Jordan Rosenblum Application

[Royals GM (Jordan)]

What is your name, age and general location?

I'm Jordan Rosenblum, I'm 27 and I live in Vaasa, Finland. I'm American, and I moved here two years ago for study and my girlfriend.

What is your email address?

[e-mail]
Which is your favourite real life team? How did you end up following them?

I'm a Mets fan. I grew up in NJ and my dad was a big fan and he took me to games.

How did you find this league?

Kyler Jesanis, one of the current league members, informed me about an opening here. 


Please give a brief overview of your fantasy baseball experience. How many other leagues are you currently a member of, and what format are they (ie H2H, roto, redraft, keeper, auction etc)?


I'm a member and commissioner of a keep-forever dynasty that's been going on for 13 years now. It's incredibly in-depth and I've spent multiple hours a day on it (including reading articles and baseball research, etc) over the years. It's a standard 5x5 head to head league run through yahoo. We also have farm systems, with two annual prospect drafts. The farm rosters are separate from the major league rosters, and we keep our prospects until they eclipse certain innings/at bats thresholds. Over the years, I've been in other dynasty leagues and auction leagues, as well as keeper leagues and redraft leagues. I've also been active in football and basketball in the past, but in the last few years I've consolidated my attention to focus on baseball -- my true passion. I also recently started writing for the dynasty guru where I'll focus on quantitative analysis, especially of prospects. 


How often will you be available to be contacted by fellow owners in this league?

Whenever I'm awake! Kyler told me how active this league was and it won me over. Twelve trades in December is no easy feat! There probably aren't ten leagues on the planet that could make that claim


This is a league with 30 teams in it, and as such it can be expected that there will be a rather large number of teams that will not contend every season. Would you be content with building for the future? Do you need to always be in competition in order to remain interested in the league?


I love a good rebuild. A good rebuild can be more fun and interesting than competing. If I was given an option between two starting rosters, I'd choose the worst roster because I'd rather have more work to do and responsibility for building a winner.

Is there any other information you think we as a league should know in order to best determine your eligibility?


In addition to writing for the dynasty guru, I'm a long time reader of fangraphs, baseball prospectus, the hardball times, razzball, rotowire, the dynasty guru, and the recently departed minor leagueball. 

Please post links to any other leagues you participate in.


baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/15843


Read more: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/2/apply#ixzz5YqCHAE8k

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Jordan,

Thank you for your application.
I have PM'ed you our secondary questionnaire, and look forward to hearing back from you.

Stephen

[Royals GM (Jordan)]

Thanks! Working on the secondary piece now.

[Admin]

Congratulations Jordan! The Kansas City Royals are proud to welcome you as their new general manager. A fun and rewarding future awaits as you chart the course of your franchise!

What are the next steps to be taken to get started on the right foot?

1) Please use the username Royals GM (name).

2) Post your own roster page in your team folder. For continuity your first roster should contain the exact same players as the previous team roster. If you wish to make changes to your roster (by protecting unprotecting players) then these should be posted on the Roster Transactions board. You should also check that the arbitration contracts of all of your players are accurate - you don't want to be unnecessarily overpaying anyone! The format of the roster page is open for customisation by each owner, but please bear in mind that it should be easy to read and well maintained. You may find the FAQ page helpful. mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/636/league-faqs-new-owner

3) Notify one of the commissioners if there is a player on a multi-year guaranteed contract whose contract length you would like to reduce.

4) Check your real life team's major and minor league rosters to see if you can protect any arbitration players of value that your predecessor missed.

5) Check your email for an invitation to Fantrax. (Consult with one of the commissioners if there are any difficulties or delays.)

6) Check your Fantrax roster. It should match your Proboards roster and only include players receiving a salary on your team.

7) Post a trade block. You can't agree to a trade until your trade block has been posted for a week.

Make good use of your trade block, player evaluation advice, and the one week acclimatization period. The “trade block guidance” page is your friend. Please do not overlook this valuable tool. It is required reading. mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/732/trade-block-guidance

8) Protect a player (see Section VII of the rules). You won't be allowed to trade until this step is taken as a demonstration of understanding the procedure.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. You can post it publicly under “General Chat”, or ask any experienced league member. We’re here to help.

From all of your fellow friends and competitors, welcome to our league!

[Royals GM (Jordan)]

Thanks, Adam! Thrilled to be a part of this dedicated and knowledgeable community. I'll get started on these tasks asap.