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How cute are the kids?

The Montreal group lead by Stephen Bronfman will apparently become a minority owner of the Rays within ~3 months. Huge news for baseball in Montreal. s*** might actually be happening.

Why would he? I don’t think it falls under any of MLB’s policies.

Just nice to know we can get banned at any time mostly because a moderator doesn't particularly like us. And we wonder why this message board is less busy. hmmm

processed on the sheet

It seems like it was just that little, harmless post. Can we ban BTS? Who watches the watchmen? This is f***ing insane.

Due to a lack of response, I am assuming that BTS decided to ban Boxcar for a specific, benign post in one of the fantasy threads that was objectively not offensive and did nothing more than lightly tickle BTS' thin skin. This is an egregious overstepping of moderator power. How can I report a moderator for abuse of power? Why are we putting up with a message board where mods can single out innocent posters for arbitrary, undeserving punishment? This post is not a joke. I require a detailed response.

Answer, coward(s).

Why the f*** did Boxcar get banned?

Reese is probably rooming with 4 other guys for spring training and hasn't had a proper wank with porn audio for weeks. He might have a mild porn addiction and that's not a good thing but let's not assume he's a skeleton pervert

Seems like a good starting point for the dreaded mid-summer TJS, which will effectively take two seasons from him (3 if you include 2019, lost with elbow inflammation/bone spur stuff).

Car Jacking is great. 'Bater up is not as great.

Does anyone know if Reese McGuire has rookie eligibility for 2020? He is under the AB threshold and BR says his 2020 rookie status is still there, but it looks like he might be over the service time threshold? The service time threshold does not include IL time and time in September though, IIRC.

Die

Jim this is the part where you say “you’re welcome”

Does not compute

Maybe Randy Choate?

Ah okay. Yeah if he was on an MLB roster then it is what it is. If you can show that he was on your trade partner's farm then I would be willing to demote him for you if you want because I was not clear about the requested demotion thing during our Fantrax migration process.

That's a fun example of some binary binning bias; only one Blue Jay projects to be more than 10% above average by Steamer (Vlad). I would guess that the Yankees, Dodgers, and other teams tied with Toronto there have like, six guys who project to be that good.

You can demote anybody that Fantrax will let you demote (green flags) but requesting that someone be sent to your minors is restricted to when you have traded for a player that was on the other owner's MiLB roster. Fantrax won't let you send them straight to the minors as part of the trade but you can request that they be plopped down there by a commissioner. How did Honeywell end up on your IR?

Final pre-cut trade block: Chris Bassitt Dakota Hudson Will Harris Braden Shewmake (MiLB) Avisail Garcia Buster Posey Joe Palumbo Those are 4 back-end keepers and 3 projected cuts, so prices vary a bit.

That girl from your work was there flicking her bean

What happened to you, honestly?

I used to crush it with my left hand on the 401 in the fast lane. The risk made it feel better.

Okay, the Two Way Player (TWP) rule seemed weird to me to. Here is my breakdown: - There is a new rule saying you can only have 13 Pitchers on the 26 man roster - There is a new rule saying a Position Player cannot pitch unless it is extra innings OR there is a 6 run gap - A TWP can pitch without counting as one of the team's 13 pitchers (this is stated in the rule) - I am assuming that a TWP can also pitch whenever and they are not restricted by the new rules on Position players pitching (this is not stated anywhere in the release unless I missed it; it would be stupid if this wasn't the case) - I am assuming there is some rule about automatic TWP qualification if a player met the quotas in the minor leagues (this is not stated in the release but should exist) - The rules create a weird situation. If a player does not qualify as a TWP, the team must either a) consider them a Pitcher, in which case they count towards the 13 Pitcher limit, or consider them a Position player, in which case they can't pitch unless it is a blowout or in extras. I am assuming teams can change this day-to-day, e.g. if Ohtani is starting the Angels just consider him a Pitcher for that day (if he is not a TWP for some reason.) - If the above is not true and teams cannot change Pitcher vs. Position Player day-to-day, then teams must either a) consider a player a Pitcher until they can get them 20 position games started (not hard) or consider a player a Position Player until they can get them 20 innings pitched (much harder given the rules against Position Players pitching!) - The rules create another weird situation. You might see teams do some weird player usage late in seasons so that a player qualifies as a TWP. If the Reds are out of it they could just start Michael Lorenzen for their last twenty games so that he gets TWP designation next year. Then he doesn't count towards the 13 Pitcher limit next year and the Reds can effectively carry 14 Pitchers every game. This makes me wonder if even I am missing something!? There is a slight negative to being a TWP vs. just a Position Player, and that is longer IL and option times. In summary: I hate it.