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ManifunkDestiny will reportedly not run the MLB free agency game this season so I thought I'd attempt to run it since it's always a lot of fun to laugh at how bad we are at this. Since Jeffersonlives no longer posts much, you might win! Score sheet is here: http://bit.ly/1tb7a0n This contest is open now open Here is the initial list of players, to be changed if QO's are accepted: [QO indicates player received qualifying offer which means the signing team will forfeit their highest draft pick outside of the top 10 "protected" picks]. Russell Martin (C) - QO declined Adam LaRoche (1B) - replaces Aramis Ramirez Asdrubal Cabrera (ss/2B) Jed Lowrie (ss) Hanley Ramirez (ss/3b) - QO declined Chase Headley (3b) Pablo Sandoval (3b) - QO declined Melky Cabrera (lf) - QO declined Colby Rasmus (cf) Nick Markakis (rf) - Replaces Michael Cuddyer Nelson Cruz (rf/lf) - QO declined Torii Hunter (rf) Yasmany Tomas (rf) Hiroki Kuroda (sp) Jon Lester (sp) Max Scherzer (sp) - QO declined James Shields (sp) - QO declined Andrew Miller(rp) David Robertson (rp) - QO declined Rafael Soriano (rp) Pick where each candidate will end up (retirement, Japan, unsigned, dead, etc are all valid) and place a point value on how certain you are they will end up with that selection from 1-20 with 20 being the most confident and 1 being the least. If you guess correctly, you will win that many points but if you miss a pick, you will lose that many points. Use each number only once. Please keep the players in this order.  For five bonus points, correctly guess the number teams that will meet the posting fee for NPB starting pitcher Kenta "Maeken" Maeda. We do not know what the fee will be yet and it has not been confirmed he will be posted but it is assumed at this point. Just to catch up anybody who didn't follow last off-season, any team may now negotiate with a player posted from the NPB as long as they match a certain posting fee required by the NPB team. Yoenis Cespedes, currently of the Boston Red Sox, is reportedly being shopped due to clubhouse issues with the team coaching staff. Guess which team he will play for on the opening day of Spring Training for 2 bonus points. For a tie breaker, guess if the following international players will sign with an MLB team before the end of Spring Training (yes or no): Chihiro Kaneko (Korea), Hector Olivera (Cuba), Jose Fernandez (Cuba). None of these players have been posted or cleared for MLB free agency yet. A second tie breaker will be determined if needed. It will probably include me just PM'ing something to a neutral party and seeing who gets the closest. Email your list with your SA forums name in the subject to kyanka12 at gmail dot com. You can post them here if you want but I will not enter them into my fancy little spreadsheet. Winner gets an AV cert from me. Please let me know if I should change anything but the list will not go beyond 20 players plus the bonus questions and tie breakers. tadashi fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Nov 22, 2014 |
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It might make more sense to hold off until we know who does or doesn't accept the QO.
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gently caress you Sox I want Cespedes
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Bob Shabazz posted:It might make more sense to hold off until we know who does or doesn't accept the QO. I'll change the list if the Brewers exercise their end of Ramirez's option. I thought there is no way the option would go into effect because it's so rare that both a team and the player exercise a mutual option. This is my own arrogance speaking but I'm not really worried about the QOs since nobody accepted last season, I tried to pick mostly players who will get $$paid$$ on the open market, and it was really rare for a player to accept arbitration from their team in the old system. I can only think of one time that it happened. tadashi fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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Nov 3, 2014 18:46
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I think Kuroda may take the QO this year.
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tadashi posted:I'll change the list if the Brewers exercise their end of Ramirez's option. They did last week.
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I'm going to go ahead and change the "opening" registration to Nov. 10th when it looks like QO's need to be accepted or declined. QOs are horrible since that means a lot of people on the list are subject to change but I tried to zero in on the high priced free agents as well as some guys who might take a while to find a home. The list in the OP is now tentative until then but I'll email people if they email me and then it changes, just try not to blow up my inbox if you're interested in playing. Kuroda I included just because he's a guy everybody should know if they follow baseball or even just the Yankees. tadashi fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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ZenVulgarity posted:gently caress you Sox I want Cespedes Make this trade, Dave. And put that motherfucker in CF.
