Yulian Drumov

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What is your name, age and general location?
Yulian, 25 Sofia/Bulgaria

What is your email address?
[e-mail]

Which is your favourite real life team? How did you end up following them?
The NYY : It's actually an interesting story. Before I had the chance to dive deeper into baseball I was a Red Sox fan or more like Big Papi one and the so call "Green Monster". But growing and getting into fantasy and playing some mlb games and reading stuff about the history etc. The Yankees become my absolute favourite team and since the Judge arrival yea him and Trout are my favourite players. You can probably add Kershaw in there too. And in 2019 season I got the chance to watch'em aginst the Red Sox in London it was late June the game finish 17-13 rediciolus game and yea this is it.

How did you find this league?
Fantrax MLB forum.

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)?
1- 24 teams with salary, contracts, free agency calculator, 80-man minors team, doc sheets, etc.

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

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?
Absolutely understandable I was in the same boat last year in the 24T league and now a year later I become the champion.

Do you need to always be in competition in order to remain interested in the league?
Yea I will be interested some may even say that when you are in a rebuild it's even more intriguing kind of agree with it.

Is there any other information you think we as a league should know in order to best determine your eligibility?
Not really.

Please post links to any other leagues you participate in.
juicedballleague.freeforums.net/

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Hi Yulian,

Thank you for your application. I will PM you the second stage of the application process shortly.

Coincidentally, I am travelling to Sofia next week. Small world.

Stephen

[Rangers GM (Stephen)]

Congratulations Yulian! The Miami Marlins are proud to welcome you back 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) 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

2) Notify the commissioner if there is a player on a multi-year guaranteed contract whose contract length you would like to reduce (rule 2.13).
If you are taking over a team that has recently been unowned during free agency, notify one of the commissioners if there are any automatically signed players who you would like to drop (rule 5.9.5).

3) 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. [you can't protect them until the roster freeze period ends]

4) Check your email for an invitation to Fantrax. (Consult with the commissioner if there are any difficulties or delays.)

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

6) Post a trade block. You can't agree to a trade until your trade block has been posted for a week. [you can't trade until the roster freeze period ends]

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

7) 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. [you can't protect them until the roster freeze period ends]

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!