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« on: April 19, 2020, 08:23:55 PM »
I recently proposed allowing picks up to the 10th round to be traded. In response to the argument that these picks are useless, I have compiled a list of all 6th-10th round picks with over 10.0 career WAR. (note for pitchers I only included pitching WAR, and for batters I only included batting WAR.) This list only goes up until the 2110 draft because after that, very few players have had long enough careers to reach 10 WAR. Ryan Hernández - 2105 Round 9 - 61.98 WAR Harsendu Dhurvusala - 2103 Round 10 - 44.39 WAR Yu-shu Lung - 2104 Round 6 - 42.22 WAR Blake Waller - 2107 Round 6 - 38.77 WAR Bao-tian Qian - 2103 Round 7 - 31.38 WAR Abdeljilill Abedi - 2104 Round 6 - 30.42 WAR Christovão Neri - 2105 Round 7 - 27.53 WAR Achaius Mainaky - 2106 Round 7 - 25.61 WAR Badr bin Hassan - 2102 Round 6 - 22.33 WAR Botol Ranho - 2102 Round 6 - 21.51 WAR Endres Bäumer - 2101 Round 6 - 19.38 WAR Mennad Belqola - 2104 Round 7 - 18.71 WAR Tilmão Argolo - 2101 Round 6 - 18.56 WAR Jack Joyce - 2110 Round 10 - 17.82 WAR Juan Carrasco - 2104 Round 10 - 15.67 WAR Ta-heng Chan - 2104 Round 7 - 15.53 WAR Bob Poole - 2104 Round 6 - 15.38 WAR Abdul-Jabbar Ubaida - 2109 Round 7 - 15.01 WAR Daud Khorasani - 2104 Round 6 - 13.81 WAR Jyotibhasin Rai - 2105 Round 6 - 13.58 WAR Eustachio Clementi - 2102 Round 8 - 13.27 WAR Éric Sanchez - 2110 Round 6 - 13.07 WAR Brendan St. John - 2104 Round 10 - 12.57 WAR Man Chin - 2101 Round 8 - 12.29 WAR Xiao-yan Song - 2102 Round 6 - 11.65 WAR Danya Yadrov - 2104 Round 7 - 11.22 WAR Santos Pina - 2104 Round 6 - 11.10 WAR Candrabali Malavika - 2105 Round 10 - 13.43 WAR Aranyakumara Yamura - 2106 Round 7 - 12.33 WAR Cong Yen - 2105 Round 7 - 10.66 WAR Robinson Cordero - 2106 Round 9 - 10.27 WAR Sixto Valdéz - 2101 Round 6 - 10.21 WAR Wilson Calip - 2101 Round 6 - 10.21 WAR Xian-yao Nan - 2104 Round 6 - 10.18 WAR Harmage Partha - 2102 Round 8 - 10.12 WAR As an interesting side note, here's a list of players in the 11th-20th rounds with over 10.0 career WAR. Potential future amendment?? Ronnie Drew - 2105 Round 13 - 68.21 WAR Han-wu Han - 2103 Round 17 - 55.50 WAR Itri Jela - 2104 Round 17 - 50.70 WAR Thai Ho-Dac - 2103 Round 11 - 36.81 WAR Samuel Bravo - 2103 Round 12 - 35.23 WAR Janardan Shreerang - 2103 Round 19 - 31.52 WAR Dan Harmon - 2107 Round 15 - 31.00 WAR Zuleide Rainha - 2101 Round 13 - 29.35 WAR Dhrtadhiti Indrani - 2103 Round 19 - 21.24 WAR Doan Ba - 2106 Round 17 - 19.17 WAR Su-shun Chin - 2107 Round 13 - 18.56 WAR Nasih bin Kamil - 2104 Round 11 - 16.90 WAR Carlos Granados - 2106 Round 17 - 15.63 WAR Sami Kisito - 2106 Round 14 - 14.54 WAR Freddi Uhlirz - 2110 Round 14 - 13.39 WAR Tsadik Shukrani - 2102 Round 11 - 12.74 WAR Pedro Gil - 2101 Round 14 - 11.96 WAR Arvinder Sivasubramanian - 2106 Round 14 - 11.41 WAR You-liang Ai - 2106 Round 12 - 10.88 WAR From 2101 to 2110, 35 players drafted in rounds 6-10 reached 10 career WAR. There were a total of 1000 picks in those rounds during that time period (5 rounds * 10 picks per round * 2 league drafts * 10 years), suggesting that these picks have a ~3.5% chance of developing into a highly valuable player. Representing a "lottery card" with value, they should, therefore, be tradeable.
