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« on: September 05, 2018, 10:58:03 PM »
when's the draft imported
102
« on: September 02, 2018, 10:26:43 PM »
Plane from London makes a pit stop in Karachi to drop off Thai Ho-Doc.
Mumbai receives Lombroso (just drafted).
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« on: September 02, 2018, 02:30:22 PM »
London gets Fflunker, Gutierrez, and $10m.
Mumbai gets Rhys Archer, Gerardo Talenti, Gauradas Chhavvi, Jean Picot, 2 first round picks, and Thai Ho-Dac.
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« on: August 29, 2018, 08:29:53 AM »
Sorry Coop I can't hear you, must be all these draft picks I have blocking my hearing...
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« on: August 28, 2018, 10:40:42 PM »
Updated to add Fflunker and note the change in circumstances for Gutierrez.
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« on: August 28, 2018, 10:12:27 PM »
Mumbai confirms. He may have only been in Mumbai a week, but Dong-kwan Sok will be remembered fondly.
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« on: August 27, 2018, 08:14:08 PM »
Uh oh, trouble in paradise
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« on: August 27, 2018, 01:20:49 PM »
I think it's a 2116 3rd round pick because the 2115 draft is going on right now and we're way past the third round. Huck can verify, but Mumbai confirms with the aforementioned understanding that it is getting a not yet made 3rd round pick in the next possible draft.
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« on: August 27, 2018, 01:03:56 PM »
Updated post trade with Melbourne.
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« on: August 27, 2018, 11:56:58 AM »
Melbourne gets Goldofrede Zote, Bhuvanacandra Dwijen, Harsendu Dhurvasula, and Jermão Vilardeb.
Mumbai gets Isko Fflunker, Aghecher Mpasa, 2116 first round pick, 2116 second round pick, 2117 second round pick, 2116 third round pick.
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« on: August 26, 2018, 07:38:26 PM »
Bump, now with links for your shopping pleasure.
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« on: August 23, 2018, 07:23:55 PM »
Alright guys, the merry go round has stopped spinning in Mumbai, and it's time to tear it down. The win now window has slammed shut due in large part to the recent league-wide changes in salary demands. This is a legit fire sale. Every single player on my roster is available. Normally, one would say that if it's not bolted down, it's for sale. In Mumbai, it's gotta go even if it's bolted down. This is one of the most talented major league rosters in the WBA. A bunch of perennial All Pros. Yes, some of my guys are impending free agents, but that just means that you can get them for a 5th round pick or a cheap lottery ticket prospect and try to get a head start on signing them before they hit the open market. A THIRD of the twelve top free agents according to Huck are Mumbai players. Want to win a championship? I guarantee that the team that does next season will have signed one or more Mumbai players. Don't let the opportunity pass you by. LINKS: Under ContractIsko Fflunker - It's like he was created in a lab--five tools is a complete understatement. The ratings seem outlandish. 7 contact (.300 hitter), 10 power (50 HR) with no platoon split, 8 eye (100 walks), 50 SB speed, and gold glove defense range in center field. Still earning the minimum, not even arbitration eligible. You'll need to blow me away with your offer if he's involved. Tony Gutiérrez - Probably deserved the IBL Cy Young for having an 0.91 WHIP pitching in Mumbai. 10/6/7. Stud in his prime. Signed to a very reasonable $8.7m per season contract for three more seasons. Domynguos Belsar - Two Dominant seasons in a row despite playing in the Mumbai launching pad. 8/7/6, just signed a one-year $1.4m deal. Augustyn Eidenschenk - Closing in on a hall of fame career at 2B. 4 Gold Gloves, 2 Silver Sluggers, still putting up 3-5 WAR seasons. Yi-mou Fen - It's not easy to find a gold glove SS that can hit 20-35 HR a year. But this guy can. Just $2m per year for two more years. Manny Flores - Tore up the IBL after being acquired at the trade deadline. Exceptional fielder that will hit .300 and steal 40 bags. Not even arbitration eligible yet. Impending FA (so available for super cheap if you want to try and sign them before they hit free agency and get bid up by other owners)Jesús Huerta - Best third baseman in the IBL, maybe the world. 14+ WAR over the last two seasons. Serhat 'Conman' Karpat - The greatest SP in WBA history. 7/7/7. One more good season left. Asking for $11m. Balya Virendra - One of the best closers in the league. 10/7/6 with a career 2.73 FIP and 149 ERA+. Asking for $8m.
