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YC2 Update

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:58:54 -0700

Cloud is updated through games of 4/12. Re-download the league to see all box scores and PAC files. Click File, View Print Files.

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2025 YC2
 
AL East                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2025 New York (AL) NYA        6   5  .545 ----   152  
2025 Toronto TOA              6   5  .545  0.0        
2025 Tampa Bay TBA            5   6  .455  1.0        
2025 Baltimore BAA            5   6  .455  1.0        
 
AL West                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2025 Oakland OAA              8   3  .727 ----   151  
2025 Texas TEA                7   4  .636  1.0        
2025 Seattle SEA              6   5  .545  2.0        
2025 Boston BOA               3   8  .273  5.0        
 
NL East                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2025 Miami MMN                6   5  .545 ----   150  
2025 Washington WAN           4   7  .364  2.0        
2025 New York (NL) NYN        4   7  .364  2.0        
2025 Philadelphia PHN         4   7  .364  2.0        
 
NL West                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2025 San Francisco SFN        8   3  .727 ----   150  
2025 Arizona ARN              6   5  .545  2.0        
2025 San Diego SDN            5   6  .455  3.0        
2025 Los Angeles (NL LAN      3   8  .273  5.0        
 
AL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2025 Minnesota MNA            8   3  .727 ----   151  
2025 Detroit DEA              7   4  .636  1.0        
2025 Cleveland CLA            6   5  .545  2.0        
2025 Chicago (AL) CHA         5   6  .455  3.0        
 
NL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2025 Chicago (NL) CHN         6   5  .545 ----   151  
2025 Milwaukee MLN            5   6  .455  1.0        
2025 St. Louis SLN            5   6  .455  1.0        
2025 Pittsburgh PIN           4   7  .364  2.0

GS Stats

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 10:22:04 -0700

The Rosters tab on GS should be accurate with the MLB current stats now. I'm sure there will be guys I missed that aren't matching exactly with player names in the database I use, such as players like Michael Harris II, Vladmir Guerrero Jr., etc., and players with tildes in their names. I have fixed many of these already. If you see any players who have had appearances in MLB this year that aren't showing stats on GS, please let me know and I'll fix them as well.

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LZP has been updated in the Cloud today. You can always go to our league in your SOM game and click Cloud, View League Status to see the last time I updated it. Then you can re-download it if necessary.聽

Re: Invalid or Missing CM's

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:34:05 -0700

Disregard my last comment in the prior email. We are 100% Auto Play

To everyone - Please hold off playing any games against the teams showing in red on the 2025 tab until tomorrow.

On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 1:20鈥疨M Mark Baron via groups.io <markabaron=hotmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

Aren't we autoplay?

On 4/7/2025 11:04 AM, ken christianson via groups.io wrote:

We had seven managers with either missing or problematic CM's. On the GS, they are shown in red on the 2025 tab. On the 26 Draft tab, they are currently all showing as having lost their 7th pick of the draft for not submitting correctly on time.

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I am going to waive this penalty ONLY if these managers submit a valid one today. If you submitted one already and are on that list, you must re-download the current LZP from the Cloud, then check your CM, and re-push your CM. To make sure you are not having a connectivity issue with the Cloud, please export it as well and email it to me.

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To everyone - Please hold off playing any games against the teams showing in red on the 2025 tab until tomorrow.

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Thanks

Re: Invalid or Missing CM's

markabaron@... (Mark Baron) — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:20:29 -0700

Aren't we autoplay?

On 4/7/2025 11:04 AM, ken christianson via groups.io wrote:

Invalid or Missing CM's

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:04:52 -0700

We had seven managers with either missing or problematic CM's. On the GS, they are shown in red on the 2025 tab. On the 26 Draft tab, they are currently all showing as having lost their 7th pick of the draft for not submitting correctly on time.

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I am going to waive this penalty ONLY if these managers submit a valid one today. If you submitted one already and are on that list, you must re-download the current LZP from the Cloud, then check your CM, and re-push your CM. To make sure you are not having a connectivity issue with the Cloud, please export it as well and email it to me.

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To everyone - Please hold off playing any games against the teams showing in red on the 2025 tab until tomorrow.

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Thanks

PLAYBALL

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:19:38 -0700

Our season is now underway. I have auto played all games through last Saturday's date, 4/5. You should re-download the LZP each week to view results. Click File, View Print Files. This will show you the box scores and the PAC files. You can check if you have the most recent file by clicking Cloud, View League Status. Every Saturday morning, I will autoplay the games up to that Saturday's date. I will send out an email once the games are played. Before doing so, I will pull all CM's from the Cloud, so make sure you have revised CM's (if you desire) by Friday nights. If you make a trade, you MUST push a new revised CM.聽

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I had to create 7 CM's for teams. If you were one of those teams, please submit an updated CM for your future games.