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« on: April 19, 2020, 01:04:40 PM »
Melbourne sends
C Guy Willemsen
CF Eddie Esparza
Karachi sends
CL Ricky Vega
CF Seung-min Jeon
1929 10th round pick
403
« on: April 12, 2020, 06:41:40 PM »
Melbourne sends
RP Damien Liddicoat
2124 5th Round Pick
SD sends
2B Bill Hurley
404
« on: April 12, 2020, 05:22:05 PM »
Confirmed
405
« on: January 13, 2020, 11:11:46 AM »
Confirmed
406
« on: December 28, 2019, 09:25:09 PM »
São Paulo sends:
SP Damien Liddicoat (ML)
Melbourne sends:
SP Quan Zhao (R)
Confirmed. Bob's back.
407
« on: December 23, 2018, 09:13:44 PM »
Melbourne sends: CL Stepan Narzikulov
Manila sends: 2nd round pick
I reeeeeeeeally hate this deal but he's not gonna re-sign with me so here we are.
408
« on: November 11, 2018, 08:32:15 PM »
Confirmed
409
« on: November 07, 2018, 12:16:56 PM »
Confirmed. Happy I got him- we needed a catcher.
410
« on: November 01, 2018, 06:55:55 PM »
Melbourne confirms
411
« on: October 10, 2018, 08:07:05 PM »
Melbourne sends
SP Simon Ilett
Karachi sends
RP Rajindar Kasavaraju
412
« on: October 10, 2018, 07:58:38 PM »
Melbourne sends
RP Antoine Jean (AAA)
4th round pick (in whenever the next year I have a 4th rounder is)
Paris sends
SP Baptiste Roux
3rd round pick
413
« on: October 08, 2018, 07:41:37 PM »
BA sends
RP Carlos Lara
Melbourne sends
SP Sharafat Junejo (A)
4th round pick
414
« on: October 02, 2018, 04:00:06 PM »
MELBOURNE, Australia- Just days after inking a 3 year, $37.5 million contract extension with the Buenos Aires Dolphins, 2B Tamirat Sifiye has been traded to the Melbourne Meteors, in exchange for 2B prospect Atílio Sobreiro, the WBA Times is reporting. Sifiye is, of course, well known to Melbourne. He was drafted by the Meteors in 2103 (back when they were the Tokyo Samurai), and was named MVP of the Intercontinental Championship Series on the way to the Meteors' 2108 world title. A few years later, in the midst of the 2110 season, which saw the Melbourne pitching staff utterly decimated by injury, Sifiye was traded to Buenos Aires for Clifford 'Fudd' Mitchell, in "one of the dumbest trades of all time". This deal comes as the Meteors, who had a historically terrible 51-105 season just last year, are making a surprise push. Part- more accurately, nearly all- of this resurgence comes from a series of deals made during the offseason, in which the Meteors acquired SPs Michael Smith, Jermão Vilardeb, and Bartholomous Wilmetz, 1B Harsendu Dhurvasula, 3B Iwo Cipinski, and OFs Goldofrede Zote and Bhuvanacandra Dwijen from the Santo Domingo Palmchats and the Mumbai Cobras. Assuming that Sifiye will take a spot in the starting lineup and replace 2B Dominic Underhay, that means only 2 of Melbourne's 5 starting pitchers and 3 of their 8 starting bats were on the team this time last year. Despite the Huckleberry Predictor 3000™ ( http://www.worldbaseballassociation.com/forum/index.php?topic=729.0) predicting the Meteors would be a lowly 67-89 in their final preseason rankings, Melbourne is (quite shockingly) playing above .500 and in a decent position for a playoff charge! Furthermore, the Meteors are actually underperforming their Pythagorean record, which is an indicator that they may actually get better as the season progresses. Tied for fifth in the ABL with the almost equally resurgent Paris Fleur-de-Lis (who went 64-92 last season), Melbourne is just 4 games behind the London Monarchs and the second wild-card spot. Tamirat Sifiye is sure to help that push- he doesn't hit many home runs, but is hitting .317 with a .396 OBP so far. It'll be very interesting to see whether, with Sifiye and the rest of their all-new lineup, the Meteors can make the playoffs this year.