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« on: August 05, 2018, 07:40:06 PM »
Diggity
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« on: August 05, 2018, 02:14:02 PM »
Confirmed. Roster move to come.
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« on: July 05, 2018, 12:30:15 PM »
Mumbai sends its 2115 5th round pick. Santo Domingo sends its 2115 5th round pick and a very jet lagged, whiplashed, Shi-ping Lao.
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« on: June 20, 2018, 06:53:42 PM »
Mumbai gets $25m.
Paris gets 2116 1st, 2114 3rd, and 2115 4th round picks.
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« on: May 24, 2018, 11:01:46 AM »
Zote and Alavedra onto the 40 man and the 25 man (I made room).
Zote starting CF, and in the empty spots in the lineups (batting second).
Alavedra to Middle Relief normal usage.
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« on: April 11, 2018, 03:36:44 PM »
bump
120
« on: March 19, 2018, 07:55:01 PM »
Mumbai sends Mpasa (R) and 2114 5th.
Melbourne sends BALADAD.
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« on: March 19, 2018, 07:31:43 PM »
Confirmed.
I got an OOTP message saying that Mumbai announces its team focus is WIN NOW!
So, #prospectdump.
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« on: March 18, 2018, 06:57:35 PM »
There’s room on the 40 man for all Mumbai acquisitions from today.
Towson (RP), Chandark (RP), Nakamura (RP), and Kouki (3B) to AAA.
Cochofel and Gutierrez replace Jelani and Bin Abbas in rotation.
Rotation to “Always start highest rested.”
Jelani, bin Abbas, and Lopez to Middle Relief Normal Usage with Long Relief secondary role.
Huerta starts at 3B against RHP and LHP. Liang is backup if starter tired.
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« on: March 18, 2018, 06:56:58 PM »
Mumbai roster moves are in the thread for the trade made today with Mexico City.
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« on: March 18, 2018, 06:50:05 PM »
Confirmed.
All Mumbai roster moves forthcoming prior to sim.
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« on: March 18, 2018, 02:17:24 PM »
Confirmed. Roster assignments forthcoming.
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« on: March 14, 2018, 05:41:30 PM »
Mumbai sends 2113 3rd rounder and Jubair bin Fath (AAA).
Carolina sends $17.5m cash.
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« on: March 14, 2018, 02:03:27 PM »
I'm all for freeing up the ability to be more creative in trades. Here's a couple of ideas that Huck and I were discussing earlier and he encouraged me to post here to get a discussion going.
1. The ability to trade pick swap rights. Swap rights are worth less than a draft pick itself, and so it's another way to trade draft capital worth less than a 5th rounder, which is what we're trying to accomplish. For example, Bob trades me $10m. I trade him a 5th rounder and the option to switch picks in Round 3. Bob's option would get exercised if I finish with a worse record than Bob and therefore pick earlier than him in Round 3. Pick swap rights would obviously have to tag along if Bob later decided to trade his 3rd round pick for a year's worth of Icy Hot for Andy Stone. Or we could just prohibit Bob and me from trading our 3rd rounders because pick swap rights have been traded...this kind of prohibition will make tracking much easier for Huck. The most famous recent example of pick swap rights being traded is the Kevin Garnett/Paul Pierce trade to the Nets, which included the Nets giving Boston the right to swap 2017 first round picks. That right to swap picks ended up giving Boston the first overall pick in the 2017 draft (which they later traded to Philly). So don't be like the Nets, folks. Or be like them if it results in a championship...flags fly forever.
2. A draft pick in a range. For example, Bob trades me $15m. I trade him whatever pick I have between #26 and #35 overall, i.e. a 3rd round pick if it's in the back half of Round 3 or a 4th round pick if it's in the front half of Round 4.
Thoughts?
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« on: March 13, 2018, 09:40:38 PM »
update?
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« on: February 28, 2018, 08:34:30 AM »
I remember Huck saying that the proportion of player nationalities was tied not only to the country populations but also to where the franchises were located. So if the Manila franchise moves to New Zealand, we should get more normal names! Hell, the IBL team could be based out of Auckland. Cool fact about Auckland - being situated at the intersection of so many waterways, there are tons of swimming holes. Auckland Holes has a nice ring to it. And it's easy to pronounce.
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« on: February 27, 2018, 11:37:49 PM »
Next year everybody on Mumbai is gonna have at least one Westernized first name. Andy Subbarayudu at first, Blake Dwijen in right field, Yancy Fen at shortstop, Samuel Karpat on the mound. Don't want to change the last names though, this is an international baseball league after all. Plus keeping the last name lets me avoid the weirdness of having to ask Huck to change the photos of my players so their faces match their names...
