Posted by jpeterso on 2/4/2026 1:40:00 PM (view original):
eh, ok, so the draft is moved back a day?

Midknight is willing to pick quickly, so let's see if we can finish r1 today.

If not, I will move things around 10pm eastern.

For the _jwillis slot: 1950 Philadelphia Phillies

from reading the above I think that I am up. In that case I ask for the 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers.

Can I pick now or should I wait?

Posted by kentol on 2/4/2026 4:41:00 PM (view original):
Can I pick now or should I wait?

You should wait for jpeterso, but feel free to sitemail.

whelp, the two teams I wanted just got taken in a row so I will go with the 1970 SF Giants.

I'll go with the 1970 New York Yankees - sitemailing next...

1970 California Angels

1960 Los Angeles Dodgers

PReeves22 tells me pick #16 will be in tonight.

That means we are formally BACK ON SCHEDULE, doing round 2 tomorrow. Thank you all so very much!

Today, I asked people to wait for those listed ahead, since we were trying to catch up after the pause. Starting tomorrow, you can again pick when your window is open - even if something missed their window. You can only go early if everyone in front of you has already gone. I will try to keep page 1 updated enough that it should be easy to tell.

As a reminder, when posting your screw picks, please do not post anything that might be seen as giving advice to the next person screwing the same team in the next round. We want everyone to use their own strategies, not piggy back on the last guy's idea.

looking for PReeves pick....dont see it....that's okay. I was just doing some prep work on my night off.

Posted by BullMoose on 2/5/2026 4:27:00 AM (view original):
looking for PReeves pick....dont see it....that's okay. I was just doing some prep work on my night off.

I think it's fine for midknight & others to forge ahead into round 2. I assume the sorts of teams assigned early in r2 are . .. quite different from the ones taken in r1.

Round 2

Ribbentrop - The 1970 O's are top to bottom an excellent team with few weaknesses. Belanger is pretty lame at short and the combo of Hendricks and Etchebarren at catcher are sub-par. I'm not going to help you in either of these areas. Your starting pitching is excellent, but the bullpen isn't deep.

I am gifting you the 1940 Philadelphia Phillies. In a word, they're FUGLY! As promised, no help at short or catcher, and for the most part no help elsewhere. They provide two decent starters in Higbe and Mulcahy, but with Palmer, Cuellar and McNally already on your team, you can mix these guys in without any gain. As a side bar, the Phillies only come with 5 reserves: a bad catcher, a $1.7M "meh" second baseman, and 3 guys of equal skill - all outfielders - not much bench flexibility for you to pick from. Although one does offer a .345 average would be a decent pinch hitter. I'm sure when we all try to build a dynasty team, adding a pinch hitter is at the top of everyone's list.