[astro61200]

How many do we have?

6 in now. If I changed the draft date, Andy and Shark would probably be in to make 8.

[Andy117]

What date works better?

Sunday or Monday night.

[mpaschal34]

i'm good for any day except Friday (Dallas beerfest).

[Dan Kelly]

Can I still get in

[astro61200]

Can I still get in

Absolutely. If you joined that'd make 8. Shark messaged me saying he'd be in and just autopick if he can't make the draft.

[daneblazer]

Damn 8 team draft.

Come on people let's get it to 10

[mpaschal34]

Stealthy....check in!!!

[slambam]

Sorry, don't wanna sift through everything. When is the draft? I'll be in if draft time works.

[astro61200]

Sorry, don't wanna sift through everything. When is the draft? I'll be in if draft time works.

Saturday at 7:30pm EST

[astro61200]

Ironically, I'm probably heading to Orlando on Saturday and will miss the draft myself

[sharkbite8]

If it's only 8 teams we should limit the number of players on a roster, or limit the number of SP starts.

[astro61200]

If it's only 8 teams we should limit the number of players on a roster, or limit the number of SP starts.

Won't be only 8, that's not enough and everyone would have a stacked team so would be a crapshoot. Lowest I'd be willing to do is 10. If we don't have enough by Saturday I'll see if people want to push the draft again (which means Andy could play), cancel the league, or proceed with 10 (if that's what we have)

[mpaschal34]

Nice to see Stealthy in...

Astro...if you haven't done it, can you send him an invite.

[astro61200]

Nice to see Stealthy in...

Astro...if you haven't done it, can you send him an invite.

Sent him 3 now, just resending to him every time I send a new one

[astro61200]

Pushed the draft one more time. We're at 8 right now. New draft time means Andy should be able to join to make 9.

Right now the draft is set for Sunday April 9th at 7:30pm EST. Anyone have issues with that?

[sharkbite8]

Pushed the draft one more time. We're at 8 right now. New draft time means Andy should be able to join to make 9.

Right now the draft is set for Sunday April 9th at 7:30pm EST. Anyone have issues with that?

See you on the 9th. Thanks for running it again.

[stealthyburrito]

Sent him 3 now, just resending to him every time I send a new one

If you did, sorry, I'm an idiot. I'm in now.

[astro61200]

Won't let me drop teams down to 10, can only increase. Also wouldn't let me start the season late. So we'll see if it auto closes the league on Sunday or if it lets us draft. Worst case will just have to make a new league with same settings, set it to 10 teams then can increase to 12 if we get more interest.

[chico2663]

You are the man astro

[mikemca]

Sorry for disappearing. Thought it was a no go and forgot about it. I'll still play if it materializes.

[astro61200]

Sorry for disappearing. Thought it was a no go and forgot about it. I'll still play if it materializes.

Alright, you'd make #9. Andy would be #10, assuming next Sunday works for him. So that's enough to do it, will still try to find 2 more for 12 tho

[Andy117]

I'm going on Vacation Wednesday thru the 15th and won't be able to draft. Sorry guys.

[EmpireMaker]

Here are highlights from the latest from Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe:

• Ervin Santana of the Twins could soon become a sought-after trade target due to his talent, experience and affordability, one AL scout opines. Santana makes just $13.5MM this season and next, with a $14MM option that can vest under certain conditions. Jose Quintana attracted plenty of attention over the offseason, but Santana should emerge as a big name too if the Twins make him available — which they haven’t yet, according to Cafardo.
• Slugger Ryan Howard would like to continue playing, but has not yet received any opportunities, Cafardo writes. Howard did, of course, struggle through most of the past several seasons in Philadelphia, and he batted just .196 last year. He did hit 25 home runs in 362 plate appearances and bat .262/.324/.608 in the second half. It appears there aren’t any teams out there swayed by those numbers, however.
• Thanks to Allen Craig ($11MM) and Rusney Castillo ($10.5MM), the Red Sox’ affiliate in Pawtucket will have the largest Triple-A payroll ever. Neither are on the 40-man roster. Craig played sparingly for Pawtucket last year and hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since 2015; he’s in what should be the last year of the $31MM contract he signed with St. Louis prior to the 2013 campaign. The Red Sox will almost certainly pay him a $1M buyout on his 2018 option once the season is over. Castillo was outrighted last season and is still owed $46MM through 2020.
• Nationals manager Dusty Baker, whose two-year contract with the club expires after the 2017 season, says he would like to continue managing beyond that. (As of last week, there weren’t any pending extension talks between Baker and the Nats.) On an unrelated note, Baker also shares his take on whether a manager can tell whether his team will be good or bad at this point in the season. “There are too many variables like injuries and different things that happen in players’ lives,” he says. “One thing though, you know when you have a bad team. When you leave spring training you know when you have a bad team and you know when you have a good team. Just hard to predict how good sometimes.”
• Former star closer Jonathan Papelbon still hasn’t decided whether he’s going to keep playing, Cafardo writes. Papelbon didn’t sign this winter while dealing with a family matter.

[mpaschal34]

Well???

[astro61200]

Yeah.. mike makes 9. I've pm'd people I thought might be interested but, besides the guys who joined, haven't received messages back

[mpaschal34]

doesn't look good at this point.

i'm going to miss whipping stealthy's butt again. guess i'll have to wait until football.

[stealthyburrito]

[mpaschal34]

Wish this would work out....are we considering an 8 man league?

If someone is still considering playing, but doesn't have the points available, I could lend them the points interest free (if I know who you are).

[astro61200]

Wish this would work out....are we considering an 8 man league?

If someone is still considering playing, but doesn't have the points available, I could lend them the points interest free (if I know who you are).

No interest, for me, in an 8 team league. Every team would be loaded, would be a crapshoot. Play in a annual 8 team football league and there is no skill involved at all, it's just a matter of which superstars go off that week.

[mpaschal34]

guess we are pretty much done here then. poop.

[sharkbite8]

Thanks for working to get this going Astro. It was a much tougher year trying to get people interested. If things change let me know, and I will see you all in the football draft! (Please let me know when you set that up)

[astro61200]

Yeah, guess just not enough interest for fantasy baseball. They'd rather wait all year to lose to me in fantasy football instead.

[astro61200]

Also, Andy said he'd be back on the 15th. So if everyone is cool with missing the first couple weeks we could go 10 man and draft next weekend or midweek, like the 19th.

Not a big fan of missing the first couple weeks but it's better than nothing. I would have to create a new league with 10 teams though, it won't allow me to drop the total from 12 (can only raise it)

[sharkbite8]

I'm ok with doing a draft after the 15th. Maybe a Sunday evening?

[astro61200]

Still one short so postponed the draft. Can wait for Andy and see if he's down, try to find a 10th elsewhere, or cancel it. I'll let you guys decide.

On a bright note, figured out how to get the league down to 10 without having to delete it and create a new one.