Trade: Let The Hot Stove Begin!

Price preparing for battle.

NORFOLK, MA -- The first trade of the off-season has been consummated and the Hot Stove season is off and running from here.  Chin Music has moved David Price and Miggy Cabrera for Nolan Arenado and some high draft picks.  Chin Music ownership was quoted as saying, "I had no respect for Mr. Price as he is a 'small dog person'.  May cat could kick his dog's ass and that is a serious problem when you are counting on a man with such a small dog to win you 20 games.

New feature is this year will be the transaction log in which all trades will be posted follow the link on the navigation bar to check on the off-season transaction archives.  I hope to populate it going back to the beginning at some point.

DATE	ACQUIRING TEAM	PLAYER / DRAFT PICK	POSITION
12/4/2015	Chin Music	Nolan Arenado	3B
12/4/2015	Chin Music	1-LISI
12/4/2015	Chin Music	3-ROUSE
12/4/2015	Chin Music	5-ERIC
12/4/2015	DC Dynasty	Miguel Cabrera	1B
12/4/2015	DC Dynasty	David Price	SP
12/4/2015	DC Dynasty	10-GRANT
12/4/2015	DC Dynasty	14-GRANT
12/4/2015	DC Dynasty	15-GRANT

SI Man of Year Is Next

Complete with hoodie.

EPPING, NH -- Goin' Yard GM was named Manager of the Year this week.  Unfortunately, he's managing the wrong sport, but that didn't stop him from making the Championship game.  Perhaps he was distracted from his full time duties in managing The Yard.  Congrats to Team Titus!
Soccer: Epping's Titus named Division IV girls coach of the year

Constitution

WAKEFIELD, MA -- I want to remind everyone that this website has the most(ly) up-to-date version of our league rules and Constitution linked in the navigation bar across the top.  Please feel free to read at your leisure.  Also, given our rocky season for rules and governance I added a clause that I believe encapsulates the spirit of what I believe my role as commissioner and your rule as my subjects are in this relationship.

Seriously, I think this paragraph that I borrowed from a FBB website covers a lot of areas in which we have had some strife over the past few months including trade review and loopholes such as so called "rental trades."  My goal is to always support the enjoyment of all and the preservation of the continuity of this league and I will always try to be as neutral and democratic minded as possible, but reserve the right to go off the rails on occasion in the best interest of the league as a whole.

​"Our rule-set obviously does not always cover all specific instances that might arise during a season. "The Spirit of The Rules" intends that 1) no owner will be unfairly or unnecessarily penalized for events beyond his/her control; while, at the same time, 2) no owner will be permitted to “get over” at the expense of other owners due to loopholes. With this in mind, the Commissioner is empowered to make decisions on such issues—after consulting with at least some but not necessarily all league members—as the situation dictates. Owners are expected to use their common sense in this regard, and not search for or take advantage of loopholes that may exist. Accordingly, owners who discover circumstances not covered by the rules should notify the Commissioner immediately.”

Also...

I will be performing the following updates to this site when I have a chance:

• updating league records (courtesy of Grant)
• updating league playoff statistics (courtesy of Grant)
• updating franchise histories 
• adding a transaction log 
• updating league owner contact information 

WILDCARD CHAMPIONSHIP!

Kris Bryant seen violating the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984.

WESTBOROUGH - In the 12th Championship Series in league history, the Wildcard franchise defeated the Chin Music franchise to win their 1st ever Championship.  The Wilcard previously made it to the Championship game in 2007 when they were defeated by the Fenway Flats.  Chin Music was denied a third title in their history and a back-to-back championship bid.  This was the 4th time the Chins have made it to the championship game, which is tied for a league record in championship appearances with the Flats.

Also of note, the Yellowcard franchise qualified for their first postseason in franchise history snapping a 12-yr drought that dated back to the league's inception in 2004.

Enjoy the off-season and check back here for league news.

  

Crazy Eyes, Or Just Plain Crazy?

WASHINGTON DC -- The Metalheads decided to make a panic move less than two weeks before draft day.  Team ownership was indulged by Wildcard ownership who once again changed course and decided to tinker with the roster again.  

Details Below:

METALHEADS receive:  2B Dustin Pedroia, Joe/Pat #1 and Leo #3

WILDCARD receives:  SP Max Scherzer, Joey #12 and Joey #13

Trade Not Involving Wild Card!

SALEM, NH -- For your enjoyment, here is a behind the scenes look at what you jackholes look like in the eyes of the Commissioner....

WildCard send:  Yelich, Rouse #1 & Joe/Pat #1

Scoregasms send:  J. Upton, Strasburg and Charlie #1

Leo

WildCard misread the offer. This deal is dead and null.

Leo

> On Mar 13, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Leo <> wrote:

>

> WildCard send:  Yelich, Rouse #1 & Joe/Pat #1

>

> Scoregasms send:  J. Upton, Strasburg and Charlie #1

>

> Leo

Confirmed that deal is very dead!

On Mar 13, 2015 7:44 PM, "Leo" <> wrote:

WildCard misread the offer. This deal is dead and null.

Leo

> On Mar 13, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Leo <> wrote:
>
> WildCard send:  Yelich, Rouse #1 & Joe/Pat #1
>
> Scoregasms send:  J. Upton, Strasburg and Charlie #1
>
> Leo

On to the real trades.  Multi-Scorgasms are invplved in this one as well.

YARD receives: 1B Albert Pujols, 3B Evan Longoria, and Charlie #7

SCORGASMS receive: 3B Josh Donaldson, Leo #8

Weekly Trade Round Up

WAKEFIELD, MA -- The Commisioner's office would like to announce three trades.  Notably, the Wild Card ownership continues to have a higher turnover rate than McDonald's.  Also, Freddie Freeman has gotten more action this summer than Tiger Woods on a bender.

