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There was something in the waiver draft rules about that, but I don't think we ever had anything like that in writing regarding the rule 4.

Because it starts with a Z and it sounds the coolest

So much need. They just invested a couple of yachts on winning and this is their SP depth chart: Felix Iwakuma - hurt right now Walker - hurt right now; rookie Paxton - rookie; RP profile Ramirez - ZiPS 4.35 FIP Baker - hasn't really pitched since 2011 Maurer - probably sucks; ZiPS 4.64 FIP Beaven - absolutely sucks Noesi - absolutely sucks

You'll notice that I did make a rule change, lol.

Looks like he's not getting 4/50 anymore. Not anywhere close. 3/30 would be my guess. Could land anywhere at that price. I could see a team like the Cubs or Mets signing him now, but the best bet would probably be the Mariners.

I was being facetious, but we've received a highly qualified serious applicant. I might have to sleep on it, North. Sorry to leave you flapping in the wind like this. If we cut you loose, maybe you can just start your own 17 team NL West only roto points 23.5-man-keeper auction salary league with 50 man minor league rosters, or something like that.

The DDL is looking for a new owner. You'd be taking over a playoff team that currently owns Cutch, Mauer, Kipnis, Fielder, and Price, among others. Shoot me a message with your credentials if interested. I'm serious.

I'm guessing drafting his own MLB player and then arguing that it's within the rules?

You know damn right that we'd probably just close said loophole, thank you for exposing it, and then negate your move.

Rossell Herrerra is probably 2 full years away from the big leagues, and 3 or 4 years away from being fantasy relevant (if he ever is). The only guy with a timeline like that is Boxy. So you would have a very limited group of buyers! And Boxcar8 might have different ideas about what to do with his draft picks (essentially all he has to trade).

And really, everyone would rather have these types of guys on their minor league team anyway, where you can stash them for a couple of years in case they turn into fantasy relevant players by some stroke of luck.

Sorry, actually meant to edit out your addy on here

I typed up an official email but proboards won't let me send another league-wide one until tomorrow. Here is the text: "There have been some questions about how we should handle unowned prospects that hit AA during the season. Last year this wasn't an issue because Yahoo didn't have a lot of prospects in the system, they only had the top tier guys. When an out of system got called up he got added to the system and automatically hit waivers, usually after his first MLB game. This took care of the issue itself and their was no gap in our rules. This year they have hundreds of prospects of all different significances though. One notable example is CJ Edwards, who is currently unowned and has not hit AA, but he might start the season in AA (or hit the level at some point soon). Here is the official rule: The status of unowned prospects is determined by what minor league level they maxed out at last season. If an unowned prospect only hit A+ (or lower) last year, then they can't be added in Yahoo even if they hit AA during the year. They can, however, be added if they get called up to the MLB. This can happen as soon as the MLB team officially calls them up, adding them to the 25 man roster. If an unowned prospect hit AA last year then they can be added to your big league roster at any time. So if a player did not hit AA last year then the only way to add him to your roster is through the rule 4 draft in June! This line in the sand makes guys who have hit AA last year like Eddie Butler available in the rule 5 draft in the spring, and it keeps guys who haven't hit AA like CJ Edwards as June draft bait. Due to Yahoo's new player database depth, we had to implement this rule. And since it is a necessary new rule and not a rule change, we've decided not to vote on it. I also think that it's fairly inconsequential but in a minor way, for the best interest of the league, which is why I'm just making it so. If you have any questions please direct your emails to Northof49, owner of BALCO Pharm Team, blank@rogers.com"

Last year this wasn't an issue because Yahoo didn't have a lot of prospects in the system, only had the top tier guys. When a guy got called up he got added to the system and automatically hit waivers. This took care of itself and their was no gap in our rules. This year they have hundreds of prospects of all different significances though. So anyone talking about deep seeded strategy being perturbed by a minor rule addition is full of it! Their strategy could only have even existed since Yahoo opened up a month ago. I like z3r0s rule. Prospect status between season start and the June draft is determined by what level they finished at last year. If an unowned prospect gets added to a major league 25 man, then they are addable add-bait as soon as that officially happens. z3r0s' rule is superior to the one I previously made up because it removes a kind of stupid process of tracking AA games and racing to add fringey prospects at 6 in the morning. It also makes the June draft a tiny, tiny bit more interesting which is good!

Basically, he's just being a little dildo s***.

"@MikeDiGiovanna #Angels RHP Dane De La Rosa left today's game because of right forearm tightness. That doesn't sound good at all."

I really disagree strongly that the potential availability of a guy or two like CJ Edwards would have made people value their draft picks more highly. Actually, I'll go as far as saying that it had no effect at all.

Not really sure what to do about this Micah Johnson thing. I think it's fairly clear that jaysblue meant to take Micah, but there's no way of knowing that and it really is the same type of goof as Spanky accidentally drafting the wrong Peralta. He said Michal, it was interpreted is Michael (a prospect at the same position in the same org), and he didn't speak up about it until now. Seems like a fairly inconsequential player so I think we'll just step aside and see which one of jaysblue or No49 is the bigger man, and is willing to sacrifice the bum. If No49 gives him up then he can make another rule 5 pick right now.

I like it but we might have to vote on it. Maybe.

Decided not to put everyone on waivers because that gives the teams with low waiver priorities an advantage - less to lose when they put a claim on some bum that they like. We'll just do the 24 hour thing, that way it's kind of fair for all teams. Unless you won't be near a computer at the grand outhouse opening, then you're f***ed!

I guess it matters if people have NA's and DL's and there are still some speculative holds guys available. I suppose I'll just throw everyone on waivers for a day or two after the last pick.

I dunno. I guess we could. Not even sure how to put all FA's on waivers without f***ing something up. Maybe Dinger knows.

We have not decided unless I'm forgetting... What we'll do is say nobody can make an add for 24 hours after the last Rule 5 selection (rounded to the closest whole hour). We won't bother actually putting the remaining players on waivers, unless people think we should. So if the last pick is made tomorrow at 3:12 pm, people can start adding dickbags on Friday at 3 pm. I'll send out an email to announce the free agency opening time, once it becomes known. The penalty for adding a player early = lose the player, and your current waiver priority slot gets knocked down by 10.

Is he just gonna stick to porn from now him? Him and Taylore Cherry?

I think you meant to say "Goins".