♫ Pitcher bunt attempts forever, for the union makes us bat ♫ – 2021 ILX Fantasy Baseball!

hopefully no one else has this issue.

yeah, there's no way to edit it. i don't have an age listed anywhere, i'm guessing my account predates mandatory birthdates and they just randomly decided to start enforcing that

i googled it and the top hit comes up from three years ago – so looks like it's kinda of random.

but if a bunch of people get hit with this when trying to log into the draft, i might have to push is back 15-30 minutes so people can sort it out. but i'll have to know a bit before the draft starts. so this could possibly suck.

I just tested a mock draft and had no issues

ok. team transfer request sent.

thanks, switched over. i have a big boy account now

ha!

draft room is open!

according to the draft room "standings" – i am 12/13. so... not last!

Also am relieved af that everyone was able to join (I think)

even me, a 7 year old boy

This is the year I finish in single digits ranking.

Accepting offers for Buddy Biancalana and Scott Pose.

are we doing this?

HE AIN'T JAVY (He's My Baez) lineup 2021

C - JT Realmuto
1B - Pete Alonso
2B - Tommy Edman
3B - DJ LaMahieu
SS - Javier Baez
OF - George Springer
OF - Teoscar Hernandez
OF - Eddie Rosario
Bench - Kyle Lewis, Andrew Benintindi, David Bote, Adam Eaton
NA - Andrew Vaughn

SPs - Lucas Giolito, Aaron Nola, Sandy Alcantara, Marcus Stroman, Chris Paddack, Yusei Kikuchi
RPs - Aroldis Chapman, Hector Neris, Rafael Montero

Scary good team.

we'll see!

i forgot to think about potential keepers when drafting

I was looking at my team and realizing how so much of it hinges on a bounceback year/regression-to-mean:

BillyChildishBambino 2021

C: Gary Sanchez (K)
1B: Matt Olson (K)
2B: Gleyber Torres (K)
3B: Matt Chapman (K)
SS: Adalberto Mondesi (K)
OF: Juan Soto (K)
OF: Kyle Tucker (K)
OF: Nick Castellanos
Bench: JD Martinez, Austin Nola, Chris Taylor, Miguel Sano (K)

SP: Max Scherzer, Zach Greinke, Joe Musgrove (K), German Marquez (K), Corey Kluber, Elieser Hernandez (K)
RP: Tony Gonsolin (K), Giovanny Gallegos, Chad Green, Emilio Pagan

(K) = Keeper Eligible

2021-eligible keepers marked up (under 27) (27-29)

C - ???
1B - Christian Walker/Carlos Santana
2B - Cavan Biggio
3B - Nolan Arenado
SS - Willy Adames/Ha-seong Kim
OF - Mookie Betts
OF - Marcell Ozuna
OF - Trent Grisham/Brandon Nimmo
UT - Nelson Cruz

SP - Luis Castillo, Zac Gallen, Dinselson Lamet, Patrick Corbin, Kevin Gausman, Pablo Lopez
RP - Craig Kimbrel, Pete Fairbanks, Justin Topa

Minors - Wander Franco
IL60 - Luis Severino

Two empty slots on team will go to a catcher and another position! But I'll never tell WHAT position :O

I was looking at my team and realizing how so much of it hinges on a bounceback year/regression-to-mean:

also kim covers 2b and cavan covers 3b and of so that technically gives me two eligible players at every position in a pinch, which i wasn't realllly thinking about but it's nice to have!

Raising Arozarena (possibly name change under consideration):
C - Grandal
1b - Bell
2b - Albies (K)
3b - Donaldson
SS - Lindor (K)
OF - Yelich, Robles (k), Bryant (outgoing K)
UTL/Bench/future of team - Mancini, Solak, Cronenworth, Kelenic (k)

SP: Plesac (k), Fried (k), E Rodriguez, Keuchel, Soroka (K), Pearson (K)
RP: Pressly, Trevor May, Melancon

i like the team, but wish i'd done better at 1b. and my team def has a busy infirmary between Mancini and Rodriguez coming back and Pearson & Soroka recovering.

i'd trade ya for bell!

(aka my 1b is worse)

yes, i see you hedged your bets there. i only like bell slighter more than either of your guys. slightly.

uh wow... earliest trade in vorped minds history?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYY

i love it

My keepers needed an upgrade, so I took the best keeper-eligible ones for pick 1 & 2:
oh, and I picked Carrasco with pick 5 not knowing he's messed up for 6-8 wks. It said DTD?

BURN YOUR FIRE FOR NO JEFFRESS 2021
C: MURPHY, Sean
1B: ABREU, José
2B: ALTUVE, José
3B: MACHADO, Manny
SS: SEMIEN, Marcus
OF: JIMÉNEZ, Eloy
OF: GALLO, Joey
OF: AROZARENA, Randy
BN: CARLSON, Dylan / DeJONG, Paul / MADRIGAL, Nick

SP: FLAHERTY, Jack / GLASNOW, Tyler / CARRASCO, Carlos IL / MAY, Dustin / PAXTON, James / CANNING, Griffin
RP: DIAZ, Edwin / POMERANZ, Drew / BARNES, Matt

(EXPECTED KEEPERS)

I'm gonna try to crack 300 transactions this year

I def had my eye on Glasnow but being dealt the #12 pick meant going into survival mode.

Now someone offer me a better 1b!

Well timed trade!!

#Dbacks Zac Gallen scratched with right lateral forearm soreness. Still being evaluated. He's been getting treatment for 10 days.

— Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) March 22, 2021

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY

CORROSION OF CONFORTO

C - Salvador Perez
1B - Wil Myers
2B - Ian Happ
3B - Anthony Rendon
SS - Fernando Tatis, Jr.
OF - Michael Conforto, Yordan Alvarez, AJ Pollock
Utility - Xander Bogaerts
BN - Joc Pederson, Eduardo Escobar

SP - Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes, Lance Lynn, Charlie Morton, Ian Anderson, Marco Gonzales, Jameson Taillon
RP - Will Smith, Archie Bradley, Jake Diekman, Freddy Peralta

Too many crusty vets for my usual liking but they’re offset by some rising(?) young stars(??)

I SWEAR TO GOD I DIDN'T KNOW

IM SORRY ✖

NOT SORRY ENOUGH TO CANCEL THE TRADE BUT

How dare you try to fleece a 13 year old, have you shame Will?

*no

lol i don't expect the trade to be reversed or anything, still a young guy so i'll get some value out of him after what i can only assume will be 4 consecutive tommy john surgeries

as always, i'll do my best to keep this sheet up to date. shows all keeper-eligible players for 2022 with their age as of apr 1 2022, updated w/ who they were traded to, and if they were dropped. if you're making a trade for a keepable player here's a good place to check that they weren't dropped/picked up at some point or what not

link here

thanks!

Thanks for keeping track of all this dude!

since Arozarena is not on my team, i returned to an old classic:

https://imgur.com/a/pSWB4TH

oops...

https://i.imgur.com/dEnlKp1.jpg

lol excellent

That's awesome! Also, sorry but he's under contra-ct for 4 years

made my team image today too

https://i.imgur.com/U9WdKvd.png

L-R: Wander Franco, Wander Franco, Wander Franco, Wander Franco (seriously)

That’s hilarious

I had to research it first, but that's an epic team avatar there

make sure your lineups are set, boys!