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i think we're all gonna get more time to think about our picks. if the start of the season is delayed i might push back the draft date? maybe not? i'm not sure what to do or how long this could go on for.

That's it, I'm officially protesting this season.

Here's me, well ahead of the deadline

OREL HALO:
MACHADO, Manny 27
OZUNA, Marcell 29
GALLO, Joey 26
FLAHERTY, Jack 24
WOODRUFF, Brandon 27

whoops, please replace:
WOODRUFF, Brandon 27
w/
PEDERSON, Joc 27

I think we should just go ahead with the draft on that date tbh unless everyone else disagrees. Maybe it depends on whether or not Charles Barkley gave the Angels coronavirus I guess.

aside from the Charles Berkley part, i agree.
best to stick with a date that, miraculously, no one has had an issue with and that would at least allow us to made trades and gaze longingly at our league-winning lineup.

my2cents: I'd prefer to push the date to reflect the season best we can.

they're saying a delay could go back as far as July – and as more news comes in, the less i'm confident the US has the ability to handle this situation...
maybe putting the draft on hold is the way to go.

would really appreciate more input. am gonna send out an email.

it's a bit of a risk someone gets screwed somehow, the larger the interim after draft

I don't think theres anything to lose in delaying it, so why not do that

i'm happy either way, as long as i get to pick 10-20 baseball men at some point this summer.

if they cancel the whole season i'll just make a pretend draft for myself and stare at it longingly til september.

that was originally my plan for april.

if anyone wants to try an OOTP league, hit me up!

If the NBA is looking to head back in June, with the playoffs extending into late summer, then baseball could easily be off until then too. The season would be maybe 100 games plus playoffs? With no transactions or new injuries between now and whenever the season starts up again, would anyone really draft differently if the draft was held now vs two months from now? But I'm fine either way.

i think there is the potential injuries pop-up or maybe some teams don't get started on time due to sick players? there's so many variables at this point.
i also think i would go insane looking at a fantasy lineup i couldn't do anything with.

i don't think it'll make a huge difference but it's probably prudent to delay

yeah the thing i am most worried about is just 2 months of chances for catchers to injure themselves in luggage-related injuries (looking at you, both lucroy and perez, somehow)

not if all the airports are closed!

I had the first two of my three drafts yesterday. It's like the ultimate fantasy draft because even the sports themselves aren't real!

dang i saw this thread pop up and had a momentary panic like "shit did we not move the draft after all?"

You guys should just do it. It was fun!

i already did my other league's draft a week ago today (it is blowing my mind that that was only 8 DAYS AGO) so i'm actually excited about this one being delayed, can't wait to see the difference between what i valued on march 15th and what i value on an undetermined day in the future hopefully!

i just spent hours painstakingly recreating my other fantasy league in ootp please come back real baseball

might be time to bump that draft date again :/

I stand by my previous comments! Do the draft. Get it out of the way. Have a roster to stare at.

apparently our draft starts in 30 minutes

uh wat

lol, for real? i took the day off randomly but i'm in no way prepared for this lol

i dont think our keepers are in either

it is apparently running now but i'm sure it can be reset and there will probably be no baseball this season anyways so whatever

Link?

Ya. For some reason I got no notification.
I guess people who wanted a lineup to stare at got their wish!

I am doubtful there will be baseball this year, if they do try to start up, I will dump the auto draft results, set a date and plug in keepers for a redraft (which I hope is doable). I’m not sure I got picks from everyone but I will need them fast and furious if your picks are still MIA or you want to change them. I’d imagine we will know for sure in month.

are we going to try and have a fantasy baseball "season" based on the 60-game schedule?

Ya why not.

Can we even draft again? None of us have our keepers

Oh hmmm. I’ll have a look at wether yahoo will let us draft this late. The keepers I just input myself, that’s no problem.

ok - i'm going to flush the teams, set up a draft date of July 19, say 4pm-ish.
i think we had everyone's keepers in before? anyone possibly outstanding or changing their mind has until the 12th, when i will lock the teams and set the random, weighted draft order.

my keepers above stand

I'll continue with my chosen keepers, but reserve the right until the 12th to change them as we don't even know who's all playing? As in MLB players

i'd be shocked if we don't see some teams with serious outbreaks. and i still wouldn't give an actual season good odds.

Would it be possible to add a few IL slots for players on ICU ventilators?

i added a new DL slot in the offseason – but I'll add one more for covid'ers.

Francis, you can't keep Woodruff.

aaaand I'm still missing picks from the managers for Mad Boone Rising, Blast First Petit and jesus beisbol.

jesus beisbol = sabathias theater on the google doc right

Yes. His keepers last year were SEAGER, HARPER, CASTELLANS, ALTUVE and FREEMAN.

sorry about the all caps, i was copy/pasting.

you can also, from our league page, go back to '19 and view the draft results and/or transactions.

LOFTONS & MUSSINA
Corey Seager (<27)
Roberto Osuna (<27)
Bryce Harper (27-29)
Jose Altuve (27-29)
Robbie Ray (27-29)

Thanks brah!

Blast First Petit

Rafael Devers (23)
Franmil Reyes (24)
Austin Meadows (24)
Noah Syndergaard (27)
Mike Trout (28)

Thanks!

nice. just one more to go!

Thanks for Freeman Al, you're a saint

It appears that I have won this year's edition of the ILB fantasy league, a league that I created in the spring of 2003 and had never finished higher than 5th prior to this season.

Very few of my fellow managers remain from the inaugural season, but as the founder of this board and it's accompanying fantasy league, I thank all of you for participating.

Congrats dude!

Cheers! Good season. I was confused as to who I was talking to but w/e, congrats!

congratulations!

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