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STATE OF THE LEAGUE - MUST READ
I am sending this same email out to most of my leagues. This year, Strat Draft has sucked away some of my love of this game. One thing for sure, I will never run a league on SD again after this. As you know, their conversion program which converts one year to the next, was a complete disaster. I have spent the better part of two weeks in front of a computer trying to fix the errors.?
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What makes it worse, is that despite sending MANY emails to the managers in my leagues asking that they double-check their rosters, many did not. This resulted in many managers missing the deadline for roster cutdowns, and endless emails AFTER the date asking for fixes. For those who submitted cuts on time AND properly on SD, there will be some kind of a reward for doing so (TBD). Thank you to those of you who did submit on time.
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Next year, I'll have to re-evaluate if I am trying to run too many leagues, if I am just running them on the wrong site, or if I need to weed out managers who do not follow instructions and do not meet deadlines.? Ironically, the one league I run exclusively on Google Sheets is running the best of any of them.
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Effective immediately, this is what is going to happen with my leagues on SD. - NO EXCEPTIONS
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1. Cuts, rookie selections (if applicable) and IR designations (if applicable) were due no later than 1/31. Today is 2/5. I will no longer accept any more changes. DO NOT SEND ME ANYMORE. If after doing a final check on rosters, I find you are still over the limit, I will cut players for you.
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2. Any players missing from your rosters (I hope there aren't any) are now part of the draft. This may be a tough egg to swallow, but everyone has had several weeks to review this, and I have sent numerous reminders to do so, and at this point, I am DONE with changes. If you're missing players, it's your own fault for being negligent. DO NOT SEND ME ANYMORE EMAILS ABOUT PLAYERS MISSING FROM YOUR ROSTERS. It is time to move forward.
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3. I will be updating GS rosters to reflect SD rosters
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4. If you find players that SHOULD be available in the draft and are not showing, notify me PRIOR to the start of the draft. These emails I do want to see. Once the drafts open untimed, the draft pool is locked.
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Sorry, this is so harsh, but this year in Strat has truly sucked so far (THANK YOU STRAT DRAFT). I still think getting off of Flory was the right move at this point based on Nick's last email, but we can re-evaluate again after this season.?
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Roster Cutdown at 1/31.
I have been dealing with the Flu-A bug for the last few days. In the morning, I will be checking everyone's rosters. Since the deadline was 1/31 and tomorrow is 2/4, make sure you have no more than 25 players on your roster. This can be up to 27 if you have placed 2 players on the IR.?
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Anyone over these limits tomorrow morning when I check them, will have their cuts made by me. |
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1/31 is due date for cuts to 25 players or less
According to my count, the following teams are over their maximum number of keepers by the following amount.
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1 - St. Louis
3 - Tampa Bay
2 - Texas
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to verify your rookie claims or IR designations, please check the 2025 tab of the GS.?
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FYI - I will have limited availability tomorrow (Thursday) and very limited availability Friday (1/31). If you need help of any kind, it would be best to reach out today. Rookies and IR designations must be emailed to me. Cuts must be done on the SD site.
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YC1 Update
Strat Draft's conversion program left a lot to be desired this year. I have literally done at least 100 corrections based on emails from managers in my leagues. PLEASE VERIFY YOUR ROSTERS. Our draft is scheduled for Saturday, 3/1. I'm going to let the draft begin untimed a little earlier, probably Thursday, 2/27. If there are any players missing from the draft in Strat Draft, you must report it PRIOR to the draft starting (2/27).? Once the draft begins, the player pool is locked.
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Roster Cutdown Day is 1/31. Cuts MUST be made on Strat Draft. Rookies and IR players are due by 1/31 as well.
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Rookies and IR Roster - Please make sure your rookie selections and IR designees are showing on the 2025 Tab in GS. The number of IR players there updates the number of protects you are allowed on the 2025 Tab. There appears to be several teams who have not yet claimed any rookies or designated anyone for the IR.
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There are also several reports of players showing up multiple times on their rosters, as well as players missing from the bottom of the My Competition screen which displays YTD stats.
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I'm going to try to keep rosters and stats current on the GS, but no promise on when yet.
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Ken
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SD Conversions
All my leagues have been converted to the 2024 players. Please check your rosters. I am very disappointed in the number of errors that have occurred to this point with the SD Conversion process. If you see a player listed twice on your roster, there's no need to let me know about that. It's a bug in SD. There are also a number of players that are not appearing on the lower part of the page under My Competition, which is where the current YTD stats are. This is also a bug in SD, and no need to report this. What you should let me know though is if any player MISSING from your roster.
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1. If you are protecting an uncarded player, they will NOT be shown on SD now. I will have to add them as Auxiliary players next week when I get back home. Make sure that you account for them in the number of protected players you're keeping and remember not to double-count any players that may be appearing twice on your roster.
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REMINDER: Protects are due in 8 days, 1/31.?
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IMPORTANT UPDATE
The SD site has just converted from the 2023 players to the 2024 players. This means I need to restore files and check recent transactions to insure everything is correct. Unfortunately, this occurs at a time that I had to travel to Michigan for 5 days because of a gravely ill brother-in-law. Please do not send condolences. I'll be back Saturday night and then have an all-day pool tournament on Sunday. So it may be as late as Monday that I will have everything back up and accurate.
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Ken
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Re: YC1 Update
YC1 Texas is looking for a starting SS and is willing to trade equal value for him. Players that might be available include Ernie Clement (starting 3B on Toronto), Lawrence Butler (starting RF on the Athletics), Bryan De La Cruz (starting RF on Atlanta) or Austin Wells (starting C on New York Yankees). Propose something and I'll respond. Larry YC1 Texas On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 2:33?PM Leo Tekiel via <Leotekiel57=[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: YC1 Update
I have an extra C (Carson Kelly) , extra 1b (Seth Brown) and extra SP (Paul Blackburn) available for a draft pick.? If anyone is interested, please reach out to me. Leo - Washington. On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 12:42?PM ken christianson via <DEERPARKMETS=[email protected]> wrote:
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BIG Players available
After evaluating my team for this year (and wiping away the tears), I have decided to completely rebuild. The ONLY players not up for discussion are Caminero, Winn, and Burnes. Some of the players that could become part of your team are the following.
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Please don't ask me 'what will it take' - just make offers. That is the quickest way to get something done. At least make a starting offer and then we can talk.
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Shohei Ohtani - Yes, Ohtani, the best player in the game. It's going to take a huge offer to pry him away, but I'll trade him. Any ridiculous offer for him will be ignored
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Renaldo Lopez - 162 IP with a 1.99 ERA and .614 OPS for the worst team in baseball.
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Josh Hader - 85 IP with a .591 OPS - one of the top closers in MLB.
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Ken - TB
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Re: YC1 Update
UPDATE: Just reminding everyone again that 1/31 is the deadline for cuts, rookie claims, and IR designations. The full SOM ratings were released for sale ($17 to download) yesterday on their website. Rosters may not be over 25 by 1/31. IR players do not count towards your 25. You may protect less to utilize more of your draft picks. |
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