Patrick

Sorry Bob. Even if it's just for a few seconds, it sounds intense.

Hey Bob, my pleasure, and sorry if the audio on that video is terrible. I had the wrong mic selected. I can re-record it. That said, I noticed you dropped nearly your entire roster and now have positions without starters. I think you probably did this by mistake - especially in dropping Semien, Bichette, Olson, Realmuto, Strider, Webb, Rodon, and Musgrove. Those are all players you should be holding onto. I am going not going to put in a waiver claim on any of the players you dropped, just to give you the opportunity to get them back. That said, you are only 4th in the waive order, and there are two managers (Zaine, DarthPenguin), who may have already put in a claim. Still, I would pick them back up.

Hey Bob, It's really all about roster management. You should be moving players around every day (you can do this every 3-4 days, as you can set days in advance). For example, if I were you, here is what I would do (obviously, just my opinion, but maybe it'll give you some ideas: 1. You have two injured players on your active roster. When you are on your roster page, click "Manage IL" and move them both to IL. Though it is debatable whether or not you should keep Oneil Cruz. He is out for 4 months, and when he comes back, there are likely going to be better shortstops available to you. So, I'd put Rodon in IL, drop Cruz, and maybe pick up a couple of IL players to stash. You can find IL players by going to the free agents and selecting "IL-Eligible" under "Health." For example, you could stash Giancarlo Stanton and Yoan Moncada to sure up some spots where you are weak (more on that in a second). Add each of them (or whoever you want) one by one, and add them to your IL the same way you did with Rodon. When you are done with the IL, you will have 2 roster spots open. 2. You have a few players who I don't believe are worth having in a league this small because every team is sort of stacked with great talent. I'd say Jordan Walker and Tyler O'Neill fit this description. I'd consider dropping both. At 3B, Max Muncy, Yandy Diaz, and Alec Bohm will all give you more bang for your buck. In the OF, there are numerous guys you could pick up. Steven Kwan, Brandom Nimmo, and Alex Verdugo all make sense. Cody Bellinger has been hot, too. 3. Daulton Varsho is worth having, but he's probably not worth playing as an everyday OF unless other players are off that day. That's just my opinion. 4. You still have plenty of roster spots to play with here, so you could choose to pick up an SP (Pablo Lopez, Joe Ryan, Drew Rasmussen) or go a little harder at holds and saves by picking up a reliver or a closer. There are plenty of closers available, like David Robertson, Clay Holmes, and Paul Sewald. 5. Once you have your roster optimized, you might want to check in a game day before games start, if you can, because players who are starting are marked with an S, and players who are not are given a red exclamation point. This allows you to make last minute switches to maximize stats. Anyway, that's a lot, but hopefully helpful. I made a quick video here walking through some of it visually: If you have any questions, just ask here in the thread, and I'm sure that we'll be able to help! Patrick

Congrats!

Good (re: the last paragraph). Obviously, it's something to worry about, but hopefully that alleviates some of it. Thanks for the update. Patrick

Hey Drew, That's really nice of you to say! And means a lot. Thank you! Just so that everyone knows what Drew is referencing with the belt, I'll go ahead and push additional replies to the announcement where Drew was named Member of the Month: https://www.karateforums.com/member-of-the-month-for-april-2023-drew-vt55608.html Thanks again, Patrick

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That is a funny idea. I wonder if it could be done on a weekly basis with a query. But then I am asking what the goal is... too bad no one else wants to join us.

Hey Brian, Adding to what DarthPenguin said, I think there are really just two things you need to know: 1. If someone is not starting, they do not count. Anyone who is "Bench" or "IL" is not starting. Their numbers do not count. 2. If any player has "IL" next to them, you can add them to the IL by clicking the "Manage IL" button on your roster page. You can have up to 3 players on IL, and each person on IL frees up a roster spot. So if you add a player to IL, you can add a player to your roster without dropping anyone. But once they come off of IL, you will have to update your IL to either drop that player or drop another player to make room for the one you want to add back. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us. ----- Aside, just to give you a picture of how this might work in practice: If I were you, I would move Eloy Jimenez to IL. I would then place a waiver claim on Max Fried, who you dropped. That claim will go through on Wednesday, and you are first in the waiver order this week (listed on your roster page), so you're guaranteed to get him back. I would normally put in a claim, but I know you didn't realize about IL, so I don't want to swoop in. It would have been better to move him to IL as opposed to dropping him, as he is the Braves ace and has value in our league. If you decide not to pick him up, I probably will make a spot for him! After the waiver period ends and you get Fried back, move him to IL, and you will have one open roster spot. You could use this to stash someone else who is on IL (Tyler Glasnow, Raisel Iglesias seem like good choices - I just dropped Iglesias to make room for Tim Anderson on my IL). If you do that, add that person to your IL, and you'll still have an open roster spot. Use that to pick up any active player you want. Since Albies is off to a slow start, you could pick up Gleyber Torres. Since you only have one closer, you could go ahead and pick one up. David Bednar is off to a hot start for the Pirates. But there are plenty of closers available since our league is so small. Hope that helps!

