A Very Darrelly Dynasty League

[Dr. Dinger]

Can we just STOP with the idiotic jump huddles? Forever?

[BTS]

Pretty sure one of those basically ended Kendrys Morales' career

[Laika]

Kendrys Morales jumps into home - shatters both legs in six places, never walks again

Cody Bellinger does cool jump high five - ruptures both capsules in his right shoulder, can barely swing a bat four years later

Edwin Diaz does a jumpy bounce celly at the WBC - his knee cap falls off and the elasticity from his hamstring causes it to shoot upwards and enter his spleen; life altering injury

 

If I managed a baseball team my players would be under strict rules to only celebrate by doing a hockey style handshake line.

[BTS]

Did stuff to the schedule. I think this is about what we had the last couple years.

 

- 20-week regular season (you play 18 teams once and one randomly-selected team twice)

- playoffs start August 28th

- two week final

- playoffs end September 24th, a week before the MLB season ends

[BTS]

Anyone looking to make moves in the last 10 days before the season starts?

[Spanky99]

Anyone looking to make moves in the last 10 days before the season starts?

 

Yes.

[L54]

I probably have to move a starter. If anyone’s interested send an offer

[BTS]

Anyone want Chris Martin or Brooks Raley for a pick upgrade?

[Laika]

Can't believe you all let me grab Coors Profar hours after he signed

[BTS]

Can't believe you all let me grab Coors Profar hours after he signed

 

You beat me by 5 minutes

[Spanky99]

Oof... didn't know he signed. Shouldn't he have been owned? Hmm... Faack!

[The Cats Ass]

Looking for a 1B if anyone has one to move.

[Spanky99]

Looking for a 1B if anyone has one to move.

 

Oops nevermind I'm dumn... you and Eze look like you match up.

Edited March 25, 2023 by Spanky99

[Spanky99]

I'd like to move both Oswald Cabrera and a reliever other than *Minter* for a player upgrade or draft picks, send a wise offer in FT please.

 

ETA: Or maybe a rosterable catcher.

[BTS]

Few things I could do before opening day:

 

- Chris Martin or Brooks Raley for a pick upgrade. They’re both better than anything on the FA pile.

- Michael Brantley for a SP or 2B. Can be a crusty old dude, or a red flag if they’ll be back this year.

- Cal Raleigh for a SP or 2B.

[Spanky99]

Few things I could do before opening day:

 

- Chris Martin or Brooks Raley for a pick upgrade. They’re both better than anything on the FA pile.

- Michael Brantley for a SP or 2B. Can be a crusty old dude, or a red flag if they’ll be back this year.

- Cal Raleigh for a SP or 2B.

 

Cheers!

[BTS]

Cheers!

 

Hoping Lugo gets 3+ starts in. Not 100% clear he’ll be in the opening day rotation though.

[Orgfiller]

I could use a temporary Altuve replacement. Wise offers accepted.

[BTS]

There's basically no liquidity in the DDL market beyond elite players. I gifted Stroman to Laika last year in a roster crunch after shopping him for a month and getting no offers, it took like 5 months to get an offer on Taylor Ward, I got literally zero offers on Jose Abreu after shopping him all offseason. Even Brooks Raley should have returned a pick upgrade, and would have a few years ago. In the past there would be a lot of moves in the couple months leading up to the season as teams look to adjust their rosters. Now there was basically no movement and half the league's rosters are a mess. Sucks that so many owners are completely checked out.

[connorp]

Lol. So much for the charade of the DDL league being prestigious

[Laika]

There's basically no liquidity in the DDL market beyond elite players. I gifted Stroman to Laika last year in a roster crunch after shopping him for a month and getting no offers, it took like 5 months to get an offer on Taylor Ward, I got literally zero offers on Jose Abreu after shopping him all offseason. Even Brooks Raley should have returned a pick upgrade, and would have a few years ago. In the past there would be a lot of moves in the couple months leading up to the season as teams look to adjust their rosters. Now there was basically no movement and half the league's rosters are a mess. Sucks that so many owners are completely checked out.

