Keepers and the trade deadline/2 month minimum

So, if I were to trade Big Papi for prospects on someone else's team, those prospects would meet the 2 month requirement even if they weren't on my team for those two months?

Andrew

Not fantasy baseball related...

But have any of you who don't live in Boston been watching the Devil Rays series this weekend on MLB.tv? They have to be among the worst announcers in the game. On Friday they got the two trades wrong, saying that Tadahito Iguchi and Kenny Lofton were traded and that Iguchi was traded for Max Ramirez. And they never corrected themselves. Ever.

Last night they complained about a bad check swing call that put Youks on base without mentioning an equally bad check swing call that allowed Upton to reach the inning before. They just wouldn't let it go and kept saying that Reyes got 5 outs to get them out of the inning (Gomes misplayed a ball in LF).

Just now in Sunday's game they complained about the fact that Kazmir didn't throw a fastball to Wily M. Pena when they thought he should have. Pena is Pedro fucking Cerrano. He cannot hit a breaking ball to save his life. He annihilates fastballs from lefties. It is the only thing he does well. Their announcing is just mind blowingly bad.

Offseason trades

So, do we want to allow trades during the offseason? Obviously it would only matter if both teams wanted to keep the players traded, but I think it could be interesting. I suppose another matter is if it will actually work with Yahoo, but I'm guessing if we got rid of the "official" trading deadline we could make it work. Is anyone else interested in this?

My two cents on roster expansion

Sorry I'm jumping in a bit late on this, but I was out in the field for the last week and a half so I didn't have much internet access. I'm all for expanding the number of starting players, but I think we might want to drop the limit on the number of moves. With a weekly line-up and a limit on the number of innings pitched I don't think streaming is an issue.

Also, I'm going to have to disagree with Caleb's statement that there isn't pitching on the waiver wire. There isn't solid starting pitching that will do everything for you (and this is right after a waiver wire run on starting pitching), but there are guys like Petitte that will get you strike outs, but might hurt you a bit on WHIP or ERA, guys like Meche who started out well but have struggled some lately, and guys who are on good teams that happen to pitching well right now (Gabbard and DiNardo). That doesn't even address the middle relievers who would help WHIP and ERA while piling up as many strikeouts as some of the lower level starters. In deeper leagues these guys would be played and it would be up to the managers to decide how to balance the various weaknesses a player has. Right now there isn't much pressure to roll the dice on marginal players, which I think is part of the game. Guys who are playing well end up as free agents forever (look how long Carlos Pena was available for absolutely nothing).

Carrying two catchers is the only spot where I could see some pretty shitty players ending up starting on rosters, but I'm not sure that it would put tons of extra value on the position.

Yahoo Ruling

Hello Spencer,

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Sports.

I appreciate your inquiry with regards to AL/NL only player trades.

If a player in the National League is traded to the American League (or vice versa), the team that has the player in a league using National League players only will no longer accrue stats for that player.

If the player is removed from the team, he will no longer be available to the league.

Additionally, any player who is traded between leagues will be introduced to AL-only or NL-only leagues via waivers.

Regretfully, it is not possible to customize a AL or NL-only league to allow managers to continue earning stats if a player is traded out of the league.

I value your interest in Yahoo! Fantasy Sports. Whenever you have further comments or questions, please feel free to email me again.

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Sports.

Yo Commish

Question - I think we decided that if a player gets traded to a NL team, we get to continue getting stats for that player for this year, but obviously can't be kept if he stays there.

1) I'm not sure Yahoo! does this - I get the feeling that as soon as someone is on a NL team they won't contribute to our stats - could you e-mail them and find out?

2) If someone gets traded to an NL team and then signs as a free agent at an AL Team is he still an eligible keeper/

Expand Roster for 2008?

Is there any desire in the league to expand the rosters? I feel like everyone here is astute enough to handle it, the question is whether it would make the league better. With only 6 teams there are a lot of good players on each team. Forcing each team to go "deeper" into the player pool would definitely add a larger element of manager/scouting. We have deep benches as it is, so what if we converted some of those bench spots to starting spots?

Additional positions to consider:
4th or 5th outfielders, middle infield (2b/ss), corner infield (1b/3b), additional pitchers, second catcher.

We would have to increase the number of moves significantly, but I would still be in favor of having a limit. My biggest complaint right now is people having "dead" spots on their roster. With a big bench and limited moves, you end up carrying players that you don't really want or need. The alternative would be to decrease the size of the bench but keep the same starting roster spots.

I'm not married to the idea... just thinking of improvements. Thoughts?