Bandits / Twins Trade

To Bandits: SS Seaver King and 50K

To Twins: RHP Ryan Walker and RHP Zack Littell

Bandits / Reds Trade

To Bandits: 10K

To Reds: SS Nick Ahmed

Grays / Titans Trade

To Grays: Christian Yelich and 70K

To Titans: RHP Emerson Hancock, RHP Ryan Thompson and RHP Victor Vodnik

Blaze / Stars Trade

To Blaze: OF Kyle Tucker

To Stars: 3B Alec Bohm, SS Tommy Troy and SS Kevin McGonigle

Gypsies / Stars Trade

To Gypsies: 65K

To Stars: 3B Ernie Clement

Bandits / Expos Trade

To Bandits: 75K

To Expos: LHP David Peterson

Bandits / Pelicans Trade

To Bandits: RHP Marco Raya and 50K

To Pelicans: LHP Tyler Anderson

Grays / TinCaps Trade

To Grays: 45K

To TinCaps: LHP Hunter Barco and RHP Jaden Hamm

Blaze / Stars Trade

To Blaze: RHP Eury Perez and RHP Devin Williams

To Stars: SS Trea Turner

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: RHP Paul Sewald

To Pilots: LHP Jose Quintana

Browns / Grays Trade

To Browns: 3B Jacob Berry

To Grays: 20K

Gypsies / TinCaps Trade

To Gypsies: 2B Nicky Lopez

To TinCaps: UTL Zack McKinstry, OF Victor Robles, RHP Sawyer Gipson-Long, RHP Woo-Suk Go and 10K

RockHounds / Titans Trade

To RockHounds: RHP Craig Kimbrel and 10K

To Titans: LHP AJ Puk and SS Tai Peete

Colt .45s / Gypsies Trade

To Colt .45s: 1B Ryan Noda, RHP Jason Adam, RHP James McArthur, RHP Nick Anderson, SS Eddys Leonard and 55K

To Gypsies: 1B Paul Goldschmidt

TinCaps / Titans Trade

To TinCaps: RHP Paul Blackburn, OF Tyler O'Neill, RHP Chayce McDermott and 10K

To Titans: RHP Patrick Sandoval, OF Trent Grisham and OF Gian Zapata

Browns / Titans Trade

To Browns: OF Tyler Freeman, RHP Michael McGreevy and 15K

To Titans: OF Tyrone Taylor, RHP Cristian Mena and SS Dawel Joseph

Colt .45s / RockHounds Trade

To RockHounds: 2B Xander Bogaerts

To Colt .45s: OF Gavin Cross

Colt .45s / Titans Trade

To Colt .45s: C Travis d'Arnaud and OF Emmanuel Rodriguez

To Titans: C Willson Contreras

Gypsies / Knights Trade

To Gypsies: RHP Pete Fairbanks and RHP Will Vest

To Knights: LHP Tim Herrin and RHP Cade Smith

Colt .45s / Grays Trade

To Colt .45s: RHP Nate Pearson and 3B Brock Wilken

To Grays: LHP Josh Hader

RockHounds / Titans Trade

To RockHounds: RHP Kevin Gausman, RHP Emilio Pagan, OF Chase Davis, C Yan Gomes, C Korey Lee and OF Robert Hassell

To Titans: RHP Edward Cabrera, RHP Michael Kopech, C Endy Rodriguez, RHP Chayce McDermott, OF Jonny DeLuca and 2B Cooper Kinney

Clown Princes / Gypsies Trade

To Clown Princes: INF/OF Tyler Fitzgerald, INF Ignacio Nacho Alvarez, RHP Noah Syndergaard and RHP Michael Burrows

To Gypsies: RHP Nick Pivetta

Bandits / Gypsies Trade

To Bandits: RHP Yariel Rodriguez and LHP Yuki Matsui

To Gypsies: RHP Colin Holderman

Colt .45s / RockHounds Trade

To Colt .45s: SS Elly De La Cruz and OF Jose Siri

To RockHounds: OF Aaron Judge and 1B Wilmer Flores

Playing Schedule

Block #    Dates in Strat's Schedule   Our Start/Due Dates
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Block 1    March 29 - April 28         April 1 - April 27
Block 2    April 29 - May 29           May 1 - May 28
Block 3    May 30 - June 29            June 1 - June 27
Block 4    June 30 - July 29           July 1 - July 28
Block 5    July 30 - August 29         August 1 - August 28
Block 6    August 30 - September 27    September 1 - September 28

Files Updated

Now that our final Major League rosters are set for the start of the season, I've updated the Master Roster and Player/Money Totals files in the Downloads area.

Browns / RockHounds Trade

To Browns: OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr,

To RockHounds: 40K

Dodgers / RockHounds Trade

To Dodgers: LHP Matt Liberatore

To RockHounds: 15K

Files Updated

Now that our second trading period has ended, the Master Roster, Player/Money Totals and Waiver Availables files have been updated in the Downloads area.

