Laika

Polanco, Taveras, Singleton, Pinto. Tanaka, Ventura, Bundy, Paxton. Jealous of your young core, even if Pinto, Singleton, and Paxton aren't necessarily that sexy. The other five certainly are. I don't think I have a single ~25 and under of that type of pedigree. Stroman maybe, I guess. Harvey? Salazar has probably fallen out of that type of favour. Anyone notice that Sean Doolittle has a 39:1 K:BB?

He was solid. Four straight years of ~4 ERA at Coors. That's not easy! Groundballs ftw. If Eddie Butler becomes Aaron Cook the Rockies should count their blessings. Okay, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but it's not far off.

Eddie Butler is Aaron Cook, right?

Calling up Stroman, cutting Jairo Beras officially. Still need to cut one of Anthony Ranaudo, Manuel Margot, or pick 97. Not sure which is the least valuable.

Daniel f***ing Webb is a transaction deal breaker? Really?

Spanky just Ricciardi'd himself? (Lincecum-Rios). Don't let it slip until it's official.... dude

Sick of the f***ing lies in this league.

Howie Kendrick will retire before he gets off the tradeblock. Poor guy.

No, why would you say that? I'm not a big fan of Duffy. 97 from the left side and sublime minor league peripherals only mean so much. Nick Tepesch has a better career xFIP... just sayin'.

Brandon Cumpton available for an early 2nd as well

Slugging .265 in the CALL. My goodness. (the entire league slugs .411. 4.42 average ERA).

Master plan

If the team is forcing him, for developmental reasons, to throw an uncomfortably high percentage of fastballs then it could somewhat explain his pedestrian K rates.

I swear I did this already.

Flipping Tyler Austin and pick 78 for pick 71 from Los Osos.

What's this from again?

TCA officially drops Matt Purke and Nick Delminoco

Probably cutting Tyler Austin and Jairo Beras (no value). Might cut Manuel Margot and Anthony Ranaudo, but not sure. They are still kind of interesting. Anyone want them for a pick upgrade, maybe?

I don't really remember or care. It's all so inconsequential. Yes, you can promote someone mid-draft if you want. Yes it would open up a spot on the farm.

Boxy cuts Austin Wilson and Jon Denney, promotes Jake

That's not good if people aren't getting mass emails through Yahoo....

Yes but Zunino vs. Sano was my internal debate

The draft is coming! The draft is coming! The MLB Rule 4 draft begins on June 5th this year, a Thursday, and concludes on the 7th. Our rule 4 draft will commence on June 8th, the Sunday, at noon o' clock. Our cutdown deadline will be the midnight before our draft (11:59 PM on June 7th). Everybody must trim their minor league roster to 12 total assets by this point: picks + prospects = 12. If picks + prospects 12 after the cutdown deadline, then surplus draft picks will disappear into the ether before the draft begins! Picks that were dissolved into nothingness prior to the draft by an almighty Darrell will not be tradeable after the cutdown deadline. They cease to exist entirely. However, trades involving minor league players CAN occur during our draft, so long as each party does not go over 12 total minor league assets as a result of the specific transaction occurring. This means that in most cases an equal number of minor league assets will exchange hands for trades occurring during the draft. As usual, we will have 12 hour draft windows and when everyone makes a pick they are expected to email the next guy up immediately! If you are on your phone or something and you can't easily email, then at least post a message on the forum asking someone else to email. The draft will happen on Yahoo. Happy drafting, and try not to pick a Mike Zunino when a Miguel Sano is on the board!!!!!!

Everything will remain the same as what was stated in the mass email. Next year our draft will take place after the signing deadline, but I don't want to implement that change this year right before the draft.

Same. It's bad.