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 I'm currently agnositc on changes regarding wins and BA.  Will mull further.
I support the change to handling players traded to the NL.
Finally, to line up the language of the Constitution with league practice with regarding the retention of waived players, I propose that we modify Article VIII, Section 5 to provide as follows (new language in red font):

The salary of a free agent is his acquisitionprice. Except as set forth in the next sentence, the contract status of a freeagent acquired on or before the last weekly transaction deadline beforeSeptember 1 is that of a first-year player. The contract status of a free agentwho, during the course of the season, was in the final year of his contract, isthat of a player in the final year of his contract. The contract status of a free agent or a player that has been waivedand has not passed through waivers, when acquired after the lastweekly transaction deadline before September 1, is that of a player in the final year of his contract.




In the alternative, if we don't adopt that change, I propose that we change league practice to be consistent with the existing language in the Constitution (i.e., waived players aren't free agents until they pass through waivers).  I'd actually prefer that route, but I believe league sentiment is contrary.
Mark
     On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 06:51:17 PM CST, Frank Luby <frank at presenttensellc.com> wrote:  
 
 Quality starts would be a good alternative to wins and I also would not oppose a switch to OBP.
But agree with Jim that we shouldn’t change the trade to NL rules.
- Frank




On Mar 5, 2023, at 3:20 PM, Rick Gammons <ricklgammons at gmail.com> wrote:

Greetings:   I'm in agreement with Mr. Barrett, though I wouldn't fight switching from BA to OBP.  And speaking as a traditionalist, I'm pleased as punch to see game pace return to at least 1980s levels, if not 1970s levels.  Rick

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:27 AM Klein Nine via Announce <announce at usml.net> wrote:

I'm guessing a lot of others agree. Also guessing that, as a traditionalist, Jim is lamenting that the bases are a few inches larger this year, too. :)

-Andy






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On Mar 5, 2023, 12:08 PM, Jim Barrett < chicagojab at gmail.com> wrote:

I’m still a believer in Wins and BA. I would not be in favor of switching.

And I think that dealing with trades to the NL adds an extra strategic wrinkle that can liven things up part way into the season. So I’m not in favor of changing that either.
Jim

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 5, 2023, at 10:32 AM, Klein Nine via Announce <announce at usml.net> wrote:




As long as we’re gearing up for the season, I wanted to toss out a few discussion items.  None of these are suggestions for this season.  Just wanted to get thoughts to see if we might have momentum for putting forward proposals later this year to implement in future seasons. 

1.            Wins:  Wins seems a dated category, especially with so many starters going five innings per game or less.  Is there a good substitute?  Quality starts? 

2.            Batting Average:  Would OBP be better?  Does anyone play in league that uses OBP instead of BA?  If so, what do you think? 

3.            Trades to NL:  We’ve raised this before but have not had a critical mass of support for counting stats of players traded to the NL mid-season.  With MLB balancing the schedule and adding more inter-league games, is anyone willing to re-consider? 

-Andy   


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