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Correction
The email I just sent out about auto Lopez is not for your choice 1 My apologies
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Otto Lopez
Just reached out to Ken to let him know that the best of my knowledge Otto Lopez should be on the Marlins roster as he was a second rookie protect. He was on the Excel spreadsheet and I would think it’s just an oversight. Ron Miami On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM ken christianson via groups.io <DEERPARKMETS@...> wrote: There once again appears to be a problem with the SD site. It is not sending out emails after each pick the way it should be. I've contacted them about this but not overly optimistic they will get this resolved, so although it's a PIA, please know when your pick is scheduled (if in timed mode) and check the SD site periodically to check the draft picks. Hopefully sometime today you will start receiving the emails again.
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SD Emails
There once again appears to be a problem with the SD site. It is not sending out emails after each pick the way it should be. I've contacted them about this but not overly optimistic they will get this resolved, so although it's a PIA, please know when your pick is scheduled (if in timed mode) and check the SD site periodically to check the draft picks. Hopefully sometime today you will start receiving the emails again.
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YC1 - Draft is now open untimed
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The YC1 Draft is now open on an untimed basis. The first two picks were made by AutoDraft when I opened the draft up and they were Jackson Chourio (CHA) and Dylan Crews (BOA). Currently, Larry Lynn (TEA) is up with the 3rd overall pick. We are untimed until Saturday morning with one exception: Anyone advertising that their pick is available in a trade, will have a 4-hour time limit put on their pick. It's not fair to the rest of the league to hold up the draft when it is untimed. Several have asked how to claim their teams in the Cloud. Here are the directions. 1. In the game, highlight our league and your team. 2. Click Cloud, Claim Team 3. The following screen appears. You must create your own password, then confirm it again, and create a User Name. Then click OK. Please use a password you'll remember (or write it down) because I cannot see it if you forget.
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New LZP is in the Cloud
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The current LZP is now in the Cloud. You may begin claiming your teams at any time. Reminder: The draft will be open tomorrow morning on an untimed basis and will start officially on Saturday morning.
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Preliminary LZP
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Attached is a preliminary LZP file. Please review your team for accuracy. Anyone you have on your GS roster that does not have enough usage to be used will NOT be in the LZP.
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YC1 - Update
In case anyone didn't know, the new game is available to order on the strat-o-matic.com website. It can be downloaded on Monday, 2/24. Our draft is scheduled to begin Saturday, 3/1, 10:00 EST. I am going to open up the draft early on an untimed basis Thursday morning, 2/27. At that time, all players showing as eligible to be drafted are final. Please utilize the Google Sheet to monitor your usage requirements as we are drafting. I will try my best to keep it as up to date as possible during the draft. The ROSTER tab will keep track of your team IP and PA's. These numbers are already including the usage factor. The GS should be accurate so if you see anything wrong with your roster, please let me know.
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Strat Draft and Google Sheets
All teams have now been verified to be within their limits and rosters have also been updated on GS as well.
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STATE OF THE LEAGUE - MUST READ
I am sending this same email out to most of my leagues. This year, Strat Draft has sucked away some of my love of this game. One thing for sure, I will never run a league on SD again after this. As you know, their conversion program which converts one year to the next, was a complete disaster. I have spent the better part of two weeks in front of a computer trying to fix the errors. What makes it worse, is that despite sending MANY emails to the managers in my leagues asking that they double-check their rosters, many did not. This resulted in many managers missing the deadline for roster cutdowns, and endless emails AFTER the date asking for fixes. For those who submitted cuts on time AND properly on SD, there will be some kind of a reward for doing so (TBD). Thank you to those of you who did submit on time. Next year, I'll have to re-evaluate if I am trying to run too many leagues, if I am just running them on the wrong site, or if I need to weed out managers who do not follow instructions and do not meet deadlines. Ironically, the one league I run exclusively on Google Sheets is running the best of any of them. Effective immediately, this is what is going to happen with my leagues on SD. - NO EXCEPTIONS 1. Cuts, rookie selections (if applicable) and IR designations (if applicable) were due no later than 1/31. Today is 2/5. I will no longer accept any more changes. DO NOT SEND ME ANYMORE. If after doing a final check on rosters, I find you are still over the limit, I will cut players for you. 2. Any players missing from your rosters (I hope there aren't any) are now part of the draft. This may be a tough egg to swallow, but everyone has had several weeks to review this, and I have sent numerous reminders to do so, and at this point, I am DONE with changes. If you're missing players, it's your own fault for being negligent. DO NOT SEND ME ANYMORE EMAILS ABOUT PLAYERS MISSING FROM YOUR ROSTERS. It is time to move forward. 3. I will be updating GS rosters to reflect SD rosters 4. If you find players that SHOULD be available in the draft and are not showing, notify me PRIOR to the start of the draft. These emails I do want to see. Once the drafts open untimed, the draft pool is locked. Sorry, this is so harsh, but this year in Strat has truly sucked so far (THANK YOU STRAT DRAFT). I still think getting off of Flory was the right move at this point based on Nick's last email, but we can re-evaluate again after this season.
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Final Cuts updated
All cuts prior to the draft have been made and the trading freeze has been lifted. I now believe I have all the rosters correct on Google Sheets.
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Roster Cutdown at 1/31.
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I have been dealing with the Flu-A bug for the last few days. In the morning, I will be checking everyone's rosters. Since the deadline was 1/31 and tomorrow is 2/4, make sure you have no more than 25 players on your roster. This can be up to 27 if you have placed 2 players on the IR. Anyone over these limits tomorrow morning when I check them, will have their cuts made by me.
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Seattle has excellent catcher available
Guys I have two excellent catchers on my Seattle team: Adley Rutschman and Patrick Bailey. I could part with one of them for a very good 3B or CF; or possibly for a combination of SP, RP, 3B and CF. -- Daniel Reed Seattle Mariners
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Kim at SS signed and available
Just signed a two year contract with the Rays… Expected to return from injury in May Ron Mets
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1/31 is due date for cuts to 25 players or less
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According to my count, the following teams are over their maximum number of keepers by the following amount. 1 - St. Louis 3 - Tampa Bay 2 - Texas to verify your rookie claims or IR designations, please check the 2025 tab of the GS. FYI - I will have limited availability tomorrow (Thursday) and very limited availability Friday (1/31). If you need help of any kind, it would be best to reach out today. Rookies and IR designations must be emailed to me. Cuts must be done on the SD site.
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Detroit Tradeables
If anyone is interested in Bryan Rocchio he is available for a similar type OF'er.. Luis Ortiz could also be available for a pick or young starter
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YC1 Update
Strat Draft's conversion program left a lot to be desired this year. I have literally done at least 100 corrections based on emails from managers in my leagues. PLEASE VERIFY YOUR ROSTERS. Our draft is scheduled for Saturday, 3/1. I'm going to let the draft begin untimed a little earlier, probably Thursday, 2/27. If there are any players missing from the draft in Strat Draft, you must report it PRIOR to the draft starting (2/27). Once the draft begins, the player pool is locked. Roster Cutdown Day is 1/31. Cuts MUST be made on Strat Draft. Rookies and IR players are due by 1/31 as well. Rookies and IR Roster - Please make sure your rookie selections and IR designees are showing on the 2025 Tab in GS. The number of IR players there updates the number of protects you are allowed on the 2025 Tab. There appears to be several teams who have not yet claimed any rookies or designated anyone for the IR. There are also several reports of players showing up multiple times on their rosters, as well as players missing from the bottom of the My Competition screen which displays YTD stats. I'm going to try to keep rosters and stats current on the GS, but no promise on when yet. Ken
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