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Google Sheets (GS) is now the go-to for Rosters. We will no longer use Strat Draft. For any future trades, send and confirm them using the IO Group.

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Regarding the current stats showing on GS, I'm working on getting everything working correctly. The first issue I had was my source file was changed as far as moving fields around, so I have to re-code my sheet. The bigger problem is the use of the accent characters (tildes) on players names being used this year. I have to make our players names match exactly in order to pull the stats correctly. I'm working on it and hope to have that fixed this week.

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Good luck to everyone and let's have another great season!

Re: Update

mkmoor55@... (Mark Moore) — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 07:26:42 -0700

锘縈LN has re-uploaded their CM so hopefully it does not indicate as Invalid.

Also, if I鈥檓 reading GS correctly, my Milwaukee roster is still showing Tyrone Taylor on it on Row 246 but Taylor was traded on 2/15 to Dodgers for Gio Urshela who is still showing on LA Roster on Row 195. The LZP game file has our 2 Rosters correct but wanted to point out that Google Sheets Rosters are incorrect.

Thanks,
Mark Moore- Milwaukee

Update

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 07:42:01 -0700

Tomorrow night, Sunday 4/6 is the deadline for your first CM to be submitted. The first Play Ball file will be uploaded Monday, 4/7. To have a deadline without a penalty is useless, so the penalty will be your 7th Round draft pick. If this happens I will also auto-create your first CM. You can push a new one whenever you have a revised one available.

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4/6 is also the deadline for roster verification. Strat Draft (SD) will no longer be used. All players shown on Google Sheets (GS) will be official.聽

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Current Status聽

Unclaimed teams and no CM in the Cloud聽- CHA (Frank), CHN (Denton), LAN (Dan), SEA (Brook)

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No CM pushed -聽ARN (Leo), BAA (Mark), CLA (Tom), NYA (Greg), PHN (Mark), TOA (Rob)

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CM's pushed with errors聽- DEA (Don), MMN (John), MLN (Mark), SFN (Mark) - getting invalid league format on all of these. Try re-downloading the LZP and re-pushing your CMs.

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If you have not yet downloaded the latest patch, please do so. You can find it on the SOM site. I tried to attach it but IO won't let me.

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Everyone else is good to go.

Re: 2025 Stats

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:39:22 -0700

I believe it鈥檚 already there if you back through prior messages聽

Re: 2025 Stats

markabaron@... (Mark Baron) — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:32:57 -0700

Ken is it possible to post the link to the sheets page on the groups site?聽

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2025 Stats

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:05:16 -0700

Google Sheet (GS) Rosters now reflect the 2025 actual MLB stats. If you see #N/A or blanks in the columns, it means the player name didn't match up with the player name in the file I'm using, or they have not appeared in a game yet this season. If you see any players who you believe are truly missing, please let me know.聽

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Sunday night -

1) First CM is due

2) SD no longer used

3) trades will be done announced (and confirmed) via the IO Group

Re: IMPORTANT - Please READ and SAVE this email

harlanb55@... (Harlan) — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 06:54:13 -0700

Ken,

What does the X mean in the column for 1^st聽CM?

Harlan

YC2 - Minnesota Twins

Re: IMPORTANT - Please READ and SAVE this email

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 06:23:44 -0700

Just a reminder about this prior email. 4/6 is a week from Sunday. First CM's are due. GS will take precedence over SD on 4/6 as well, so if there are any discrepancies on GS, I must know by then. I have updated columns on the 2025 tab of the GS showing the teams that have claimed their teams and submitted their CMs. Green means it has been done successfully.

Re: IMPORTANT - Please READ and SAVE this email

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:28:16 -0700

Disregard the part about games being due the last day of the month. This league is strictly autoplay now.

IMPORTANT - Please READ and SAVE this email

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:53:13 -0700

Sorry about the length of this, but it's important, all the way to the end. If you're in more than one of my leagues, you don't need to read each one. They are basically the same. I'm going to address the common questions I am being asked in all my leagues. I will answer here (save this) so I don't have to reply to each and every manager asking the questions.

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and also - please join me in welcoming Joe Casale to the league as the new manager of the Boston Red Sox!

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1)聽Cloud Numbers - All the codes for Cloud are on the 'Cheat Sheet' tab of the GS.聽

2)聽CMs - Are always due on the 6th of the month

3)聽Games - are always due on the last day of the month.

4)聽Claiming teams - If you are not familiar with how to claim your team in the Cloud, see the bottom of the RULES tab.

5)聽Pushing CMs - If you are not familiar with how to push your CM to the Cloud, see the bottom of the RULES tab. You must claim your team PRIOR to pushing a CM.

6)聽Minimum Usage Requirements - If you have players that do not have at least 60 PA or 20 IP showing in the LZP, they are ineligible and WILL NOT be in the LZP. They are still yours and will show on your GS Roster.

