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

Bandits / Grays Trade

To Bandits: Alek Thomas, 3B Aidan Miller, RHP Anthony Desclafani and 45K

To Grays: RHP Tyler Glasnow

Pelicans / Pilots Trade

To Pelicans: 2B Nick Gonzalez

To Pilots: RHP Richard Fitts

2023 Playoff Teams Set

The 2023 RML playoffs will look like this...

American Conference:

• The Pelicans will play the Gypsies in the 5-game wildcard series (with the Gypsies being the home team).
• The winner of the wildcard series will advance to play the Grays in the division series (with the Grays as the home team).
• The Captains will play the Blaze in the other AC divisional series (with the Blaze as the home team).

National Conference:

• The Browns and Reds are the 2 NC wildcard teams. However, the Pilgrims won the NC West with an under .500 record and don't qualify for the playoffs, the Dodgers will be the 3rd wildcard team. Since the Browns and Reds finished with identical records of 97-65, they will play a 1-game playoff series to determine who must play the Dodgers in the wildcard series. Lloyd has determined by coin flip that the Browns will be the home team for that 1-game series.
• The winner of the eventual wildcard series will advance to play the Bandits in the divisional series (with the Bandits as the home team).
• The winner of the Browns/Reds 1-game series will play the Stars in the other divisional series (the Stars will get the home field advantage because they were a division winner while their eventual opponent was the best of the 3 wildcard teams... even though they had a better record than the Stars).

League Average OPS

The 2023 MLB league average OPS ended at .734, so for our 2024 RML season, that would make:

• Hitters unlimited at .609 and under
• Pitchers unlimited at .784 and over

Browns / Grays Trade

To Browns: LHP Ranger Suarez, LHP Cooper Hjerpe and OF Colton Ledbetter

To Grays: RHP Sonny Gray

Grays / Yellow Jackets Trade

To Grays: LHP Robbie Ray

To Yellow Jackets: RHP Brett Honeywell, RHP Luke Weaver and 10K

Bandits / Colt .45s Trade

To Bandits: SS Colson Montgomery, SS Edwin Arroyo, LHP Mason Montgomery and 43K

To Colt .45s: 1B Paul Goldschmidt and SS Xander Bogaerts

Bandits / Stars Trade

To Bandits: C Keibert Ruiz, 1B Joey Meneses, LHP AJ Minter, OF Alec Burleson, OF Dominic Canzone and 60K

To Stars: LHP Julio Urias and 3B Justin Turner

Bandits / Browns Trade

To Bandits: C Salvador Perez

To Browns: OF Teo Hernandez

Expos / Hornets Trade

To Expos: SS Isiah Kiner-Falefa

To Hornets: OF Elijah Dunham and 1B Blaine Crim

Bandits / Grays Trade

To Bandits: SS Jordan Westburg, OF Brent Rooker, 2B Nick Madrigal, C Jake Rogers and 50K

To Grays: 1B Bryce Harper

Voting Results

Proposal 1 (expanding rosters to 32): Failed by a 13-8 count... only getting 61.9% of the vote.

Proposal 2 (not having to clear roster space to participate in the waiver draft): Passed by a 14-7 tally... getting the bare minimum of 66.7% of the votes.

Proposal 2 will take effect for the next waiver draft.

RML Updates

Online version of the Master Roster and Player/Money Totals files in the Downloads are have been updated to reflect in-season trades and post-trading cuts/pickups.

The Captains cut Tanner Banks to get down to the 30-player roster limit.

Captains / Knights Trade

To Captains: OF Bryan Reynolds

To Knights: LHP Dax Fulton, RHP Luis Danys Morales, OF Anthony Gutierrez and C Jeferson Quero