Looking for Old School Roto Junkies for a free, fun auction redraft on ESPN

[B-Fly]

I assume we're sticking with ESPN's posted rule for Ohtani?

Shohei Ohtani is eligible at SP, DH. He will appear on the roster as both a hitter and a pitcher. However, he can only be started in one position at a time. When started as a hitter in a fantasy lineup, he will accumulate batting statistics only. When started as a pitcher in a fantasy lineup, he will accumulate pitching statistics only.

[cavebird]

Yes, we are. (Apparently you cannot post something less than five characters, so my original answer of "Yes." was insufficient.)

[amcg]

Looking forward to the auction, chaps. I'll give you as much time as I can :-)

[chancellor]

Looking forward to the auction, chaps. I'll give you as much time as I can :-)

I'm impressed you hung in there as long as you did!

Cavebird - Thanks for setting up the league and running the auction last night.

[amcg]

Add my thanks to Cavebird. Fair play.

Currently examining the dross that the magical auto-bid machine left me with. Look forward to trading :-)

[revo]

Yeah, ESPN should be ashamed of their “autobid.” It was ridiculous. Everything else about their auction room was fine, but the autopilot was obviously not QC’d.

[B-Fly]

Yeah, ESPN should be ashamed of their “autobid.” It was ridiculous. Everything else about their auction room was fine, but the autopilot was obviously not QC’d.

Yes, absolutely. To not at least bid up to, if not over, the ESPN designated dollar value as the talent pool dwindled was absurd.

[chancellor]

Yeah, ESPN should be ashamed of their “autobid.” It was ridiculous. Everything else about their auction room was fine, but the autopilot was obviously not QC’d.

I was stumped by that. I subbed for a guy last year in an ESPN auction league, and autobid would consistently bid up to their figure or just one dollar below every time until roster slots were full for a specific position. This year, it was bailing at anywhere from $3-6 less.

[revo]

I gotta say I hate the ESPN site. I used to use them a lot, probably late 90s-early 00s, but not much since. It’s just awful. You have to place players on the DL first when making a claim — why? If you claim a player who replaces another, it places the new player as a reserve and not a starter — why? The color scheme of the app is cyan blue — why? The live scoring stinks. Big thumbs down.

[B-Fly]

I gotta say I hate the ESPN site. I used to use them a lot, probably late 90s-early 00s, but not much since. It’s just awful. You have to place players on the DL first when making a claim — why? If you claim a player who replaces another, it places the new player as a reserve and not a starter — why? The color scheme of the app is cyan blue — why? The live scoring stinks. Big thumbs down.

Agreed. I much prefer CBSSportsline's interfaces. That said, my CBS team is performing terribly and my team in this league is doing quite well, so that makes looking at the ESPN interface much more tolerable, lol.

[revo]

Agreed. I much prefer CBSSportsline's interfaces. That said, my CBS team is performing terribly and my team in this league is doing quite well, so that makes looking at the ESPN interface much more tolerable, lol.

My team in this league is doing OK, but I thought that by making claims replacing starters, it would place the newly claimed player right in my lineup. But noooooo, I realize that I'm now left with a gaping hole because their software is not smart enough to do that.

[cavebird]

Agreed. I much prefer CBSSportsline's interfaces. That said, my CBS team is performing terribly and my team in this league is doing quite well, so that makes looking at the ESPN interface much more tolerable, lol.

It is horrible, but it does have the right price point and beats its competitor---Yahoo.

[revo]

And another thing.....on live scoring, why are my players greyed out when their game is over? I get it, the game is over, but does that mean they have to make it tougher to see?

[cavebird]

It doesn't do that for me. How are you accessing it?

[revo]

It doesn't do that for me. How are you accessing it?

App on the iPad.