 

Maybe some dynasty leagues just run into this issue over time

 

There are owners in our league who are sort of active but they just seem married to mediocre players or scared to trade with a lot of other people

 

I dunno

[BTS]

Maybe some dynasty leagues just run into this issue over time

 

There are owners in our league who are sort of active but they just seem married to mediocre players or scared to trade with a lot of other people

 

I dunno

 

I think it’s going to create a situation where the half dozen teams who are paying attention will just keep consolidating resources and ruin the competitive balance.

 

Even the waiver wire is dead. There are multiple teams without full rosters, and Kyle Muller shouldn’t be sitting on the FA pile.

 

I don’t actually have any solutions, so I’ll stop complaining now.

[The Cats Ass]

I think it’s going to create a situation where the half dozen teams who are paying attention will just keep consolidating resources and ruin the competitive balance.

 

Even the waiver wire is dead. There are multiple teams without full rosters, and Kyle Muller shouldn’t be sitting on the FA pile.

 

I don’t actually have any solutions, so I’ll stop complaining now.

 

I think it’s a lot of what NJH said. People becoming too attached to their players. We could expand by 2 teams and only be able to protect a handful of players. Or we could assign increasing salaries to players, and have a cap. Or wait it out and it’ll fix itself.

[BTS]

I think it’s a lot of what NJH said. People becoming too attached to their players. We could expand by 2 teams and only be able to protect a handful of players. Or we could assign increasing salaries to players, and have a cap. Or wait it out and it’ll fix itself.

 

Hopefully the latter. IMO the format is ideal, provided people are active.

[Jimcanuck]

Nothing wrong with a good ol' auction or two to shake things up

[L54]

I think it’s a lot of what NJH said. People becoming too attached to their players. We could expand by 2 teams and only be able to protect a handful of players. Or we could assign increasing salaries to players, and have a cap. Or wait it out and it’ll fix itself.

 

Increasing salaries is an idea I’ve always liked but sounds like an administrative nightmare

 

All these leagues are the same. Been saying the same about BBDL as well. 3 carbon copy leagues make for a stale slate of entertainment

 

I would love to find a way to differentiate BORED or DDL and infuse some life into them

 

Less prospects perhaps? 20 keepers again? Salaries would promote movement dealing for guys on expiring deals or trading expensive talent to get cheaper players/stay under the cap

[BTS]

Increasing salaries is an idea I’ve always liked but sounds like an administrative nightmare

 

All these leagues are the same. Been saying the same about BBDL as well. 3 carbon copy leagues make for a stale slate of entertainment

 

I would love to find a way to differentiate BORED or DDL and infuse some life into them

 

Less prospects perhaps? 20 keepers again? Salaries would promote movement dealing for guys on expiring deals or trading expensive talent to get cheaper players/stay under the cap

 

One thing about 20 keepers: it actually forces people to evaluate their rosters instead of holding replacement level crap because of inertia

[L54]

One thing about 20 keepers: it actually forces people to evaluate their rosters instead of holding replacement level crap because of inertia

 

Absolutely. You have to make decisions instead of bloating your roster and hoarding every asset you’re able to

 

I manipulate the system the same way everyone else does.

 

Have three stud RP’s? You might have to cut a potential breakout that has promise but can’t justify holding onto while competing. Then that player ends up on a bottom end team and in theory that team works it’s way out of the basement in a couple years

 

Chance to compete = better engagement (maybe)

[L54]

Nothing wrong with a good ol' auction or two to shake things up

 

Like start the league over?

 

Could protect say 5 players. Those 5 are assigned the average cost the 10 highest auction players. 3 year deals

 

I’ve never played an auction dynasty so I don’t know how to properly set up league parameters

[Jimcanuck]

Like start the league over?

 

Could protect say 5 players. Those 5 are assigned the average cost the 10 highest auction players. 3 year deals

 

I’ve never played an auction dynasty so I don’t know how to properly set up league parameters

 

I don't think there's been a player auction since Berrios this time last year.

 

When a league is a true dynasty like this one, I think a lot of owners are fine with sitting back and waiting for prospects to develop. A keeper league does force more owner activity.