[USML Announce] FAAB Fun
Jeff Winick
jhwinick at aol.com
Mon Aug 4 06:47:33 EDT 2008
I, too, agree with Andy, but would focus on his point about the system
having perhaps worked properly.
Despite the fact that it costs me Griffey, I think we ought to
consider leaving well enough alone and default to the website's
results, I.e. Leave Bay and Griffey bidding to next week and leave the
rest of the results alone. To do otherwise requires us to make
assumptions about what the system would have or should have done and
that makes me uncomfortable.
Jeff
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 4, 2008, at 6:12 AM, Andrew Klein <anrklein at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, Brad. No luck. I'm back.
>
> I think that FAAB bids should be processed as if the system had
> worked as we anticipated. This means that we follow our
> constitution, except where it would require the commissioner to
> unwind the system's allocation of players. During the year, we
> recognized that this would mean that a higher contingent bid trumps
> a lower primary bid. If I have sorted out the emails correctly,
> this would result in the following: Jim gets Bay. Rich gets Tex.
> I get Nady. Jeff gets Griffey. (Jeff's message read: "I had bid
> on Griffey, Nady and Bay, not Tex. But my bids for Griffey or Bay
> weren't processed.")
>
> We never reached an agreement on how salary would work in this
> situation. Jeff's position is that salary should be impacted when a
> primary bid competes against contingent bid. My opposite view is
> that we should follow our constitutional rule and not have
> contingent bids inflate salaries of successful primary bids. My
> reasoning is that the commissioner needs to alter salaries anyway --
> so this is not something where we allow the automated system to save
> work for Mark B. These are both reasonable positions. We should
> vote on this and then have precedent on the point.
>
> Like Jim, I continue to oppose a complete do-over, which would hurt
> those of us who made good (OK, lucky) bidding decisions.
>
> All that said, I'll go along with the league consensus however that
> turns out.
>
> -Andy
>
> PS: On the snafu ... is it possible that the system did not process
> Bay and Griffey because they had not appeared in games by Friday
> midnight? That would make sense. Tex and Nady both appeared
> earlier in the week. Bay and Griffey did not play for their teams
> -- I think -- until Saturday.
>
>
>
> Brad Jansen wrote:
>> Let me identify something you guys can do: coin toss or cage
>> match. End this quickly. And Klein, go back out of town. Now.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Richard E. Robbins <RERobbins at itinker.net
>> <mailto:RERobbins at itinker.net>> wrote:
>>
>> If the system just runs from top to bottom until you run out of
>> money then
>> we should be able to simulate what happened given a complete set
>> of bids and
>> a properly functioning CBS site.
>>
>> I'm not saying that is what we should do -- that's for the rest of
>> you to
>> decide.
>>
>> I clearly have a conflict because if I understand what Andy is
>> saying I
>> think I end up with Tex.
>>
>> Please understand that I'm not advocating that we do one thing or
>> another --
>> merely trying to identify things we could do.
>>
>> -- Rich
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: announce-bounces at usml.net <mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net>
>> [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net
>> <mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net>] On Behalf
>> Of Andrew Klein
>> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 4:50 PM
>> To: USML Announcements
>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] FAAB Fun
>>
>> Just back from out of town. Here's my two cents.
>>
>> I have been doing contingent bidding all year, and the system is
>> not that
>> complicated. It processes bids in the order you enter them, and
>> then stops
>> when it cannot do so any longer. This occurs when the player
>> chosen for
>> waiver is gone (because he was waived through a prior bid -- the
>> later bids
>> are essentially contingent). Or it would happen if someone ran
>> out of FAAB
>> money. Salary cap is not part of the system.
>> It is up to the player who wins the bids to adjust rosters
>> accordingly
>> before Sunday noon. Also, as everyone knows, due to our "eBay"
>> system, Mark
>> B. manually adjusts salaries of players purchased through FAAB.
>>
>> I don't know what happened with the Bay bidding. But it sounds
>> like Jim B.
>> should have won him, but then ran out of money for his other bids.
>> I think
>> that I am due Nady. The only question to me is his salary -- i.e.
>> is it $30 or $50-something based on Jeff's contingent bid. Jeff
>> accurately
>> described our disagreement on that point, and I am happy to
>> elaborate on my
>> opinion if that becomes relevant.
>>
>> In any case, I strongly object to tossing out all bids and
>> starting over
>> next week.
