Baseball Redraft League Draft and Discussion Thread

[italstallianion]

me too. :dunno:

 

 

Flynnatic, just make sure that if you're going somewhere, that you send me your 2 picks and a backup before you log off. That way if Jbay makes his pick I can make my 2 picks and your 2 picks and get right back to Jbay.

[Divinity]

. If enough people support it then I'll make a draft trading thread and negotiations could begin.

 

I fully support it

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

If anyone is screwed on pitching right now' date=' I'm willing to trade a pitcher for a good infielder[/quote']

 

We'll talk.

[Will617]

I could be persuaded to move Choo or Werth for a high quality pitcher, if anyone's interested. It's not a necessity, though.

[yankees228]

True, but that makes it a lot harder to account for when it comes to totalling up the salaries for the salary cap (especially if someone that picks up Sabathia from you at a reduced rate, then flips him in another trade and with further salary eaten) It's just a lot harder to track, and I don't think that all of the people in the redraft would be prepared for something like that.

 

In addition (and Dipre points this out) having people eat some salary would defeat the purpose of the salary cap to begin with. If someone gets CC Sabathia and doesn't have to pay all of his salary, they could get a $23 million talent for less, and would have players that would normally be over the salary cap, yet somehow be under the cap due to someone else eating some salary.

 

In my ideal world, I'd love to have people be able to eat salary, trade draft picks, do 2 for 1 trades etc, I just think that it gets hard to track after a while, and not the kind of thing for a casual redraft.

 

On the first point, if everything is outlined clearly, I really think you're overstating the difficulty of tracking the money. Furthermore, the people who aren't prepared to deal with something like this wouldn't participate in these types of transactions.

 

On the second point, while it's true that people would be going over the cap, in theory, they would be compensating for that by yielding talent to their trading partner.

 

I think it would be a good idea, but I'm obviously OK with whatever you guys decide.

[italstallianion]

Dipre and I are looking into it and we'll figure it out.

 

Anyway cmon Jbay!!

[yankees228]

Alright sounds good. Just adding my two cents.

 

JBay signing on would be pretty sweet. With Flynn and me online, we could swing this back around pretty quickly.

[italstallianion]

We also have enough time left in the day to be able to skip him and move the draft reasonably into the next round, but that would require a lot of us to be online. I don't think that's what's going to happen or anything. I just hoped that he'd make his pick before 4pm so that we would skip someone and still get a pick in later today if necessary.

 

In any case, I'm going to create the thread for the draft trading discussion. People can say what they are offering, what they are looking for, and they can use the thread (as well as PM's) to negotiate trades, as well as to report trades that have been agreed upon.

[italstallianion]

Y228, did you get Dipre's message.

[yankees228]

Y228' date=' did you get Dipre's message.[/quote']

 

Yup, works for me. Looks like I'm going to have to make a decision soon about whether I want him or not lol.

[Jasonbay44]

Adam Dunn, DH 12M

[italstallianion]

Flynnatic is up, and Jbay, you'd better get out of here before Dipre signs on. (But send me your picks before you log off)

[a700hitter]

Adam Dunn' date=' DH[/b'] 12M

There goes my next pick.

 

Question: I was going to play him in LF, but he only played 1B last year. How would that work?

[Jasonbay44]

Flynnatic is up' date=' and Jbay, you'd better get out of here before Dipre signs on. (But send me your picks before you log off)[/quote']

 

Why is that? But ill send my picks anyway.

[italstallianion]

There goes my next pick.

 

Question: I was going to play him in LF, but he only played 1B last year. How would that work?

 

 

You can put anyone anywhere you want. Just keep in mind that defense is important (not everyone seems to think that thus far) and will factor in the voting.

 

That said, I'm putting people in the chart under likely positions, but if you want people switched around (taking Jbay's example, Dunn playing first and Fielder DH'ing) then just let me know and I'll reorganise the chart.

[italstallianion]

You're up Flynnatic.

[Dipre]

JBay, f*** you and yo' momma for picking Dunn!

[yankees228]

Dunn is a nice pick. He didn't fit on my team because of his salary and his defense, but he'll be a very nice middle of the order bat for JBay.

[Flynnatic10]

Not sure if it a good pick, but whatever. live and learn

 

Elvis Andrus, SS

[yankees228]

Andrus wasn't very good last year, but if he can return to his 2009 form, I think it's a very nice selection.

[italstallianion]

Sorry about the wait, I'm stuck downstairs having to entertain guests, but I'll take

 

Brett Gardner OF

 

Andrew Bailey RP

 

Both of which are around 450k, but I'll post the exact salaries in the clubhouse thread. You're up again Flynnatic.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Salary Flynn?

[yankees228]

Dammit, the Brett Gardner pick is a very good one.

[Dipre]

In a down year, he scored 88 runs and stole 32 bases. He's a very good bet to be healthy and bounce back with respectable numbers and fantastic D. (I'm talking about Andrus)

 

He's an excellent pick IMO.

[Flynnatic10]

let me see how much salary i have left then i'll pick.

[Flynnatic10]

Very pricey pick and could be on the decline, would go a lot higher if there was no cap. I am using him for my defensive part of my team.

 

Ichiro Suzuki, OF ($17,000,000)

[Keeper]

Blast, I also wanted Dunn. And I was looking at Andrus.

[italstallianion]

In a down year, he scored 88 runs and stole 32 bases. He's a very good bet to be healthy and bounce back with respectable numbers and fantastic D. (I'm talking about Andrus)

 

He's an excellent pick IMO.

 

 

He also got caught stealing A LOT. He's a good pick, especially considering who was available (and considering salary), but there could have been better picks in my opinion.

[Jasonbay44]

Adam Jones, CF - $465,000

[italstallianion]

Y228 is up again.