noticed the MLB rosters are still kind of a mess. Mainly due to the combination of the late start and the expanded rosters. We will use the MLB.com rosters as our official guide for the draft.  If you go to one of the MLB team pages you’ll see they do a very good job of tracking the rostered (40-man) and non-rostered players. Here’s an example Brewers Roster.  Non-rostered players are NOT eligible for the draft. Nor are players sent to the minors. Here’s a simple rule of thumb:
If the player is on an NL 40-man roster and is not officially in the minors, then he is eligible for the auction draft.  Otherwise he is ineligible.

Every player eligible for the auction draft is ineligible for the minor league draft.

That’s all for now.
-rob

Draft Day Info – PLS Read

As you know we’ll be drafting on-line at CBS.com Saturday. For those not attending in person please be ready to begin @ 1PM. 
  • For those of you who have never used the CBS interface I strongly recommend doing a mock draft. Or even if you have, a refresher wouldn’t hurt.
  • Please double-check your keepers in CBS. The draft room is open (as per my previous email wait for the countdown to resume before going in). Also verify your nominating position is correct.
  • This is important.  CBS is configured to assign position eligibility based on 20 games played in 2021. This works well for us except in those cases where a player does not have 20 games at any position. Our rule states he would then be eligible ONLY at the position where he made the most appearances. There no way to configure that in CBS.  If you have any players on your roster who fall into this category make absolutely sure they qualify where you believe they should.  In addition as you prepare for the draft if you come across a draft-able player who does not have 20 games at a position you should make that known to the league beforehand so there are no surprises during the draft.  I did a little fishing in the draft pool but couldn’t find one. I’m sure there are some. In these cases I don’t think we’ll have any choice but to accept CBS’s eligibility.
  • As was the case in our Yahoo draft we may come across a player in the pool who is not currently on a MLB roster. If one of these players is nominated it will be rolled back. This is no different than when we had an auctioneer but of course the roll back was verbal. If you have any doubt about a particular player please ask before the draft.  I’d really like to avoid using the roll back feature. 
  • Please come to the draft with your $225 payment.  Cap will be collecting
  • I’m attaching a copy of the minor league draft sheet. Please take a minute to validate your keepers and your position in the draft.  I also attached a copy the the master draft sheet we used in the old days.  Might be helpful for some.  I’ll bring some printed copies of the minor league draft.
  • When you get to Nazareth park in front of the main entrance on E 57th St. Someone will be manning the door to let you in. Address is 475 E 57th St
If you have any other questions please bring them up now so we can have everything straightened out before Saturday.
rob

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Do Not Enter Draft Room!

I inadvertently clicked the start button in then immediately paused it. This happened to me in our football league. I had to submit a request to reset it. Please do not enter the draft room until you see the countdown resume on the home page.  
r

Protected rosters are in

All protected lists are in. Please check your roster carefully and report any mistakes ASAP.  Keeper Lists
I also entered the rosters in the CBS site.  Please check your keepers VERY carefully.  It’s very important the CBS site is set up right for the draft.  Check players, salaries, position eligibility, etc.  You can also move players into different positions if you want a different arrangement to start the draft.  Please DO NOT make any corrections on your own. If you see an error report it to me ASAP.  There are no minor leaguers in CBS yet.  Use the above link to check for protected minor leaguers.
FYI – I’ll be sending out an important update regarding our stat service for 2022.  But first lets get the rosters nailed down.
-r

Ball 4- 2022 keepers

Contreras $10 
Bell $12 
Escobar $5 
Rojas $2 
Machado $32 
Sanchez $11 
Soto $15 
Burnes $29 
Morton $25 
Anderson $10 
Clevenger $1 
Gonsolin $3 
$155 
Waters ML

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Lupin Express – ’22 Keepers

3B    Riley, A               $15 — 2X (Extension)  ATL
1B    Votto, J               $8 — 2  CIN
12ss Cronenworth, J  $12 — 2  SD
OF    Joe, C                $10 — 2  COL
OF    Castellanos, N   $28 — 2  PHI
OF    Smith, Dm         $10 — 1  NY
C      Knizner, A          $1 —- 2  STL
P   McGee, J      $13 — 2  SF
P   Jansen, K      $18 — 2  ATL
P   Houser, A        $1 — 2  MIL
P   Peralta, F        $8 — 2  MIL
P   Stroman, M   $16 — 2  CHI
P   Lopez, P        $19 — 2  MIA
P   Liberatore, M — Minors  STL
Keeping 13 players for $159
Need 11 players for $103

SOB Protected Roster

Players                              Team    Salary

Garcia, AV                         MIA         5.00

Yastrzemski, M                SF          11.00

Hosmer, E                         SD            8.00

Wong, K                            MIL          5.00

Arenado, N                       STL        35.00

Swanson, D                      ATL          3.00

Stallings, J                         MIA         3.00

Webb, L                             SF            2.00

Wainwright, A                  STL          3.00

Treinen, B                         LA            1.00

 

Keepers Salary: $76

Available for Draft: $186 for 14 players

Minor League Keepers: None