>>
>> -Andy
>>
>> jhwinick at aol.com <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:
>> > Guys,
>> >
>> > Just when it looked like it would be easy....
>> >
>> > Here's the problem with Jim's bids. It is impossible to
>> discern how
>> > the system would treat them. It is clear that you can bid
>> > contingently on the same player since the system will
>> disregard all
>> > other bids for the same waived player once he has been
>> replaced, but
>> > it is not at all clear how the system would handle bids that
>> could
>> > theoretically take you well over the salary cap. I've read the
>> system
>> > rules again this morning and the real challenge is determining
>> where
>> > the system starts its evaluation of bids. In Jim's case that
>> would
>> > have implications for who gets whom, what their resulting
>> salaries
>> > will be and what player Jim will waive depending on what
>> player he
>> > gets. Jim had the theoretical high bid on two different
>> players.
>> > Because the system didn't process the Bay bids, there's no way
>> to know
>> > whether (or IF) it would have awarded Jim either Bay or Nady.
>> I'm
>> > afraid that Jim's bids appear to be exactly the kind of
>> complication
>> > th at Mark B was talking about.
>> >
>> > I obviously have a vested interest, so I'm going to pass the
>> torch to
>> > someone else. I don't think there's going to be a "good"
>> answer for
>> > how to handle this one.
>> >
>> > I do, however, have one request, that I suppose is largely
>> moot at
>> > this point. PLEASE send out your FAAB bids no later than
>> Saturday
>> > morning. Although FAAB is almost over and hopefully the
>> system will
>> > work going forward, it would really help to have all of this
>> > information as soon as possible. Thanks.
>> >
>> > Jeff
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Richard E. Robbins <RERobbins at iTinker.net>
>> > To: 'USML Announcements' <announce at usml.net
>> <mailto:announce at usml.net>>
>> > Sent: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 7:14 am
>> > Subject: RE: [USML Announce] FAAB Fun
>> >
>> > Since roster moves haven't become effective, is there a
>> problem with
>> > Jeff just emulating what the system should have done with these
>> bids?
>> >
>> > I don't think you should be penalized for not having access to
>> email
>> > yesterday just because the web site didn't process things
>> properly.
>> >
>> > Just my two cents.
>> >
>> >
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>> <mailto:announce-bounces at usml.net>
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>> > *On Behalf Of *Jim Barrett
>> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:54 AM
>> > *To:* USML Announcements
>> > *Subject:* Re: [USML Announce] FAAB Fun
>> >
>> > Sorry guys for the delay but I was travelling yesterday and
>> didn't
>> > have access to e-mail. I don't want to mess things up further
>> so am
>> > willing to accept Jeff's allocations but this is how I bid:
>> >
>> > $74 on Bay
>> > $69 on Teixiera
>> > $50 on Nady
>> >
>> > My FAAB remaining was $74 (full amt of bid on Bay). I didn't
>> know
>> > how/if contingent bidding worked and figured if the system
>> didn't want
>> > me bidding this way it would stop me. Otherwise it would
>> treat the
>> > other two as contingents. I picked different players to drop
>> for each
>> > (didn't think of using the same). For Bay, I had dropped my
>> open slot
>> > (for waiving Tabata earlier). For the other two it was Albers
>> and
>> > Gabbard. Obviously, I'd prefer that the open spot be used
>> rather than
>> > eliminating a player from my reserve roster.
>> >
>> > With all that said, I think technically I should have won Bay
>> but am
>> > willing to accept Teixiera if that causes the least amount of
>> > angst/trouble.
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > */Jeff Winick <jhwinick at aol.com <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com>
>> <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com>>>/* wrote:
>> >
>> > Let's try this again. Bay is a Berliner at $52, otherwise
>> the
>> > message of this afternon was an accurate statement of the
>> bidding
>> > outcome.
>> >
>> > Jeff
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On Aug 2, 2008, at 8:33 PM, Bbuddhas at aol.com
>> <mailto:Bbuddhas at aol.com>
>> > <mailto:Bbuddhas at aol.com <mailto:Bbuddhas at aol.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> correction i checked my bid it was and still is $51
>> >>
>> >> In a message dated 8/2/2008 8:09:26 P.M. Central Daylight
>> Time,
>> >> jhwinick at aol.com <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com>
>> <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com>> writes:
>> >>
>> >> If that isnt Buddha yanking my chain after I spent
>> the time
>> >> to sort this out, it will unfortunately mean we have to
>> sort
>> >> out the whole contingency issue. I'll post something
>> further
>> >> tonight about our options.