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« on: October 01, 2018, 09:04:28 PM »
Melbourne gets: Tamirat Sifiye
BA gets: Atilla Sobreiro (AA)
HE'S COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Confirmed (assuming he accepted the 3 year extension- I can't check until the new file is up)
416
« on: September 21, 2018, 04:06:16 PM »
After further discussion this trade has been canceled by mutual agreement of both parties. Melbourne does not confirm.
417
« on: September 10, 2018, 09:09:41 PM »
Confirmed!
418
« on: August 27, 2018, 11:14:36 PM »
MELBOURNE, Australia: After the 2108 WBA Championship, the fortunes of the Melbourne Meteors took a turn for the worse. A series of terrible injuries, and (probably more importantly) terrible trades, led Melbourne's championship team into the doldrums. Melbourne has lost 100+ games in each of the past 3 seasons. Coming off a historically terrible season in which the Meteors lost 105 games and finished at the bottom of the IBL, analysts (and most fans) believed that the rebuild would last at least 2 more seasons. However, Meteors GM (and according to doctors, the leading cause of ulcers in the Melbourne area) Bob Weinberg had other ideas. Other pens have chronicled the events leading up to the financial crisis in the WBA, so this reporter won't go into details here. Suffice it to say that the Melbourne front office found themselves with quite a bit of money to spend, heading into a year widely regarded as the best free agent class ever. But with every other team's finances in chaos, there were bound to be some teams with even more money to burn. The WBA Times can now report that there was turmoil in the Melbourne front office, with GM Bob Weinberg arguing with many team accountants. Reportedly, the front office wanted Weinberg to stand pat until free agency, but Weinberg felt that prices would be too high due to the financial crisis. Weinberg eventually "settled" the dispute by telling the front office "I'm going to go trade for some people with high salaries, then we'll see what you redacted can do in free agency." And spend he did. Weinberg made two very high-profile trades in the month after that conversation. In two deals, with the Santo Domingo Palmchats and the Mumbai Cobras, the Meteors sent a total of 4 draft picks (including a first rounder, 2 2nds, and a 3rd), $10 million in cash, and 2 prospects- catcher Aghecher Mpasa and former first round pick Isko Fflunker, a highly touted prospect who has been unable to deliver in the big leagues thus far. In return for this incredible price, the Meteors picked up no less than 6 bona fide stars: SP Michael Smith- You can't have a successful rebuild without an ace, but in Michael Smith, the Meteors have found one. Smith has 3 above-average pitches, including one of the best changeups in the WBA, and gives up very few home runs. At $11 million, Smith is paid pretty highly, but it's a fair price for an ace. SP Bartholomos Wilmetz- With a career record of 43-29 and ERA of 3.48, Wilmetz is a very solid starter with little downside. Boasting a fastball that can touch 100 mph regularly and an excellent control rating, Wilmetz has a lot to like, but the best thing about him may be the salary- with two more years of arbitration, Wilmetz won't make more than $4 million at any point in the next 3 years. SP Jermão Vilardeb- Completing Melbourne's pitching acquisitions is Jermão Vilardeb, who could pass for an ace on many WBA teams. Vilardeb possesses 3 excellent pitches. He's a bit of a risk, with a career ERA above 4 and a history of giving up the long ball, but if he can live up to his potential, Vilardeb could be an absolute steal for the Meteors. CF Golofredo Zote- Zote can do it all. He's not particularly good at hitting for average (.255 last season), but he more than makes up for it with everything else. He's a great power hitter, averaging 27 HRs per 162 games, and he stole 26 bases last season. He's also an incredible fielder, with a fielding percentage of .993 at center field. 1B Harsendu Dhurvasula- Much like Zote, Dhur is a player with power and speed. Last season, he hit 26 home runs and stole 48 bases. He tends to strike out a lot, but with a career average of .264, that doesn't hurt him too much. At just $3.2 million, Dhur is a steal. LF Bhuvanacandra Dwijen- Finally, we come to the hometown hero. Dwijen was drafted by the Meteors (then the Brisbane Bandits) and traded in the blockbuster that kicked off the Andy Stone Fiasco. An incredible power hitter, Dwijen averages 44 home runs per season but still has a career AVG of .280 and an impressive career OBP of .389. Melbourne certainly gave up a lot, but these 6 players can transform the Meteors from a bottom-dweller to a wild card contender pretty much instantly.
