A Very Darrelly Dynasty League

[The Cats Ass]

IMO Schrock and Tomas are easy cuts, and Renfroe is probably a cut.

 

You should be all over Tomas. Aren't you a Trumbo fanboy?

[BTS]

You should be all over Tomas. Aren't you a Trumbo fanboy?

 

Tomas is the OF version of Pablo Sandoval. I don't think he'll ever get meaningful playing time again.

[The Cats Ass]

Tomas is the OF version of Pablo Sandoval. I don't think he'll ever get meaningful playing time again.

 

Except younger, more power, and less fat

[BTS]

Except younger, more power, and less fat

 

We've seen these types basically phased out of baseball in the last few years (CCC ). IMO the most likely outcome is he spends three seasons battling injury and struggling to get playing time, then disappears entirely when his contract expires after 2020.

[The Cats Ass]

Arguing with BTS about the s***** assets you're trying to peddle is unwise, it just gets smeared all over, you ignore the comment and move on.

 

"Smeared" is such a weird word

[jays_fever]

IMO Schrock and Tomas are easy cuts, and Renfroe is probably a cut.

 

They're worth Lance Mcculers apparently

[BTS]

They're worth Lance Mcculers apparently

 

lol, holy f***

[Laika]

Gibbers v. the Darrell Dynasty League

 

The vote was as close as possible but the majority of DDL members decided that they no longer want Gibbers to be in the league. I reached out to Gibbers and informed him of this roughly 34 hours ago.

 

I want to take a moment to address the rationale for this unprecedented action.

 

There is no question in my mind that Gibbers was NOT colluding with jaysblue. Obviously there was a long track record of Gibbers giving jaysblue very favourable trades, but I think this was simply caused by jaysblue knowing how to most effectively communicate with Gibbers. For posterity, these are some of the trades between them:

 

August 2017: Zack Cozart to JB for Tulo, Steckenrider, and two late picks. Tulo likely was an addition to the trade after the fact to appease dissenters.

July 2017: Roberto Osuna to JB for Luke Weaver, 3 MiLB picks, and 2 waiver picks.

February 2016: Shelby Miller to JB for 3 MiLB picks.

March 2015: Starling Marte to JB for Heaney, Odorizzi, 1 MiLB pick.

June 2014: Buster Posey and Hutch to JB for Profar, Myers, Jhoulys Chacin.

 

Everybody makes bad trades. Taken individually these are largely palatable, but taken as group the trend is a bit uncomfortable. Gibbers made other bad trades with different owners (examples: Kyle Hendricks to me for two draft picks, Kelvin Herrera to Dinger for Andrew Chafin) so collusion seems out of the question, but there probably isn’t a more persistent example of one owner shuffling talent to another specific owner for lesser pieces in the league’s history. Possibly Boxy to me, but we'd have to do the math.

 

Jaysblue’s effectiveness at communicating with Gibbers highlights the main issue that rose to the surface in my reading of the situation: a frustration of the social relationship between Gibbers and the rest of the league. It’s clear that for a handful of reasons, over time, a good chunk of league owners lost any comfort in communication with Gibbers and/or they no longer enjoyed playing fantasy baseball with him. There could have been various reasons for this; most are speculation. Gibbers has displayed a somewhat abrasive personality at times, and his jokes about colluding with jaysblue didn’t sit well with people. His ostensible lack of desire to compete slowly grew very frustrating, evidenced by his obsession with trading all mature MLB assets, even those in their mid 20s, and habit for collecting an obscene and tactically ridiculous amount of draft picks. Perhaps some owners just want a more competitive league.

 

Regardless of each owner’s specific reasons, the vote was called and the results satisfied our voting rules for effecting a significant change to the league.

 

I want to stress that this situation absolutely has nothing to do with jaysblue, who is one of the most competitive members of the league, and should not reflect negatively on him whatsoever.

