Unofficial SDMB OOTP Blog

G'wan, get it over with!

I'm just waiting for the excitement of the Rule V draft!
 

Apparently John Sadao developed a hatred for Seattle over his years here. I offered him $3M x 2 years and he told me he wanted more money. OK, I can understand that except he signed instead with Saskatoon for $2M x 1 year.

Solid financial move, John. Solid move.
 

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Question: How many catchers can a franchise have in the two lowest minor leagues?

Answer: Not fewer than the number of licks it takes to get to the middle of a Tootsie Roll lollipop.
 

John Sadao? Are you sure it wasn't Jody Reed?
 

Oh, and speaking of the Rule V draft...

Could you please give some notice to teams to add everyone to the 40-man roster? Last year, I saw that there were several attractive players available, but by the time the draft came (later that day) they were added to their team's 40-man rosters.

So, I guess I'm proposing that you freeze rosters for a sim period before the Rule V draft so that we know who is actually available. I've already made my adjustments, so I'm ready to go, but I gather that most of the league isn't.
 

If we're going to do that (a sim before the Rule V draft), we need to make it really, really clear to people so that they don't inadvertently lose a player they want to keep. I just made my Rule V-related roster moves after the most recent free agency sim, so I can understand why people wait.
 

That's the point of my proposal. Otherwise, someone might forget and lose someone they definitely didn't want to lose (like how I would have lost Koepp, had I not added him to my 40-man).

It works both ways. It lets owners protect the guys they want/need, and it lets shoppers know exactly who's available.