7)聽CM Requirements - These are the things you must have in every CM

聽聽a)聽A complete Starter Schedule for the聽entire season.聽聽This may be changed every month. If you are not aware of how easy this is to do, in the game, highlight your team and click聽Team, Update CM. Then make sure you have at least 5 starting pitchers listed on the right and click聽SAVE.聽Then click聽Team, Update CM.聽In the category box select聽Starter Schedule. Then click聽Generate聽and聽select聽Even Distribution. Ta Da, done.

聽聽b)聽Starting Pitchers should be INACTIVE. Your active roster should be no more than 22 players, which will be position players and relief pitchers. Select聽Team, Promote/Demote Minor Leaguers聽to check you are within the limit.

聽聽聽c)聽You MUST have a backup on your active roster for every position. OFs are never a problem because an OF can play any OF position. However,聽catchers聽(and SS) are sometimes overlooked. If you have one guy who has C, OF, 1B, 2B, 3B, and SS on his card, technically he could count as your backup for every position.

聽聽d)聽You must have at least 2 lineups - 1) vs LHP and 2) vs RHP. Lineup #3 is used for vs reverse LHP, and #4 for reverse RHP. You may use as many lineups as you like, BUT MAKE SURE each one has a player assigned to every position.

8)聽LZP in the Cloud - I update the Cloud often. To make sure you always have the latest version, click聽Cloud, View League Status.聽This will show you the last time I updated it.聽

9)聽If you find the players on your roster in the LZP are incorrect and ask me to make a correction, please wait until I do, and you re-download the LZP BEFORE pushing a new CM. If you don't, this will sometimes cause players to drop from your roster. NEVER move players from Free Agents to your team, or anywhere at all. This also causes problems.

10)聽STRAT DRAFT - SUCKS!聽I can't even tell you how many hours this site cost me in fixing all kinds of problems with the importing of rosters (something which has to be done every season), guys were drafting players and they were still not showing on their SD roster, and errors appearing on many trades that I had to fix manually....and if anyone noticed, when a trade is made, SD doesn't even include the name of the league on the trade announcement. I brought this up to SD and was told it was a minor issue, and they did not intend to fix it.

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Effective 4/6 (the day CMs are due),聽WE WILL NO LONGER USE STRAT DRAFT.聽Google Sheets (GS) will be the bible for roster information. This means if you have any discrepancies between your SD roster and your GS roster, I must know by then. GS will be used. I will be creating a TRADES tab to track trades. When making trades, you must email the trade via the IO Group, and the other party must confirm it the same way.

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Next season we will see how everyone would like the league to run going forward. I will tinker with a way to use GS to be able to draft with, or we can use the new and improved Flory site. I have spoken with the group undertaking this effort, and they are looking at testing it out on some of the winter leagues. They will get the bugs out and hopefully it will be ready to go for us summer leaguer's next season. At this point, they haven't gotten very far with it yet. This will be an off-season discussion PLEASE, not right now.聽

YC2 Update

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 06:38:11 -0700

1) There are still 12 teams that have not claimed their team in the Cloud.

2) First CM's are due 4/6. Make sure you include a complete starter schedule for the entire season. It can be changed.

3) Please double-check your rosters in the game. If you find any discrepancies after 4/6, you will play short until the end of the April block.

4) If you see any discrepancies in your GS Roster, please let me know. At this point, this is for your convenience only. However, I'm considering not using SD at all anymore and using the GS as the master file for rosters. There are a lot of issues with SD, including errors in processing trades, and players who were drafted not always showing up on the SD roster. If I do this, I'll give everyone at least a week to make sure GS and SD match.

5) We will definitely not use SD again next year. It will either be the new Flory site, or a league run on GS. Let's hold off discussion on this until we see what the new site looks like and costs.

Re: YC1 Draft is Completed

drewman@... (Andrew Vincent) — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:10:07 -0700

I miscounted, Ken, and drafted one too many players.聽 Please remove Brenan Hanifee from my roster.聽 I put the rest of my picks to pass.

Drew

STL

YC1 Draft is Completed

DEERPARKMETS@... (ken christianson) — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:59:43 -0700

The LZP is updated in the Cloud. The Cloud #'s are in the GS on the Cheat Sheet tab. The Roster tab on the GS should be up to date as well. If you see any problems, let me know. I had 5 drafts running at once, so I might have missed one here and there. As always, SD is what we go by. The GS should match. That is there for your convenience only. I would think you would want it accurate as it's a good way to view your team as a whole.

Re: YC2 Draft

TomStephens1006@... (Tom Stephens) — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:26:27 -0700

Manning, Andrew Walters and Taylor Rogers from CLE were the excess guys

Re: YC2 Draft

TomStephens1006@... (Tom Stephens) — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:57:32 -0700

Yeah, I had guys picked before I knew how to pass the picks.

I know one of them was Matt Manning. And one was a LH reliever, Rogers maybe?