Fine, we'll vote on it. I agree with everything KingKat has said. No point debating details or accusing people of anything.
The question is as simple as possible: Do you still want Gibbers in the DDL?
All I want is yes or no responses. You can PM or email them to me. Everyone should vote including Gibbers. I'll tally the votes when we get enough responses to have a definitive result.
I will keep every vote absolutely anonymous.
I forget exactly what our rules are for league votes but we'll only make a change like this with the requisite number of votes as stated in the rules.
Can someone else please blast this message in a Yahoo email to the entire league?
I can't veto a trade where the two shortstops switching teams are the same age and project for basically the same wRC+. f*** I think I'd still take Tulo over Cozart for 2018.
I understand the general issues. I gather that the concerns are things that have probably been on people's minds for a while, and they are just bubbling up right now.
I'm not 100% against removing an active owner from the league but it's not something to do lightly. If someone is simply never competitive, shows no signs of ever being competitive, and makes a bunch of annoying trades with probably their best friend in the league, is that enough?
I don't buy the argument for intentional collusion.
I've added Silvio, P2F, and silvergun as Yahoo co-commissioners.
We now have me, BTS, KK, Dinger, Boxy, z3r0s, thehurl, and those ^ three with commissioner privileges.
Literally half of the league can process trades.
Shulman is a God.
The three man booth is horrendous.
I do like Buck a lot better as the colour guy. Fire Tabby into the sun.
I wish we had Jessica Mendoza.
Haven't watched video on him before so I'll take your word for it. It just seems to be below 3/4 standard which is what all the scouting reports say. Maybe just that game or just the video angle.
Foregone conclusion. Heck, one or both of them could start the year in AA.
The actual question is will one of them sniff AAA.
The DREAM is - do we get an MLB cameo in 2018? It's not impossible. Maybe it is with Shatkins though.
Still just a 118 wRC+ in Astros AAA this year though. I wouldn't expect that to project or MLE very well. That's the 61st best qualified wRC+ out of 159 qualified players.
I don't really have increased hope from his numbers.
He's a fine transition lottery ticket though. Worth having.
Yeah I think you're right. Projections would roll in the last few years so there would be lag for minor league talent changes, specifically more mature players in the upper minors
What's the utility of an MLE though, when you can just use a projection? Why would an MLE be preferable in any way?
Steamer updates during the season on Fangraphs... I think.
MLE seems to have a bit of use when players come from Japan, Korea, Mexico, Cuba. But even with those the projections are improving.
Man, I don't think there is one anymore.
There's a nice little pet project for any industrious baseball nerds (cough GD cough) who want to direct some traffic to their stupid blogsite.