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2023 ESL Summary
Drew Gallagher, 10/04/23 |
Certainly not
to minimize the Slickers' fifth championship or breaking
up Chris' stranglehold on ESL supremacy, but when you
nail three of the top five NL MVP candidates you have
positioned your squad for success. Especially when all
three of them--Acuna, Freeman, Soto--remained healthy
for most of the season. And if anyone wants to make a
point for Mookie as MVP I'd refer you to 41 home runs,
73 stolen bases, 217 hits, .337, and 149 runs. Sure,
Acuna didn't play second base but that doesn't mean he
couldn't have! (And look, Mookie is one of my favorite
baseball players--Chaim Bloom, your legacy is
secure--but I have Acuna to win MVP at 10 to 1 odds and
have a growing hatred for Jeff Passan and his definition
of MVP.) Marty wins $945.00 for his efforts.
Second place came down to the final game of the season
when Hunter Harvey picked up a win in relief which
allowed the Maroons to tie me in wins and give him a
half point which was enough to vault him into second
place over the Malcontents and the $525.00 payout. I see
a Hunter Harvey jersey in someone's future. Customized,
it's still less than the difference between second and
third place in the ESL.
Chris finished third and won $315.00. (The last time
Chris finished worse than third place was in 2012...when
he finished fourth.) |
Druids were predicted to
finish 9th or 10th by toy box after the draft (Fuck you,
toy box!) and all it took to finish fourth was trading
Ethan Salas and Jordan Lawlar away at the deadline.
Doubt we ever hear from those two again! Fourth place
pays $210.00.
After nearly 30 years of never finishing in the money,
The Reservoir Dogs cashed for the third year in a row by
outlasting the Scottsmen and Ball and Oates. Robbie gets
$105.00 for that effort.
I'll try to get checks/Paypal out in the next few days.
I know Zap and Blair are too young for Paypal and may
not even know what a checkbook is. Email me your
addresses and preferred method of payment when you can.
We may move draft next spring to different location to
celebrate our 40th anniversary. Plus, the woman who
bought Mom's house probably wouldn't make us chili or be
especially comfortable with five strange men sleeping in
her house.
With the first pick in the supplemental draft, Blair
takes Dylan Crews... |
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2024 DRAFT DATE:
Friday, March 22nd, 2024
5:30PM
DRAFT LOCATION:
Blair DeWalt's house
19 North 3rd Ave
West Reading, PA 19611
Since some of you
forget every year:
You must draft
26 players for $290
(2) C, 1B, 1/3, 3B, 2B, 2/S,
SS, IF, (5) OF, DH, U, (10) P |
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ESL ROSTER FREEZE:
Friday, March 15th, 2024
5:30PM
You may retain up to 16 players. You must also
note any contract extensions at that time. You
must also note any rookies that you will retain on
reserve. You may submit your freeze list early -
you can change it as many times as you like up until the
dead-line. However, once you submit your list, you may
no longer make any trades until after the draft. |
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ESL TRADING RULES: |
Between Draft Day and noon on August 31st,
teams may accept only TWO "asterisk" players
total and those must be from different
teams. On the flip-side, a team may
trade AWAY as many "asterisk" players as
they like (but no two "asterisk" players to
the same team.) "Asterisk" players are
any players auction drafted for $20 or over,
any players FAAB drafted for $60 or over,
players of any salary in the final year of
their contract, and players traded to the
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Each team is allowed one "asterisk for
asterisk" trade during the season. The
trade is only one asterisk for one asterisk
and other players cannot be involved in the
trade. This trade can be utilized at any
point in the season up until the trade
deadline. The intent of the rule is to allow
fair trades. Again, it is simply one
asterisk player for one asterisk player. It
is not two or three asterisks for two or
three asterisks and no other players (or
rookies) can be included in the trade.
This trade does not count against a team�s
limit of two asterisk trades. However, you
may not make two trades involving that same
team within +/- 30 days. In other
words, if you have made a trade with that
team within 30 days prior, you may NOT make
your asterisk-for-asterisk trade with that
team; and likewise if you make your
asterisk-for-asterisk trade with a team, you
must wait 30 days before making any
additional trades with that team. |
Friday after the All-Star Game, 12:01 p.m. thru noon August 31st:
Restricted trading, you may trade with any
team +/- 5 points in the standings (based on
the most up to date standings on the front
page of the All-Star Stats web-site.
"Live" standings will not count, as there
will be no way to verify it later.)
Also during this period, teams with less
than 40 points and not in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
or 5th place will also be able to continue
trading with each other. The asterisk
rules will apply during this period.
Between 12:01 p.m. on August 31st thru the
end of the regular season: NO
trading what-so-ever. |
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