Bandits / Clown Princes Trade

To Bandits: 1K

To Clown Princes: RHP Jakob Junis

Clown Princes / Reds Trade

To Clown Princes: 25K

To Reds: C Christian Bethancourt

Titans / Twins Trade

To Titans: LHP Garrett Crochet

To Twins: RHP Jonathan Cannon and 5K

Clown Princes / RockHounds Trade

To Clown Princes: OF Oscar Colas, C Henry Davis, LHP Reggie Crawford and 40K

To RockHounds: OF Lane Thomas and RHP Hunter Harvey

Browns / Titans Trade

To Browns: RHP Caleb Kilian

To Titans: 9K

Blaze / Dodgers Trade

To Blaze: 65K

To Dodgers: RHP Alec Manoah and RHP Yonny Chirinos

Bandits / Browns Trade

To Bandits: 3B Emmanuel Rivera

To Browns: 25K

Bandits / Browns Trade

To Bandits: OF Dillon Head, 1B Matt Mervis and 12K

To Browns: SS Geraldo Perdomo

Pelicans / Reds Trade

To Pelicans: LHP Andrew Chafin

To Reds: 20K

Bandits / Reds Trade

To Bandits: 25K

To Reds: LHP Gabe Speier

Bandits / Monarchs Trade

To Bandits: LHP David Peterson, SS Nick Ahmed and C Patrick Bailey SS Nasim Nunez

To Monarchs: DH Byron Buxton and RHP John Schreiber

Expos / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Expos: SS Paul DeJong

To Yellow Jackets: 10K

Gypsies / Titans Trade

To Gypsies: 2B Gleyber Torres

To Titans: RHP Merrill Kelly, LHP Andrew Nardi and 25K

Bandits / Gypsies Trade

To Bandits: LHP Gabe Speier

To Gypsies: 15K

Browns / Grays Trade

To Browns: OF Kyle Isbel

To Grays: 25K

Files Updated

With the conclusion of this year's Unowned Player Draft, the Master Roster and Player/Money Totals files have been updated in the Downloads area.

The results from yesterday's draft are posted on the Message Board.

A list of Waiver Availables has been added to the Downloads area.

Clown Princes / Grays Trade

To Clown Princes: SS Ricardo Cabrera

To Grays: LHP Aroldis Chapman

Browns / River Dogs Trade

To Browns: RHP Aaron Civale

To River Dogs: SS Eric Brown and 2B Cade Doughty

Browns / Knights Trade

To Browns: OF Colin Barber and 20K

To Knights: OF Seth Brown

Bandits / Grays Trade

To Bandits: LHP Hyun Jin Ryu, SS Geraldo Perdomo, SS Joey Ortiz, OF Justin Crawford, OF Garrett Mitchell, and RHP Thomas Harrington and 1,000K

To Grays: OF Ronald Acuna

Bandits / Gypsies Trade

To Bandits: OF Stuart Fairchild and 35K

To Gypsies: C Salvador Perez

Bandits / Browns Trade

To Bandits: 45K

To Browns: OF Joey Gallo

Browns / Grays Trade

To Browns: 3B Josh Jung, SS Marco Luciano and OF Dillon Head

To Grays: OF Yordan Alvarez

Bandits / Reds Trade

To Bandits: 90K

To Reds: RHP Gregory Santos

Bandits / Reds Trade

To Bandits: 25K

To Reds: C Seby Zavala

Bandits / Reds Trade

To Bandits: 50K

To Reds: OF Rob Refsnyder

Bandits / Reds Trade

To Bandits: 3B Jean Segura and 90K

To Reds: INF Jon Berti

Browns / Pilots

To Browns: 3B Eugenio Suarez

To Pilots: 1B Tre Morgan and RHP Luis Serna

Browns / TinCaps Trade

To Browns: OF Tyrone Taylor

To TinCaps: LHP Parker Messick

Bandits / Pelicans Trade

To Bandits: 80K

To Pelicans: LHP AJ Minter

Bandits / Blaze Trade

To Bandits: INF Jon Berti and 85K

To Blaze: OF Kevin Kiermaier

Free Agent Draft

Here are the results from today's Free Agent Draft.

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There was only one team that matched a bid:

Belt, Brandon (Yellow Jackets) - Matched a bid of 121k by the Grays

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These players were acquired from teams who chose not to answer bids:

Castellanos, Nick (former team: Pilgrims) was acquired by the Gypsies for 113k
d'Arnaud, Travis (former team: Captains) was acquired by the Titans for 3 x 80k
Gray, Jon (former team: Pelicans) was acquired by the Reds for 182k
Hendricks, Kyle (former team: Titans) was acquired by the Reds for 182k
Kelly, Carson (former team: Reds) was acquired by the Browns for 3 x 83k
Newman, Kevin (former team: Rockhounds) was acquired by the Gypsies for 71k
Pham, Tommy (former team: Monarchs) was acquired by the Expos for 82k
Stratton, Chris (former team: Pelicans) was acquired by the Reds for 110k
Wood, Alex (former team: Monarchs) was acquired by the Expos for 63k