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I'll wait to email some official guesses until the QO stuff settles, but until then, some bold predictions from my annually-rewritten Correct Prediction Generator:code:
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Thanks for running this this year! I'll get mine in sometime this weekend.
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ManifunkDestiny posted:Thanks for running this this year! I'll get mine in sometime this weekend. No rush. I think people may want to wait until QO's are officially declined one week from today but it might not hurt to have something ready.
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5pm Eastern is the deadline for free agents with QOs to accept or decline and I'll make any final adjustments at that time.
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We have our first signing! I simply must know if anyone had Cuddyer to the Mets.
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Yeah this is a real problem I totally had Cuddyer - Mets - 20 but didn't get a chance to submit in time.
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E: OK, Markakis replaces Cuddyer. Not all of the final results are in for the QOs yet. If you've already submitted, feel free to resubmit just wait until after all the QO guys are decided and mention it in the email so I don't get confused. I'll start putting up the entries in as I get them. tadashi fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Nov 10, 2014 |
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BTW Hanley Ramirez turned down the Dodger's QO (unsurprisingly).
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Ammat The Ankh posted:BTW Hanley Ramirez turned down the Dodger's QO (unsurprisingly).
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Yoenis Cespedes is going to be a Detroit Tiger. Lock it up!
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Rand alPaul posted:Yoenis Cespedes is going to be a Detroit Tiger. Lock it up! Mike Ilitch aims to please! How big will the extension be? 8 years/250 million sounds about right...
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Andrew Bailey has already signed a minor league deal with the Yankees, like a week ago. Use Gregorson or Janssen?
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MassaShowtime posted:Andrew Bailey has already signed a minor league deal with the Yankees, like a week ago. loving hell, that was supposed to say Andrew Miller. One more edit....  I guess practice makes perfect.I emailed the few people who submitted. I don't even think anybody got Bailey right 
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Reformed Pissboy posted:I'll wait to email some official guesses until the QO stuff settles, but until then, some bold predictions from my annually-rewritten Correct Prediction Generator: I have no idea who will sign where because I wasn't able to follow baseball for most of this season and part of the last, so would it be OK with you if I just use this generator to make my official guesses that I send in to tadashi?
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Xenophon posted:I have no idea who will sign where because I wasn't able to follow baseball for most of this season and part of the last, so would it be OK with you if I just use this generator to make my official guesses that I send in to tadashi? Of course! I don't mind sharing first place 
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Xenophon posted:I have no idea who will sign where because I wasn't able to follow baseball for most of this season and part of the last, so would it be OK with you if I just use this generator to make my official guesses that I send in to tadashi? Sounds good to me.
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this thing rulescode:
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I had no idea how to run that thing. It looks cool though. Also Tomas retiring lol.
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I've got 7 entries so far: Kundu (or Kundus?) Rand alPaul Reformed Pissboy Kim Jong Trill Harlock Xenophon - be sure to email me back about the Andrew Bailey/Andrew Miller change seiferguy I'll post the score sheet and entries when the first free agent signs.
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I have sent an entry. I hope I get exactly one point.
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I forgot to mention in the OP that I intended to score it like it has been done in the past where missing a guess means you lose that many points. Would this upset anyone? It makes the final scores a lot more fun. I'm learning here...
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In that case I hope I get exactly -208 points.
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IcePhoenix posted:In that case I hope I get exactly -208 points. I was going to point out that 1 point is really good but then I realize I sort of skimmed right over explaining scoring 
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Negative points own. Keep it that way.
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I probably would have changed my guesses a little bit had I known negative scoring was going to happen but this is for fun and my guesses are fun and negative scoring is fun so I think it doesn't really change anything in the end!
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Negative scoring all the way. I fully expect to end in the red.
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:Negative scoring all the way. I fully expect to end in the red. I fully expect the winner to end in the red.
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I think the last few guessing games have ended with the person who got the least amount of negative points. It's great.
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Sent in my entry, hope I didn't mess anything up.
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seiferguy posted:I think the last few guessing games have ended with the person who got the least amount of negative points. It's great. I seem to recall placing 2nd or 3rd a year or two ago with a paltry -18 or something like that
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So I did one thing right (I think?) by leaving VMart off the list because I thought him signing with the Tigers was way too easy for everybody who's picking for themselves.
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