 

We need to thank Gibbers for being an active owner in the DDL for all these years. I hope this doesn’t bug him too much. It’s just fantasy baseball after all.

 

We can probably find our replacement by referencing the processes for replacing North and Min earlier this year. I forget who the runner-up candidates were.

[BTS]

The three candidates (aside from P2F) last time were L54, Orgfiller, and jays4life19. We'd have to do a new vote if we're considering the same three, because they all finished pretty close, well behind the new Min.

[jays4life19]

I would most likely be interested again. What does Gibbers team look like though and would i have 50 or 100 draft picks in the upcoming draft that i would have to move?

[jays_fever]

I actually don't have the spreadsheet saved on this cpu so if someone could post it, I'd appreciate it

[jays4life19]

I actually don't have the spreadsheet saved on this cpu so if someone could post it, I'd appreciate it

 

It's actually on the first page. I should have remembered from doing the MILB draft for NJH.

 

Nvm...checking it out now.

[P2F]

I would most likely be interested again. What does Gibbers team look like though and would i have 50 or 100 draft picks in the upcoming draft that i would have to move?

 

To start, here's the farm:

 

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[TD=colspan: 2]Cal Quantrill[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Mickey Moniak[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Walker Buehler[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Corey Ray[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Luis Robert[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Leody Taveras[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Christian Pache[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Luiz Gohara[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Keibert Ruiz[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Mitchell White[/TD]

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[TD=colspan: 2]Andres Gimenez[/TD]

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If you gain membership to the league, I would like you to trade me Walker Buehler. Let that sink in for a moment...

 

Okay, thanks. Moving on...

 

Here's the MLB roster:

 

http://i.imgur.com/PJRkX5v.png

http://i.imgur.com/D60qX65.png

http://i.imgur.com/h0QU4M4.png

http://i.imgur.com/ARuP053.png

[Abomination]

A lot of potential there. Maybe a new owner will be able to actually do something with it.

[Dr. Dinger]

Any of those candidates would be excellent.

[Laika]

I don't even think a vote makes sense. Just find out who is interested and then either pull a name from a hat or pick the guy with the fewest other fantasy commitments.

[L54]

Put me in the ballot, 100% interested

[TheHurl]

I think we should have Jaysblue put trade offers to each and see how they react to the trade and decide that way.

[Orgfiller]

I'm also still very much interested in joining the league as an owner. I don't think I'd get the votes over jays4life19 or L54 but I would still like to be considered.

[AdamGreenwood]

Consider me for the ballot, 3% interested.

[The Cats Ass]

I vote for AG. Just for the entertainment alone

[Laika]

If JFL can confirm that he is definitely interested then I can pick tonight. Will likely just randomize the choice.

 

Can you three let me know what other leagues you're in? It might be relevant if one of you possibly would be stretched too thin.

[L54]

BBDL and BORED

[Dr. Dinger]

BBDL and BORED

 

Next question: are you willing to remove Barry Davis from your avatar?

[BTS]

I think as a forum we should vote to disband the BBDL. It is a cancer that has plagued this space for far too long.

[jays4life19]

Yeah I'm interested. I feel I could turn the team around pretty quickly.

 

Fantasy resume

LOD

BORED

JPA classic

Co manage 9 team ESPN keeper

 

Also I think I should get bonus points for not being in the BBDL.

[L54]

Next question: are you willing to remove Barry Davis from your avatar?

 

Nope, sorry. Barry and I are a package deal.

[Dr. Dinger]

Honestly, just when I thought I couldn't hate NJH any more, this happens:

 

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[Orgfiller]

I'm in BBDL, LOD, co-manage in BORED, and I don't know if these count but I also play in the All-Star league and Premier League.

[BTS]

Man all of these guys have their bona fides

 

L54

- first place in BORED

 

J4L19

- 3 straight division titles in LoD

- playoff team in BORED

 

Orgfiller

- won BORED

 

Orgfiller's LoD team is a perennial also-ran tho.