419
« on: August 27, 2018, 12:13:54 PM »
With a pounding heart, Melbourne confirms. This is terrifying to me but I think it's a good deal.
420
« on: August 22, 2018, 08:51:05 PM »
Santo Domingo sends Michael Smith and Bartholomous Wilmetz
Melbourne sends $10M cash
421
« on: July 06, 2018, 09:31:09 AM »
This post is in the wrong place which means I can't confirm it.
Jk it's confirmed, idk move it into the right place i guess.
422
« on: July 05, 2018, 10:25:31 AM »
Melbourne sends 2116 5th round pick
SD sends Nasih bin Kamil and Sixto Gomez
423
« on: July 02, 2018, 03:35:44 PM »
Confirmado! I like montoya but I think I'm getting enough in return. Huck just put them wherever.
424
« on: June 27, 2018, 07:39:29 AM »
Confirmed
425
« on: May 04, 2018, 05:20:58 AM »
I think we should keep the injury settings like they are.
Just kidding.
Seriously, they're too high. I get that injuries happen in the MLB, but not to this extreme degree. I vote to turn it down more.
426
« on: March 19, 2018, 07:55:15 PM »
Mumbai sends
Aghecher Mpasa R
5th round pick in 2114
Melbourne sends
Magtanggol Baladad
427
« on: March 19, 2018, 07:35:28 PM »
Melbourne sends Percy Oskam
Rome sends Tanyu Hirata, Boris Dubois and Antonio Soto
Yep.
428
« on: March 07, 2018, 10:17:59 AM »
"newb" you've been in this league for like 2 weeks lol
429
« on: March 06, 2018, 10:31:24 AM »
Melbourne confirms. I think I probably got robbed cuz I'm bob...
430
« on: March 02, 2018, 07:46:13 PM »
Just an idea I had. We should be able to trade more draft picks, maybe up to 8th or 10th rounders.
431
« on: February 28, 2018, 06:31:56 PM »
Melbourne sends
Baptiste Lopez (A)
Tien-kai Lang (R)
Ernesto Canas (R)
Manila sends
Julio Melendez (AA)
432
« on: February 28, 2018, 10:02:55 AM »
Wtf is happening? I can't even tell if gomer and casey are serious. Can we please try not to accuse each other of being prejudiced/elitist/whatever?
433
« on: February 17, 2018, 10:49:07 AM »
I decline whenever possible, but with my financials, it's sometimes hard to.
434
« on: February 16, 2018, 12:12:09 PM »
Hey guys, I'll be away for the next nine days. I'll have Slack access but not a ton of time, and no game access. You should all be glad, because I was planning to sign a bunch of free agents. This trip is the ONLY reason I am not signing anyone. Rumors that I have no money are false.
435
« on: February 08, 2018, 06:18:57 AM »
Argh I always mix them up. I guess it's the 2113 draft if John agrees.
436
« on: February 07, 2018, 08:53:02 PM »
To Carolina:
SP Yoshida Yamada (ML)
To Melbourne:
2b Dominic Underhay (ML)
2112 3rd round pick
Confirmed, thanks for easy negotiations!
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« on: February 05, 2018, 08:33:51 PM »
Hey everyone! I'm blowing it all up. General rule: anyone over 27 can go! Now, Abedi is refusing to negotiate a contract. But if you want to trade for him, go ahead.  bin Kamil, Dabir, and Maxa are all FAs this season and I don't have the money to sign them, but they're not asking much. Aside from that, highlights include: CL Magtanggol Baladad- Stud closer. 39 saves and an ERA of 1.72 last season. He'll be expensive. SP Andy Stone- Despite all the... intrigue... surrounding him, he actually put up a decent season. 1-4 but wins are meaningless. 3.42 ERA and struck out 35 over 50 innings. He won't be that expensive. CF Gong Jiang- Once-star OF, Jiang still has a lot left. He hit .291 with 59 RBIs this year. He'll be reasonably priced. C Édouard Renaud- Renaud is coming off a bad year, but he's got a lot of talent. He'll be fairly cheap. Anyone else over 27 is available too. If you want to trade for someone who's like 25 or 26, I'll listen. Narz is untouchable but anyone else could move for the right price. I am looking for young (under-25 preferably) players who can play at ML level. Prospects are also welcome but make them good. Not interested in picks after third round.
