MJ beats Justin for Championship

M.J. LOGAN

MJ has won the regular season back to back years, and finally gets a ring as he beats Justin 9 to 5. Congratulations to both of you on money earned!

Draft Lottery: 2014

The 2014 Draft Order will be determined this way:

All 6 Non playoff teams:

Karl (7th)

Pete (8th)

Jon (9th)

Adam (10th)

Mo (11th)

Gordon (12th)

will have their names put in a hat. 

Gordon will have his name placed 6 times in the hat.

Mo - 5 times.

Adam - 4 times.

Jon - 3 times.

Pete - 2 times.

Karl - 1 time.

The draft order will be lottery for picks 1-6. Picks 7-12 will be determined by playoff results.

League Champion (12th pick)

Runner-Up (11th)

3rd place (10th)

4th place (9th)

5th place (8th)

6th place (7th)

Deadline Flurry

Several players were swapped on Sunday as teams prepare for the playoffs. The busiest team was Jon, who finally decided that his team was a seller.

 Toby Gian
 Ed Karl
 Gian Ed
 Toby  Karl
 Karl  Toby

Draft Pick Notables
Jon acquired two 4ths, an 8th, a 9th, and a 13th in Sunday's deals.

NEXT SEASON: Trade deadline will be moved up

Due to complaints regarding value at this point in the season, next year's trading deadline will be scheduled around the same time as the MLB Trading Deadline.

Here's the debate:

(1) Players don't have the same value this late in the year as earlier.
This is a valid point. As the season goes on, players' value decreases slightly. At this point, with so few weeks remaining, a starter may give you 3 or 4 starts, and the issue becomes what is the proper value of that for a playoff push?

(2) Trades that were vetoed earlier in the year would NOW be fair?
This is a problem. Teams that had trades vetoed in May or June would now see trades go through that were of less value and complain about it. This is the first year we have had such active trading. Again, this is a valid point.

WHY MOVING THE DEADLINE UP WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE
(1) Teams can still add/drop players on the waiver wire to improve their team.
(2) Teams would be acquiring players with plenty of time left in the season so that the value of the players would not be hurt

Feel free to chime in if you have any other issues.

ALSO - collusion has been alluded to. Please stop accusing us of collusion, or cheating. I would NEVER collude in a league I run. That is just stupid. If your trade was vetoed it is not personal. Please don't take the vetoing of your trade as a personal stab at you. Everyone who has a trade vetoed complains to me about collusion, or makes an argument about why we were wrong. Nothing is meant to be personal and no decisions are made based on our position in the standings and what not.

Obviously, this league needs a little bit of housecleaning.

Recent Deals: Holland, Pettitte dealt in separate moves

To Justin:  and a Round 21 pick

To Adam:  and a Round 17 pick


To Gian:  and a Round 10 pick

To Gordon: , and a Round 8 pick

Gian and Justin gear up for the playoffs.

Oscar Taveras's Keeper Value nets Gian Jose Bautista

To Gian  
To Justin                                       

Justin acquires Prado, a 19th Rounder for prospect Junior Lake and a 15th

To Justin  , a 19th Round Pick
To Gordon  , a 15th Round pick


Prado is a decent acquisition for some flexibility, and Gordon gets to move up 4 round next year. Prado isn't good enough to make this deal unfair.

Josh Hamilton dealt for Freese and Zobrist

To Justin  
To Adam  

None of these players are having particularly good years, and all are within the range of originally ranked players to justify the deal.

Justin continues to acquire hitters for a second half run at first place and a championship. Adam continues to acquire potential keepers (Freese) for 2014.

Reminder: Trade Deadline

The Trading Deadline is August 25, 2013. Make your moves by then.

Justin gets Davis for Fielder, Lester

To Mo  
To Justin  


Justin pulled off one of the deals of the year, acquiring Orioles' slugging First Baseman Chris Davis for Tigers' First Baseman Prince Fielder and Red Sox starter Jon Lester.

No draft picks were included.

The deal solidifies Justin as a contender for this year and provides him an option in 2014 in Keeper Tier I. Mo acquires Fielder, still one of the league's best, and Lester, who has sputtered this year, to aid his quest for a playoff spot.