Live Chat With Greg & Tom, Friday, 3 pm ET

[Glenneration X]

I'll set the early over/under on wins for the Mutts this year, 73!

By the All-Star break?

[Edwards Kings]

I'll set the early over/under on wins for the Mutts this year, 73!

But the Mets have Bartolo Colon AND Curtis Granderson...How can you be so negative!

[Greg Ambrosius]

Oh my, don't Tom and I look so spiffy in Las Vegas doing our radio gig?

http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/b ... -las-vegas

[Greg Ambrosius]

Okay, it's still winter, but at least it's Valentine's Day!!! Let's have a quick Live Chat today before I have to take the Mrs. out for a romantic dinner in beautiful Iola, Wisconsin!!!

C'mon, let's talk baseball during this dismal winter. Shoot me some questions to answer today and we'll have some fun. It can be anything related to baseball, the NFBC drafts, our defending LABR NL team that drafts in two weeks, the weather, Tom's love life, or anything else important!! Bring it on.

Oh, we can even talk about tonight's DC Express League or Sunday Night's fun!! I'm lovin' it.

We may fill our 100th DC league among all the price points today. Pretty amazing everyone.

[Money]

1)Will we have a more visually appealing live scoring (i.e. less cluttered and no irrelevant stats) and in a column format like the old live scoring? I still think the layout on the older live scoring version is superior to the current one and would like to see that format used with the increased speed. Also, the delay on pitching stats loading is annoying.

2) Also, any chance we can have an even later FAAB deadline? I for one would love to have an 11 PM EST deadline. Most other Fantasy Leagues run their FAAB in the middle of the night and nobody seems to have a problem with that. I would love even more time on Sunday night to sort through waivers and analyze the upcoming week during the Sunday night game, that's half the fun and have always hated the early FAAB deadline constraints on Sundays...in fact in all of the sports.

3) Please tell me we are going to eliminate that 30 minute buffer from the FAAB deadline until the results are released. Have always found that quite annoying as well.

COZ

1. We will update Live Scoring tweaks later. If people want the box score look like we used to have, we'll definitely discuss. The speed all around will be improved this year.

This has been discussed and I thought (as many of us have) that this was a priority. The speed will be great, but would love to have the formatting for the look accomplished as well.

Is this a priority? What can be expected?

[Money]

OK, I'll throw you a baseball question. How far will Rodney move up in the rankings now that he has a home and most likely the closing gig there?

I see you've been taking some heat for taking Hamilton in the 7th round of an industry draft. Have they swayed your thinking? Will Shawn talk you out of the first Judy off the board in your upcoming auctions?

Thanks for taking the time here.

Bump.

[Greg Ambrosius]

OK, I'll throw you a baseball question. How far will Rodney move up in the rankings now that he has a home and most likely the closing gig there?

I see you've been taking some heat for taking Hamilton in the 7th round of an industry draft. Have they swayed your thinking? Will Shawn talk you out of the first Judy off the board in your upcoming auctions?

Thanks for taking the time here.

Bump.

I will discuss Live Scoring separately at a different time. I can say that we can guarantee faster Live Scoring right out of the gate as we have changed some things internally with the delivery of that data. That's the good news.

Rodney is the 24th RP off the board now. I'm not sure he rises above 20th even with his new gig.

Hamilton is going sooner than we took him in most NFBC drafts, but only time will tell if all of us are right on him. Nobody knows for sure, but on the team that we drafted with lots of power, I think he was the right addition. In two weeks, Shawn and I get to throw out the first player in the LABR NL Auction since we are the defending champions and I hope we throw out Hamilton to see how much he goes for. I don't think we'll get him in that league, but it would be fun to see what price he goes for.

[Captain Hook]

OK, I'll throw you a baseball question. How far will Rodney move up in the rankings now that he has a home and most likely the closing gig there?

I see you've been taking some heat for taking Hamilton in the 7th round of an industry draft. Have they swayed your thinking? Will Shawn talk you out of the first Judy off the board in your upcoming auctions?

Thanks for taking the time here.

Bump.

I will discuss Live Scoring separately at a different time. I can say that we can guarantee faster Live Scoring right out of the gate as we have changed some things internally with the delivery of that data. That's the good news.

Rodney is the 24th RP off the board now. I'm not sure he rises above 20th even with his new gig.