Details are below...on the trades.


TRADE#1
OMG RECEIVES: 1B Freddie Freeman, LEO #1, TIM #16
WILDCARD RECEIVES: ROUSE #1, JOE/PAT #1

TRADE#2
OMG RECEIVES: SP Jordan Zimmermann, CHARLIE #16, WILL #16
SCORGASMS RECEIVE: ROUSE #6, LEO #9

TRADE#3
WILDCARD RECEIVES: SP Julio Teheran, LEO #10, WILL #10
DYNASTY RECEIVES: SS Starlin Castro, LEO #6, CHARLIE #13

Gomez Dealt

WAKEFIELD, MA -- The Fenway Flats have continued their rebuild acquiring CF Carlos Gomez for draft picks and prospect Jorge Soler.  The Yellow Stars have improved their draft position in this move acquiring a first round pick and also taking a risk on the younger Soler.    

TRADE DETAILS:

FLATS RECEIVE: CF Carlos Gomez, JOE/PAT #12
YELLOWSTARS RECEIVE: RF Jorge Soler, JOEY #1, ERIC #3, and TIM #5

Darvish Bring His Elbow To Brighton

ARLINGTON, VA -- DC Dynasty have continued their firesale, dealing ace pitching Yu Darvish for a slew of top picks.  

TRADE DETAILS:

DC RECEIVES: LISI #1, ROUSE #5, ROUSE #15
GANG RECEIVES: SP Yu Darvish, LEO #9, ERIC #9

Trade Round Up

WESTBOROUGH -- Wildcard ownership has been busy this week, turning over the offseason roster for the 6th time this winter.  Latest deals include acquiring an ex-Brave and a current Brave.  Not to be out done, the Holliston Warriors acquired 3B/ACL waitign to happen Manny Machado and SP Johnny Cueto in a pair of moves that cost Freddie Freeman, Zack Greinke, and Sonny Gray.





Details Below:

TRADE #1
WARRIORS RECEIVE: 3B Manny Machado, WILL #2, TIM #10
WILDCARD RECEIVES: 1B Freddie Freeman, LISI #5, LEO #13

TRADE #2
WILDCARD RECEIVES: OF Jason Heyward, WILL #11, TIM #16
METALHEADS RECEIVE: LISI #5, JOEY #10

TRADE #3
FENWAY FLATS RECEIVE: SP Zack Greinke, SP Sonny Gray
WARRIORS RECEIVE: SP Johnny Cueto

Draft Lottery 2015

BOSTON, MA -- Hello everyone.  I am writing to you from the Commissioners' Office where I have just completed the 2015 Draft Lottery. 

For the knowledge of our newcomer, and the short term memory enhancement of our cannabis users in the group here is how the lottery works.

• Playoff teams are slotted according to order of finish by winning percentage.
• #11 and #12 are slotted as division winners because they earned byes.
• The non-playoff teams have a chance at the first pick based with higher probability given to the teams with the lowest winning percentage.
• We pick in ascending order so that there is some suspense to the draft.  
• There are 21 chances in the lottery, with the lowest winning% getting 1 chance and next lowest getting 2 chances on up.
• Here are the percentages of winning the #1 pick in this years lottery:
• One Man Gang - 29%
• Goin Yard - 24%
• Fenway Flats - 19%
• Wild Card - 14%
• Pilgrims - 10%
• Yellow Stars - 5%

This year, I have decided to embrace technology with embarrassingly funny results as you will see below.  Since we had 2 false starts with Winter Meetings and it will probably snow on Draft Day this year, I decided to record myself doing the lottery at my desk.  Hilarity ensues.

Video is in three parts for reasons you will see below.  I considered editing the mistakes and splicing together.  I decided to show the raw footage at my own expense so that I would not have to listen to you deadbeats claim it was fixed.  I know that I won't be that lucky. 

So enjoy!...I have a new-found respect for Dawn Hayes.

2015 DRAFT LOTTERY

 

 

 

Hot Stove Heating Up (Updated)

No rehab necessary! 

WAKEFIELD, MA -- The Commssioner is using a snow day to catch up on some weekend activity in advance of the winter meetings next Sunday, February 8th live from Charlie's Man Cave.  Everyone's psyched including Johnny Manziel.

TRADE #1

Yard Receives: ROUSE #2

Gang Receives: SP Jon Lester and ROUSE #8

TRADE #2

Flats Receive: SP Johnny Cueto, 1B Adrian Gonzalez, LEO #11, ERIC #11, LEO #12, TIM #12

DC receives: ERIC #1, ERIC #5, LEWIS #5, LEWIS #7

TRADE #3

Wildcards receives:         CF Joc Pederson, LEO #11, LEO #12

Flats receive:                     2B/CF Mookie Betts, CHARLIE #14, WILL #14

 

Goin Yard Completes Another Earth Shattering Deal!

NEW HAMPSHIRE -- The league will never be the same, as Goin Yard and the Warriors have completed arguably the biggest trade in the history of fantasy baseball.  Details below.

YARD receives: ROUSE #8
WARRIORS receive: JOEY #9 and LEWIS # 12

Goin' Yard Comes In Like A Wrecking Ball

COWHAMPSHIRE -- Team Titus has announced a slew of trades including acquiring and dealing the once prolific vegetarian Prince Fielder in the same day.  Trades are summarazied below.

TRADE 1
GOIN YARD receives:  1B Prince Fielder and VENO #3
WESTBOROUGH receives: WILL #2

TRADE 2
GOIN YARD receives: 2B Ian Kinsler and SP Jon Lester
DC receives: 1B Prince Fielder