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« on: February 03, 2018, 10:43:39 PM »
Hmm ok. Well that is a really interesting idea. I have a few thoughts.
1. I think it might be better if instead of the IBL/ABL champs playing each other, we had a mini-playoff. IBL #1 and #2 play each other in best of 7, same in ABL, and winners meet.
2. In my opinion, these changes aren't necessary at all, but just because something isn't necessary doesn't mean it's not good.
3. As someone with a solo 24-team league containing 2 subleagues and no divisions, I can conclusively say that, executed properly, this idea does work. It'll also serve to eliminate the unfairness of one division being much tougher than the other.
4. This is a (probably really, really stupid) idea that sort of merges the 2 separate things in this thread. What if, instead of having the Championship and then an Association Cup (which, I agree, seems sort of pointless), why don't we combine the playoffs? So we could have Buenos Aires playing Karachi in the first round, or Paris facing Carolina if the other 18 owners all die in a tragic accident.
I realize that some of my ideas contradict others, but it's late and I don't care.
439
« on: January 29, 2018, 10:39:35 AM »
I want Australia to have a team.
440
« on: January 12, 2018, 06:19:40 AM »
SP Abdeljilil Abedi- I would need a similar quality prospect or two, or another pitcher.
SP Nasih bin Kamil- I'd want a few good specs.
3B Yoshimasa Kimura- He was great last year, tailed off so far this year but still young-ish. Want a SS.
Not sure if you've heard this from me, but I have a surplus of OF. Saldage, Tsao, or Celestino could move. Would want a really good SS
I also need money. I'd be willing to sell a mid-level spec or 5th round pick.
441
« on: December 22, 2017, 09:42:48 PM »
lol when Andy conducted negotiations in his trade block
442
« on: December 19, 2017, 07:40:59 PM »
Confirmed!
443
« on: December 18, 2017, 12:35:23 PM »
I'm always in favor of more info so I'd like to see a move to dynamic. Some people don't have hours to comb every minor league team. I get the fog of war thing, so maybe once a month is a reasonable compromise?
444
« on: December 12, 2017, 03:23:12 PM »
Being pretty fair to Melbourne, I think. But still, 13 games out of a WC spot isn't terrible. If there are injuries (I mean, aside from when Stone, Abedi, and Renaud get hurt), or someone steps up, I could be in decent shape.
445
« on: December 08, 2017, 09:40:52 PM »
São Paulo sends:
2B Fu-chi Luo (ML)
LF Balltesar Tenente (A)
Melbourne sends:
SP Alfred Reeves (ML)
5th Round Draft Pick in the 2112 draft (whatever the next one is)
Confirmed. Hurts to give up Reeves, but I've had my eye on Luo for a while. Thanks Casey
446
« on: December 07, 2017, 08:31:56 PM »
Not releasing anyone. I don't think I had to say that but whatever.
Also, I hate Sampoerna Chin because every time I search for Ronald Poe, I click on his name by accident. So thanks for releasing, maybe he'll retire.
Immediate bidding war between mumbai and rome to acquire him
447
« on: November 29, 2017, 05:50:59 PM »
Bob agrees!
448
« on: November 28, 2017, 07:47:31 PM »
Lol the craziness last offseason. I think I get Dwijen back because of that right? The rule is retroactive.
449
« on: October 29, 2017, 08:38:34 PM »
Alright we messed this up royally since Bob doesnt have his next 2 4th rounders, so the new deal is
Shanghai sends
OF Ramachander Sadalge
1st Round pick in 2111
4th round pick in 2111
Melbourne Sends
Kvana Datar
2nd round pick in the 2111
3rd round pick in 2111
Deal again. Sorry about that
450
« on: October 29, 2017, 08:11:19 PM »
Shanghai sends
OF Ramachander Sadalge
1st Round pick in the next draft(idk if it’s 2110 or 2111)
Melbourne Sends
Kvana Datar
2nd round pick in the next draft
4th round pick in next draft
Confirmed! Hate to give up Datar but he's hurt so I don't really care.
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