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« on: February 04, 2018, 08:23:42 AM »
Is Huck gonna go Selig and add interleague play?
I wouldn't hate it, just asking...
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« on: February 03, 2018, 11:57:02 AM »
sounds interesting!
I'm in if we can relegate Paris to AAA. Or the ABL, which is basically the same thing.
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« on: January 25, 2018, 02:08:56 AM »
National team roster speculation starting to really pick up as the WBA season reaches a close...several upcoming free agents are hoping to parlay a strong WBA showing into a rich deal.
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« on: January 14, 2018, 07:19:40 PM »
bump
135
« on: January 05, 2018, 08:26:38 PM »
Or maybe a Stats Plus suggestion?
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« on: December 17, 2017, 08:27:38 PM »
I'd be okay with updates occurring three times a year:
1. Before the season starts.
2. At the All-Star Break (which would put it before trade discussions really heat up in this league)
3. At the end of the season.
Any more seems excessive to me personally...that's basically how often the major publications in 2017 update their top prospect lists, right?
137
« on: December 11, 2017, 11:30:10 AM »
Huck the Chan Tran buyout looks like a copy/paste error
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« on: December 10, 2017, 07:41:19 PM »
Also, welcome aboard the IBL train 
139
« on: December 10, 2017, 07:40:27 PM »
Manila Folders.
Worse than Seoul Crushers. This franchise is doomed to puns.
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« on: December 10, 2017, 11:24:45 AM »
Lol Chan hasn't pitched for Karachi yet! But yes, he didn't pan out in Mumbai, I think because I have a really small stadium. Also horribad BABIP luck.
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« on: December 08, 2017, 08:50:08 PM »
Mumbai releases Andres Rodriguez
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« on: December 06, 2017, 08:57:03 PM »
Bump
143
« on: November 28, 2017, 08:28:38 PM »
Karachi sends $21,604,080.
Mumbai sends Presto Chan and Navjot Tatavarti.
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« on: October 12, 2017, 05:46:23 PM »
Paris are favorites! (For the #1 draft pick next year)
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« on: October 04, 2017, 06:03:14 PM »
Forgot to add that I would love a full platoon option in OOTP, as well. Think about resource allocation if those were the rules.
This guy recently signed by Mumbai would have been a bidding war. As it is I let him go once Mumbai beat my offer.
Carlos Rodríguez
Lol so THAT'S why I got bid up on him...
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« on: October 04, 2017, 11:54:49 AM »
If you wanna hit, then play the field. That's the design of the game. The fact that people figured out over time that one position on the field could be far more valuable for their defensive contribution than their offensive doesn't mean that position shouldn't have to hit.
Why only one DH? Do you not realize how much better leaguewide defense and offense could be if baseball just went ahead and allowed full platoon substitutions? Either do it or don't do it, making an exception for one guy out of nine is just silly.
I generally agree and I'm still annoyed the Astros got forced into the AL. That being said, I'm not insistent on the if you want to hit play the field for pitchers. I'd be fine with a batting order of only eight, with the pitcher being removed rather than replaced.
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« on: October 04, 2017, 10:23:02 AM »
Haha yeah. I have fingers crossed that Stone and Karpat both get hurt... no way I can win the IBL otherwise.
My top two pitchers, Karpat and Jose Ramirez, are both coming off torn meniscus surgery. The Mumbai season may rest primarily on 1. The quality of the pitching mounds around the IBL 2. My pitchers realizing that with my lineup being as good as it is, the best thing for them to do at the plate (give us a damn DH Huck!) is stop trying to bunt for hits, run the bases aggressively, etc. 3. Just call the cops if you see a mugging, don't try to be a damn hero. 4. Hire a freaking handyman, genius.
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« on: October 04, 2017, 10:12:20 AM »
Uh... something's not right here. I know Mumbai improved but I'm only put at 6 games above .500? And there's no way Rome comes third in their division.
Man I would be THRILLED if I clinched a playoff spot with a month left in the season because you were 18 games behind. Would need to line up my starting rotation and give old man Karpat a breather before October baseball commenced.
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« on: October 04, 2017, 10:10:51 AM »
Love the "WBA Power Rankings" feature Huck. This league keeps getting better and better.
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« on: October 03, 2017, 08:25:40 PM »
Paris sends C Antonio Flores
Mumbai sends SS Zhenya Akaemov and C Nobuhiko Hasegawa
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