Hamilton is going sooner than we took him in most NFBC drafts, but only time will tell if all of us are right on him. Nobody knows for sure, but on the team that we drafted with lots of power, I think he was the right addition. In two weeks, Shawn and I get to throw out the first player in the LABR NL Auction since we are the defending champions and I hope we throw out Hamilton to see how much he goes for. I don't think we'll get him in that league, but it would be fun to see what price he goes for.

IF you throw out Hamilton in the NL auction the auctioneer will throw a book at your head

[Happenstance]

When will the new draft room be ready? Can you offer mock drafts using the new software so we can get used to the new interface before facing a 60 second clock in a pay league?

[Yah Mule]

There was some talk about offering a $400 Draft Challenge league with escalated payouts. Is this alternative league option still being considered?

A payout scale of $3000, $1100 and $400 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd would be fairly close to the ratios already used in NFBC satellite leagues.

[Greg Ambrosius]

When will the new draft room be ready? Can you offer mock drafts using the new software so we can get used to the new interface before facing a 60 second clock in a pay league?

We are not as far along with the new draft room as we'd like to be. It won't be ready for the start of the online season, unfortunately. The long-term goal is to have a mock draft area for folks to use the software in advance, but again that's a plan for after we get this done and it's not done yet. Sorry.

[Greg Ambrosius]

There was some talk about offering a $400 Draft Challenge league with escalated payouts. Is this alternative league option still being considered?

A payout scale of $3000, $1100 and $400 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd would be fairly close to the ratios already used in NFBC satellite leagues.

Sure. If the demand is there for this format, we'll gladly start up a signup thread and host such a league.

[Deadheadz]

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[Greg Ambrosius]

The new Draft Prep software should be available next week and it will be very similar to what we had in football. This will save folks a lot of time in updating their player default lists.

[Yah Mule]

There was some talk about offering a $400 Draft Challenge league with escalated payouts. Is this alternative league option still being considered?

A payout scale of $3000, $1100 and $400 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd would be fairly close to the ratios already used in NFBC satellite leagues.

Sure. If the demand is there for this format, we'll gladly start up a signup thread and host such a league.

I know some people expressed interest a few weeks ago.

Anybody for a $400 Draft Champions league with escalated payouts?

1st - $3000
2nd - $1100
3rd - $500

[Red Sox Nation-]

Greg,

Can you update us on any of the FAAB enhancements. As great as live scoring, lineup setting, or the draft room may be I can't think of anything more important that continuing to improve the FAAB system. It's already the best in the business but there is room to always improve. I cut back from 7 to 5 FAAB leagues this year only because of how grueling Sundays can be. Thanks

Jason

[TParsons]

Greg,

Can you update us on any of the FAAB enhancements. As great as live scoring, lineup setting, or the draft room may be I can't think of anything more important that continuing to improve the FAAB system. It's already the best in the business but there is room to always improve. I cut back from 7 to 5 FAAB leagues this year only because of how grueling Sundays can be. Thanks

Jason

Great question. Would like to hear the answer to this before committing to any additional leagues.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Greg,

Can you update us on any of the FAAB enhancements. As great as live scoring, lineup setting, or the draft room may be I can't think of anything more important that continuing to improve the FAAB system. It's already the best in the business but there is room to always improve. I cut back from 7 to 5 FAAB leagues this year only because of how grueling Sundays can be. Thanks

Jason

Great question. Would like to hear the answer to this before committing to any additional leagues.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ignore this question. Improving our FAAB setup is No. 1 on our To-Do List, which is why redesigning Live Scoring has been pushed behind it. This needed to be completely rebuilt to do everything that was requested and to save all of you folks time on Sundays. Live Scoring works and will be faster, but to change our viewing of the stats has to fall behind getting FAAB upgraded.

The goal is to have this done in time for the start of the season. I'll give more updates before then, but that is the goal. If we can save all of you time on Sundays it will make the season more enjoyable and allow you to play more contests with us in the future.

I hope this helps and sorry for the delayed response.

[Red Sox Nation-]

Good stuff Greg. Glad to hear its a priority. Thanks

Jason

[Glenneration X]

I agree. Excellent news Greg. I think most would agree that there is no priority as important, not Live Scoring tweaks, not an upgraded draft room, nothing as important as completing the requested FAAB upgrades by the start of the season. Thank you in advance for making this happen.

[ALL-IN JD]

With your most recent windfall can't you just pay someone to do your FAAB!!

[Glenneration X]

With your most recent windfall can't you just pay someone to do your FAAB!!

Applying for the job my friend? Got any references?

[ALL-IN JD]

I'm conveniently located!!