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What's new? These types of games are why the Jays aren't in the hunt for the Wildcard this season.

Citi Field is a lot nicer IMO. More character to it and far better food & beer options.

He had a pretty solid year last season hitting 36 bombs. Still looks like a consistent 3-4 WAR player moving forward with the potential to maybe squeeze in another 5-6 WAR season perhaps if he has a season where all things click.

With Castro coming off the DL, could likely move either one of Castro or Zobrist now if any team is looking for a second baseman. I'm still in Texas, though can still respond to trade offers or have some discussion during downtime at the hotel.

I'll return again for this season.

Would have been a great fit with the Jays as a MI who could rotate between Travis & Tulo next season and in case one gets injured, Beckham starts at either 2B or SS. Far better than running out guys like Ryan Goins or Barney on a regular basis. Glad I never dropped him or traded him for peanuts in the LOD.

You just cracked the case Inspector!

I'm waiting on this trade obviously to see if it goes through. I'll send you a PM later. As you can tell, it's been pretty hectic on here this afternoon.

LOL oh wow!

If I was a new member in this league and given a choice on two teams to takeover - either the True Cardinals or Georgia Peach - I probably would go with the latter option.

I don't think Gibbers has anything to gain in giving me preferential treatment when it comes to fantasy baseball. I even made my intentions clear this morning on what I was looking to add before the deadline. I said I'd like to add a MI with multi-poistion eligibility since Zobrist looks sucky now. I searched through some rosters and saw Gibbers had Cozart. I figured since he has Correa and Baez already that he could be open to moving him so I sent him a message and it went from there.

I actually met Gibbers today and we talked over lunch. I then asked him "Hey bud, could you help a friend out and trade me Zach Cozart in the DDL?" And he was like, "Sure Sal, you're one of my greatest buddies in this league, anything to help you out!" Why don't you lead an FBI investigation on this matter while you're at it?

I could say the same thing about Sammy. He never responds to trade offers on Yahoo or PM's for weeks or months. And then all of sudden he pulls off a trade with Silvergun or others? I could make the same claims as you just made. Again, doesn't bother me. I'll just likely turn to a manager who I have good discussions with or trade with a lot. I think we all have favourite managers we deal with more than others. P.S. and you're one of them we pretty much don't beat around the bush in trade discussions and both have an idea of what we both are looking for so that makes trades pretty much easy & quick. So yeah I prefer making trades with you more than others.

So I make a lot of trades with Gibbers, what does that have to do with anything? Again, this whole thing is overblown. Like even the Hurl said, we all have preferred trading partners/board members we have trade discussions with etc. I don't see how your argument is valid. And if you use the example of him spoon feeding me in trades for Posey and Marte, I'll turn to your Correa trade again.

Posts like these are really immature and idiotic. You're not helping the situation here as others are trying to have a reasonable discussion.

I think like you said, Gibbers has better things on his agenda than helping my DDL team. If he did, I'm sure Carlos Correa would have already been on my roster. So these claims of collusion and the both of us threatening the integrity of this league is kind of bush league if you ask me, especially after both of our track records on this forum and in other leagues. It's not like we're both just new members here. The level of anger is really overblown. If that's the case, I'll resign from all my board fantasy leagues. As for Cozart, I asked him what he wanted. In a sophisticated league with well respected posters as this one, I don't think we need our hands held when making trades. And like you've said, he probably has received very little action on Cozart to date. I've shopped guys who've had breakouts like Eddie Rosario & Lonnie Chisenhall frequently and have had no interest or PM's my way whatsoever from the other 19 teams. So if someone came in and offered me a young high upside reliever with excellent peripherals or a 1st rounder, I would likely take it without even blinking an eye. BTS kind of contradicted himself a couple of posts back when he was asking for a Top 100 guy for Givens. So if a reliever like Givens is worth a Top 100 guy, then I guess you can make an argument for Steck even if I picked him up off waivers last week. Gibbers is a prospect junkie, so he probably knew of Steck before I did. He's had a real solid career to date in the minors and has a chance to become a nice BP arm. Some guys slip through the crack all the time in 20-team leagues like this. Heck, in all my trade discussions yesterday in the LOD, mostly every team who was looking for a high pick asked me about Steck. In Miami, he now has been given the opportunity to pitch in high leverage situations, so moving forward he probably provides the same value as Givens does. Only thing Givens has is a bit of a longer track record in the Majors. So if Givens is worth a Top 100 prospect in the eyes of BTS, why is it wrong for Gibbers to view Steck as having the same value as a Top 100 guy? If that's the case, then I guess we should all rank our players/prospects according to what BTS thinks. The point I'm trying to make here is that everyone values players/pitchers/prospects differently. We shouldn't have a manager or managers determine that value for others when it comes to trades/FA acquisitions/draft picks etc. None of us need to be babied or told what to do. Not everyone is easy to get a hold of. Sammy doesn't even respond to trade proposals over Yahoo and lets them expire and rarely replies to PM's. So thats why I hardly ever look to him when trying to make a trade because I know its difficult to get a hold of him and I don't have the time to sit around and wait for a week or 10 days etc. I don't have an issue with that, though just building off with what Hurl said, we all have managers that we communicate/talk with more than others. I'll probably chat with Gibbers, CatAss, you, the Hurl, Dinger, P2F, Jays4Life etc. when its comes to trades more than others since I know how to get a hold of him and usually get a swift response. Aside from that, Tulo is also going GP's way. I'm sure other managers will laugh, though I doubt any one of the 18 managers would have traded Tulo for Cozart prior to the 2017 season. Like you said, it's not like Cozart isn't a spring chicken. The guy is 32 and the likelihood of him hitting this way next season or for the next 2-3 years are very slim.

I don't have a problem with your trade that you made and I don't care. You're a responsible poster on this board who can manage his own team. I was just using it as an example since it was ok for you to criticize and nitpick my previous trades with GP, then I guess other trades are fair game as well. And what I said about you, I think I can speak to the other 19 managers in this league and others. We're all responsible and well respected posters on here who can manage our own teams. We've never had a problem with collusion or questioning the integrity of others and we don't have a problem with that.

Haha I'm a six time champ? I wish. I've only won that league twice.

Seriously, just stop it BTS. Aiming pretty low right now!

And to think Kyle Hendricks was going to pitch like a Top 10 pitcher with his stuff moving forward was kind of a bit optimistic. Great time to sell by the other team!

Really? I guess I owe all my DDL success to Gibbers at this point.

He was pretty good in 2013 and at his age looked like one of the younger promising pitchers coming up in baseball moving forward. He took some steps back in 2014, though I'm sure he wasn't the only young arm in baseball ever to do so. Sanchez has had his problems this season with blisters and inconsistencies, so I guess he should be considered not good moving forward as well?

So its ok for you to gamble on Puig cashing in on all that talent, though for Gibbers to gamble on Myers wasn't? As for Diaz, he did fall of a cliff. Could the same happen to Cozart who is playing well above his career norms? For sure. Again, not trying to get into a heated argument with you. Just having discussion.

I think Steck and Givens are pretty much a wash moving forward this season TBH. Steck is now pitching in higher leverage situations, has a higher K rate and with the Marlins BP relying on Ziegler as their closer and with Barraclough on the DL still, Steck might get some save opportunities possibly.

Didn't you trade Carlos Correa for Yasiel Puig (when his value was at an all-time low) and Kyle Hendricks? If you're criticizing my previous deals, I'd like to see you defend that one.