Fun update! Looking forward to reading these. I was thinking that if someone reading this was wishing they had secured a team before the draft, that we could just give them the placeholder team. What do you think, DarthPenguin? While the team is currently last, the season is so young, there is plenty of time to make up the small gap! The team isn't in last from a lack of talent - a small league means everyone is sort of stacked - but the placeholder team has 7 of the top 50 players in FantasyPros final ranking (Jose Ramirez, Bobby Witt Jr., Mookie Betts, Austin Riley, Max Scherzer, Shane McClanahan, Dylan Cease), including 2 in the top 10. Plenty of value on the waiver wire in a league like this, too.

Thanks Nevinyrral. More on our 2023 April Fools' Day joke.

Hey all, Hope you had a fun day. This year's April Fools' Day joke was about ChatGPT integration for KarateForums.com. We still want members to rely on their own experiences and knowledge, as opposed to trying to pretend they are something they are not. Thank you to Noah (Wastelander) for the suggestion, and to all of our active members for bringing your curiosity and passion to KarateForums.com. Patrick

Hey all, Update: This was our 2023 April Fools' Day joke. ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot, has been hyped pretty hard since its release. Depending on your perspective, it's either amazing or deeply concerning. People are using it to do all sorts of things, good and bad. From grocery lists to screenplays, from meeting summaries to travel itineraries, you can ask ChatGPT questions, and it'll give you answers, in a way that is responsive to the parameters you provide. The answers are written to sound human. No matter your knowledge level, ChatGPT can make you look knowledgeable. Using the ChatGPT API, any website or app can hook into the power of this tool. On May 1, we'll be launching our own ChatGPT integration that will write forum posts for you, based on the prompts you provide. - No longer will you have to rely on your personal expertise to answer questions. Now you can answer questions you have absolutely no clue about. Just tell ChatGPT what you need an answer for. Don't worry about where that info came from. - If it's not worth your time to formulate your thoughts into complete, coherent statements, send what you have to ChatGPT, and let it do the rest. Thank you to Noah (Wastelander) for his work on bringing this integration to life. If you have any questions, please let us know here in the thread. Thanks, Patrick

That sounds like a lot of fun! Thanks DarthPenguin. I'm pretty happy with my draft, though my trio of aces got rocked on Opening Day. Oh well, it's a long season.

Thanks for your stewardship of this, DarthPenguin! All of this sounds good. If you want to add me as a second manager of that dummy team, feel free. patrick@ifroggy.com is my email. If ESPN had a way to auto-run a team for us, I wouldn't object to that, but I don't think they do. My draft list is set. Looking forward to it. Patrick

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Reading the rules a bit, had an idea to throw out and see how people felt: Could we adjust the trade and waiver review period to be 2-3 days? Just seeing the more casual nature I think most of us will be taking here, it feels like 1 day is probably too quick for both of those things. Just thinking out loud.

Thanks DarthPenguin. Joined.

Welcome KumiteDutchie. Good to have you.

Welcome Fractured! Glad to have you. Patrick

I am flexible and none of the three methods turns me off. I do think head-to-head can be a bit more engaging for people, but I could be wrong about that. Happy to play roto. Whatever will get us more folks, I suppose! Links for anyone wanting to read a bit: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1080303-fantasy-baseball-2012-head-to-head-vs-rotisserie-leagueswhich-is-better https://fantasysixpack.net/fantasy-baseball-rotisserie-vs-head-to-head-formats/

Cool. I don't know if the idea of opening it up will bring more people or not but maybe we can pick up a few people prior to Opening Day in a way that makes this work.

This might make it less fun, but just throwing it out here... how would you feel about opening this up a bit to others? We could limit it a bit to preserve some focus... e.g., maybe it could be open to members of our martial arts school? That might have the effect of introducing them to this community. Not sure, just thinking out loud.

Welcome Revario!

I didn't pay too much attention to hockey until I met my wife back in 2016, as she and her family are big Rangers fans. So, I've adopted the Rangers as my NHL team, and we watch it regularly now. Have gone to a few games, as well, both at MSG and out here in Los Angeles.