The "Original" 24 TKL

Hey Guys,
Does anyone have a decent 3Bman to trade?

Tim K
Allegheny Pirates

Turtle, I added Lough to my cuts. Realized I had to drop an extra body to promote Martinez but forgot to add him to the first posting of my cuts.

I'm likely keeping one of three of these guys, and looking for offers (picks or pick swaps) on the other two. Any interest in:

Dioner Navarro (CA) worth about $3.5M this year
Clay Buchholz - bounceback candidate - ranked top 80 2015 sp; worth about $1M this year
Allen Craig - bounceback candidate - ranked #36 at 1b and #82 at OF; worth somewhere north of the minimum this year

Trade Announcement:

Tim K Trades:
Chris Carter, DH
Yoervis Medina, RP
Michael Saunders,RF
7th Rnd 2016 F A Pick

To Joker329 For:

Pablo Sandoval, 3B
John Lackey,SP
RyanBraun,RF

Joker to confirm.

Tim K

Trade Announcement:

Tim K Trades:
Chris Carter, DH
Yoervis Medina, RP
Michael Saunders,RF
7th Rnd 2016 F A Pick

To Joker329 For:

Pablo Sandoval, 3B
John Lackey,SP
RyanBraun,RF

Joker to confirm.

Tim K

joker and the Gashouse Gorillas confirm trade

Should we consider moving to unleashed this year? I know we've voted on this in the past, so I'm really asking if there's anyone who has changed their mind, or if new owners have a preference one way or another.

Trade to announce:

hveed trades 2015 second round prospect pick to Rant

for Clay Buchholz

Rant to confirm

Should we consider moving to unleashed this year? I know we've voted on this in the past, so I'm really asking if there's anyone who has changed their mind, or if new owners have a preference one way or another.

It's almost too late to be asking, really, I think. If you switch to unleashed it suddenly (potentially) makes the 1st round FA draft picks more valuable than they would be otherwise. I think that if we were going to switch to unleashed, the change would ideally be agreed to a year in advance, so that everyone can take into account the possibility of a super-card in the unleashed set, as the real life MLB season unfolds (i.e. in terms of trades and supplemental draft picks).

I kinda like the way this 24 team keeper league runs, and has run, in the past. I don't really see a need for change. I think that other managers have in the past expressed the view that, by excluding the more freakish cards, the keeper league really runs more like a true MLB league would run. Freak card years happen, but it's not generally how MLB teams run their teams - i.e. based on the potential for a freak card year performance.

That's my thinking, for what it's worth.

(For an example of how the unleashed rule affects trades, for better or worse, I made a trade last year where I traded Molina and Fernandez (SP) in exchange for Posey and Wacha. One of my considerations was the possibility that Fernandez might be in the unleashed set instead of the regular set. Whether he is or isn't unleashed isn't my point - it's simply that it was a factor that affected my decision making on the trade. That's why I don't think it's fair to switch now, unless it was for a year from now.)

Although I like the idea of using unleashed, I agree that it is too late for this year.

Although I like the idea of using unleashed, I agree that it is too late for this year.

As a new owner I would vote to keep it the way it is.