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These players were acquired from teams with no answering rights:

Smith, Will (former team: Monarchs) was acquired by the Grays for 52k
Trevino, Jose (former team: River Dogs) was acquired by the Gypsies for 74k
Whitlock, Garrett (former team: Gypsies) was acquired by the TinCaps for 51k

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These players had no 'active' bids (with the amount listed being what they were originally offered) and are retained by their original team:

Anderson, Tyler (Bandits) - 50k
Baddoo, Akil (River Dogs) - 25k
Bickford, Phil (Titans) - 25k
Cabrera, Miguel (Expos) - 80k
Espinal, Santiago (Gypsies) - 38k
Gomber, Austin (Stars) - 38k
Hernandez, Enrique (Captains) - 40k
Kiner-Falefa, Isiah (Expos) - 70k
McCutchen, Andrew (Expos) - 60k
Minter, AJ (Bandits) - 70k
Smith, Dominic (RockHounds) - 70k
Smyly, Drew (Stars) - 45k
Wendle, Joey (Pelicans) - 80k
Yarbrough, Ryan (Pelicans) - 70k

World Series Results

Our 2023 World Series was netplayed yesterday and we have a winner. The Blaze upset the Bandits to claim the title in 6 games. I've attached the final playoff LZP... though it doesn't quite include all playoff results from earlier rounds.

When you look at these numbers, you'd think the Bandits would have likely won it:

• The Bandits' hitters had a .661 OPS. Blaze hitters had a .590 OPS.
• Bandits had 69 base runners to 54 for the Blaze.
• Bandits had 17 extra-base hits to 12 for the Blaze.

However, these other things tell a different story:

• Bandits had 46 LOB, while the Blaze only left 31 runners on.
• Blaze defense turned 10 DPs (8 in the first 2 games alone) to just 2 for the Bandits' defense.
• Blaze had 11 stolen bases to only 1 for the Bandits.

Here's a game by game rundown...

Game 1: Alcantara and Manoah each went 8 innings without allowing any earned runs. There were only 5 hits combined in the game. The lone run came in the 4th inning as Justin Turner's faulty defense gave up a single and an error on the same play... allowing Gimenez to score from 1st base. Blaze win 1-0.

Game 2: Bandits had 9 base runners during Carlos Rodon's 4 innings of work, but could only score 3 runs. Meanwhile, the Blaze chipped away getting clutch hit after clutch hit off Verlander to score 5 middle inning runs. The Bandits had plenty of chances to score more runs, but grounded into key DPs to end each of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th innings. It was 5 DPs total they hit into for the game. Blaze win 5-4.

Game 3: Bandits' SS Bogaerts was injured in his first AB and that caused their defense to unravel... with Arcia (their backup SS) subsequently committing a pair of errors leading to 4 unearned Blaze runs scoring and it was 6-0 Blaze after 5 innings. Bandits left on 9 runners, while Trea Turner hit 3 homers for the Blaze. Blaze win 8-3.

Game 4: Facing elimination, the Bandits rallied for an 11-inning victory (winning on Goldschmidt's walkoff homer)... despite Edwin Diaz blowing a 9th inning save chance. It probably shouldn't have made it all the way to the 11th inning as the Bandits again held a 12-5 edge in runners left of base. Bandits win 5-4.

Game 5: Again facing elimination, Justin Verlander was stellar. He faced one batter over the minimum through 7 innings before allowing a solo homer in the 8th. Three Bandits relievers slammed the door without allowing any hits after that homer to preserve the victory and necessitate a game 6. Bandits win 3-1.

Game 6: A combination of unearned runs (via an error and a wild pitch) and clutch 2-out singles gave the Blaze an 5-0 lead after 4 innings. The Bandits had plenty of chances for their own clutch 2-out hits, but left on another 9 runners as those hits did not come. Blaze win 5-1.

Browns / Pelicans Trade

To Browns: LHP Martin Perez

To Pelicans: SS Javier Baez

Browns / Gypsies Trade

To Browns: 10K

To Gypsies: 2B Santiago Espinal

Bandits / Blaze Trade

To Bandits: OF Oswaldo Cabrera

To Blaze: 20K

Blaze / Expos Trade

To Blaze: 10K

To Expos: LHP Brooks Raley

Blaze / Stars Trade

To Blaze: 20K

To Stars: LHP Caleb Ferguson

Bandits / Gypsies Trade

To Bandits: RHP Gregory Santos, RHP Colin Holderman and 150K

To Gypsies: RHP Justin Verlander

Blaze / Browns Trade

To Blaze: 30K

To Browns: SS Nick Allen

Gypsies / Pelicans Trade

To Gypsies: 45K

To Pelicans: SS Joey Wendle and RHP Hunter Gaddis

Bandits / Grays Trade

To Bandits: OF Rob Refsnyder, OF Joey Gallo and 70K

To Grays: RHP Thomas Harrington

Grays / Pilots Trade

To Grays: OF Nelson Velazquez

To Pilots: INF Cristofer Torin and RHP Cade Kuehler