>> >>
>> >> Jeff
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >> On Aug 2, 2008, at 7:50 PM, Bbuddhas at aol.com
>> <mailto:Bbuddhas at aol.com>
>> >> <mailto:Bbuddhas at aol.com <mailto:Bbuddhas at aol.com>>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> put a $56 bid on Bay
>> >>>
>> >>> In a message dated 8/2/2008 6:15:19 P.M. Central
>> Daylight
>> >>> Time, jhwinick at aol.com <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com>
>> <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com <mailto:jhwinick at aol.com>> writes:
>> >>>
>> >>> Here's what I know so far:
>> >>>
>> >>> Andy bid his entire budget on Nady. I spoke
>> with him
>> >>> this morning and he had no contingent bids. I
>> spoke to
>> >>> Brad and he didn't bid. So, pending presently
>> unknown
>> >>> bids from either John or Buddha here are where
>> things stand:
>> >>>
>> >>> I had the high bid on Bay at $56. He was my first
>> >>> choice, so we can end all of the discussion about
>> >>> contingent bids and can treat this bid as
>> non-contingent
>> >>> and disregard the other two bids that I made to
>> replace
>> >>> Shelley Duncan. The next highest bid was $47 from
>> Rich,
>> >>> so he will be awarded to me at $48.
>> >>>
>> >>> $56 - JHW
>> >>> $47 - Rich
>> >>> $40 - Doug
>> >>> $35 - MBB
>> >>>
>> >>> The highest bid on Teixeira was by the Calamari
>> who bid
>> >>> $69. The next highest bidder was Rich at $48,
>> so he
>> >>> will be awarded to the Calamari (in fact, he
>> already has
>> >>> been) for $49.
>> >>>
>> >>> $69 - Jim
>> >>> $48 - Rich
>> >>> $17 - MBB
>> >>>
>> >>> The highest bid on Nady was Andy's at $64. That
>> was
>> >>> Andy's entire budget. The next highest bidders
>> were
>> >>> Rick and Doug at $29, so Nady will be awarded to
>> the
>> >>> Klein Nine (in fact, he already has been) for $30.
>> >>>
>> >>> $64 - Andy
>> >>> $29 - Doug
>> >>> $29 - Rick
>> >>> $20 - MBB
>> >>>
>> >>> There don't appear to have been any bids on
>> Griffey, so
>> >>> he will be available next week.
>> >>>
>> >>> Please let me know if you see a mistake. And
>> John and
>> >>> Buddha, please let me know asap if you placed bids
>> this
>> >>> week.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> Jeff
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: Doug Shabelman <doug at burnsent.com
>> <mailto:doug at burnsent.com>
>> >>> <mailto:doug at burnsent.com <mailto:doug at burnsent.com
>> >>>
>> >>> To: announce at usml.net <mailto:announce at usml.net>
>> <mailto:announce at usml.net <mailto:announce at usml.net>>
>> >>> Sent: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 5:46 pm
>> >>> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] FAAB Fun
>> >>>
>> >>> Andy's in a car and not by a computer. I am out in
>> >>> beautiful Grant Park at Lollapolooza where the
>> next
>> >>> President is rumored to be introducing Wilco this
>> evening.
>> >>>
>> >>> I believe I bid 40 on Bay, 29 on Nady but cannot
>> confirm
>> >>> 100%. Someone can call Andy at 3174426981 but
>> let's not
>> >>> make it Rich- I'd like to have a fighting
>> chance....
>> >>>
>> >>> DS
>> >>>
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>> >>> Sent: Sat Aug 02 17:42:54 2008
>> >>> Subject: [USML Announce] FAAB Fun
>> >>>
>> >>> Let's try and get this FAAB stuff wrapped up.
>> >>>
>> >>> In order for Jeff to handle processing we need
>> to know
>> >>> what everyone bid.
>> >>>
>> >>> So far, Jeff has information from me, Mark B and
>> his own
>> >>> bids.
>> >>>
>> >>> It appears that Andy and Jim placed bids, but we
>> need to
>> >>> know the specifics.
>> >>>
>> >>> Please guys -- chime in with your bids or
>> confirm that
>> >>> you didn't bid.
>> >>>
>> >>> We need to get this wrapped up promptly.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> -- Rich
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